Thanks Sean. If someone was interested in volunteering and didn’t want to bug you, what should they do? Subscribe to your newsletter? E-mail to get on a list for future volunteers? I’ll update the blog post accordingly.
(1) Emailing admin@cser.org would be good; I don’t have time to answer all emails at present (sorry!), but I do read everything and keep track of volunteer offers. (2) Keep an eye out on the EA facebook/Lesswrong discussion forum as I may from time to time make requests for help/project involvement offers. A question (to moderators): is it ok to make such posts on this forum?
For (1), a paragraph about your background/strengths and a CV (not essential but helpful) would be v helpful. The kind of info FLI ask for on their volunteer form is very useful (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17Hez-zEzrOq7Pk4agM8r7VDrBvCB6-hO_m0XJxAuVuI/viewform)
I.e. background/experience, areas of expertise, skills/interests, what you’d most be interested in doing, whether you’re local to Cambridge. I would add to this expected availability—knowing if either (a) someone can provide a lot of hours in the near-term (for a near-term project) or (b) can offer a consistent X hrs/month over a longer period (for regular tasks) is tremendously helpful.
Thanks Sean. If someone was interested in volunteering and didn’t want to bug you, what should they do? Subscribe to your newsletter? E-mail to get on a list for future volunteers? I’ll update the blog post accordingly.
Listing newsletters for all orgs would be helpful.
(1) Emailing admin@cser.org would be good; I don’t have time to answer all emails at present (sorry!), but I do read everything and keep track of volunteer offers. (2) Keep an eye out on the EA facebook/Lesswrong discussion forum as I may from time to time make requests for help/project involvement offers. A question (to moderators): is it ok to make such posts on this forum?
For (1), a paragraph about your background/strengths and a CV (not essential but helpful) would be v helpful. The kind of info FLI ask for on their volunteer form is very useful (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17Hez-zEzrOq7Pk4agM8r7VDrBvCB6-hO_m0XJxAuVuI/viewform) I.e. background/experience, areas of expertise, skills/interests, what you’d most be interested in doing, whether you’re local to Cambridge. I would add to this expected availability—knowing if either (a) someone can provide a lot of hours in the near-term (for a near-term project) or (b) can offer a consistent X hrs/month over a longer period (for regular tasks) is tremendously helpful.
Yes, you can pop occasional volunteer requests in a monthly open thread, Sean.