> While I do appreciate that a good number of the non-profits are ones that help women code, having a low number of women/minority speakers certainly doesn't help and could even be counterproductive to those causes.

I don't disagree. However, is it reasonable to expect the conference speaker roster to have significantly higher diversity than the industry itself, considering those speakers are drawn from the industry? Some would say yes, and I think it's a good idea, but it is going to be harder.

I think the fact that to get a ticket I dontated to Women Who Code is more than most conferences will ever do, and I'm not going to vilify them for this, personally...