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Could someone with more insight as to the decision-making at Ruby Central weigh in on what's going on here? Between this and drama with the conferences over the

Could someone with more insight as to the decision-making at Ruby Central weigh in on what's going on here? Between this and drama with the conferences over the years I'm just confused. They've been busy launching podcasts and doing fundraising, email campaigns and all that. Has there been a change in leadership?

swilk001 1y ago
Yes, they recently hired a new Executive Director.
- bradgessler 1y ago
  Links: https://rubycentral.org/news/reflections-on-railsconf-2025-from-shan-cureton-executive-director-of-ruby-central/ https://rubycentral.org/news/reflections-on-railsconf-2025-f... https://www.linkedin.com/in/shancureton https://www.linkedin.com/in/shancureton
  - RobotToaster 1y ago
    Someone with absolutely no technical background, a recipe for disaster.
    - drbragg 1y ago
      Opposed to hiring someone with a technical background but no experience running a non-profit?
      - daveguy 1y ago
        Non sequitur. False dichotomy.
      - ehutch79 1y ago
        As opposed to someone with experience with both?
        drbragg 1y ago
        I mean, that would be awesome. Got someone in mind?
      - TehCorwiz 1y ago
        It's easier to learn to run a non-profit coming from a technical management background than it is for an MBA to learn to be an engineer.
    - bradgessler 1y ago
      Rhiannon worked with Ruby Central for a bit, left a few weeks ago, and just shared this: https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz6zcflg2s26 https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz6zcflg2s26
      - jaredcwhite 1y ago
        Oh wow. I'm absolutely alarmed after reading that. To be honest, I had been wondering if some of the PR disasters this year could be laid on Rhiannon's shoulders, but it sounds like the rot is coming from the top.
      - vintagedave 1y ago
        Post not found, what did it say?
        pmontra 1y ago
        Interesting. It worked a few hours ago. Sorry, I didn't make a copy of the text.
        knodi123 1y ago
        her followup post: Deleted my post, which I published before Ruby central released their blog explaining things. It’s ultimately not my place to say or speculate about what’s going on. It’s obviously a disastrously bad roll out or whatever is happening and I hope they are able to make things right w the community.
        bradgessler 1y ago
        https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz7dtyamt226 https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz7dtyamt226
  - blibble 1y ago
    looking at that CV, I have zero doubt that this will be a subscription service in 5 years time
    - ryandrake 1y ago
      Yikes! At least they'll have someone "results-driven, client-focused," and "driving stakeholder engagement", because that's really what a software repository needs.
  - djfobbz 1y ago
    [flagged]
  - RHSeeger 1y ago
    > Going in, I had heard there was something magical about the Ruby community, but I didn’t yet understand what that meant. ... so I decided to destroy it, because I cannot abide things I do not understand.
brightball 1y ago
I'm still not clear about why they dropped RailsConf. I assume the biggest sponsors threw their weight behind Rails World?
- projectazorian 1y ago
  It feels like funding for conference participation at US companies has plummeted since COVID. Pre-COVID, most engineers I worked with would attend at least one conference a year on the company’s dime. That’s now become uncommon for anyone below staff engineer or director level, at the places where I work anyway.

swilk001 1y ago

Yes, they recently hired a new Executive Director.

bradgessler 1y ago
Links: https://rubycentral.org/news/reflections-on-railsconf-2025-from-shan-cureton-executive-director-of-ruby-central/ https://rubycentral.org/news/reflections-on-railsconf-2025-f... https://www.linkedin.com/in/shancureton https://www.linkedin.com/in/shancureton
- RobotToaster 1y ago
  Someone with absolutely no technical background, a recipe for disaster.
  - drbragg 1y ago
    Opposed to hiring someone with a technical background but no experience running a non-profit?
    - daveguy 1y ago
      Non sequitur. False dichotomy.
    - ehutch79 1y ago
      As opposed to someone with experience with both?
      - drbragg 1y ago
        I mean, that would be awesome. Got someone in mind?
    - TehCorwiz 1y ago
      It's easier to learn to run a non-profit coming from a technical management background than it is for an MBA to learn to be an engineer.
  - bradgessler 1y ago
    Rhiannon worked with Ruby Central for a bit, left a few weeks ago, and just shared this: https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz6zcflg2s26 https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz6zcflg2s26
    - jaredcwhite 1y ago
      Oh wow. I'm absolutely alarmed after reading that. To be honest, I had been wondering if some of the PR disasters this year could be laid on Rhiannon's shoulders, but it sounds like the rot is coming from the top.
    - vintagedave 1y ago
      Post not found, what did it say?
      - pmontra 1y ago
        Interesting. It worked a few hours ago. Sorry, I didn't make a copy of the text.
      - knodi123 1y ago
        her followup post: Deleted my post, which I published before Ruby central released their blog explaining things. It’s ultimately not my place to say or speculate about what’s going on. It’s obviously a disastrously bad roll out or whatever is happening and I hope they are able to make things right w the community.
      - bradgessler 1y ago
        https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz7dtyamt226 https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz7dtyamt226
- blibble 1y ago
  looking at that CV, I have zero doubt that this will be a subscription service in 5 years time
  - ryandrake 1y ago
    Yikes! At least they'll have someone "results-driven, client-focused," and "driving stakeholder engagement", because that's really what a software repository needs.
- djfobbz 1y ago
  [flagged]
- RHSeeger 1y ago
  > Going in, I had heard there was something magical about the Ruby community, but I didn’t yet understand what that meant. ... so I decided to destroy it, because I cannot abide things I do not understand.

brightball 1y ago

I'm still not clear about why they dropped RailsConf. I assume the biggest sponsors threw their weight behind Rails World?

projectazorian 1y ago
It feels like funding for conference participation at US companies has plummeted since COVID. Pre-COVID, most engineers I worked with would attend at least one conference a year on the company’s dime. That’s now become uncommon for anyone below staff engineer or director level, at the places where I work anyway.