Sharing the Point South America and Antarctica is in full swing. Here in Buenos Aires it's not just HOT from being in the middle of summer. The tango is HOT, the beautiful people are HOT, and the SharePoint is HOT. Maurcio and Ariel are delivering a session called SharePoint XXX for Adults only. Not sure why it was standing room only in that session, but I have respect for the 5 people in the other room.

In between sessions I was talking to a guy with a skull shirt, travelled 300 KM to meet up with us. It was so cool to find out that he started following my blog after the Bjorn EPIC battle of SPTECHCON 2011. There were more than a few people that were more than confused about that whole thing, but knowing that some good came out of it and actually met.

A couple of other guys I met this morning said they as well travelled in over 300KM to attend the event. One guy mentioned he hadn't ever met another SharePoint person, so he was not only excited to meet the STP crew, but also to meet others here in his country who had similar passions and challenges. I love hearing those stories. That's the real value I feel in this is reaching out to SharePoint people that otherwise have little to no connection to the community. SharePoint Latin America is coming together, and it's great to be part of helping build the infrastructure. Not sure if this is an ok comparison. But I can imagine the Spanish Explorers who found such a rich land and connected it with the rest of the western world, bringing trade and industry had a little of these feelings I'm experiencing… a little different scale… but you get the idea. We can never really know the impact of our deeds, but I feel like in some ways this SharePoint without borders project of Sharing The Point has some great momentum and gets all of us excited about the possibilities.

SharePoint Argentina and SharePoint Uruguay do have Microsoft Offices, but definitely don't have the staff that the US Offices have. The pressure is on partners who don't necessarily have the experience that is more common in the US. Hence the need for being connected with the greater community is even more important. Most if not all of the attendees have never attended a SharePoint event. There is a couple of SharePoint MVPs here and they should definitely be given credit. Join the community…

SharePoint Argentina – LinkedIn Group has 309 Members 87% of which are in Argentina. The group is also on Facebook Comunidad SharePoint de Argentina | Facebook

Spanish Speakers and Community Leadership at Sharing The Point Argentina:

Mauricio Grimberg –@mgrimber local to Argentina, SharePoint MVP

Ariel Garcia Sobrino – @arielgsobrino local to Argentina, Ariel is currently a Consultant, Project Manager and Trainer in Microsoft Argentina (Former SharePoint MVP now at MS). Definitely follow his awesome SharePoint (R)evolution blog

Fernando Hunth – local to Argentina, Information Worker Tech Leader & Sharepoint Architect at Baufest

Fabian Imaz @fabianimaz – SharePoint MVP has lived in Argentina & Uruguay, co-founder of several communities in LinkedIn and South America like "MOSSCA" and "HISPAPOINT"

Ricardo Munoz @rmunoz - SharePoint MVP from Chile & Costa Rica