I ran EA UIUC before Mayank. The school has a lot of technical talent (top 5 CS school) but its EA clubs have struggled with leadership turnover (myself included). Any help would be appreciated in finding board members for the club: there's a lot of potential here for positive impact.
I'm Mayank, a senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Our University EA group has been active since Fall 2024 and we are currently in-need of new organizers.
So far, we've introduced ~30 people to EA through our intro fellowship over the past couple of semesters, though we've struggled with consistent attendance and post-fellowship retention. We are looking to potentially expand/shift our group's activities to run general meetings, along the lines of our friends at EA Purdue (Why and How Your University Group Can Run General Meetings — EA Forum). It would be a very suboptimal outcome for our group to die with the graduation of our current organizers (incl. me). Don't take it from me, take it from this shrimp:
If you're at UIUC and would be up for long-term board/organizing work (expect 3-6 hrs/week), please do reach out!!
You can email me at [email protected].
Also, dropping a link to our website here: https://effectivealtruismillinois.github.io/
Strongly agreed. Organizing a group is probably one of the best things one could do for both their present and future impact.
I (and many others) would be happy to get on a call/help anyone willing to take over (I have a bunch of experience from organizing the UChicago group)! Dm me here to take me up on that.