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How single person can feel that he is unbiased is enigma to me. But that's ok. Bottom line: it's your conference Jon, your choice of speakers, people who knew you for many years, you call the shots not to open CfP. That's ALL RIGHT. Let's just not pretend it's a community thing.
I don't really believe I'm unbiased: I am biased. But I do go to almost every Scala conference, and I put in many hours into meeting potential speakers throughout the year to curate the programme. They're not all people I've known for many years, but I do know most.
I see the past talks of speakers as evidence of their eligibility to speak. And because I do go to almost every conference, it's somewhat unavoidable that I know most before inviting them.
My personal biased definition of Scala community: people who learn Scala at night, fight with their boss for Scala adoption, move jobs so they can do Scala, give up on _ so their team members can feel included and convert. What's yours?
If you mean, "how do I choose speakers?", it's basically a question of whether they've impressed upon me that they would make an interesting contribution to the conference. I don't have visibility of many of the things you mentioned, so I can't factor them in.
Hi Jon. That’s not enough to get overcome bias. Any statistician will tell you you need to introduce randomness. Please consider opening at least ONE talk to new speakers. Please also consider helping and coaching them. It would be a huge help to the community.
Jon, you see - people will come with ideas if they have a way to. Furthermore, those ideas are sometimes better than yours because they are fresh.
Please keep selecting the best speakers on merit alone and do not be bullied into active discrimination on the basis of gender or race. Thanks and keep up the good work.
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