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## Summits
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### Back in the day
Before we evolved to our community event - [GitLab Contribute](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/contribute/), getting everybody together was called the GitLab Summits. Summits brought all of our team together every 9-ish months. Below some detatils about those great times we shared.
### Summit in Cape Town, South Africa
At the end of August, in 2018, our team had grown to about 320 people. Over 260 of them came to Cape Town, South Africa. We had over 85 SOs present and were also joined by a handful of customers, our advisors, and investors.
{: .illustration}*In August 2018, the whole team had grown to 320 GitLab team-members!*
### Summit in Crete, Greece
By October 2017 we had 200 team members and 65 significant others getting together in Greece to enjoy the beautiful islands of Crete and Santorini.
{: .illustration}*When October 2017 came around, the whole team already counted 200 GitLab team-members!*
### Summit in Cancun, Mexico
In January 2017, we met in Cancun, Mexico, where roughly 150 team members and 50
significant others flew in from 35 different countries.
{: .illustration}*In January 2017, the whole team had grown to 150 GitLab team-members!*
### Summit in Austin, Texas
In May 2016, our team of 85 met up in Austin, TX to see if they were (still) as
awesome as they seemed on Google Hangout.
Here's some footage our team put together to show how much fun we had:
{: .illustration}*Back in May 2016, the whole team was a total of 85 GitLab team-members*
### Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Here are some impressions from our [second summit](/blog/2015/11/30/gitlab-summit-2015/) in October 2015.
{: .illustration}*In October 2015, the whole team had grown to almost 30 GitLab team-members!*
### Summit in Novi Sad, Serbia
First summit, less then 10 people attending; highlight was lunch at Marin's mom's home in October 2013.
