function get_style1508 () { return "none"; } function end1508_ () { document.getElementById('packed decimal1508').style.display = get_style1508(); } The silent communities of China and Pakistan found a voice at DrupalCon Munich, undeniably a game changer for the Drupal Communities in the neighbouring countries. Ironically the audio recording failed and what you can view from the session is a silent presentation! murphy's law! let me assure those who were not there that neither Liang, myself nor the audience were silent; we had a healthy and focused discussion that you folks unfortunately can not be privy to unless someone builds a time machine!Our AV nightmare would have continued and we would not have even had a silent presentation if not for Jons Slemmer from JoyGroup.nl as the AV equipment did not want to talk to my Mac and Liang's Mac did not have Keynote! Jons got repaid by Karma as it was unanimously decided by team ikonami that the winner of our Android tab give away had to be Jons! (and team Joy Group got kicks from an Android tab called Pacpad! wonder if Kamra would get taken to court!?)Anyhow a quick recap of how the session went, in a word 'awesome!', and in many: way better than we expected! firstly there was the turn out, we never expected to pack the room but were pleasantly surprised by the number of people who showed up, validating our belief that the wider community is curious as to why two large swathes of the Drupal community are under represented on Drupal.org.And the mix! it wasn't an Asian affair! Drupal Watchdog was represented by Peta Hoyes, Drupal community in the UK by Ben Wilding, Marcus Oaten, Richard Moger, Belgian Drupal rockstar Dominique De Cooman, Kawai Man, and a many more… well not exactly hundreds but we had a good turnout of about 18 odd people! from Hong Kong, Korea, Netherlands, China, Belgium, UK, Pakistan, USA and Germany to list a few… and apologies if you attended, were vocal and are not listed here (and Kawai Man... dood I could not find you online... you like some Drupalistas in the East are off the grid!).The discussion that followed the presentation was beneficial for those of us working to develop and link communities, it was great to hear of the audiences perspective on reasons for the Chinese and Pakistani Drupal communities aloofness (lost for a better word to describe the state of affairs!) and the possible avenues for the active members of the Drupal communities in Pakistan and China to follow to change the status quo.There are the usual suspects; Drupal Association and Acquia; how can the local communities engage with the DA and Acquia and draw them to support, sponsor and engage with the local community… to this end the Chinese community has taken advantage and received four scholarships to various DrupalCons, I am pretty certain no one from the Pakistani Drupal community would have even applied! (I would love to hear from anyone who has but been unsuccessful). For Acquia to put boots on the ground the potential of the local markets needs to be sold, particularly the Pakistani market, very few people outside of Pakistan know that the local web economy is worth US $1.2 billion and this is with none of the popular payment gateways operating in Pakistan, imagine the potential when the digital economy in Pakistan is truly liberated! it would be an ecommerce tsunami!Ben Wilding (organiser of Drupal Pub Meet in London) shared his experiences of developing a lively community and with much needed words of encouragement for the Pakistani contingent in attendance… keep at it even if no one turns up! (which happened in Pakistan with the very first Drupal meetup)! The other really useful tip was to concentrate on one city until a critical mass is reached, I know from the on-the ground Drupalistas in Islamabad who have been thinned out trying to reach every major urban area where Drupal shops exist…. and have had little to show for their efforts.Other tips for the communities were the more obvious one that local organisers and farangi mentors have been too blinkered to see… Drupalcampkit.org! http://drupalcampkit.org/node/4 what an awesome resource! never knew it existed!Clearly the state of the far flung communities bothers us all in the wider and more engaged communities, I got an email from one of the attendees; Alex Van Der Klij the week after DrupalCon with a another brilliant idea on getting the Pakistani Drupal community active… tap into the expats abroad to contribute to the community… and learn form the Wallaby and Kiwi experiences of community building!… thanks for that Alex.The most essential lesson for me was to engage with my own local Drupal community in London more often, learn from their experiences and get help for my mission of trying to get a remote and silent community thousands of miles away active! tsk tsk! and a lesson learned… I attended my first Drupal Pub meetup and it was awesome! in fact since DrupalCon I have made it to more meetups than I did in the first half of the year!
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