Re: Contact with Latinamerica

>
> My name is Christopher Díaz Riveros, I'm a software development student
> in Lima, Peru. For some time now I have been supporting my Linux
> community, Gentoo Linux, and I have discovered a wide world of
> possibilities in open source.
>
> I tell you this because it has been so much benefit in my training as a
> a developer that I am determined to start a new community in my country
> to be able to make technology-related career students find an open
> source community in which they can learn to work and get the same
> positive effect that I have had on mine. I have already been talking to
> some teachers, I am about to begin my final year of studies in the
> institute, and they agree to start the community with students of the
> institution.
>
> As one of the main problems when getting involved with a community here
> is the barrier of english language, and few are able to have fluent
> conversations in that language, as it is a bit intimidating for most to
> approach an open source community. My community hopes to get in touch
> with different open source projects throughout the world and seeks to
> be a midpoint to interact with young developers and communities.
>
> Having said all this I have only to offer to your community, the
> availability of our community (we still do not have a definite name)
> and see if anyone is interested in supporting this group of developers
> here and with a bit of luck be able to turn it into a movement of all
> Latin America.
>
> Thanks and any kind of feedback is welcome :)
> Christopher Diaz Riveros