Oh and while I’m on here, I’ve applied to run an EA Summit in the UK in the second half of 2026, so if anyone wants on-board with that my inbox is open for any and all speculations. I’m looking for someone who can do content—I can handle logistics myself and I can pull in participant welfare from my non-EA contacts network (but if you’ve a particular knack for EA participant welfare I still want to hear from you).
Hey @Kestrel🔸 , If an event happens in the UK, feel free to send me a message, and if I’m available, then I’d happy to be the community contact/​support person for the event. (If that’s what you mean by ‘participant welfare’). Or I can recommend some other people to reach out to if I can’t make it.
Context—I’m on the Community Health team at CEA and have been the contact person for events many times :))
For context: I know a whole bunch of people who work in mental health social care who are happy to come to my stuff and have essentially a free holiday for way less work than their day job, and I invite an appropriate number of them along to stuff I run. EAs (and other communities I organise stuff for) are a lot more autonomous than your average mental health service user.
But for a large EA event I’d definitely want at least one person who can address any EA-specific participant welfare issues (e.g. rumination on extreme suffering or catastrophic risk). So I will keep you in mind :D
Oh and while I’m on here, I’ve applied to run an EA Summit in the UK in the second half of 2026, so if anyone wants on-board with that my inbox is open for any and all speculations. I’m looking for someone who can do content—I can handle logistics myself and I can pull in participant welfare from my non-EA contacts network (but if you’ve a particular knack for EA participant welfare I still want to hear from you).
Hey @Kestrel🔸 , If an event happens in the UK, feel free to send me a message, and if I’m available, then I’d happy to be the community contact/​support person for the event. (If that’s what you mean by ‘participant welfare’). Or I can recommend some other people to reach out to if I can’t make it.
Context—I’m on the Community Health team at CEA and have been the contact person for events many times :))
For context: I know a whole bunch of people who work in mental health social care who are happy to come to my stuff and have essentially a free holiday for way less work than their day job, and I invite an appropriate number of them along to stuff I run. EAs (and other communities I organise stuff for) are a lot more autonomous than your average mental health service user.
But for a large EA event I’d definitely want at least one person who can address any EA-specific participant welfare issues (e.g. rumination on extreme suffering or catastrophic risk). So I will keep you in mind :D