After a 40-minute conversation with a meeting planner, in which a meeting organization was castigated for having its meetings routinely coincide with non-Christian religious holidays, I promised to look into it. What MeetingNews uncovered in its Exclusive Research was not so much an evil conspiracy so much as a lack of awareness. When most planners said they would never plan a meeting on a holiday, they seem to be referring to holidays they know about. The conflicts arise when there is no one in the organization to point out the mistake before it gets on the calendar.This one simple mistake points to a greater problem: lack of diversity within the organization's governance. For years, meeting organizations—and others—have been creating diversity initiatives. The success of these initiatives has been debated, but clearly respect for everyone's religious holidays when planning important meetings ought to be a benchmark.On a lighter note (or is it?) MeetingNews asked its readers if they believed there to be a "war on Christmas." Slightly more than half of the 335 responding planners (51.3%) do not believe that there is, but nearly a quarter (23.6%) do. The rest (25.1%) do not know.