Hey Devansh! Thanks for this thoughtful reply. Just wanted to address some of your specific points about Schelling Point Sessions.
First, regarding your RSVPs. Day 1 was definitely a learning experience for us - we were way oversubscribed and we were concerned with capacity, so there were many people who didn’t make it off the list, unfortunately. BUT we learned, and adjusted for day 3. Day 2 RSVPs were run by the Broadcast team, though, and I know they were also oversubscribed. Unfortunately a lot of people were left pending. The more of these we do, the better we’ll get with managing.
To address this - yes, the intention was for the sessions to be interactive and facilitated. This format came more naturally to some more than others. For future sessions, we are going to have prep calls to run through prompts and pointers to ensure these feel more participatory moving forward.
With regard to having the sessions continue after the event, we definitely want to encourage this which is why we created the Schelling Point Forum, here: https://forum.schellingpoint.gitcoin.co/
And we can certainly consider the idea of creating a mechanism for funding collaborations. I’d be curious to understand what exactly gets funded from Plurality, an idea? Where and when does the vote live? Would love to review and consider how we could incorporate.
Worth noting that the intent of the sessions is not a conference; these are meant to be lightweight and able to be spun up easily so what you mention might be a better fit for the larger format of Schelling Point.
That said, on the whole, we’ve found that these conference “communities” dont really live on between events; people enjoy coming together for the experience and then if they do so happen to collaborate it’s not necessarily in the context of the conference but outside of it.
We always want to give the option, though, which is why we created the forum and have a Telegram.
The sessions are also an initial way to try to create additional SP touchpoints and formats throughout the year and we definitely want to continue building on this.
With regard to the location, yep, we know it could have been closer, but were looking for a house space (tough to find in central Paris!) and had a specific budget plus need for a large capacity, so options were limited. There is something special about being in a house or loft space and we want to cultivate that moving forward but agree that we still need to prioritize convenience.
I’ll be sharing another update on SP in this post: [Discussion & Feedback Request]: Future of Schelling Point and would love your thoughts on the latest updates!