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+title: Thank You
+subtitle: For the EuroPython 2025 Team
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+# Thank You
+
+EuroPython has been organized by volunteers since 2002, driven by the passion and dedication of the community. What does it take to organize a conference? Let's go through it chronologically and tell you a bit more about the efforts and people behind it.
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+# EuroPython Society Board
+
+Before the conference preparations even start, a board is elected annually. The board manages the day-to-day operations of the EPS, the non-profit behind the series. They're responsible for fiscal and legal work, as well as making the conference happen. That includes picking a location, finding a suitable venue, local lawyers and accountants, and finally building teams.
+
+Since organizing a conference requires significant time and effort and can't be scaled indefinitely, they find leads and build teams of volunteers to work in different areas. Some teams require coordination, while others work independently.
+
+The board members for the 2024–2025 term are::
+
+- Anders Hammarquist
+- Aris Nivorils
+- Artur Czepiel (Chair)
+- Cyril Bitterich
+- Ege Akman
+- Mia Bajić (Vice Chair)
+- Shekhar Koirala
+
+
+# Programme Team
+
+Right after the location is announced, the Programme Team begins work immediately. Their first task is opening the Call for Proposals. They also manage the community voting app—did you know that the community has a say in which talks are chosen?
+
+After all proposals have been reviewed, the team handles speaker selection, scheduling, and overall programme management. Because unforeseen circumstances often arise and speakers may cancel, the team continues working right up to and during the conference to support speakers.
+
+- Cristián Maureira-Fredes
+- Diego Russo
+- Jodie Burchell
+- Marina Moro
+- Naa Ashiorkor Nortey
+- Rodrigo Girão Serrão
+- Yuliia Barabash
+
+Big thanks to Cristián and Jodie for their outstanding efforts in leading the programme team and for making sure that speakers and participants have a smooth and enjoyable experience.
+
+### Reviewers
+Once proposals are submitted, reviewers read, rate, and leave feedback. This helps us cover many areas and ensures high-quality selections by incorporating input from multiple people.
+
+Reviewers: 
+
+- xxx
+
+
+# Speaker Mentorship Programme
+In parallel with the Call for Proposals, we kick off the Speaker Mentorship Programme. It's designed to help new and less experienced speakers submit proposals and, if accepted, build their confidence and prepare their talks.
+
+This team coordinated the Speaker Mentorship Programme:
+
+- Joana Owusu-Appiah
+- Naa Ashiorkor Nortey
+- Theofanis Petkos
+
+### Mentors
+Because the mentorship programme organizers can't scale indefinitely, the programme matches mentees with experienced mentors who provide feedback and regular meetings.
+
+Here are all the mentors who lent their time and expertise:
+
+- xxx
+
+
+# Communications & Design
+The Communications & Design team works year-round, with significant efforts during promotion of the Call for Proposals and ticket sales.
+
+This team is responsible for EuroPython’s social media accounts, blog, newsletter, media partnerships, and overall communications:
+
+- Mia Bajić 
+- Tim Hobbs
+- Martina Zátopková
+
+The Design team creates digital and printed designs throughout the year, including banners, badges, social media cards, and website design:
+
+- Mia Bajic
+- Daksh 
+- Cristian 
+
+We also maintain a website year-round to ensure it includes the latest updates and essential information. This is the team responsible for keeping it updated:
+
+- Mia Bajic
+- Marcin Wierzbanowski
+- Artur Czepiel 
+- Ege Akman 
+
+Big shoutout to Daksh for the website design, and to Marcin Wierzbanowski for rewriting the entire website and refactoring our codebase. 
+Another big thanks to Marcin Wierzbanowski for helping automating design assets creation.
+
+Thanks to Panagiotis Kyrillos for the EP2025 logo, based on Adriana Sanchéz’s astronomical clock design from 2024.
+
+# Sponsors Team
+Conference income comes from ticket sales and sponsorships. The Sponsors Team contacts sponsors early, manages contracts, invoices, logistics, exhibits, and ensures all contract deliverables are fulfilled by other teams. 
+
+The team:
+- Artur Czepiel
+- Iryna Kondrashchenko
+- Jake Balaš
+- Konstantin Ignatov
+- Kshitijaa Jaglan
+- Marcin Wierzbanowski
+- Mia Bajić
+- Oleh Kostromin
+- Raquel Dou
+
+# Financial Aid team
+Speakers or attendees who need financial assistance to attend can apply for support. This team manages financial aid applications, selects recipients, handles communications, and ensures invoices are submitted:
+
+- Artur Czepiel
+- Doreen Peace Nangira Wanyama
+- Koti Vellanki
+- Shekhar Koirala
+- Vicky Twomey-Lee
+
+
+# Operations Team
+This is the largest team, divided into several sub-teams. You can meet them onsite or when contacting our helpdesk, staffed weekly by rotating team members.
+
+General Operations Team:
+
+- Aneta Popelová
+- Anežka Müller
+- Aris Nivorlis
+- George Margaritis
+- George Zisopoulos
+- Jakub Červinka
+- Jake Balaš
+- John Robert
+- Kateřina Vaňková
+- Liberta Gani
+- Mahe Iram Khan
+- Martin Borus
+- Moisés Guimarães
+- Niklas Mertsch
+- Piotr Gnus
+- Saurav Pandey
+- Simon Peter Dagbui
+
+
+## Discord Sub-Team
+If you have a valid ticket, you have received access to our Discord server where you can chat with fellow participants, speakers, or organizers. This team manages the Discord server, ensuring only participants have access and proper permissions. 
+Huge thanks to Niklas Mertsch for leading Discord and bot management!
+
+The work on maintaining and updating the discord bot can be found on the [EuroPython discord bot repo](https://github.com/EuroPython/discord).
+
+
+## A/V Sub-Team
+Although an external supplier handles streaming and recording, this team communicates with the venue, manages digital screens, and handles unforeseen technical issues. 
+
+Big thanks to Raquel Dou and Piotr Gnus for A/V coordination.
+
+
+## Onsite Volunteers Sub-Team
+Once you enter the conference, the first what you see are people in yellow t-shirts. They're our volunteers, who assist attendees, chair sessions, and hand out materials. 
+The onsite volunteers sub-team manages volunteer recruitment and scheduling:
+- xxx
+
+
+# Onsite & Remote Volunteers
+Volunteers visible at the conference in yellow shirts, and those supporting remotely:
+
+## Onsite Volunteers
+- xxx 
+
+## Remote Volunteers
+- xxx
+
+# Events & Workshops Organisers
+Beyond talks and tutorials, EuroPython includes engaging events and workshops.
+
+## Django Girls
+A workshop designed to inspire less represented groups, particularly women, to get interested in technology. Big thanks to Doreen Peace Nangira Wanyama for organizing!
+
+
+## Humble Data
+Data workshop designed for total beginners coming from less represented groups. Organizers and mentors:
+- Cheuk Ting Ho
+- Jodie Burchell
+- Martin Borus
+- Sena Şahin
+
+Special thanks to Jodie Burchell for coordinating beginner workshops.
+
+## Unconference Day 
+In parallel with sprints and workshops, there was an unconference day featuring Q&A, discussions, and unconference-style sessions, inspired by the same concept hosted at PyCon CZ 23. Huge thanks to organizers Daria Grudzien Linhart and Honza Javorek.
+
+## PyLadies Events
+On Thursday, PyLadies hosted multiple events for PyLadies and allies to get together. Shoutout to Maria-José Molina for coordination.
+
+## Sprints
+If you came to sprints, you could have seen open-source maintainers and people submitting PRs to projects. Many thanks to Rodrigo Girão Serrão for organizing sprints and supporting all maintainers-spring organizers.
+
+# Code of Conduct Committee
+We have a code of conduct in place to make sure that the conference is a safe place for many different people. This team is responsible for receiving and handling CoC reports: 
+
+- Cheuk Ting Ho
+- Jakub Vysoky
+- Lumír Balhar
+- Vicky Twomey-Lee
+
+----
+
+# Acknowledgement
+Apart from volunteers, we also have a few trusted suppliers we work with. 
+
+## Anežka Müller - Event Management 
+Anežka handled communication with all suppliers, relieving volunteers and board members of logistical tasks. She coordinated with the venue, catering, speakers' dinner, social events, booth builders, t-shirts, stickers, and numerous other smaller suppliers. 
+Without her support, we wouldn't have had the freedom to focus our energy on creative tasks and organizing fun events. 
+
+We are deeply grateful to Anežka for her invaluable work and dedication.
+
+## Adriana Sánchez - Design
+Huge thanks to Adriana Sánchez for her excellent work on digital and printed design materials!
+
+
+## Gonzo - AV Team
+
+Big thanks to our AV team Gonzo Design who have been streaming, recording & editing our talks, and more importantly, staying with us since 2017! Here are the folks who helped us with streaming and the smooth hybrid experience:
+
+- Alessandro Arese Visconti
+- Ambra Lorenzetti
+- Consuelo Cipriani
+- Laura Pantaleo
+- Matteo Piccinini
+- Matteo Vanni
+- Raquel Dou
+- Simone Giorgi
+- Vincenzo Cicanese
+
+## Conference Photographer
+
+The official EuroPython conference and social event photos (to be released) were taken by:
+
+- [Jan Kaderka](https://www.jankaderka.cz/)
+
+EuroPython Speakers' Dinner and Social Event photographs were taken by our volunteers
+
+- Mia Bajić
+- Moisés Guimarães
+
+
+## Susie's Babysitting
+
+A massive shoutout and deep gratitude to Susie, the owner of our childcare provider, [Susie's babysitting](https://www.susies.cz/en/). Many thanks helping us make our conference more accessible!