> I'm not going to argue whether it's fair or not to expect this: but if an organizer is facing these kinds of allegations, then they can help alleviate the iss

> I'm not going to argue whether it's fair or not to expect this: but if an organizer is facing these kinds of allegations, then they can help alleviate the issue by writing a substantial post on their criteria for selecting the speakers and some examples of people they asked but who could not make it. I just want to call attention to this, because it's hiding at the end of a longer post and it's a really good, constructive suggestion of how to approach this entire matter in a reasonable, non-polarizing way.