ALT Fig 1. Diagram of the 10 rules organized into 3 groups: foundation rules (Rules 1 to 3), design rules (Rules 4 to 9), and a continuity rule (Rule 10). The overall diagram depicts an arrow from left to right containing all the rules. In the left column, under the first label “Foundation,” there are 3 text boxes in light blue: “1. Vision,” “2. Safe environment,” and “3. Organizing Team.” In the middle column, under the label “Design Rules” there are 6 light green boxes with Rules “4. Counter bias,” “5. Virtual/hybrid,” “6. Accessibility,” “7. Language,” “8. Communication,” “9. Finance.” To the right, below the arrowhead labeled “Continuity,” is the 10th Rule in a light pink box “10. Pass the torch.” https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010164

ALT Fig 2. Five “Margot the marmot” with colorful scarves. From left to right: a marmot with a dark and light green scarf of the MiR community is looking at her tablet, a marmot with the purple and gray scarf of R-Ladies is stepping on a rock and watches the horizon, a marmot with an orange and purple AfricaR scarf is sitting on a couch watching a film on her laptop with popcorn, a yogi marmot with a rainbow LGBTQIA scarf does the warrior pose on her blue mat, and finally, a marmot with a scarf with the pink, light blue, and white color of the transgender pride flag waves her hand. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010164

ALT Collage of 5 pictures. 1. Lobby and inside view of the Anschutz Health Sciences Building (AHSB), 2. AHSB front facade/elevation in black glass, 3. Center for Health AI (Floor 6) open office plan, 4. Dry winter trees foggy landscape of Denver downtown with a backdrop of the Rocky Mountains hiding in the fog, 5. AHSB name on the side/front of the new building.

ALT AsiaR logo on a white background -- with blue R logo preceded by 'Asia' in blue. Black silhouette map of Asia in the top left.

ALT Logo of JRaviLab with female lead 2 students in grey in front of a computer. Left: tree data analysis icons indicating evolution/phylogeny, and data science. Top: hosts: human, animal, plant Bottom: pathogens: bacteria, viruses Right: hand with drugs, DNA indicating drug repurposing, and genomics/transcriptomics

ALT _Shows screenshot of the Google forms sign-up/registration link in the tweet. Header: rainbow-colored vertical threads lined up next to each other horizontally. AsiaR meetup -- how to build inclusive communities. Sign up to receive the Zoom link. Details of featured speakers: Yanina, Heather, Iman, event details (Feb 19, 11a UTC), and hosts, Janani & Adithi. Social media links available in the Google form sign-up link.

ALT A flyer advertising a talk titled "Three reasons to use tidymodels" on February 17, 2022 from 6pm—7pm ET hosted by R-Ladies East Lansing. A photo of the speaker, Julia Silge, is in the center. The talk title is on the left, and the date and time are on the right. The upper-right corner has the R-Ladies hex graphic in purple and gray, and the upper-left corner has "R-Ladies East Lansing" written in purple and gray with the R logo for the R.

ALT Screenshot from useR 2021 Slack with details on the AsiaR incubator. July 08, 2021, 3.30 UTC. Featured useRs from India, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, S. Korea, Pakistan, S'pore, and more! Moderators: Adithi Upadhya and Janani Ravi Questions? Please email janani@msu.edu

ALT Slide containing details on strategies to build a strong AsiaR community: Let’s discuss in small groups (spoken or written) - sharing and overcoming challenges in Asian R communities - creating, joining, and sustaining these communities - identifying long-term goals for the community & AsiaR conference Help incubate ideas to build a strong diverse and vibrant AsiaR community!