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SUMMARY:Widening Participation in the R Project - Heather Turner - Warwick
  University and R
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CONTACT:Jack Atkinson
DESCRIPTION:The R Project is over 20 years old\, but its future is not sec
 ure - many of the R Core Team are nearing or post retirement and there are
  not enough new contributors to sustain the work. In this talk\, I will pr
 esent a number of initiatives\, fostered under my EPSRC RSE Fellowship: 'S
 ustainability and EDI (Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion) in the R Projec
 t'\, that are designed to encourage and train a new\, more diverse\, gener
 ation of contributors.\n\nThe initiatives vary from regular support on the
  R Contributor Slack and in R Contributor Office Hours\, to one-off events
  aimed at new contributors such as a Collaboration Campfire series and a B
 ug BBQ. I will report back on the recent R Project Sprint 2023\, hosted at
  Warwick University\, which brought members of the R Core Team together wi
 th both novice and experienced contributors to work in collaboration - the
  first event of this kind in the R community. I will discuss how we hope t
 o keep the momentum going and how RSEs might contribute to the R Project a
 nd other fundamental open source projects.\n\nHybrid Zoom details will be 
 emailed to the RSE mailing list\; if you are not on the list\, please cont
 act the organisers.
LOCATION:JJ Thomson Seminar Room\, Maxwell Centre
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