Merge pull request #66 from Daveu1983/main

Author: nickebbitt

CODEOWNERS

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+@ManchesterJavaCommunity/organisers

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+## https://manchesterjavacommunity.org/
+
+This repo is the code for the Manchester Java Community website. We're looking to build out this website as a place for 
+people interested in Java and JVM can go to find out what is happening with the Manchester Java Community.
+
+The list of issues we currently have open can be found at 
+https://github.com/ManchesterJavaCommunity/manchesterjavacommunity.github.io/issues. Feel free to add any features/bugs 
+here.
+
+The website is built using https://jbake.org/, so have a read through of the docs to get familiar with the tech.
+
+# Contributing
+
+The main branch is protected, in order to contribute please follow this process:-
+
+1. Ask to join the https://github.com/ManchesterJavaCommunity
+2. Fork the repo into your personal github account.
+3. Create a new branch
+4. Apply the code changes
+5. Commit and push changes to the new branch on your personal github account
+6. Create a PR between the main branch in the manchester java community account and your new branch.
+7. Update the issue.
+
+[Contact Us](mailto:[email protected]) for any issues questions about contributing or the 
+Manchester Java Community in general.