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That's easy Jon: just open the submission, at least some %. For all people who demand to know why I dared to challenge Jon: when someone gathers courage and comes forward, easiest yet dullest thing to do is to discard it as false. Elitism is the biggest threat to Scala community
People asked for more explanation, and I'm glad you've given it. I know you suggested a CfP, but I disagreed because I decided at the outset on a curated programme of speakers based on more than just abstracts. I seek excellence, diversity and coherency in the programme.
How do you achieve the diversity part?
I invite a diverse set of speakers, rather than waiting for them to apply. I chose everyone for the marginal benefit they bring to the programme. A common criticism of CfPs is that minority groups are less likely to apply, but (whether that's true or not) I don't use them.
Tough one though - if you seek the best, but the community is 99% male, you get an unfair representation of males. If you seek diversity in the same context, you settle for... less excellence. Striking the right balance is tough.
Not sure how a blind cfp would change that - assuming equal repartition of talent in a massively unbalanced community, wouldn’t we just get the same lack of balance in selected speakers?
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