A little over a month ago a cool Drupal project brought me to Kuala Lumpur. I set out to organize a DrupalCamp while I was there but the Malaysian Drupal community was not really showing any signs of life.
Najibx, the single Drupal developer that did actually respond, agreed we would downscale it to a Drupal track at BarcampMalaysia.
The turnout was surprisingly good: 30 people on average showed for each Drupal session.
So I checked back with Najibx who took the lead in reigniting the local Drupal community: turns out drupal.my and the Bahasa Malaysia Drupal 6 translation are rapidly progressing, and the number of active members is growing.
Much awesomeness indeed.
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We've recently experienced
by dalin (not verified) on September 16, 2008 - 07:21We've recently experienced the same thing in Hong Kong. Our number of active participants was 2 up until BarCamp HK where we met about 20 other Drupal users that hadn't yet discovered the group on g.d.o.
That is so cool. Good
by jpoesen on September 18, 2008 - 14:53That is so cool. Good job!
I've come to realize that all it really takes is a few people taking the lead to get things in motion.
Are there any follow-up events planned, like a user meetup in a bar or a tech session in a university or company lab somewhere?
I'd love to track to evolution of the HK community - please keep in touch.
Joeri, Again, my appreciation
by drupalx (not verified) on October 18, 2008 - 03:22Joeri,
Again, my appreciation for taking ur time in the BarCamp Malaysia. Yes, while the number of of members are increasing, I notice the participation from the community is still low. I will keep continue to promote Drupal in malaysia !
I welcome you again, and others to meet up in malaysia !
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