Ah, the wording makes this unclear. It isn’t that we’re dictating that more events take on the more onerous format, but instead restricting the name “EAGx” to the few events who already believe it is best for their region to run a full-weekend event. In fact, we’re encouraging most groups /not/ to do this, and instead run smaller, more targeted events.
The real shifts are a) discouraging groups from running events that are more intensive than suit their circumstances and b) using a different name for the less-intensive events to avoid the confusion of expectations experienced by lots of attendees last year. (To the latter, one of the main feedback types events received was “the content was too elementary” or “the content was too advanced,” often about the same event.)
We’re still providing funding and support to events not entitled EAGx.
Ah, the wording makes this unclear. It isn’t that we’re dictating that more events take on the more onerous format, but instead restricting the name “EAGx” to the few events who already believe it is best for their region to run a full-weekend event. In fact, we’re encouraging most groups /not/ to do this, and instead run smaller, more targeted events.
The real shifts are a) discouraging groups from running events that are more intensive than suit their circumstances and b) using a different name for the less-intensive events to avoid the confusion of expectations experienced by lots of attendees last year. (To the latter, one of the main feedback types events received was “the content was too elementary” or “the content was too advanced,” often about the same event.)
We’re still providing funding and support to events not entitled EAGx.
That makes a lot of sense; thanks for the clarification!