I like seeing stuff like this. I especially like the explicit call out of vendors and sponsors who too often get a free ride. It makes me more likely to attend

I like seeing stuff like this. I especially like the explicit call out of vendors and sponsors who too often get a free ride. It makes me more likely to attend the event - and I'm saying that as a white, middle-class, middle-aged male developer. Because, quite frankly, I'm getting too old and tired to deal with the crap boys-club behaviour I occasionally encounter at technical events. I certainly don't see it at the majority of events - but I see it far too much. And since I am a white, middle-class, middle-aged male I'm probably not seeing all the crap that does happen. Getting a guarantee that the organisers aren't going to stand for it will encourage me to attend their event. Hopefully it will encourage some of the folk I know who've stopped attending technical events due to repeated asshattery. With any luck it will self-filter some of the asshats of the world from attending too.