Pet peeve: For posts relevant to the US only, state it. Preferably in the title.
Sounds like a great event! To give comparable stats for more similar events to the EA North than the international EAG conference, here are some stats from two events by EA Finland
- 3-day event with sleepover.
- 32 attendees. (57% first-time retreat attendees.)
- Likelihood to recommend 8.9/10
- Shallow connections[1]: Avg: 6.6
- Deeper connections[2]: Avg: 5.2
Total costs excluding employee costs: 3,775€ (3,214 GBP). Including employee costs: 4,275€
Total cost per participant: 134€
Cost per participant after participation fees: 76€ (=65 GBP)
Cost per deeper connection[3]: 14,6€ (=12,5 GBP). Same range as EA North's 11 GBP
A 1-day event with 13 25-minute presentations by community members on any topic loosely related to EA. Topics included:
Some stats:
Qualitative feedback:
Most often mentioned value received (in open field) was
Cost:
Total costs: 790€ (290€ food costs + ~500€ employee salary costs)
Cost per attendee: 38€/participant (=32 GBP)
Cost per connection is hard to count based on the feedback gathered.
"How many people did you have a 5+ minute discussion with for the first time?"
"How many, if any, people that you didn't know well before the retreat would you now be comfortable asking a favor from?(e.g., someone who might reach out for collaboration, connect you to a job opportunity, etc.)"
Excluding participation fee, including employee cost.
If we apply for funding after June 1st, how likely is it that we can get a response from the EA infrastructure fund by mid-August if we state that need in the application?
In the post "Funds and CEA are merging", it was said:
EA Funds will be accepting and evaluating grant applications throughout the merger and spinout process, so you can continue to submit applications. […] Grant requests submitted to EA Funds after 9 May will not be processed until at least 1 August.”
Because it says that the applications will be evaluated continuously, I had interpreted 'processing' to mean the due diligence and payout, not evaluation. But in this post, I get the impression that the pause is more comprehensive because of
We likely won’t evaluate all applications by 1 June, but we will prioritize time-sensitive and promising applications and aim to complete evaluations for those before the pause
I strongly believe that cultivating a habit of giving, even with small amounts, helps build a long-term culture of altruism
I strongly agree with this! Before I had a stable income, I'd set aside 1€ a month to a separate bank account for charity. Usually, I'd wait a year or more to donate the accumulated money somewhere. (For context, I'm from Northern Europe.)
(1) I'm also a bit confused about the difference between charitable projects and hosted funds. First, I thought it means it's not possible to donate to funds via GWWC website, but after reading it again, I interpreted it as a change happening rather back-end and won't impact recommendations. Instead, it would be a change in the oversight GWWC promises for the funds. Have I understood it correctly?
I just found that Sebastian Schwiecker had written a blog post on the same topic.
Because of
I was hoping there were good EA blog posts on this topic, but after spending a while with EA Forum search and Google I didn't find any.
... I'm leaving this link here :) https://effektiv-spenden.org/blog/wie-viel-soll-ich-spenden/
Thank you for the clarification Nicole!