RoCur details

About

The R-Ladies RoCur (Rotating Curation) is a twitter handle that will feature an awesome R-Lady each week. This account is run by R-Ladies Global.

Objectives

  1. To encourage and maintain Twitter engagement within the R-Ladies community.
  2. To spotlight female and minority genders (including but not limited to cis/trans women, trans men, non-binary, genderqueer, agender) and their great work in R.

How It Works

Every week, a different R-Lady takes over our twitter account to talk about the work they do in R. Featured curators come from a diversity of professions and have a range of experiences in R, from novice to expert.

If you are interested in becoming a curator, see our Be a Curator section (below) and sign up here.

Check out @WeAreRLadies every Monday for a new curator!

Be a Curator!

We are always looking for R-users to be a featured curator for our account!

We welcome curators:

  • of all experience levels
  • of all professional backgrounds
  • of all locations
  • of any native language (curation may be conducted in any language; English is not required)

Featured curators must meet the following criteria:

  • Curators must identify as a gender minority (including but not limited to cis/trans women, trans men, non-binary, genderqueer, agender).
  • Curators do not need to be affiliated with R-Ladies; however, curators do need to register in the R-Ladies directory if they haven’t yet.
  • Curators must be individuals (i.e. an R-Ladies Chapter cannot be a featured curator; however, an organizer from a local chapter may curate and tweet about chapter events).

By signing on to be a curator of @WeAreRLadies you agree to our Curator Agreement that is outlined in our RoCur Curator Guide.

Curator Sign Up

Current curator schedule

Curator sign up form

Please note:

  • You will be asked to provide a first and second choice for week(s) you would like to curate.
  • Curatorship begins each Monday at 7:00 AM ET and ends the following Saturday at 12:00 PM ET.
  • Administrators will make all efforts to honor all scheduling requests but may ask that you be flexible as the administrators need to coordinate multiple schedules.

Curator Nomination

Curator Nomination Form

Do you know an R-Lady who you think would be a great curator? We accept nominations for curators via our nomination form.

Anyone is welcome to nominate curators - you do not need to be affiliated with R-Ladies to nominate an individual to curate for @WeAreRLadies. Multiple nominations from a single nominator is also permitted. @WeAreRLadies administrators will review nominations and invite nominees to curate.

Repeat Curation

Individuals may sign up for repeat curation if it has been at least two years since their previous curation. Scheduling priority is given to new curators. For repeat curation, please complete the sign up form again so that we may capture any updated information about you.

Curator Procedures

1️⃣ Sign up to be a curator via this form. You will be asked to provide a first and second choice for week(s) you would like to curate.

2️⃣ Send a photo to WeAre@rladies.org that will be used as the profile pic of the account during your curation week.

3️⃣ If your information has been received, the RoCur schedule will be updated to reflect the week you will be curating.

4️⃣ The week before you are scheduled to curate: Account administrators will send you an email with specific info about curating and show you the infographic that will be posted the Sunday before you curate. You’ll need to approve this infographic. You’ll also need to read and agree to our Curator Agreement.

5️⃣ Saturday or Sunday before you curate: You will receive access to @WeAreRLadies via tweetdeck. The Twitter profile pic will be changed to your photo Sunday evening/Monday morning. Then you are ready to curate for the week!

Contact Us

This RoCur is managed by R-Ladies Global members. You can email us at WeAre@rladies.org or at the #rocur_twitter channel on the R-Ladies Community Slack.