Based on the evident popularity of existing written content, and the widespread wish to see existing content consolidated, we are investing in a new web interface for organisers. This will involve editing existing community generated content, and assimilating it into a central, visually appealing interface. The new interface will be based on the EA Hub, which will itself be modernised and restructured. Where possible, we will facilitate editorial additions from the community, in order to make the tool a logical home for sharing resources.
As I’m sure you are aware, CEA is currently developing an EA Groups platform, which seems at least somewhat similar to what you’re planning to do. I’d love to hear more on the differences between your idea of such a platform and CEA’s plans, and if this is something you’re coordinating with CEA?
Hi Tobias. From what Sarah (developer of the CEA groups app) told me, the tool will provide a dashboard where organisers can use CRM functionality to track their members, categorise them, and communicate with them efficiently. The EA Hub does not plan to provide anything along these lines at all.
Since its launch in 2014, the EA Hub has offered:
Personal profiles for EAs
A donation registry
A map of EAs and of EA groups
Group profiles
The EA wiki
The EA Survey
Various guides and information
The planned change will be to rearrange content and services so that the user interface is significantly more accessible and appealing. The main addition is to create a high quality home for written guides and resources relating to EA groups. Primarily, this does not involve creating new content but rather gathering existing content from across the community, and synthesising these into a practical and convenient tool. Of course copyright and authorial permission will be carefully attended to.
We may make some minimal functional changes such as removing the EA groups feature (which we would then replace with a more simple directory, since we know of many visitors who found a local group on the EA Hub via google, and thus became counterfactually connected). We are very happy to keep people informed in the coming months as development unfolds, thanks!
As I’m sure you are aware, CEA is currently developing an EA Groups platform, which seems at least somewhat similar to what you’re planning to do. I’d love to hear more on the differences between your idea of such a platform and CEA’s plans, and if this is something you’re coordinating with CEA?
Hi Tobias. From what Sarah (developer of the CEA groups app) told me, the tool will provide a dashboard where organisers can use CRM functionality to track their members, categorise them, and communicate with them efficiently. The EA Hub does not plan to provide anything along these lines at all.
Since its launch in 2014, the EA Hub has offered:
Personal profiles for EAs
A donation registry
A map of EAs and of EA groups
Group profiles
The EA wiki
The EA Survey
Various guides and information
The planned change will be to rearrange content and services so that the user interface is significantly more accessible and appealing. The main addition is to create a high quality home for written guides and resources relating to EA groups. Primarily, this does not involve creating new content but rather gathering existing content from across the community, and synthesising these into a practical and convenient tool. Of course copyright and authorial permission will be carefully attended to. We may make some minimal functional changes such as removing the EA groups feature (which we would then replace with a more simple directory, since we know of many visitors who found a local group on the EA Hub via google, and thus became counterfactually connected). We are very happy to keep people informed in the coming months as development unfolds, thanks!