Tom is based in New Zealand and does a range of things within the EA NZ and EA Wellington communities under the broad umbrella of Community Building . They have a background in Youth Development, Personal Development, and Outdoor Education and also volunteer in these spaces. They are (only somewhat actively) looking for additional part time/project based EA work.
Tom has taken the GWWC Pledge, and is broadly cause agnostic, though is personally passionate about Improved Institutional Decision Making.
I had an adjacent thought when reading this: Not all your events need to have the same target audience or sit in the same place on the inclusivity spectrum.
E.g. One week you might run an intro event where small groups discuss cause prioritisation, that’s planned and advertised to be newcomer friendly. Another week you might run an an in depth discussion on a policy submission the group is making that’s targeted towards people who are engaged with the specific policy area.
I’m not sure if many groups already do this, but I think it can be useful when planning events (even regular weekly events) to explicitly think about who the event is for and to communicate this (either explicitly or implicitly) when advertising the event.