<commit_before>---
layout: page
title: Contributing
#subtitle: intro to document
---

This documentation represents the collective experience and understanding 
of ACI-REF participants; however, we recognize that our experiences are 
not comprehensive or authoritative. We welcome responses, suggestions and 
contributions to this material, to make it fully representative of the 
research support community it describes.  

Before contributing, we recommend that 
you read the [Introduction](http://aci-ref.github.io/facilitation_best_practices/introduction) in 
order to understand the purpose and method behind this documentation.  

<h2>There are two primary ways to contribute:</h2> 

<h3><i>For those familiar with GitHub</i></h3>
Please visit our 
[repository for this website](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices). 
All html pages are generated from plain-text Markdown (.md) files for easy editing and 
contribution of suggested changes via pull requests. You can:

* Open a "[New Issue](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/)", to describe your suggestion or question. 
* [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) the "[facilitation-best-practices](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices)" repository to your own GitHub account, make edits, and then submit a "[New Pull Request](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices/pulls)"

<h3><i>For those less familiar with GitHub</i></h3>
Please send an email to <EMAIL> to discuss your 
desired contribution.<commit_msg>Add direct link to submit an issue<commit_after>---
layout: page
title: Contributing
#subtitle: intro to document
---

This documentation represents the collective experience and understanding 
of ACI-REF participants; however, we recognize that our experiences are 
not comprehensive or authoritative. We welcome responses, suggestions and 
contributions to this material, to make it fully representative of the 
research support community it describes.  

Before contributing, we recommend that 
you read the [Introduction](http://aci-ref.github.io/facilitation_best_practices/introduction) in 
order to understand the purpose and method behind this documentation.  

<h2>There are two primary ways to contribute:</h2> 

<h3><i>For those familiar with GitHub</i></h3>
Please visit our 
[repository for this website](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices). 
All html pages are generated from plain-text Markdown (.md) files for easy editing and 
contribution of suggested changes via pull requests. You can:

* Open a "[New Issue For Facilitation Best Practices](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices/issues/new)" - "([How To Create An Issue] https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/)", to describe your suggestion or question you will need a github account.  
* [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) the "[facilitation-best-practices](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices)" repository to your own GitHub account, make edits, and then submit a "[New Pull Request](https://github.com/aci-ref/facilitation_best_practices/pulls)"

<h3><i>For those less familiar with GitHub</i></h3>
Please send an email to <EMAIL> to discuss your 
desired contribution.
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