I want to give the organisers the benefit of the doubt. As an organiser I would find it hard to respond to this with care. At the same time I don’t always get along with everyone. And there is no expert skill process to solve that problem. In an ideal world everything would just work. We could resolve our differences, and we could move forward. We don’t live in that world.
It’s unfortunate that you didn’t fit the group socially. As the external community it would be wrong of us to pressure a local friend group to do anything.
I understand your disappointment here. The frustrations of probably what you think is someone not trying to make it work. My advice to you is that if you want to live in a better world—be a better person. Demonstrate by example. Be inclusive, start a group. Organise events. I know of more than one city with multiple streams of meetups with different cultures, attendees and flavours. You can do that.
I want to give the organisers the benefit of the doubt. As an organiser I would find it hard to respond to this with care. At the same time I don’t always get along with everyone. And there is no expert skill process to solve that problem. In an ideal world everything would just work. We could resolve our differences, and we could move forward. We don’t live in that world.
It’s unfortunate that you didn’t fit the group socially. As the external community it would be wrong of us to pressure a local friend group to do anything.
I understand your disappointment here. The frustrations of probably what you think is someone not trying to make it work. My advice to you is that if you want to live in a better world—be a better person. Demonstrate by example. Be inclusive, start a group. Organise events. I know of more than one city with multiple streams of meetups with different cultures, attendees and flavours. You can do that.