More information about contributing

README.md

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 ## Contributing to this report
 
-This repository uses [quarto](https://quarto.org/) and [GitHub actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions)
+We welcome contributions to this report from participants in the workshop and
+other interested co-contributors.
+
+There are several different ways to provide contributions:
+
+1. This repository uses [quarto](https://quarto.org/) and [GitHub actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions)
 to render both a [website](https://uwescience.github.io/2024-open-source-standards-report/) and
 a [pdf](https://uwescience.github.io/2024-open-source-standards-report/index.pdf)
-of the report.
+of the report. If you are comfortable making your suggestions and edits through GitHub, please do so.  To contribute to the contents of the report, please edit the `.qmd` files that are stored under the `sections` directory. You can also add bibliographic items in the bibtex format to the `references.bib` file. See more below for information about citations and the quarto markdown format. If you contribute in this manner, please also add your author metadata to the `metadata.yml` file.
+
+1. A PDF file with the most up-to-date version of the report is available [here](https://github.com/uwescience/2024-open-source-standards-report/raw/products/_manuscript/index.pdf). You can download it and mark it up in whatever software you prefer to use and send it to Ariel (arokem@uw.edu) and Anshul (anshul37@uw.edu) to be integrated. Please include your authorship information (i.e., full name as you would like it to appear and your affiliation as you would like it to appear)
 
-To contribute to the contents of the report, please edit the `.qmd` files that
-are stored under the `sections` directory. You can also add bibliographic items
-in the bibtex format to the `references.bib` file.
+2. A DOCX file with the most up-to-date version is available [here](https://github.com/uwescience/2024-open-source-standards-report/raw/products/_manuscript/index.docx). Please edit it with Word with "track changes" turned on. Send your proposed changes and suggestions to Ariel (arokem@uw.edu) and Anshul (anshul37@uw.edu) to be integrated. Please include your authorship information (i.e., full name as you would like it to appear and your affiliation as you would like it to appear)
 
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