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# Contribute to — or connect with — Software Niagara

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    As a grassroots organization, we want to be as transparent as possible and encourage participation from all
    members of our community. As such, we will be holding discussions and organizing events in public on GitHub.
    This means you can see what we are doing and jump in at any time if you have a question or want to contribute.
</p>


### Ask a question, start a discussion, or contribute

Ask a question or start a discussion by [creating an issue](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback/issues/new).
Watch our [feedback repository](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback) to follow our activities. We use issues
and milestones to plan events and initiatives. Please contribute if you can help us close an issue or hit a milestone.

### Read past discussions

Check out [closed issues](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=closed&page=1)
to browse previous discussions. This is a great way to get a feel for our community.<commit_msg>Updates to contribute page.<commit_after>---
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title: Contribute
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# Contribute to — or connect with — Software Niagara

<p class="lead">
    As a grassroots organization, we want to be as transparent as possible and encourage participation from all
    members of our community. As such, we will be holding discussions and organizing events in public on GitHub.
    This means you can see what we are doing and jump in at any time if you have a question or want to contribute.
</p>

### Contribute to this website

We want the blog on this website to be written by the community for the community. Please consider forking
the [website repository](https://github.com/softwareniagara/softwareniagara.github.io) and submitting your
blog posts in a pull request.

Feel free to use our blog to:

* Announce new apps, games, or services you have built
* Talk about interesting projects you are involved with
* Share stories about starting your own business
* Share tips and tricks of interest to designers, developers, and entrepreneurs
* Announce tech- or startup-oriented events you have organized
* Introduce your user group or meetup

### Ask a question, start a discussion, or contribute

Ask a question or start a discussion by [creating an issue](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback/issues/new on
GitHub. Watch our [feedback repository](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback) to follow our activities. We use
issues and milestones to plan events and initiatives. Please contribute if you can help us close an issue or hit a
milestone.

### Read past discussions

Check out [closed issues](https://github.com/softwareniagara/feedback/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=closed&page=1)
to browse previous discussions. This is a great way to get a feel for our community.
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