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Opening Remarks

Spike Ilacqua and Bekki Freeman • October 07, 2024 • Boulder, CO • Talk

The video titled 'Opening Remarks' features Spike Ilacqua and Bekki Freeman as they initiate the Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024 conference. The opening remarks emphasize the importance of community and inclusivity while revisiting the history and resurgence of Ruby conferences. Key highlights from the introduction include:

  • Historical Context: The Rocky Mountain Ruby conference originally began as Mountain RB in 2010, with Spike detailing its evolution over the years, including a temporary closure and restart in 2022.
  • Role of Organizers: Spike acknowledges the contributions of previous organizers and the dedication of current volunteers, particularly Bekki Freeman, who became a co-organizer through her active involvement.
  • Code of Conduct: A strong emphasis is placed on the code of conduct, which attendees are expected to adhere to for a safe and respectful environment. Spike assures participants that any necessary actions will be taken to maintain this atmosphere, encouraging communication among attendees.
  • Sponsors Recognition: The organizers thank sponsors like Honey Badger, App Signal, and DN Simple for their support, expressing gratitude for their contributions which enhance the overall conference experience, including giveaways like T-shirts.
  • Encouraging Participation: The conference encourages participation in activities like lightning talks, aiming to provide a platform for first-time speakers. Spike shares her personal experience with public speaking at the Rocky Mountain Ruby, noting it was her first conference talk.
  • Networking Opportunities: Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of breaks to meet and connect with one another, highlighting the importance of informal conversations and relationship-building in conferences.
  • Community Dynamics: Spike introduces the 'Pac-Man rule' for fostering inclusivity within group conversations, stressing that leaving spots open encourages new connections.
  • Fun Questions and Prizes: Fun prompts related to local culture, such as questions about 14ers in Colorado, aim to stimulate conversation among participants. Additionally, prize winners from an Easter egg hunt in the conference emails are announced.
  • Logistics and Hydration: Before concluding, the speakers provide practical logistics regarding registration, social channels, and the importance of hydration due to the altitude of Boulder, where the event is held.

The opening remarks set an engaging and welcoming tone for the conference, inviting an interactive and community-focused atmosphere while reinforcing the significance of Ruby as a programming language and its applications. The speakers look forward to participants gaining deeper insights into Ruby through the sessions over the two-day conference.

Opening Remarks
Spike Ilacqua and Bekki Freeman • October 07, 2024 • Boulder, CO • Talk

Opening Remarks with Spike Ilacqua and Bekki Freeman

Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024

00:00:13.519 all right Shall We Begin let's do it all
00:00:17.119 right all right so you already seen the
00:00:19.680 Wi-Fi
00:00:21.600 info um I'm talk a little about the
00:00:23.599 history um so Rocky Mountain Ruby was
00:00:25.640 founded as Mountain RB in 2010 by Mar
00:00:30.160 out um Marty are you here
00:00:33.840 Marty Marty will be around uh Sarah
00:00:37.719 tipon and Stefan hongman took it over um
00:00:40.879 in
00:00:42.520 2013 uh these folks who I actually don't
00:00:44.879 know took it over for one year in 2015
00:00:47.079 and then it tur took it over moved it to
00:00:49.079 Denver and it sort of just faded out
00:00:51.879 fortunately we are in the Resurgence of
00:00:54.640 Ruby conferences and in um 2022 I went
00:00:58.719 to Ruby conference Min and thought I
00:01:01.840 love this I miss these small Ruby
00:01:04.239 conferences so um I decided to restart
00:01:07.479 it and Becky was one of my volunteers
00:01:10.000 last year when we did this and she
00:01:11.439 wouldn't go away so now she's a
00:01:15.320 co-organizer um I want to talk about the
00:01:18.880 uh code of conduct so anyone who knows
00:01:21.880 me knows I'm not a particularly serious
00:01:23.640 person but I am very serious about this
00:01:26.400 you have all said that you read the code
00:01:29.159 of conduct when you bought your ticket
00:01:32.799 we truly believe that we are good
00:01:35.680 community and we are kind but if
00:01:37.479 anything goes
00:01:39.159 wrong I am very serious about we will
00:01:42.799 take whatever action is necessary uh E
00:01:45.640 Town knows how to bounce people I know
00:01:48.159 how to call the police um so let's not
00:01:52.000 have it come to that we may have a
00:01:53.640 little disagreements please work among
00:01:55.680 yourselves to uh understand each other
00:01:58.920 and be kind to each other
00:02:00.399 but if you have any problems at all talk
00:02:02.439 to me talk to Becky talk to any of the
00:02:04.479 volunteers we truly want this to be a
00:02:07.479 open and welcome space for everyone
00:02:10.119 thank
00:02:11.760 you awesome and huge thank you to Honey
00:02:15.680 Badger our Sapphire sponsor
00:02:21.680 um thanks to Honeybadger we were able to
00:02:24.800 give away a ticket have T-shirts for
00:02:27.040 every attendee even those with the late
00:02:28.879 tickets um that said no T-shirt
00:02:30.800 guaranteed um and some of you will get a
00:02:33.280 t-shirt mailed to you because we didn't
00:02:34.879 pre-order quite enough but um that's
00:02:36.920 thanks to Honeybadger and fun fact uh
00:02:39.800 Josh actually spoke at one of the
00:02:41.400 original Rocky Mountain Ruby conferences
00:02:43.840 which I think makes this a labor of love
00:02:46.159 for him as well so thank you Josh you're
00:02:48.760 here somewhere I can't
00:02:50.280 see there he is yes thank you and then
00:02:54.959 uh additionally we have app signal and
00:02:57.319 DN simple um both of their Founders also
00:03:00.800 spoke at Rocky Mountain Ruby in the past
00:03:04.480 um Anthony from Dean simple is around
00:03:07.080 somewhere I think he was gonna miss this
00:03:08.879 morning but he will be around this
00:03:10.120 afternoon and uh I saw him Anthony there
00:03:12.920 you are
00:03:14.640 Anthony and then uh Roy from App signal
00:03:18.120 is in Amsterdam and couldn't make it but
00:03:20.040 he sent all those streu waffles that are
00:03:22.200 floating around downstairs uh they came
00:03:25.400 UPS overnight uh Friday so enjoy a fresh
00:03:30.000 from the Netherlands St fle and then
00:03:32.360 finally flagrant uh they did the T-shirt
00:03:35.560 design and a lot of our graphical work
00:03:37.720 um and we super appreciate them when
00:03:40.280 you're looking at your shirt it's full
00:03:41.640 of Easter eggs so see what you can
00:03:46.000 find awesome and another big thank you
00:03:48.720 to our speakers for this year we have
00:03:50.439 some great sessions for you and uh we
00:03:53.480 appreciate all of you preparing and
00:03:54.959 spending your time and energy with us
00:03:56.439 and then also educating us on all things
00:03:58.920 Ruby uh we hope by the end of this
00:04:01.400 conference that you will have a deeper
00:04:03.640 understanding of everything Ruby and the
00:04:05.599 power of Ruby and different ways of
00:04:07.400 using Ruby because of these talks um so
00:04:10.519 looking forward to all of this thank you
00:04:12.159 speakers yes without them it's just
00:04:13.760 Becky and I on the stage for two days
00:04:21.160 and lightning talk so there's a big post
00:04:23.800 at notown in the cafeteria area uh sign
00:04:27.320 up for lightning talks this is a great
00:04:29.440 opport opportunity to do your first uh
00:04:32.840 talk at a conference if you've never
00:04:34.120 done one my first talk at a conference
00:04:35.680 was at a Rocky Mountain Ruby where I
00:04:37.160 defended unless back in a time when
00:04:39.600 nobody used unless because it was a
00:04:41.000 pearl ISM now rubocop tells you to use
00:04:43.520 unless but back then it was
00:04:45.600 controversial yes and um I've never
00:04:48.759 spoken at a conference before so
00:04:50.199 tomorrow I'm gonna do my first talk as a
00:04:52.000 lightning talk and I am nervous as all
00:04:54.199 get up so if you're also nervous it's
00:04:56.199 okay we can commiserate together um but
00:04:58.360 please sign up for lightning talks it's
00:04:59.720 super fun five minutes really fast
00:05:02.039 slides no slides anything you want to
00:05:04.240 talk
00:05:06.360 about hallway track so we design this
00:05:11.000 conference to have lots of time between
00:05:13.479 the talks so we're doing two talks and
00:05:15.039 then usually a half an hour 45 minute
00:05:17.080 break hang out with your with people
00:05:19.639 make friends talk this is where the best
00:05:22.000 stuff at conferences happen this is
00:05:23.360 where you learn things that didn't make
00:05:25.720 it in talk this is where you make new
00:05:27.319 friends that you'll see at every
00:05:28.880 conference that you'll
00:05:30.160 you know talk to online all the time um
00:05:34.080 definitely worth it and we also have the
00:05:35.680 long lunch so there's a two-hour lunch
00:05:37.240 break go out in the world and experience
00:05:39.759 Boulder we'll talk a little bit more
00:05:41.680 about that before the break but another
00:05:43.639 great opportunity to make friends and
00:05:45.080 talk to people yes I've uh been seeing a
00:05:47.560 lot of people already doing this but we
00:05:48.800 want to have the Pac-Man rule here at
00:05:50.479 this conference and I have a nice little
00:05:52.080 gift explaining how to do it um if you
00:05:54.319 are in a group of people talking always
00:05:56.039 leave an open spot for another person to
00:05:58.160 come join your conversation that's a
00:05:59.680 really welcoming way of uh making sure
00:06:02.120 everyone uh meets everyone and has some
00:06:04.440 good talks I've been seeing everyone do
00:06:06.720 that and the fact that I had to come and
00:06:08.160 heard everyone from downstairs actually
00:06:10.039 made me super happy because it meant
00:06:11.639 you're already doing it already
00:06:13.360 connecting with each other and I
00:06:14.479 appreciate
00:06:17.160 that and we have some conversation
00:06:19.319 starters yes um I think the fourth one
00:06:22.800 is the best one um for all of you who
00:06:26.000 flew into Dia you probably saw the
00:06:28.039 posters about the the lizard people so I
00:06:30.520 would love to know what do they do all
00:06:32.199 day and of course uh we're in Colorado
00:06:35.759 how many 14ers did everyone climb this
00:06:37.639 summer that's a good one you won't get
00:06:39.400 them to shut up when they tell you about
00:06:40.840 their 14ers we love our 14ers and how
00:06:43.520 close they came to getting hit by
00:06:44.639 lightning oh the lightning it's always
00:06:46.240 the lightning
00:06:48.199 yes all right so we have some Prize
00:06:50.680 winners so um uh we had a little Easter
00:06:52.880 egg in our email to send fossilized
00:06:55.639 Footprints and shockingly we had like 15
00:06:59.800 5 out of 157 people
00:07:02.400 respond so much so Spike was like my
00:07:05.039 inbox is a mess um so thank you to
00:07:08.280 everybody for reading that email I knew
00:07:09.919 we had a good crowd so if your name is
00:07:12.039 on this list uh you were in the first 10
00:07:14.680 people to respond with fossilized
00:07:16.240 Footprints um so check in um at the
00:07:18.599 registration table for your prize
00:07:20.120 sometime today and also one extra prize
00:07:23.840 first ticket purchase William hunt um
00:07:26.599 congratulations thank you for buying the
00:07:28.560 first ticket um and you can collect your
00:07:30.520 prize as
00:07:33.000 well so it's time to start day one uh
00:07:37.120 yes so first off thanks to Cindy at conf
00:07:40.039 for recording all of our sessions she's
00:07:41.520 working hard back
00:07:44.919 there join the slack channels um there
00:07:49.000 are there's a job board there's a social
00:07:51.000 plans which we'll talk again about lunch
00:07:53.039 but that's a great way to find other
00:07:54.199 people I know there's some people
00:07:55.360 organizing going fly fishing at lunch so
00:07:57.800 there's all sorts of things you can do
00:07:59.039 in Bowl
00:08:00.319 um you know rent a bike get a scooter um
00:08:03.599 or just have a nice lunch so join that
00:08:05.560 slack if you haven't already Yes and
00:08:07.720 there's also slack channels for each
00:08:09.319 talk where we'll post the slides and you
00:08:11.479 can have questions and discussion after
00:08:13.560 the talk um so make sure you join those
00:08:17.000 um hydrate you're at about a little over
00:08:20.960 a mile here you need to drink water or
00:08:23.120 you're going to get a headache so
00:08:25.000 hydrate and when you're not hydrating
00:08:27.159 sit back relax enjoy yes
00:08:31.000 all right and now for our first talk
00:08:33.440 we're super excited uh to have a
00:08:35.159 Brewer's guide to filtering out
00:08:36.959 complexity and turn from Allan and fedo
00:08:40.000 so come on up
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