Thanks for the explaining the reasoning, it reads very reasonable to me and I appreciate you taking the time!
I wonder if you changed your mind on communicating Open Phil’s funding decisions going forward. Random thoughts from me:
IIRC the info on your grant pages is usually very sparse.
If you focus on communicating funding decisions that seem somewhat novel and large, it might not require so much extra time.
Better understanding your reasoning would increase the level of trust that interested and well-meaning outsiders have towards you and the EA community more broadly.
Understanding your thinking better might help potential grantees to know what type of projects seem worth pitching to you.
And just a minor curiosity, would be really interested in hearing more about what kind of issues to look out for when renting venues:
Rented venues sometimes have issues that aren’t discovered until an event has begun (and we’ve seen events go substantially worse, or have to execute difficult mid-event moves, because of issues arising with the venues after the event was already underway).
Thanks for the explaining the reasoning, it reads very reasonable to me and I appreciate you taking the time!
I wonder if you changed your mind on communicating Open Phil’s funding decisions going forward. Random thoughts from me:
IIRC the info on your grant pages is usually very sparse.
If you focus on communicating funding decisions that seem somewhat novel and large, it might not require so much extra time.
Better understanding your reasoning would increase the level of trust that interested and well-meaning outsiders have towards you and the EA community more broadly.
Understanding your thinking better might help potential grantees to know what type of projects seem worth pitching to you.
And just a minor curiosity, would be really interested in hearing more about what kind of issues to look out for when renting venues: