All righty. Well. Thank you all, so much, for being part of this 12th PyCon Australia.
But we're not done yet. We have some great social events tomorrow, including karaoke,
lightning talks, video games, some RPG one shot sessions.
Check those out on the Sunday page of the program on our website. For now,
I need to thank some people who made this event possible. I want to thank our sponsors,
we couldn't have made this event as accessible to as many people as it has been. Thank you to WSP
and Canva. Google Cloud and octopus energy and all our wonderful digital sponsors.
We couldn't do this without the continued support of the PSF and Linux Australia. Thank you so much
to our media partners, Ryan Verner from Next Day Video and cTrix for getting us all on to
everyone's screen. I'd like to welcome Sae Ra Germaine from Linux Australia, with a few words.
SAE RA GERMAINE: Hi, folks. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge that I'm coming to you from the
lands of the [Indiscernible] and I'd like to pay respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Wow, what an amazing conference it's been. I'm Sae Ra Germaine and I'm here as the president of Linux
Australia. It has about 5,000 members and we're here to represent users and developers of free
and open technologies. Linux Australia are proud sponsors of many conferences, including this one.
PyCon has always had a special place in our heart. I would like
to say thanks to all of our volunteers, but a specific thanks to our core team.
This core team have come together to bring you this magnificent conference
and despite lockdowns, it has been so amazing to see this team rally and support each other.
I know firsthand that running a conference, especially during a pandemic and to add that to,
online, is no easy task. This team has spent all of their spare time organizing this for you and I,
for one, really do appreciate it. Some of you are even helping run a second conference that is LCA.
I want to thank each and every one of these individuals for their tireless efforts.
Without this dedicated team, this conference wouldn't have happened. They've managed vendors,
sponsors, speakers, volunteers, bank accounts, our treasurer.
So everyone, please join me in thanking Benno Rice, Cintia, Neil and Ryan Verner. And
these three, the director triforce and I think that's an absolutely amazing name.
These three have given the conference their all, their blood, their sweat and their tears
into making sure that this conference is the best experience you could possibly have.
If I was onsite, I would probably start with a standing ovation for these three. In lieu of that,
please join me in applausing Richard Jones, Katie McLaughlin and Jack Skinner. Thank you.
RICHARD JONES: Thank you, Sae Ra, for that. In December last year, we realized the pandemic had
an ongoing, high probability of disrupting an in person event and well, here we are.
We still dearly wish for [Indiscernible] to get her in person event so a substitute team stepped
up, a triforce, if you will. We talked through our options for what the event would look like and in
the end, tweaked the formula a little from last year. Kind of hoping to support viewing parties.
Little did we know that even that option would be off the table.
I am sad that we didn't get to see those parties happen but I am truly proud of the event we've.
A PyCon conference has had live captioning. Speakers, you are all amazing, thank you.
This event has only happened because of the support of almost
40 volunteers from the community.
Thank you, again, to all of our specialist track organizers. It's been such a delight to hand you
a blank slate on yesterday's schedule and see the wonderful content that you've put together.
We've had the most wonderful, dedicated people run the specialist tracks this year.
Ryan, Christopher and the AV team have provided our speakers with tech checks
so they look and sound way better than your average Zoom call and our prerecorded talks
went through a vigorous QA process. I've just had word from backstage
that some videos have already been published online, thanks to Next Day Video's online work.
Thank you to everyone who's been behind the scenes of the production. Without you, the event
would never have run so smoothly yesterday and today. And thanks to the folks who helped review
and then select the program from all the wonderful talk proposals we received.
There are so many people that go into making every PyCon AU into a reality.
PyCon AU wouldn't be what it is without the community. Everyone here is part of the reason
we dedicate our time putting this together so I want to thank every one of the over 600 people
for fulfilling the PyCon AU community dream. So, with that said,
the conference part of PyConline, that's over for another year, but the event isn't.
Tonight, we have an organized Zoom call. We can all join and our host, Cintia,
will help organize breakout rooms so the huge number of attendees isn't completely overwhelming.
So that brings me to tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day of silliness,
socializing and maybe some typey typey of making the codes. If you haven't checked out the details
on the Sunday schedule page, please do so now. We have lightning talks hosted by Chris Neugebauer
and Libby Berrie. We have sprints and games and video games and one shot role playing sessions.
After tomorrow, PyConline AU is over for another year and like always,
we close on this, what's next? We'll have more to share on that around the start of next year.
I'd love to have an in person event, if the world lets us, but whether it's in Adelaide or online,
we'll be coming together again in 2022. So, thank you, all, for making yesterday
and today a wonderful success and we'll all see you tomorrow for the lightning talks and various
social activities. And we'll see you next year. Finally, thank you so much to my core team.
I'd like to thank them I'd like them to join me now, on stream.
There they are. Yes! Oh, my lordy, what a wonderful bunch of people Russ, thank you
for staying on for yet another year, making sure that the conference stays enough in the positive
numbers, I can't remember if they were red or black, to ensure there can still be a next one.
Benno, even though it was an incredibly tough year for you
to find the time and energy, you still joined us and helped make the program amazing.
Cintia, thank you for stepping up and organize the events.
Mike, thank you for taking on the task of herding all the cats behind the scenes.
Wrangling all the production volunteers, keeping everything running on time and routing problems.
David, thank you for managing the complexities of the speakers green rooms and tech checks.
Neil, thank you for helping with sponsor wrangling,
a task that can be full of truly baffling conversations.
Ryan, I've already mentioned you, but I feel I need to again.
Your passion for this community is clear in the attention to detail in your work. And the time you
devoted to my team to help us make this event, our event has been so smooth and polished. Thank you.
But most of all, my deepest thanks go to the two folks who stood with me, back in December,
when I was unsure that was even a good idea. Katie McLaughlin and Jack Skinner are the best people
and I have been blessed to work with them. By myself, I am certain I would not have been able
to make this event happen. Together, combined, we make a super conference director. Katie, thank you
not only for running our conference comms, but also stepping in to fill so many shoes,
ticketing and program code share and generally doing all the things.
Jack, thank you for wrangling sponsorship and your invaluable support.
Thank you, both, for your support, for me and for the entire team.
I'm I'm being told somebody else wants to join the call?
As my gift to you, I commissioned artist Sally to capture
the joy I have of working with both of you.
And now I'd like to invite the rest of the core team back, please,
because I couldn't have done this without each and every one of you.
There we are. And to close out, we have a tradition, in PyConline AU [audio frozen]
where we end the call with a therapeutic scream into the void. Take it away, everyone.
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