I’m Arghya. Your post is really insightful and I appreciate the depth in your ideas. I have applied to the UGAP to start a group at my university.
I have many potential board members on my list however I am afraid of selecting someone without meeting them in person. This is mostly because I am afraid that some of them might be interested just because of the “hype” around EA. I had a meeting with Kirsten Angeles and she told me to take the risky step of getting someone on board. What would you have done on my situation?
Do you have any specific strategy for selecting board members. Because getting someone in and seeing them leave just because they were never aligned from the beginning can be difficult to handle and may even hurt the group’s reputation.
I know that authors sometimes forget to check comments on their posts, so in case you haven’t received an answer and you’re still looking for one, you might have more luck using Jessica’s email which is listed here.
Hi Jessica,
I’m Arghya. Your post is really insightful and I appreciate the depth in your ideas. I have applied to the UGAP to start a group at my university.
I have many potential board members on my list however I am afraid of selecting someone without meeting them in person. This is mostly because I am afraid that some of them might be interested just because of the “hype” around EA. I had a meeting with Kirsten Angeles and she told me to take the risky step of getting someone on board. What would you have done on my situation?
Do you have any specific strategy for selecting board members. Because getting someone in and seeing them leave just because they were never aligned from the beginning can be difficult to handle and may even hurt the group’s reputation.
Thank you
~Arghya
I know that authors sometimes forget to check comments on their posts, so in case you haven’t received an answer and you’re still looking for one, you might have more luck using Jessica’s email which is listed here.
The alignment problem...
Are there any updates on your group? How did you select your BMs and how did it go eventually?
Hey there! I just posted a new post with updates about my group.
Feel free to check out: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LnkoBP3kbRzWxrHZh/retrospective-case-study-of-community-building-landscape-in?utm_campaign=post_share&utm_source=link