5. Group membership is in significant parts determined by who attends EAG, and not by who attends EAGx, and I feel somewhat uncomfortable with the degree of control CEA has over that
Strongly agree. EAG attendance is a Schelling point for who is “an EA” and who isn’t, even if EAG organizers don’t endorse this, and even if “being an EA” isn’t an endorsed and/or fully coherent concept.
Agree wholeheartedly! Especially for those who fall under “You’ve been several times before and we want to give a spot to a first-timer”. I imagine if you go to EAG every year and were suddenly rejected you’d feel like you were kicked out of the club. A huge part of community building in professional associations is going to an annual conference and getting to catch up with your peers, EAG is that way for those of us who don’t live in largely populated EA cities.
A huge part of community building in professional associations is going to an annual conference and getting to catch up with your peers, EAG is that way for those of us who don’t live in largely populated EA cities.
+1 to the analogy of EA Global as a professional association’s annual conference.
Thank you for this fantastic comment.
Strongly agree. EAG attendance is a Schelling point for who is “an EA” and who isn’t, even if EAG organizers don’t endorse this, and even if “being an EA” isn’t an endorsed and/or fully coherent concept.
Agree wholeheartedly! Especially for those who fall under “You’ve been several times before and we want to give a spot to a first-timer”. I imagine if you go to EAG every year and were suddenly rejected you’d feel like you were kicked out of the club. A huge part of community building in professional associations is going to an annual conference and getting to catch up with your peers, EAG is that way for those of us who don’t live in largely populated EA cities.
+1 to the analogy of EA Global as a professional association’s annual conference.
I also think this is a valuable analogy.