This is great, Mel. As a city group organiser, I can relate to “People tend to come and go”. It was a wild wild west for us at EA Lagos when many members of our community emigrated circa 2019-21 due to worsening performance of the Nigerian economy.
I’m sorry to hear that, Aderonke, that must have been really tough. Maybe as group organisers in quite “internationalised” cities, we should expect some amount of transience as the norm. A potential upside of this that someone pointed out to me the other day, is that maybe people discover/get involved in EA in our kinds of cities, but then they take it with them wherever they go. So while it’s a shame for us to lose some members, the involvement they have with our groups may help them to start or strengthen EA communities in other places too one day. Just a thought!
This is great, Mel. As a city group organiser, I can relate to “People tend to come and go”. It was a wild wild west for us at EA Lagos when many members of our community emigrated circa 2019-21 due to worsening performance of the Nigerian economy.
I’m sorry to hear that, Aderonke, that must have been really tough. Maybe as group organisers in quite “internationalised” cities, we should expect some amount of transience as the norm. A potential upside of this that someone pointed out to me the other day, is that maybe people discover/get involved in EA in our kinds of cities, but then they take it with them wherever they go. So while it’s a shame for us to lose some members, the involvement they have with our groups may help them to start or strengthen EA communities in other places too one day. Just a thought!