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title: "Reviving RainbowR"
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## Overview

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-   Notes about this session
-   What is RainbowR?
-   Who is it for?
-   RainbowR:
    -   past, present and future
-   Work in Progress
-   Connecting and brainstorming breakout
-   Back together
-   Next steps

## RainbowR Introductions

-   Ella (She/Her)
-   Zane (She/They)
-   `etherpad` document (link in chat, won't be shared)
-   This session is confidential
    -   not recorded
    -   etherpad notes won't be publicly shared

## Mission

Our mission is to support, promote and connect LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to and spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. LGBTQ+ people/ `RainbowR`s

-   operating under [RLadies Code of Conduct](https://rladies.org/code-of-conduct/) (until the RainbowR one is finalised)
-   any issues to rlgbtq\@gmail.com

## RainbowR Mission (2)

-   those who identify as being a minority sexual orientation, i.e. those who are not straight/heterosexual

-   Part of the [R Forwards](https://forwards.github.io) Slackaton

    -   Leading the R community forwards in widening the participation of women and other under-represented groups. **Safety is key**

-   those who are not cisgender, i.e. those whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex To our straight, cis friends: we very much appreciate your allyship and your support of RainbowR, e.g. by sharing our information and posts on social media and by telling your friends and colleagues about us.

## RainbowR Past

-   Founded at useR!2017
-   Infrastructure set up
-   Attempt to revive in 2019

## Present

New-found time and enthusiasm (Ella)! New-found interest and driving-force in the group (Zane)! This is an announcement of intent to *really* get it going this time!

## Existing infrastructure

Social Media

-   Slack <https://rainbowr.slack.com> (currently dormant)
-   GitHub [rlgbtq](https://github.com/rlgbtq) (currently dormant)
-   Twitter [\@R_LGBTQ](https://twitter.com/R_LGBTQ) (recently revived)

## Future/Works in Progress

-   Revive the Slack group (needs sign-up page)
    -   Create sign-up form
    -   New Code of Conduct and review process
-   New website
    -   Introductory blog-post
    -   demo of new RainbowR [website](https://myquartoblog.netlify.app/)

## Breakout rooms to connect with others

Some topics to discuss:

-   what would *you* like RainbowR to be, in order to best serve its community?

-   ideas for blog-posts

-   ideas for data sets for data-driven activism

-   would you like to contribute and, if so, how?

-   Notes on the `etherpad` (put link in chat again!)

## Back together

-   Share ideas from the breakout room
-   Any questions?

## Next steps

-   Review and incorporate ideas from this session
-   Complete work in progress
-   Relaunch!
    -   Announcements on Twitter
    -   Announcements through other groups promoting diversity and community in R

## Thank you!

Thank you all for attending and being part of this community!

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