rOpenSci News Digest, April 2024 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 Coworking Read all about coworking!
Join us for social coworking & office hours monthly on first Tuesdays! Hosted by Steffi LaZerte and various community hosts. Everyone welcome. No RSVP needed. Consult our Events page to find your local time and how to join.
https://ropensci.org/blog/2024..../04/22/ropensci-news

Fostering Equity and Leadership: the rOpenSci Champions Program Selection Process The goal of the rOpenSci Champions Program is to enable more members of historically excluded groups to participate in, benefit from, and become leaders in the R, research software engineering, and open source and open science communities. This program includes 1-on-1 mentoring for the Champions as they complete a project and perform outreach activities in their local communities.
Every year, rOpenSci opens a call for applications for the roles of Champions and Mentors which are selected following a rigorous process that we describe in this blog post.
https://ropensci.org/blog/2024..../04/18/champions-pro

R-Universe Documentation Gets a Boost from Google Season of Docs We are excited to announce that R-Universe has been awarded a Google Season of Docs grant. R-Universe is rOpenSci’s platform for testing, building, distributing, and discovering R packages, led by Jeroen Ooms. It provides no-setup continuous integration, compilation for all platforms (including WebR!), accessible HTML R package manuals, a comprehensive API, and the ability for users or organizations to create their own “universes” - package repositories with their standards, participation and publishing criteria.
https://ropensci.org/blog/2024..../04/12/gsod-announce

From the Founding Director: My Farewell to rOpenSci Dear rOpenSci community,
This is a bit of a bittersweet announcement… After nearly 13 years, it’s time for me to step down as the Executive Director of rOpenSci.
In the summer of 2011 I co-founded rOpenSci alongside a group of dedicated colleagues. What began as a casual collaboration among open science enthusiasts quickly evolved into something far more meaningful. We never imagined it would become the global initiative it is today, with a team spanning the world and impacting countless researchers.
https://ropensci.org/blog/2024..../03/29/from-the-foun

Hello from our New Executive Director! I am pleased, excited, and humbled to announce that I am stepping into the role of Executive Director of rOpenSci starting April 1.
First, let me give my gratitude to our outgoing Executive Director and friend Karthik Ram for his leadership and mentorship running rOpenSci the past decade. He’s been a steady hand and visionary that helped our community accomplish so much together in this time. Thanks to him and the rest of the team for entrusting me with this role.
https://ropensci.org/blog/2024..../03/29/hello-from-ou