There seems to be some minimum age requirement before the reply link shows up. The linked article goes into the sausage making that got the BritRuby guys in tr

There seems to be some minimum age requirement before the reply link shows up. The linked article goes into the sausage making that got the BritRuby guys in trouble. I encourage you to read it fully because it's a really good read on how these things happen without malice or conscious racism or sexism on anyone's part. Short version is that they drew up a list of 15 initial invitees who were white males, without ever contacting prominent Rubyists in the area who weren't white or male, who would have been happy to attend and speak, and who were certainly of a stature to deserve to be invited. It's a classic example of systemic bias.