I don’t know what others think about the qualifications needed/desired for this, but as a donor to these EA Funds, some of the reasons I’m enthusiastic to give to Nick’s funds are:
His full-time day job is working out which organisations will do the most good over the long run (especially of those seeking to grow the EA movement), and how much funding they need.
He does that alongside extremely smart, well-informed colleagues with the same aims, giving him lots of opportunities to test and improve his views
He has worked formally and informally in this area for coming on for ten years
He’s consistently shown himself to be smart, well-informed and to have excellent judgement.
I’ve been very grateful to be able to off-load where/when/how to donate optimally to him, and hope if/when a new fund manager is found, they share at least some of the above qualities.
I don’t know what others think about the qualifications needed/desired for this, but as a donor to these EA Funds, some of the reasons I’m enthusiastic to give to Nick’s funds are:
His full-time day job is working out which organisations will do the most good over the long run (especially of those seeking to grow the EA movement), and how much funding they need.
He does that alongside extremely smart, well-informed colleagues with the same aims, giving him lots of opportunities to test and improve his views
He has worked formally and informally in this area for coming on for ten years
He’s consistently shown himself to be smart, well-informed and to have excellent judgement.
I’ve been very grateful to be able to off-load where/when/how to donate optimally to him, and hope if/when a new fund manager is found, they share at least some of the above qualities.
[Disclaimer: I used to work for CEA]