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-# Contributing to OpenWhisk
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-We welcome contributions, but request you follow these guidelines.
+# Contributing to Apache OpenWhisk
 
- - [Raising issues](#raising-issues)
+Anyone can contribute to the OpenWhisk project and we welcome your contributions.
+
+There are multiple ways to contribute: report bugs, improve the docs, and
+contribute code, but you must follow these prerequisites and guidelines:
+
  - [Contributor License Agreement](#contributor-license-agreement)
+ - [Raising issues](#raising-issues)
  - [Coding Standards](#coding-standards)
- 
-## Raising issues
-
-Please raise any bug reports on the issue tracker. Be sure to
-search the list to see if your issue has already been raised.
-
-A good bug report is one that make it easy for us to understand what you were
-trying to do and what went wrong. Provide as much context as possible so we can try to recreate the issue.
-
 
 ### Contributor License Agreement
 
-In order for us to accept pull-requests, the contributor must first complete
-a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). This clarifies the intellectual
-property license granted with any contribution. It is for your protection as a
-Contributor as well as the protection of IBM and its customers; it does not
-change your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose.
+All contributors must sign and submit an Apache CLA (Contributor License Agreement).
 
-You can download the CLAs here:
+Instructions on how to do this can be found here:
+[http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas](http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas)
 
-- [individual](https://github.com/openwhisk/openwhisk/blob/master/CLA-INDIVIDUAL.md)
-- [corporate](https://github.com/openwhisk/openwhisk/blob/master/CLA-CORPORATE.md)
+Once submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and be added to
+the following list: http://people.apache.org/unlistedclas.html. 
 
+Project committers will use this list to verify pull requests (PRs) come from contributors that have signed a CLA.
+
+We look forward to your contributions! 
+
+## Raising issues
+
+Please raise any bug reports on the respective project repository's GitHub issue tracker. Be sure to search the 
+list to see if your issue has already been raised.
+
+A good bug report is one that make it easy for us to understand what you were trying to do and what went wrong. 
+Provide as much context as possible so we can try to recreate the issue.
+
+### Discussion
+
+Please use the project's developer email list to engage our community:
+[dev@openwhisk.incubator.apache.org](dev@openwhisk.incubator.apache.org)
+
+In addition, we provide a "dev" Slack team channel for conversations at:
+https://openwhisk-team.slack.com/messages/dev/
 
 ### Coding standards