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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/01/list-of-r-conferences-and-user-groups.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>For 8 years now, we've maintained a list of local R user groups here at the Revolutions blog. This is a list that began with a single group (the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/R-Users/">Bay Area RUG</a>, the first and still one of the largest groups), and now includes 360 user groups worldwide (including 27 specifically for women).</p>
<p>As the list has grown in size, it's become harder to manage. Thankfully, Colin Gillespie of Jumping Rivers Consulting has risen to the task, by creating a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/">new website</a> based on a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/jumpingrivers/meetingsR">GitHub repository</a> that anyone can contribute to. I've updaed the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/local-r-groups.html">Local R User Group Directory</a> to point to these new pages, specifically the lists of:</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/r-user-groups.html">R User Groups</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/r-ladies-groups.html">R-Ladies Groups</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/events.html">R Conferences and Meetings</a></li>
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<p>If you have a group of your own, contributing to the list is easy. All you need is a GitHub account, and you can click the Edit button to edit one of the R Markdown pages directly. If you're not familiar with R Markdown, you can also suggest an edit via the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/jumpingrivers/meetingsR/issues">Issues page</a>.</p>
<p>(Incidentally, It would be great to automate the process of generating a count and a map of local R user groups. If anyone wants to take up the challenge of writing an R script to process the Rmd pages, please do!)</p>
<p>As R grows in popularity, it's awesome to see local communities get together and form these groups. If you'd like to start one yourself, here are some <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/tips-on-starting-an-r-user-group.html">tips on starting up a local user group</a>.</p>
<p>GitHub: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/">A list of R conferences and meetings</a></p>
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