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 **Our first meeting** (with Pizza!) takes place April 17, 11:00 - 12:30:
   - [Register here](https://nettskjema.no/a/rtromso)
   - Pizza will be sponsored by the [research software engineering (RSE) group](https://research-software.uit.no/) and the IT department at UiT.
+  - The goal for this first meeting is to get to know each other, discuss what we want to get out of the group, and plan future meetings.
+  - For each meeting we will try to offer something for complete beginners but
+    also share some tool or technique that is useful for more experienced
+    coders.

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 # RTromsø, the R user group a [UiT](https://uit.no)
 
-Series of meet-ups and workshops for R users at UiT, the Arctic University of Norway
-where we can share knowledge and experiences, and together learn more about R.
+R is a programming language which is especially powerful for statistics, data
+exploration, and visualization.  It is open source and free to use, and has a
+large and active community of users.
+
+**RTromsø** is a series of meet-ups and workshops for R users at UiT, the
+Arctic University of Norway where we can share knowledge and experiences, and
+together learn more about R.