I wanted to say thanks to everyone who made this community something special.
One of the reasons this place was special was the fact that this community kept itself in good running order. You all were instrumental in reporting issues and questionable behaviors, which made it much easier for the moderation team to handle issues when they arose and to keep them from getting out of hand.
Not only that but the level of tech support that was offered to folks here was great too see. We saw a lot of folks that were not even using Ubuntu MATE anymore stay and help support users, that was a great thing to see, which says a great deal about the community here.
I hope to see many of the names and avatars of the folks here in other places in the future.
I also wanted to make sure to give a huge THANK YOU to @lah7 
Luke has done such an amazing job in making this transition go as smoothly as possible. But beyond that, his presence behind the scenes was nothing short of inspiring! He deserves a huge round of applause for his work over the years and I can say without any reservations that this place would not have been the community it was without the work that he did.