[Argorak]

> Also BritRuby was cancelled because the speaker list consisted entirely of white males, which is somehow a bad thing.

The dismissive tone is unnecessary, the matter was more complex than it seems. See here for a previous discussion.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5399848

[canttestthis]

I just read your link. So the issue is that they advertised themselves as a 'diverse conference' but didn't have a diverse speaker list. I don't typically look at race/gender when I look at speaker lists, so I didn't think it was a bad thing.

[ensignavenger]

There are lots of ways to be diverse, its not just a matter of race/gender. Personally, I think diversity in race is a pretty week indicator of general diversity.