In Colombia, we've gone from having no OSS Dev communities, to 5 world class confs in about 7 yrs, and many (local meetups (http://colombia-dev.org/meetups http

In Colombia, we've gone from having no OSS Dev communities, to 5 world class confs in about 7 yrs, and many (local meetups (http://colombia-dev.org/meetups http://colombia-dev.org/meetups) thanks to the work of volunteers and community organizers. We're trying to get a way from the first thing that comes to mind when you think about our country (even though Netflix is making harder for us, lol). More than happy to talk about how it's been done, and how other developing nations could replicate the model and how it's benefitted the region.