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title: "A New Guide: Organizing Events for First-time Contributors"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-guide-organizing-events-for-first-time-contributors-wz65somp2
source_url: https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/a-new-guide-organizing-events-for-first-time-contributors
type: article
source: "R-bloggers"
published: 2026-07-02T01:07:03.978Z
updated: 2026-07-02T01:07:24.682Z
tags: ["open-source", "r", "localization"]
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language: en
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# A New Guide: Organizing Events for First-time Contributors

**[R-bloggers](https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

rOpenSci has published a free guidebook titled 'From User to Contributor: Organizing Events for First-Time Contributors', funded by a NumFOCUS Small Development Grant. The guide documents two event formats designed to lower barriers for first-time open source contributors: mini-translathons (short coworking sessions focused on translation and localization) and mini-hackathons (short online sessions for fixing bugs, improving code, or updating documentation). The guide covers timelines, community calls, event formats, pilot event results, and includes communication templates. It is intended to be reusable by communities beyond rOpenSci.

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