rladies_paris_talk_useR2024.qmd

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title: "Leveraging R-Ladies Paris Reach for Community Impact"
subtitle: "Chaima Boughanmi - Mouna Belaid"
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date: "02-07-2024"
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# Plan

1.  Introduction to R-Ladies Global and R-Ladies Paris
2.  Tips and advice for maintaining an R-Ladies Chapter
3.  What kind of support can you expect?
4.  Connecting with R-Ladies at useR! 2024 in Salzburg
5.  Guidelines for opening a new chapter

# Introduction of R-Ladies Global

## Introduction of R-Ladies Global

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<span class="fragment"> - Organization dedicated to promoting gender diversity in the R programming community.

<span class="fragment"> - Founded in 2012, by ***Gabriela de Queiroz***.

<span class="fragment"> - It aims to create a supportive network for gender minorities who use **R**.

<span class="fragment"> - Missions achieved by organizing meetups, workshops, and social events.

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## Chapters around the world

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# Introduction of R-Ladies Paris

## Introduction of R-Ladies Paris

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<span class="fragment"> - Was founded in **2016**.

<span class="fragment"> - Serves as a vibrant community for R practitioners based in **France**.

<span class="fragment"> - Provides a supportive environment where members can learn, share, and grow together.


## Our organizing team

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[![Chaima Boughanmi - Data Scientist chaimabgh.netlify.app](images/chaima.PNG){width="45%"}](https://chaimabgh.netlify.app/)
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## Our 2023 Annual Report

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## Overview of our Meetups in 2023

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## Activities promoting R-Ladies Paris

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![**Mouna** presented the R-Ladies Paris community at the **Rencontres R** french local conference dedicated to R users, held in **France** in June 2023.](images/rr2023.jpg){width="85%"}

![**Mouna** was awarded the Opportunity Scholarship and had the chance to meet fellow R-Ladies members at the **posit:conf**(2023), held in **Chicago**.](images/posit2023.jpg){width="60%"}
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## Activities promoting R-Ladies Paris

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![This year **Chaima** was awarded the Opportunity Scholarship and will be attending the **posit::conf**(2024) that will be held in August in **Seattle**.](images/posit2024.JPG){width="40%"}
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# How to maintain an R-Ladies chapter?

## How to maintain an R-Ladies chapter?

### Identify speakers and relevant topics for your community

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## How to maintain an R-Ladies chapter?

### Where to find potential speakers?

-   Visit the Directory provided by R-Ladies Global on their official website. The directory is filled with information about speakers who believe in R-Ladies' mission.

-   Look for speakers on Slack at the R-Ladies Community and the R-Ladies workspace dedicated to organizers.

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## How to maintain an R-Ladies chapter?

### Make meetups accessible to everyone interested

-   Share Recording Videos on YouTube.

-   Use platforms like Zoom or Google Meet to host virtual meetups, take advantage of interactive features such as screen sharing, breakout rooms, and live Q&A sessions to keep participants engaged.

-   Use Meetup to promote your events.

## How to maintain an R-Ladies chapter?

### Collecting testimonies from speakers

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# What kind of support you can expect?

## What kind of support you can expect?

### Gain valuable support from the R-Ladies chapter mentoring program

-   Any experienced R-Ladies organizers can be mentors, as long as they have the time to commit to mentorship.

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## What kind of support you can expect?

### Benefits from the digital infrastructure provided by R-Ladies Global

-   Custom rladies.org email address.
-   Subscription on [meetup.com](meetup.com)
-   Hosting online meetups via R-Ladies Global Zoom account
-   Share meetup replays on R-Ladies Global YouTube channel.

## What kind of support you can expect?

### Explore R-Ladies Slack channels

-   The Organizers’ Slack workspace has a lot of channels that cover different topics, such as jobs, online meetups, and more.

-   You can create a channel on Slack for communication within your chapter's organizing team.

## What kind of support you can expect?

### Ask for a grant from R Consortium

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## What kind of support you can expect?

### Get visible through the awesome R-Ladies Blogs and the R-Ladies Bot developed by Cosima Meyer

-   Setting up the Awesome R-Ladies‘ Blogs Repository
-   Building Mastodon Bots

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# Connecting with R-Ladies at useR! 2024 in Salzburg

## Connecting with R-Ladies at useR! 2024 in Salzburg

-   Join R-Ladies Meetup dinner at Austria’s oldest wheat beer brewery on **July 8**.

-   "Balancing Global Infrastructure and Local Autonomy: Lessons from R-Ladies Global" - Shannon Pileggi on **July 8**.

-   Join fellow R-Ladies during lunch on **July 9**. Look for the reserved table, and join the R-Ladies community for a Birds of a Feather discussion.

[events.linuxfoundation.org/user/additional-programming/social-activities/](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/user/additional-programming/social-activities/)

# Guidelines for opening a new chapter

## Interested in starting a new R-Ladies chapter?

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# Thank you for your attention!