# Contributor On-boarding Guide

Thank you for your interest in helping contribute to our work at Autoware Foundation to develop an open-source autonomous highway pilot system for privately owned vehicles. To get started, please follow the steps below:

## How to Get Started:
- **Give this Github repo a 'star'** and review the README file to familiarize yourself with the project goals

- Join our Discord, and in the 'privately owned vehicles' channel, please add a brief message to introduce yourself. Here is the link to join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q94UsPvReQ
  - And this is the link to the [privately owned vehicles discord channel](https://discord.com/channels/953808765935816715/1301551216740012113)

- Catch up on our latest discussions and meetings. We add all the meeting minutes and meeting recordings on our Github discussions page. Here is a [link](https://github.com/orgs/autowarefoundation/discussions/categories/working-group-meetings?discussions_q=is%3Aopen+category%3A%22Working+group+meetings%22+label%3Ameeting%3Aprivately-owned-vehicle-wg) to see our previous meetings.

- **Join and participate in the Privately Owned Vehicle work group meetings** to learn about our developments, get started in understanding the codebase, hear from maintainers and industry experts, and begin making code contributions.
  - We meet every week on Monday. There are two meeting slots which you can join, (Slot 1 is more suited for people joining from East Asia) (Slot 2 is more suited for people joining from Europe/USA). You can add the meeting invite to your calendar from these links: [Slot 1 Meeting Link](https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=MzlmZDZvNjhjZ3FwOXZkMjc4cHZqbHBhaDhfMjAyNDExMThUMDQzMDAwWiBhdXRvd2FyZS5vcmdfNmxvbDBobzVmdDAyMTdoOGM2MHBpMWZtMzBAZw) and [Slot 2 Meeting Link](https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aG0yMWUzNXU1N2JxYW9wMHZkb2lncmg5bGNfMjAyNDExMThUMTYwMDAwWiBhdXRvd2FyZS5vcmdfNmxvbDBobzVmdDAyMTdoOGM2MHBpMWZtMzBAZw) - *we cover the same agenda items in both slots so you only need to join one of them as best fits your schedule.*

## Contact
If you have any queries, you can contact Muhammad Zain Khawaja, Senior Tech Lead at Autoware Foundation and Lead of the Privately Owned Vehicle Work Group within Autoware Foundation at the following email address:
![Email](Media/Email.jpg) 

## We look forward to your participation in this exciting open-source project!
To stay up to date on developments related to Autoware, please visit our website and follow us on our social media channels:
- [Autoware Foundation Website](https://autoware.org/)
- [LinkedIn Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-autoware-foundation/) 
- [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@autowarefoundation)
- [Twitter/X Page](https://twitter.com/AutowareFdn)