ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
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Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#2This is getting sillier every day.
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#3We published a list of speakers that does not reflect the standards to which we hold ourselves. We will be postponing this event until we can deliver a more diverse slate of speakers.
Oh get over yourselves. Why would future speakers not feel like token representations used to meet an imaginary quota?
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#4I'm glad that they're taking it seriously and not just saying they're committed to diversity.
It's postponed, not cancelled, though.
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#5The event has been postoponed by ministry of truth due to truth not being consistent with the truth.
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#6I'm glad that they're taking it seriously and not just saying they're committed to diversity. It's postponed, not cancelled, though.
Why postpone it at all? They did a call for papers with blind review and the best papers were men.
Its new tech, conferences are important promotion opportunities, especially for tech as maligned as Electron is.
This seems like bad optics, and I feel bad for anyone who was accepted but gets bumped for a new presenter of the "right demographics".
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#7We published a list of speakers that does not reflect the standards to which we hold ourselves. We will be postponing this event until we can deliver a more diverse slate of speakers. Oh get over yourselves. Why would future speakers not feel like token representations used to meet an imaginary quota?
Or, I wonder how the current speakers from the list feel about that statement. They seem to not reflect the [high] standards than the godly organizers hold themselves to.
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#8I am an Indian (मैं भारतीय हूं) but as long as there are people who put token diversity over true meritocracy, there will never be hope for the downtrodden. This entire thing is such a farce.
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#9At face value this is poor communication. It's not clear what kind of diversity they aimed for: was it gender, racial, economic? What are they taking a stand for?
Re: ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
#10I am an Indian (मैं भारतीय हूं) but as long as there are people who put token diversity over true meritocracy, there will never be hope for the downtrodden. This entire thing is such a farce.
Funny I thought the same. This is tech not a political rally