+ [mailing list](http://lists.libre-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-soc-dev),
+ introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back) and
+ the Libera IRC channel
+ (#libre-soc at irc.libera.chat port 6697, see
+https://libera.chat/guides/connect),
+ it's also accessible via Libera.Chat's Matrix Bridge
+ (`#libre-soc:libera.chat`)
+ [logs here](https://libre-soc.org/irclog/latest.log.html).
+ Read through
+ [recent posts](http://lists.libre-soc.org/pipermail/libre-soc-dev/)
+ and the [[charter]], ask questions if you have any and let everyone know,
+ on the list that you're happy with it and agree to it.
+2. The next thing you should do is read through the
+ [bugs list](http://bugs.libre-soc.org) and
+ see if there are any bugs that pique your interest.
+ A fascinating way to do that is to view the
+ [dependency graph](https://bugs.libre-soc.org/showdependencygraph.cgi?id=1&display=web&rankdir=LR)
+3. After that, go ahead and take a look at the
+ [git repositories](https://git.libre-soc.org).
+4. If you plan to do HDL work, you should familiarize yourself with our
+ [[HDL_workflow]]. If you would like to help with the ASIC layout,
+ see [[HDL_workflow/coriolis2]]
+5. We do have funding available (see [[nlnet]]) upon completion of issues -
+ we are also working on procuring more funding which gets the project to
+ nanometre scale tapeout.
+6. After all this, if you feel that Libre-SOC is a something
+ that you would like to contribute to, add yourself to the
+ [current_members](about_us) page, fill in some information about yourself,
+ and join the mailing list and say hello.