Questions to consider

• What’s the value proposition for a local EA group?
  • How does this diverge from a normal local society?
• How do we go about communicating EA?
• What risks are there when running a group?
• How much impact could we have running a local group?
• What are the key things you need to provide people to help them go from new EAs into engaged members of the community who feel confident developing their plans to do good?

Resources

Articles in bold are worth focussing on first, as this is an optional week the reading a looser summary, you're encouraged to go research other information on this topic!

• How valuable is movement growth?
• The funnel model
• Anonymous Answers, The EA community and growth
• Idea Inoculation and Inferential Distance
• The fidelity model of spreading ideas
• Scammers, filters, and an EA group
• Start with who

Extra places to look

• EA hub
• This list of community building resources
• EA Forum Community Building Tag