📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 November 13, 09:30 - 10:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together […]

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 18 November, 19:30 - 20:30 UTC Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events Agenda includes: - Birdaro training: reflections and upcoming - Processes for R Contributor GitHub repos - R Dev Days

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 21 October, 18:30 - 19:30 UTC Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events Agenda includes: - R Dev Days past/upcoming - Good practices on R-devel repos - Birdaro training mid-way report

📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025 🏢 Auckland University 🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific 📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec (NZST) Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec https://pretix.eu/r-contributors/r-dev-day-nz-25/ Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #rstats. #rdevday #rseng

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 October 14, 09:30 - 10:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/311125443/

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 October 14, 09:00 - 10:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/308410639/

📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025 🏢 Auckland University 🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific 📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec https://pretix.eu/r-contributors/r-dev-day-nz-25/ Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #rstats. #rdevday #rseng

**Just 2 in-person tickets left at this event, a wait list is available!** 📢 R Dev Day @ Australia 🏢 Monash University, Melbourne 🌐 Remote, Australia 📅 Fri 21 Nov Registration deadline: Sun 16 Nov https://pretix.eu/r-contributors/r-dev-day-oz-25/ Attend this free event to collaborate on […]

The R Contributor Site is now in #QuartoPub! Check-out the new look, and all we do to support contributors (and aspiring contributors) to base #rstats, including events, tutorials and demos, and a Slack group. https://contributor.r-project.org

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 September 3, 09:30 - 10:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/306588626

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 September 4, 09:00 - 10:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/306588624/

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 19 August, 18:30 - 19:30 UTC Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events Agenda includes: - Report back on R Dev Day @ useR! 2025 - Upcoming R Dev Days - Priorities for longer term initiatives

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 August 14, 09:30 - 10:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/310128716

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 August 14, 09:00 - 10:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/308410638

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Fri 18 July, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events Agenda includes: - Updates on Google Summer of Code projects - Plans for R Dev Days - News from Office Hours

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 July 10, 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/308410637

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 July 10, 10:30 - 11:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/bdrjqtyhckbnb

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 17 June, 18:30 - 19:30 UTC Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events Agenda includes: - Report back on R Dev Day @ Rencontres R - Intros/updates from GSoC participants - Progress on translations - News from Office Hours and C Study Group

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 June 12, 10:30 - 11:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/308005408/

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📆 June 12, 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/307999752/

Sad to learn of the tragic passing of Lorena Abad Crespo: https://www.plus.ac.at/geoinformatik/department/team/abad-crespo/?lang=en Lorena joined us at the R Dev Day @ PLUS 2024, held at Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, the day after the useR! 2024 conference. A talented scientist lost too soon.

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Fri 16 May, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC Agenda includes: - Plans for upcoming R Dev Days - Welcome to GSoC contributors - Outcome of proposals to R Consortium Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events

Applications closing soon! From: @R_Contributors https://hachyderm.io/@R_Contributors/114268480511109162

📢 R Dev Day @ RSECon25 🏢Warwick University, UK 📅 Fri 12 Sep Apply to attend this free event, to collaborate on contributions to #rstats. ✨Travel funding available for participants from UK, Europe & Global South✨ Deadline Wed 23 Apr: https://warwick.ac.uk/statistics/news/r-dev-day-rsecon25 […]

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 15 April, 18:30 - 19:30 UTC Agenda includes: - Plans for R Dev Days - Google Summer of Code projects - R Consortium projects - Progress on translations Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events

📢 R Dev Day @ RSECon25 🏢Warwick University, UK 📅 Fri 12 Sep Apply to attend this free event, to collaborate on contributions to #rstats. ✨Travel funding available for participants from UK, Europe & Global South✨ Deadline Wed 23 Apr: https://warwick.ac.uk/statistics/news/r-dev-day-rsecon25 […]

✨ Join us at the R Dev Day @ useR! 2025 ✨ 🏢 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 📅 Mon 11 August, 09:00 - 17:00 EDT We'll collaborate on contributions to the code, documentation & translations of base R, or infrastructure that supports such contribution. Apply for a free place, deadline […]

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Fri 21 March, 15:00 - 16:00 UTC Agenda includes: - Plans for R Dev Days - Google Summer of Code projects - Proposals for R Consortium projects - Maintaining the glossary on Weblate Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 March 13, 10:30 - 11:30 PDT Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/305506314/

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 March 13, 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/306322148/

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Tue 18 February, 19:30 - 20:30 UTC Agenda includes: - Plans for R Dev Days (especially post useR! 2025) - Projects for Google Summer of Code/Season of Docs Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events

Session dates/times for the C Study Group now set. There will be 3 cohorts, meeting in the last week of the month, Feb-July: Cohort 1: 12pm-1pm (San Francisco), Tuesdays Cohort 2: 11am-12pm (Sydney), Thursdays Cohort 3: 3pm-4pm (London) / 10am-11am (New York) Fridays […]

Resources of the @ropensci.org comm call From Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSS are published https://ropensci.org/commcalls/first-time-contributor/ The next events are coworking and mini hackathons on February 4 and March 4. Register here […]

📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 February 6, 09:30 - 10:30 PST Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/305506311/

We are expecting R Core developer Martin Maechler to join us at this office hour. From: @R_Contributors https://hachyderm.io/@R_Contributors/113911057946395491

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 February 6, 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/305790230/

Join us at the R Dev Day @ Rencontres R 2025! 🏢 University of Mons, Belgium 📅 Thu 22 May, 09:00 - 17:00 CEST We'll collaborate on contributions to the code, documentation & translations of base R, or infrastructure that supports such contribution. Free and […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Are you interested in learning C with other R users/contributors? Today is the last day to fill in the poll for a say in days/times for the C Study Group monthly meeting. https://whenisgood.net/jqfrg3j Once the schedule is set, we’ll be promoting again with registration details […]

R Contribution Working Group meeting times have been set for 2025, see https://contributor.r-project.org/events/ - this has links for adding the event series to your calendar First meeting is Fri Jan 24, 15:00-16:00 UTC. Join us to discuss - Plans for R Dev Days in 2025 - Plans for GSoC 2025 […]

The C Study Group for R Contributors will run again Feb-Jul 2025! We’ll be working through weeks 1-5 of Harvard’s CS50 course, plus a session on R’s C API. For more details see ‪ https://contributor.r-project.org/events/c-study-group-2025/ We’ll meet in the 4th week of each month. If you’re […]

Planning your 2025? See the confirmed and tentative dates for R Dev Days this year: https://contributor.r-project.org/events/r-dev-days/ Save the dates to collaborate on contributions to base #rstats and R Contributor infrastructure. More details on the above link!

If you're looking to get started contributing to R in 2025, or want to pick up contributing again, come along to the next Contributor Office Hour (AMER)! This hour is timed for those in the Americas, but anyone is welcome to join! 📢 Contributor Office Hour (AMER) 📅 January 9, 09:30 - 10:30 […]

If you're looking to get started contributing to R in 2025, or want to pick up contributing again, come along to the next R Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC)! This hour is timed for those in the Europe, Middle East, Asia and Asia-Pacific regions, but anyone is welcome to join! 📢 […]

The C Study Group for R Contributors will run again Jan-Jun 2025! We’ll be working through weeks 1-5 of Harvard’s CS50 course, plus a session on R’s C API. For more details see https://contributor.r-project.org/events/c-study-group-2025/ We’ll meet in the 4th week of each month. If you’re […]

📢 Contributor Office Hour (EMEA/APAC) 📅 December 12, 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Join us online to - discuss how to get started contributing to R - get help/feedback on contributions you are working on - look at open bugs/work on translations together https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/304705594

This week there were a lot of updates to the R Development Guide. :sparkles: Check our latest blog post by @saranjeet and @HeathrTurnr on highlights from the week. https://forwards.github.io/blog/2024/rdevguide/ #rstats

Making Code Contributions Seamless Atharva Shirdhankar presents the R Dev Container designed to facilitate contribution to R. This is the result of two Google Summer of Code projects, mentored by James Tripp, Iain Emsley and me […]

The second session of R Dev Day @ LatinR went well and was boosted by some additional work in between sessions. 🧵 More detail in the thread! Open tasks that we didn't get to have been shared on the LatinR and R Contributors slacks. #rstats #rdevday #latinr2024

The R Dev Day @ LatinR got off to a good start yesterday, in our first session of two. More info on what we got up to in the thread! 🧵 A Zoom link will be shared on the LatinR Slack for anyone that missed the registration deadline and wants to join in with ongoing work or start on a new […]

📢 R Contribution Working Group 📅 Fri 15 November, 15:00 - 16:00 UTC Agenda includes: - Preparation for R Dev Day @ LatinR - Planned work on R Dev Guide - Updates on regular activities Details: https://contributor.r-project.org/events