Thank you for writing this comprehensive and candid post. As the ED/CEO of GWWC during this period, I deeply appreciate the transparency about both the challenges faced for us all during that period and reforms implemented. Some of the decisions, like the restrictive communications policy, were undoubtedly difficult and had real costs for the community, but I believe you and the team navigated an incredibly complex situation with integrity, putting in place important governance improvements while managing serious (and often unknown or unclear) legal risks.

I'm particularly grateful for the clear explanation of the trade-offs involved in various decisions. The section on crisis preparation really resonated with my experience - it's so much harder and more expensive to implement reforms during a crisis than to build robust systems proactively. The lessons around valuing operational experience, investing in capacity early, and carefully considering organisational risk profiles are especially valuable for other EA organisations.

While the FTX situation created immense challenges, I believe there's a silver lining in how it led to governance improvements across the ecosystem. The EV team's support during the spin-out process helped organisations like GWWC establish robust governance frameworks and operational systems from day one. Thanks to their guidance and the lessons captured here, I expect many of the spin-out organisations to emerge as particularly well-governed and resilient institutions.

I particularly want to acknowledge the immense effort of everyone who worked to reform EV during this period - both the visible leadership and the many staff members who put in long hours behind the scenes. This kind of operational and governance work isn't always celebrated in EA, but it's essential for building trustworthy institutions that can effectively pursue our shared goals.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Big plus one here 🥰

Nice! I enjoyed how accessible and friendly this is!

Thanks! Found it (yep, was in spam unfortunately).

Thanks team! I can't keep track of which email address I've used from year to year on the surveys, do you plan to send an email to those who filled in the previous surveys with a link to fill it in again which pre-fills the email address? That'd be wonderful if so 🙌

That's fantastic!! Great to see, thanks for sharing!

Thanks both. They haven't shared this with us specifically so I can't speak for them. They have been very clear that it is a conditional match.

I'll try updating the wording for clarity.

Sadly I read it the same way 😅 But I’m glad this is happening!!

I can’t quite state enough how much I appreciate you writing this right now. You shared what I’m feeling and thinking way better than I feel I can. Thank you.

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While I can't share specific details about our previous benefactor for various reasons (e.g. privacy), I can assure you the reasons for this are not related to any issues with the Donor Lottery itself (e.g. support of the approach, estimation of its value or cost-effectiveness, any issues with the process etc).

Our previous benefactor has been instrumental in supporting the lottery in the past and we deeply appreciate this. We'd be excited to find more backstop funds to increase the size of the Donor Lottery again.