# AsiaR meetup | How to build inclusive communities
Feb 19, 2022 | 11a UTC

**AsiaR on [Twitter](//twitter.com/AsiaR_comm) | [GitHub](//github.com/asiar-community) | [Slack](//asiar-community.slack.com)**

## Panelists
- Yanina Bellini Saibene, UNAB University - INTA, Argentina | [@yabellini](//twitter.com/yabellini)
- Iman Al Hasani, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman | [@ImanAlhasani](//twitter.com/ImanAlhasani)
- Heather Turner, University of Warwick, UK | [@HeathrTurnr](//twitter.com/HeathrTurnr)

## Hosts
- Janani Ravi, Michigan State Univ, US | [@Janani137](//twitter.com/janani137)
- Adithi R Upadhya, ILK Labs, India | [@AdithiUpadhya](//twitter.com/AdithiUpadhya)

## Attendees
Please add your names, affiliations, countries

- Adithi R Upadhya, ILK Labs, India | [e-mail]
- Janani Ravi, Michigan State University | RLEL, W+DS, AsiaR | [e-mail] | jravilab.github.io
- Heather Turner | heatherturner.net | @HeathrTurnr
- Yanina Bellini Saibene | YaBellini
- Iman Al-Hasani | @ImanAlHasani
- Jaynal Abedin, Orreco Ltd, Ireland (Originally from Bangladesh) | [e-mail] | @jaynal83
- Kozo Nishida, RIKEN, Japan | [e-mail]
- Mahbub Latif, Dhaka University, Bangladesh | [e-mail]
- Umesh K. Acharya, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal; [e-mail]
- Woojune Jung, Hongik University, S. Korea, [e-mail],
- Yuya Matsumura, Raksul Inc., Japan | [e-mail]
- Dr Suresh Kumar Mendem, ICAR-NIVEDI, Bangalore, India | [e-mail]
- Joel Nitta | @joel_nitta | [e-mail] |https://joelnitta.com | University of Tokyo
- Ayush Patel
- Sridhar Gutam
- Mariam Mohammed

Host future events? https://bit.ly/asiar_host_2022

## Questions for our panelists
[your name] [who is it for] How do we ...?
[XYZ] [for everyone] How do you achieve ABC in your organization?
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### Attendees, please add your questions too!
- [Yani] How many certified Carpentries instructors teachs in Spanish? and how did you encourage your community to get involed with the carpentries especially that this is mostly volunteer work?
- How can we get our community (AsiaR) interested in people who are **NOT** willing to connect with people **abroad**?
- How can you(/we) motivate translation volunteers?
- What are common challenges that you face in your local communities?
- What formats have worked best for you?
- How to identify and engage with (local/global) minority communities?
- What about having the materials in English while presenting in local language?

### More Q's from us
- Do you rotate events across communities?
- Do you have a leadership team / governance structure? What has(n't) worked for you in the past?
- How do you advertise and spread the word for maximal community engagement?
- How do you find sponsorship, institutional, and financial support to host events?
- Do you host events in non-English languages?
- How do you make it sustainable? Any tips and tricks? How do you find other co-organizers, and help pass the baton?

## Other Notes
- roadmap for the next few months (~6mo)
- identify volunteers for translation -- low barrier
- or ^^ for teaching -- whatever they are comfortable with
- give them opportunity to present in non-native language -- English -- before going to international platforms -- they might need the experience and exposure
- Bring the global conference & other experiences to your local useRs
- Different types of RUG meetups: https://www.heatherturner.net/talks/r-community/#10
* Meetup to review application to scolarships or grants or abtracts.
* R Start up event: you birng your computer we help you to install all you need to use R.
* Meetup to first time speakers: your practice your talk with us. You talk about an R topic, how do you use R, what do you like to do with R, etc.
- Some free resources you can use: https://www.heatherturner.net/talks/r-community/#19 (this is a bit out of date, would also add https://www.bigbookofr.com/, https://www.learnr4free.com/, https://github.com/iamericfletcher/awesome-r-learning-resources)
- practice/mock talks in meetups
- office hours: peer-review of abstracts (~R-Ladies)
- co-work on the same data/similar packages but with their local units/packages/languages
- local datasets reflecting local culture and history
- R starter sessions -- low barrier -- very helpful
- purple R -- to engage with gender minority and trans groups
- go to their libraries/community centers to engage with the groups | onus is on us | not on the minority groups

## Material

* Learn R for free: list of free material in several languages. If you want to add some languages, we can talk with Mine (the author of the webpage). I (Yani) maintaining the Spanish list: https://www.learnr4free.com/
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