Add North Carolina Regional Group (#1771)

Author: gaurav

_events/2025/2025-09-rg-nc-meetup-1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+title: North Carolina Regional Group Meetup 1
+location: Namu, 5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham, NC 27707
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+expires: 2025-09-16
+event_date: "September 16, 2025"
+layout: event
+duration: 120
+repeated: false
+category: social
+time:
+ - - start: 2025-09-16T17:00:00-04:00
+     end: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-04:00
+---
+
+The North Carolina Regional Group will hold its first in-person meeting on September 16th, 2025 at 5:00pm ET.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+We'll meet in the restaurant section of <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/namu-durham">Namu Durham</a>, 5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham, NC 27707.
+I'm planning to stay there until 7pm at least, so no worries if you're running late.
+Please <a href="mailto:[email protected]">email me</a> or message me on Slack if you can't find us.
+
+You can find out more about our group on <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/ag/rg-north-carolina/">our regional group page</a>
+or by joining the `#rg-north-carolina` channel on the [US-RSE Slack](https://us-rse.org/slack/).

pages/ag/affinity-groups.md

@@ -82,4 +82,8 @@ We organize informal gatherings where interested professionals can connect and l
 
 The R Affinity Group (R-RSE) exists to increase the representation of R users in the US-RSE community and provide opportunities for members to develop R skills.
 
+<h3><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/ag/rg-north-carolina/">North Carolina Regional Group</a></h3>
+
+The North Carolina Regional Group connects US-RSE members in North Carolina and organizes local events.
+
 <hr>

pages/ag/rg-north-carolina.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: North Carolina Regional Group
+subtitle:
+menubar:
+permalink: /ag/rg-north-carolina/
+set_last_modified: true
+---
+
+# Overview
+
+The North Carolina Regional Group connects US-RSE members in North Carolina and organizes local events.
+
+# Membership
+
+The North Carolina Regional Group is <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/about/affinity-groups/">US-RSE Regional Group</a>
+intended to bring together research software engineers in North Carolina.
+
+To stay informed, please:
+
+* Join [US-RSE](https://us-rse.org/join/).
+* Subscribe to event announcements by joining one of:
+  * The `#rg-north-carolina` channel on the US-RSE slack.
+  * Our [Google group](https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/rg-north-carolina/about)
+
+If you are interested in giving a talk or have other ideas for a future meetup, please contact one of the coordinators (see the [Questions?](#questions) section below).
+
+# Activities
+
+We're just starting, so who knows what we will do?
+
+## Upcoming meetups
+
+- September 16, 2025 at 5pm ET: <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/events/2025/2025-09-rg-nc-meetup-1/">Meetup 1</a> at <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/namu-durham">Namu</a>, 5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham, NC 27707.
+
+## Archive of past meetups
+
+- _None as yet_
+
+# Group coordinators
+
+- [Gaurav Vaidya](https://www.ggvaidya.com/), Semantic Web Technologist at the [Renaissance Computing Institute](https://renci.org/), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
+- [Bradley Saul](https://www.functionalstatistics.com/)
+
+# Questions?
+
+Reach out to group coordinators
+[Gaurav Vaidya](mailto:[email protected]) or
+[Bradley Saul](mailto:[email protected])