Launching R-Ladies Chapter in Gainesville/Alachua County!

Hi there! 

Something exciting is happening this fall: the newly formed R-Ladies chapter in Gainesville / Alachua county!

R-Ladies Gainesville welcomes members of all R proficiency levels, whether you’re a new or aspiring R user, or an experienced R programmer interested in mentoring, networking or expert upskilling. Our non-profit, civil society community is designed to develop our members’ R skills & knowledge through social, collaborative learning & sharing. Supporting minority identity access to STEM skills & careers, the Free Software Movement, and contributing to the global R community!

A local chapter of R-Ladies Global, R-Ladies Gainesville exists to promote gender diversity in the R community worldwide. We are pro-actively inclusive of queer, trans, and all minority identities, with additional sensitivity to intersectional identities. Our priority is to provide a safe community space for anyone identifying as a minority gender who is interested in and/or working with R. As a founding principle, there is no cost or charge to participate in any of our R-Ladies communities around the world.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday September 18, 2018, 6:00PM to 7:00PM at the Alachua County Library Headquarters Branch (Foundation Room).

Dr Auriel Fournier (Twitter: @RallidaeRule) will talk to/with us about the package rtweet – a great package to organize Twitter data and manage tweets. Dr Fournier’s website: http://aurielfournier.github.io/

We ask people to please RSVP on our Meetup site so we have an idea how to set up the room!

https://www.meetup.com/rladies-gainesville/events/254553670/

Since this meeting will be held downtown, we encourage everyone to continue socializing after the talk. We propose Boca Fiesta/The Backyard (but we can change this if needed/wanted).

Follow us on Twitter: @RLadiesGNV
People can send us an email if they want to be added to the mailing list: gainesville@rladies.org