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Community Management Transition for rOpenSci. A Message from Stefanie Butland
I’m writing to share news that I’m moving on from my position as rOpenSci’s Community Manager. Friday, January 14th is my last day. Being rOpenSci’s first Community Manager has been my dream job. You have all given me such joy over the past 5.5 years. I love collaborating to create new things, so it’s time for me to step away and take s...
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rOpenSci News Digest, January 2022
Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ Co-working events Join us for social coworking & office hours monthly on 1st Tuesdays! Hosted by Steffi LaZerte and Nick Tierney. Everyone welcome. No RSVP needed. Consult o...
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A Blend of Package Build Failures
The rOpenSci R-universe is a bit special as, compared to other R-universes, it builds docs for all the packages in our suite. Looking at the dashboard helps us identify failures in building the packages as well as in building the pkgdown websites. We then help authors fix these issues in order to comply with our package curation policy. As a pack...
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pkgcheck now available as a GitHub action!
What is pkgcheck? The pkgcheck package has been developed by rOpenSci to automate the process of checking all packages on submission. The ropensci-review-bot automatically runs pkgcheck on all submissions, and checks can also be called at any time by editors using the command: @ropensci-review-bot check package The bot will return a list of check...
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Hiring our next Community Manager
Background and role context rOpenSci seeks a Community Manager to support and build our vibrant and inclusive community of researchers and software engineers and help expand the scope and impact of our work in open science. rOpenSci’s mission is to expand access to scientific data and promote a culture of reproducible research and sustainable r...
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A Journey to gghdr
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Carl W. Buehner This was how being a newcomer to rOpenSci OzUnconf 2019 felt. It was incredible to be a part of such a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment. I thought it would be fun to blog about how it all began, and the twists and turns we experienced al...
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rOpenSci News Digest, February 2022
Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ rOpenSci is hiring its next Community Manager! Come be part of making our great community even better; Help start a new program promoting diverse leadership in open source;...
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