Preface

This isn’t my group

It can be our group

Everything here is a suggestion and can be shaped by the members.

Aims of the Group

• Meet others on the island that use R
• Build a community of shared interest
• Find out about new tools, new packages, new perspectives
• Develop together

Format

• Regular Sessions
  • Lunchtime/evening/varied - to suit members’ schedules
• Variety of session formats and speakers
• Online/async presence
  • Website
  • Slack or similar?

Format examples

• Presentations: Single session or ‘lightning talks’
  • “Here’s something I’ve made”
  • “This package does something useful”
  • “Here’s how to…”
• Group coding sessions
• Watching conference videos

Format examples

• Tidy Tuesday
  • Either as a presentation or as a way of sharing work
• Book Clubs
  • R for Data Science, Advanced R, Tidy Modelling, Text Mining with R etc
• Advent of Code

R Consortium RUGS program

The RUGS mission is to facilitate the person-to-person exchange of OR knowledge in small group settings on a global scale … RUGS grants are intended to help people form enduring R user group communities.

• Grants of up to $500
• meetup.com fees paid for
• Dependent on there being sufficient funding available
• Dependent on meeting requirements.

R Consortium Requirements

1. Have R as a primary focus
2. Adhere to the Code of Conduct
3. Agree to participate in the RUGS meetup.com Pro program
4. Acknowledge the R Consortium as a sponsor and display the R Consortium logo on the group’s website
5. Agree to write at least two blog posts per year
6. Comply with the financing forms

Next Steps

• Is there demand?
• Secure funding
• Plan future sessions
• Thoughts on communications

Let me know if you have ideas, want to present etc