{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mozillascience/studyGroup/issues/29","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mozillascience/studyGroup/issues/29/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mozillascience/studyGroup/issues/29/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mozillascience/studyGroup/issues/29/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroup/issues/29","id":104340685,"number":29,"title":"Mozilla Study Groups September Update","user":{"login":"BillMills","id":1896943,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1896943?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills","html_url":"https://github.com/BillMills","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BillMills/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mozillascience/studyGroup/labels/updates","name":"updates","color":"fef2c0"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-09-01T19:50:24Z","updated_at":"2015-10-03T22:40:25Z","closed_at":"2015-10-03T22:40:25Z","body":"## Welcome New Study Groups\r\n\r\nWelcome to our newest Study Groups in [Otago, New Zealand](http://smilefreak.github.io/studyGroup/) and [North West University, South Africa](http://anelda.github.io/GenomicsHackyHour/)! More Study Groups are spooling up around the world; we'll note them here and add them to the [Study Group Map](https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroupLessons/blob/master/whereWeAre.geojson) as their first events come on line.\r\n\r\n## September Participation Drive\r\n\r\nFor many of us, a new term is starting in the next few days - that makes this one of the most important times of the year to get the word out about your Study Group! \r\n\r\n - Organizers, if you haven't seen it yet, check out the [Planning Events](http://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/running.html#planning) section of the Handbook for advice on how to make this term smooth and successful for your group; also, there are **two new email templates** for doing your beginning of semester email push: one to [get the word out](https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroupHandbook/blob/gh-pages/templates/startOfTermLetter1.md), and [a follow-up asking for instructors](https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroupHandbook/blob/gh-pages/templates/startOfTermLetter2.md). Feel free to use these as is, or remix and write your own.\r\n\r\n - Attendees, one of the best things you can do to help your organizers is bring your friends and colleagues! Everyone has a better time when they know someone in the room, and bringing new people helps get the word out, too.\r\n\r\n## Organizer's Mailing List\r\nThe Mozilla Science Lab has a new mailing list for leaders and organizers of Study Groups around the world to ask each other questions, share ideas and talk about their plans for Study Group. [Sign up here](https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/msl-study-groups) if you want to be involved in leading a local Study Group - also, we'll be using that list to organize and announce monthly teleconferences for Study Group leaders to connect worldwide.\r\n\r\n## New Lesson Highlights\r\n\r\nHere are the notes from just a few of the awesome lessons that have been delivered around the world in August. Remember, after a demo, throw the notes into a GitHub repo (or whatever format you like) and email the [Science Lab](mailto:sciencelab@mozillafoundation.org) with the link, so we can help you share with your colleagues around the world.\r\n\r\n - [Data Munging in R with dplyr](https://github.com/alyeffy/data_munging_lesson), by [Alyssa](https://github.com/alyeffy) at UBC\r\n - [Introduction to biomaRt](https://github.com/kazi11/biomaRt_tutorial) by [Jeff Stafford](https://github.com/kazi11) at UBC\r\n - [Comparative Phylogenetic Analyses in R](https://github.com/mwpennell/r-phylo) by [Matt Pennell](https://github.com/mwpennell) at UBC\r\n - [Automating Reproducible Analysis Pipelines with Make](https://stat545-ubc.github.io/automation00_index.html) by [Shaun Jackman](https://github.com/sjackman) at SFU\r\n - [Intro to ggplot2](https://github.com/cloucks/ggplot2_tutorial) by [cloucks](https://github.com/cloucks) at SFU\r\n - [Plotting in Python with matplotlib](https://github.com/UofTCoders/studyGroup/blob/gh-pages/lessons/PlottinginPythonwithMatplotlib/lesson.md) by [Ricardo Harripaul](https://github.com/ricardoharripaul) in Toronto "}}