I just heard that CEA has a policy that they don’t want events (in this case an EAGx) published to early on their webpage. If true this is absolutely idiotic. As an organiser I’d like to avoid collisions, and I naively assumed I’d be able to find the dates for upcoming EAGs and EAGxs on the EAG website, but apparently not.
I haven’t verified with CEA that this in fact their policy, and that isn’t just a misunderstanding. But it is the case that EAGxNordics 2025 is currently announced by EA Sweden (since at least Dec 6), but not yet CEA.
I think EA should have leadership that at minimum don’t stop the the flow of information. But I don’t know what to do about this. I don’t expect CEA to listen. If they where the typ of org that did that, things would look different.
Hi Linda! CEA’s EAGx Coordinator here. This is definitely not a policy, and I also want everyone to know about events at the earliest date so they can make arrangements to attend. It’s one of my biggest goals to increase the lead-time for events, for both organizers and attendees, and I’m hoping that we’ll be able to publicly announce more 2025 events soon.
Typically, we add an event to the webpage as soon as the event is “officially confirmed,” which is usually as soon as the contract with the venue is signed. This contract procedure sometimes drags on and we announce before everything is complete, but this risks the possibility that the event date is moved or cancelled (which has happened before, and is obviously disruptive for anyone who has made plans).
For EAGxNordics 2025, I approved the save-the-date announcement in early December before the venue contract was signed. Since then, we’ve had delays in adding it to the webpage and applications opening which hopefully will be resolved shortly (in the next day or two). Sorry for any disruptions this may have caused for anyone’s planning, and I genuinely appreciate this flag (it would have been very valuable information to share if true!) and the acknowledgment that it could be a misunderstanding.
I just heard that CEA has a policy that they don’t want events (in this case an EAGx) published to early on their webpage. If true this is absolutely idiotic. As an organiser I’d like to avoid collisions, and I naively assumed I’d be able to find the dates for upcoming EAGs and EAGxs on the EAG website, but apparently not.
I haven’t verified with CEA that this in fact their policy, and that isn’t just a misunderstanding. But it is the case that EAGxNordics 2025 is currently announced by EA Sweden (since at least Dec 6), but not yet CEA.
I think EA should have leadership that at minimum don’t stop the the flow of information. But I don’t know what to do about this. I don’t expect CEA to listen. If they where the typ of org that did that, things would look different.
Hi Linda! CEA’s EAGx Coordinator here. This is definitely not a policy, and I also want everyone to know about events at the earliest date so they can make arrangements to attend. It’s one of my biggest goals to increase the lead-time for events, for both organizers and attendees, and I’m hoping that we’ll be able to publicly announce more 2025 events soon.
Typically, we add an event to the webpage as soon as the event is “officially confirmed,” which is usually as soon as the contract with the venue is signed. This contract procedure sometimes drags on and we announce before everything is complete, but this risks the possibility that the event date is moved or cancelled (which has happened before, and is obviously disruptive for anyone who has made plans).
For EAGxNordics 2025, I approved the save-the-date announcement in early December before the venue contract was signed. Since then, we’ve had delays in adding it to the webpage and applications opening which hopefully will be resolved shortly (in the next day or two). Sorry for any disruptions this may have caused for anyone’s planning, and I genuinely appreciate this flag (it would have been very valuable information to share if true!) and the acknowledgment that it could be a misunderstanding.
This sounds like the sort of thing you should have asked CEA about before posting.