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+## Community Code of Conduct
+
+gRPC follows the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
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 # How to contribute
 
-We definitely welcome your patches and contributions to gRPC!
+We definitely welcome your patches and contributions to gRPC! Please read the gRPC
+organization's [governance rules](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-community/blob/master/governance.md)
+and [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) before proceeding.
+
 
 If you are new to github, please start by reading [Pull Request howto](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)
 
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+This repository is governed by the gRPC organization's [governance rules](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-community/blob/master/governance.md).