This GitHub page is a collaborative space for the RTP R User group organizers (Nicholas Masel (nicholas-masel) and Natalia Andriychuk (nandriychuk)).
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Group Name (suggestions below):
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RTP useR Group
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RTP R users
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RTP R User Group
- This name is consistent with everything I see on https://www.meetup.com/pro/r-user-groups
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Group purpose and goals:
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Purpose: What do we want to accomplish?
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Community: bring people of like interests together
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Learning: learn something new that would help your professions and/or passions
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Goals: What do we need to do a accomplish the items above?
- #3-6 cover what we need to do to achieve our purpose.
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How often will we meet:
If we choose to have hybrid meetings (F2F and virtual )
- Monthly if we can handle it, otherwise quarterly meets minimum requirements for grant
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Meeting format:
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Virtual: Zoom/Google Meet
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F2F:
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Locations for f2f meetings:
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Meeting Structure:
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Presentations
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Invited guests Q&A (similar to DS Hangout)
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Book Club
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Engagement and Marketing:
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Event invitation
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Logo (https://www.canva.com/)
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Who will be a part of the community?
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Pharma, CRO, Academia
- As non-pharma industry folks join, challenge them to bring relevant non-pharma topics and colleagues. Address this bias during meetings and provide a clear, easy way for others to volunteer and/or present.
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Non-R users, i.e. SAS users?
- Industry is presently shifting and this R group can support them as they add R to their toolbelt
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R users
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How do we get people engaged?
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How do we market it?
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Create linkedin post, email and calendar invite templates
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Identify champion within each local pharma/cro/university
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Leverage network and expand local network via conferences
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What should we talk about?
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Beginner, intermediate and/or advanced?
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Should this be based off our members? If so, survey members and use this to curate topics. Or poll on topics and present on winner.
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Updates for popular packages
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How should we collect proposed topics and/or speakers for future meetings?
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Standardize where possible
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Fit speakers into time slots, not make time slots for speakers
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Event organizers: Nick, Natalia
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Additional help?
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Diversity
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Name the group
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Create meetup.com group account
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Create logo
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Distribute the first meeting invitation/reach out to people who can connect us with the broader audience
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Plan first meeting
https://www.r-consortium.org/all-projects/r-user-group-support-program
Making sharable documents with Quarto - Starting & Engaging a Data Science Community (posit.co)
Tips on Starting an R User Group (Revolutions) (revolutionanalytics.com)