Why do EA events attract more men than women? Focus group data

The article: “Why do EA events attract more men than women? Focus group data”

Fundamental Justification

What positive impact did you expect before you started the project? What were unusually good and unusually bad possible outcomes? (Please avoid hindsight bias and take the interests of all sentient beings into account.)

I hoped to help EA community organisers promote gender diversity in EA.

What actual outcomes are you aware of?

One commenter wrote that he changed his community building strategy because of my post. This work likely also informed EA London's community building strategy to a small degree.

Who can make a legitimate claim to a fraction of the impact, and have you talked to them?

David Nash / EA London, who gave me attendance data. I haven't been in touch with him but will do if anyone expresses serious interest.

Who are the current owners of the impact and what fraction do they each own?

Procedural Questions

What is your minimum valuation under which you’ll not sell any shares in your impact?

What would you have done had there been no chance to get retro funding? (This helps us assess our impact but has no effect on our evaluation of the certificate’s impact.)

At the time I didn't think there would be a chance for retroactive funding.