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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Participating in GitHub Open Source Mentorships
+
+See [README.md](README.md) for information on applying for a mentorship.
+
+## Volunteering to Mentor
+
+**This is for GitHub employees.**
+
+If you are interested in mentoring on an open source project that you maintain or contribute to, [open an issue](https://github.com/github/mentorships/issues/new) with the details of the project.
+
+```
+Title: [summary of project]
+
+Summary: A couple sentences describing the project.
+
+Expected Outcome: A clear outcome that
+
+Skills: CoffeeScript, JavaScript, C, C++
+
+Relevant issues: [urls to issues]()
+
+Mentors: @username
+```
+
+For example:
+
+> title: Implement support for non-US keyboard layouts in Atom
+>
+> Investigate and implement ways to better support non-US keyboard layouts in the Atom text editor. This would greatly improve the editing experience for anyone using a non-US keyboard layout. This will include engaging with the community to identify the root problem and working through multiple solutions from patching Chromium to crowd-sourcing custom keybinding layouts.
+>
+> Expected Outcome: Using Atom with a non-US keyboard layout will be a better experience.
+>
+> Skills: CoffeeScript, JavaScript
+>
+> Relevant issues: [atom/atom-keymap#35](https://github.com/atom/atom-keymap/issues/35) and [atom/atom-keymap#37](https://github.com/atom/atom-keymap/issues/37)
+>
+> Mentors: [@kevinsawicki](https://github.com/kevinsawicki)
+
+Mentoring is incredibly rewarding, and providing a positive experience for both you and the student is an big commitment that is not to be taken lightly. Please talk to your team before volunteering.
+
+Mentoring Resources:
+
+- [Outreachy's info for Mentors](https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForMentors)
+- [Google Summer of Code Mentor's Guide](http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/what-is-gsoc/)
+
+## Managing Issues
+
+Issues in this repository are used to take questions from potential contributors, manage the programs we participate in, and the projects available for mentorship.
+
+Labels:
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+- [question]
+- [project]
+- [program]
+
+[project]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/project
+[program]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/program
+[question]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/question

README.md

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-# Google Summer of Code
+# GitHub Open Source Mentorships
 
-GitHub is the world's largest code repository and home to countless open source projects, including many that we actively participate in.
+GitHub is the world's largest code repository and home to countless open source projects, including many that we actively contribute to. We also participate in several open source mentorship programs.
 
-These ideas are suggestions that we think would make good Google Summer of Code projects. They are only meant to be a starting point. Check out our [proposal template](proposal-template.md), and feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/github/gsoc/issues/new) to ask questions or discuss other ideas.
+If you are looking for an opportunity to work on an open source project with a GitHub member, please apply through one of the available [programs][program] and look through the suggested [projects][project]. Feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/question) to ask questions or discuss other ideas.
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+[project]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/project
+[program]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/program
+[question]: https://github.com/github/mentorships/labels/question