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+# Contributing to YTD
+
+Welcome to the YTD Dev team, we've been expecting you. YTD is an open source project and we greatly appreciate your help!
+
+
+## Filing Bugs
+
+Please follow these guidelines when filing bugs to the project.
+
+* Indicate the version Go
+* OS Architecture and other OS information
+* Procedure to reproduce the bug
+* Expected out and current output
+
+For general questions catch me on the [Gophers Slack, #africa channel](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/) or on [twitter](https://twitter.com/nyah_check). For sensitive security-related issues should be reported to me directly[checko(mailto:check.nyah@gmail.com).
+
+
+## New Features and General code contribution
+
+Please read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html). We try as much as possible to respect the rules in there. 
+
+** GitHub Pull Requests are highly welcomed**
+
+Please follow these basic rules first
+* https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/
+* https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the MIT-style license found in the LICENSE file.