[LRUG] Ru3y Manor diversity

[Joseph Wilk]

Will the venue be accessible?

If it is perhaps mention this on the website?

http://blog.josephwilk.net/personal/conferences-and-accessibility-please-try-harder.html

Thanks,
Joseph Wilk

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Jon Leighton <j at jonathanleighton.com> wrote:
> Greetings LRUG,
>
> One of the things that I would love it if we could achieve with Ru3y
> Manor would be a conference that fosters diversity in our community.
>
> IMO it's not enough if at the end of the day we turn around to each
> other and say "it's a shame only 1 woman turned up" or "sadly all the
> speakers were white guys".
>
> So, I hope this doesn't sound overly lame or patronising, but if you are
> someone who doesn't identify yourself as a straight white able-bodied
> male, I would personally love it if you would submit a talk and/or come
> along to the conference (the first batch of tickets go on sale
> tomorrow).
>
> [And that's not to say that I don't want the rest of you to participate
> as well!]
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
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