Paul as a woman I feel a bit offended that you would say this - I think it takes a bit more effort to get women on board because the numbers are smaller. When Bryce Roberts, OATV wanted women to apply for an associate position, he emailed me & asked me to spread the word, which I did. I have been doing a year long project interviewing vcs, angels & women founders on the shortfall of funding for women http://www.ezebis.com Recent posts regarding getting women to speak at conferences http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/pdf11-notes-curation & http://www.good.is/post/why-white-men-should-refuse-to-be-on... indicate that it just takes a little more effort. I think your response is a reflection of laziness & an attempt to fob the issue off rather than putting some extra effort in to #changetheratio. Really disappointing, considering Jessica says that this is an important issue.