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Author: elecharny
Date: Thu Oct 16 14:31:15 2014
New Revision: 1632321

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1632321
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 # 0.3 - Contributing
+
+# Join the Apache Directory Community
+
+The Apache Directory Project is an [Open Source](http://www.opensource.org) volunteer project under the auspices of [The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)](http://www.apache.org). We welcome your input and contributions - either with direct participation (coding, documenting, answering questions, proposing ideas, reporting bugs, suggesting bug-fixes, etc..). You can also contribute to [The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)](http://www.apache.org) by [resource donations](http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html) (money, time, publicity, hardware, software, conference presentations, speeches, etc...) of through [the sponsorship program](http://apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html) .
+
+To begin with, we suggest you to subscribe to the [Directory Mailing Lists & IRC](../mailing-lists-and-irc.html) (follow the link for information on how to subscribe and to access the mail list archives). Listen-in for a while, to see how others make contributions.
+
+Then you can :
+
+* Answer questions posted to the mailing lists.
+* Contribute to the FAQ or Wiki.
+* Contribute other documentation patches, either for the website or for the Apache Directory user documentation.
+* Investigate bugs that have been reported and provide patches where appropriate.
+* Help with development for the next release of the Directory project and subprojects.
+
+## What we are looking for
+
+* Source code and fixes contributions
+* Documentation assistance
+* Product and feature suggestions
+* Detailed and constructive feedback
+* Articles and white papers
+
+## How do I contribute
+
+* To discuss Apache Directory topics check out the [mailing lists](../mailing-lists-and-irc.html).
+* Informal discussion also occurs on the [#apache-directory](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory) Users IRC channel or on the [#apache-directory-dev](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory-dev) Developers IRC channel on [freenode.net](http://freenode.net).
+* Bugs and other issues can be posted on the project [issue tracking system](../issue-tracking.html).
+* Additional documentation and discussion can be found on the project [wiki](http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/dashboard.action).