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README.md

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 ## Description
 
-[Riak](http://basho.com/riak/) is an open source, distributed database that
-focuses on high availability, horizontal scalability, and *predictable*
-latency.
+[Riak](http://basho.com/riak/) is an open source, distributed database that focuses on high availability, horizontal scalability, and *predictable* latency.
+
+This repository is **community supported**. We both appreciate and need your contribution to keep it stable. For more on how to contribute, [take a look at the contribution process](#contribution).
+
+Thank you for being part of the community! We love you for it. 
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -272,13 +274,33 @@ Basho's) and want to install Riak from there, ensure that
 If you want to install Riak (and Erlang) from source, ensure that
 `node['riak']['install_method']` is set to `source`.
 
+##Contributions 
+
+Basho Labs repos survive because of community contribution. Here’s how to get started.
+
+* Fork the appropriate sub-projects that are affected by your change
+* Create a topic branch for your change and checkout that branch
+   `git checkout -b some-topic-branch`
+* Make your changes and run the test suite if one is provided (see below)
+* Commit your changes and push them to your fork
+* Open a pull request for the appropriate project
+* Contributors will review your pull request, suggest changes, and merge it when it’s ready and/or offer feedback
+* To report a bug or issue, please open a new issue against this repository
+
+### Maintainers
+* Seth Thomas ([GitHub](https://github.com/cheeseplus))
+* and You! [Read up](https://github.com/basho-labs/the-riak-community/blob/master/config-mgmt-strategy.md) and get involved
+
+You can [read the full guidelines](http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/community/bugs/) for bug reporting and code contributions on the Riak Docs. And **thank you!** Your contribution is incredible important to us.
+
+
 ## License and Authors
 
 * Author: Benjamin Black (<[email protected]>)
 * Author: Sean Carey (<[email protected]>)
-* Author: Hector Castro (<hector@basho.com>)
+* Author: Hector Castro ([GitHub](https://github.com/hectcastro))
 * Author: Sean Cribbs (<[email protected]>)
-* Author: Seth Thomas (<[email protected]>
+* Author: Seth Thomas ([email protected])
 
 Copyright (c) 2014 Basho Technologies, Inc.