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Closing Remarks

Kinsey Durham Grace and Jim Remsik • November 15, 2024 • Chicago, IL • Talk

Closing Remarks - RubyConf 2024
The closing remarks at RubyConf 2024, presented by Kinsey Durham Grace and Jim Remsik, celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Ruby community and announce upcoming events. The speakers express gratitude towards Ruby core committers, highlighting their essential role in the conference's success. They share exciting news about the final Rails Comp, which is set to take place in July in Philadelphia, reinforcing the desire to make it a historic event. The remarks emphasize the need for more sponsorship to ensure the event's success, urging attendees and businesses to support the community-driven organization.

In these closing statements, several key acknowledgments are made:
- Recognition of Ruby core committers and sponsors.
- Announcement of the next Rails Comp in Philadelphia, with plans underway for sponsorship to secure the event.
- Special thanks to long-serving board member Allison and Adar, the executive director stepping down, for their considerable contributions to the Ruby community.
- An invitation for attendee feedback through a post-event survey, aimed at enhancing future events.

The speakers urge community engagement as they look toward the next conference and renew their commitment to developing an inclusive and thriving Ruby ecosystem. The session concludes with appreciation for all participants, aiming to keep the enthusiasm alive for the upcoming Ruby events.

Closing Remarks
Kinsey Durham Grace and Jim Remsik • November 15, 2024 • Chicago, IL • Talk

RubyConf 2024

00:00:15.120 we realized there were more core
00:00:16.400 committers here than we expected and so
00:00:18.600 we just wanted to make sure that
00:00:19.800 everybody got their time in the uh
00:00:22.519 Spotlight here so again thank you all uh
00:00:26.039 Ruby core committers we wouldn't be here
00:00:28.160 without you
00:00:39.000 so we have a little update about rails
00:00:40.399 comp yes we are going to give our quick
00:00:43.320 rails comp updates historically this is
00:00:45.559 the part of the conference where we
00:00:47.039 announce where our next conference is
00:00:49.239 going to be um but we are super excited
00:00:51.960 uh we would like to have the final rails
00:00:53.960 comp in July in Philadelphia you're
00:00:56.280 welcome you're welcome Drew you're
00:00:58.519 welcome uh we are working to secure a
00:01:00.920 few few more anchor sponsors before we
00:01:03.160 can finalize the plans we already have
00:01:05.600 some great ones secured but we need a
00:01:08.000 couple more to be confident in moving
00:01:10.320 forward so if you or your company is
00:01:12.200 interested in supporting please come
00:01:14.080 talk to the board Tom or any Ruby
00:01:16.759 Central staff member um it will be an
00:01:19.720 absolutely amazing experience conference
00:01:23.079 so let's work together to make the
00:01:24.840 finals rails comp truly historic and
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00:01:37.640 aome there's our slide
00:01:40.600 yeah I see what you did there
00:01:43.159 Philadelphia
00:01:46.880 historic so again we have a lot of
00:01:50.320 sponsors that help put together uh
00:01:53.520 everything that Ruby Central uh
00:01:56.280 does from open source to events we just
00:01:59.560 want to make sure that everybody uh
00:02:01.680 understands that this is a community
00:02:04.719 sponsored uh organization and we would
00:02:07.680 like and need your support so can we get
00:02:10.479 a round of applause for all of our
00:02:23.680 sponsors um also Allison if you're can
00:02:27.360 you stand up oh Allison over there we
00:02:31.560 want to thank Allison she has been on
00:02:33.680 the board for six years uh at Ruby
00:02:36.640 Central which is
00:02:38.879 awesome um she
00:02:42.560 has she has done a ton of work for this
00:02:45.120 community for these conferences for Ruby
00:02:47.400 Central uh she used to coordinate the
00:02:50.640 scholar guide program before that and
00:02:53.159 she is rolling off the board so we just
00:02:55.440 want to thank her for all of her work
00:02:57.959 all of her support we really appre
00:02:59.840 appreciate
00:03:09.640 you another person we want to thank Adar
00:03:13.080 can you please stand up as
00:03:15.879 well
00:03:21.599 y he will be stepping down as our
00:03:24.360 executive director in the coming months
00:03:26.480 uh we are currently uh we have a plan
00:03:29.280 moving forward forward we will
00:03:30.480 communicate that to you all soon um but
00:03:33.720 we just want to thank him so much for
00:03:35.879 all that he's done for the community and
00:03:38.319 leading us and yes thank you so much we
00:03:41.200 really appreciate
00:03:51.760 you we are excited for the future um I
00:03:55.599 also want to just uh take a moment to
00:03:58.519 thank Kinsey
00:04:00.640 thank
00:04:03.480 you and can we give Jim a big round of
00:04:06.480 applause for all the work that he did
00:04:08.079 for this
00:04:10.640 conference thank
00:04:14.760 you what we really want to hear though
00:04:16.959 is your uh your feedback on this event
00:04:20.079 about what you want to see at railcom
00:04:22.240 and one of the ways that you can do that
00:04:24.320 is with the post event survey uh scan
00:04:27.400 that QR code we'll send emails we want
00:04:30.320 to hear from you we want to we want your
00:04:33.160 feedback to make the next
00:04:39.639 event you guys got to be
00:04:44.000 faster sorry about that um yeah we want
00:04:47.280 your feedback so we can make the next
00:04:49.280 event even better in Philadelphia
00:04:54.400 Drew he's very excited uh and we're
00:04:58.000 excited to have you all at the at our
00:05:00.000 next event so thank you so much for
00:05:02.639 making rubycon 2024 possible we thank
00:05:06.360 all of you yes thank you everyone
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