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All righty. Well. Thank you all, so much, 
for being part of this 12th PyCon Australia.  

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But we're not done yet. We have some great 
social events tomorrow, including karaoke,  

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lightning talks, video games, 
some RPG one shot sessions.  

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Check those out on the Sunday page of 
the program on our website. For now,  

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I need to thank some people who made this 
event possible. I want to thank our sponsors,  

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we couldn't have made this event as accessible to 
as many people as it has been. Thank you to WSP  

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and Canva. Google Cloud and octopus energy 
and all our wonderful digital sponsors. 

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We couldn't do this without the continued support 
of the PSF and Linux Australia. Thank you so much  

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to our media partners, Ryan Verner from Next 
Day Video and cTrix for getting us all on to  

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everyone's screen. I'd like to welcome Sae Ra 
Germaine from Linux Australia, with a few words. 

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SAE RA GERMAINE: Hi, folks. Firstly, I would like 
to acknowledge that I'm coming to you from the  

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lands of the [Indiscernible] and I'd like to pay 
respects to elders past, present and emerging. 

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Wow, what an amazing conference it's been. I'm Sae 
Ra Germaine and I'm here as the president of Linux  

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Australia. It has about 5,000 members and we're 
here to represent users and developers of free  

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and open technologies. Linux Australia are proud 
sponsors of many conferences, including this one.  

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PyCon has always had a special 
place in our heart. I would like  

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to say thanks to all of our volunteers, 
but a specific thanks to our core team.  

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This core team have come together to 
bring you this magnificent conference  

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and despite lockdowns, it has been so amazing 
to see this team rally and support each other. 

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I know firsthand that running a conference, 
especially during a pandemic and to add that to,  

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online, is no easy task. This team has spent all 
of their spare time organizing this for you and I,  

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for one, really do appreciate it. Some of you are 
even helping run a second conference that is LCA. 

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I want to thank each and every one of these 
individuals for their tireless efforts.  

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Without this dedicated team, this conference 
wouldn't have happened. They've managed vendors,  

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sponsors, speakers, volunteers, 
bank accounts, our treasurer.  

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So everyone, please join me in thanking 
Benno Rice, Cintia, Neil and Ryan Verner. And  

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these three, the director triforce and I 
think that's an absolutely amazing name.  

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These three have given the conference their 
all, their blood, their sweat and their tears  

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into making sure that this conference is 
the best experience you could possibly have. 

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If I was onsite, I would probably start with a 
standing ovation for these three. In lieu of that,  

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please join me in applausing Richard Jones, 
Katie McLaughlin and Jack Skinner. Thank you. 

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RICHARD JONES: Thank you, Sae Ra, for that. In 
December last year, we realized the pandemic had  

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an ongoing, high probability of disrupting 
an in person event and well, here we are.  

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We still dearly wish for [Indiscernible] to get 
her in person event so a substitute team stepped  

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up, a triforce, if you will. We talked through our 
options for what the event would look like and in  

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the end, tweaked the formula a little from last 
year. Kind of hoping to support viewing parties.  

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Little did we know that even that 
option would be off the table.  

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I am sad that we didn't get to see those parties 
happen but I am truly proud of the event we've.  

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A PyCon conference has had live captioning. 
Speakers, you are all amazing, thank you. 

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This event has only happened 
because of the support of almost  

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40 volunteers from the community.  

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Thank you, again, to all of our specialist track 
organizers. It's been such a delight to hand you  

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a blank slate on yesterday's schedule and see 
the wonderful content that you've put together.  

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We've had the most wonderful, dedicated 
people run the specialist tracks this year. 

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Ryan, Christopher and the AV team have 
provided our speakers with tech checks  

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so they look and sound way better than your 
average Zoom call and our prerecorded talks  

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went through a vigorous QA process.
I've just had word from backstage  

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that some videos have already been published 
online, thanks to Next Day Video's online work. 

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Thank you to everyone who's been behind the 
scenes of the production. Without you, the event  

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would never have run so smoothly yesterday and 
today. And thanks to the folks who helped review  

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and then select the program from all the 
wonderful talk proposals we received. 

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There are so many people that go into 
making every PyCon AU into a reality.  

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PyCon AU wouldn't be what it is without the 
community. Everyone here is part of the reason  

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we dedicate our time putting this together so I 
want to thank every one of the over 600 people  

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for fulfilling the PyCon AU community dream.
So, with that said,  

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the conference part of PyConline, that's 
over for another year, but the event isn't.  

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Tonight, we have an organized Zoom call. 
We can all join and our host, Cintia,  

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will help organize breakout rooms so the huge 
number of attendees isn't completely overwhelming. 

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So that brings me to tomorrow. 
Tomorrow is the day of silliness,  

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socializing and maybe some typey typey of making 
the codes. If you haven't checked out the details  

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on the Sunday schedule page, please do so now.
We have lightning talks hosted by Chris Neugebauer  

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and Libby Berrie. We have sprints and games and 
video games and one shot role playing sessions. 

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After tomorrow, PyConline AU is over 
for another year and like always,  

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we close on this, what's next? We'll have more 
to share on that around the start of next year.  

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I'd love to have an in person event, if the world 
lets us, but whether it's in Adelaide or online,  

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we'll be coming together again in 2022.
So, thank you, all, for making yesterday  

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and today a wonderful success and we'll all see 
you tomorrow for the lightning talks and various  

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social activities. And we'll see you next year.
Finally, thank you so much to my core team.  

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I'd like to thank them I'd like 
them to join me now, on stream. 

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There they are. Yes! Oh, my lordy, what a 
wonderful bunch of people Russ, thank you  

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for staying on for yet another year, making sure 
that the conference stays enough in the positive  

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numbers, I can't remember if they were red or 
black, to ensure there can still be a next one. 

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Benno, even though it was an 
incredibly tough year for you  

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to find the time and energy, you still joined 
us and helped make the program amazing. 

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Cintia, thank you for stepping 
up and organize the events. 

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Mike, thank you for taking on the task of 
herding all the cats behind the scenes.  

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Wrangling all the production volunteers, keeping 
everything running on time and routing problems. 

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David, thank you for managing the complexities 
of the speakers green rooms and tech checks. 

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Neil, thank you for helping 
with sponsor wrangling,  

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a task that can be full of 
truly baffling conversations. 

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Ryan, I've already mentioned 
you, but I feel I need to again.  

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Your passion for this community is clear in the 
attention to detail in your work. And the time you  

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devoted to my team to help us make this event, our 
event has been so smooth and polished. Thank you. 

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But most of all, my deepest thanks go to the 
two folks who stood with me, back in December,  

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when I was unsure that was even a good idea. Katie 
McLaughlin and Jack Skinner are the best people  

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and I have been blessed to work with them. By 
myself, I am certain I would not have been able  

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to make this event happen. Together, combined, we 
make a super conference director. Katie, thank you  

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not only for running our conference comms, 
but also stepping in to fill so many shoes,  

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ticketing and program code share 
and generally doing all the things. 

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Jack, thank you for wrangling 
sponsorship and your invaluable support.  

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Thank you, both, for your support, 
for me and for the entire team. 

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I'm I'm being told somebody 
else wants to join the call? 

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As my gift to you, I commissioned 
artist Sally to capture  

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the joy I have of working with both of you. 

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And now I'd like to invite the 
rest of the core team back, please,  

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because I couldn't have done this 
without each and every one of you. 

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There we are. And to close out, we have a 
tradition, in PyConline AU [audio frozen]  

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where we end the call with a therapeutic 
scream into the void. Take it away, everyone. 

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