updated contribution guide

Signed-off-by: AlexsJones <alexsimonjones@gmail.com>

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 # Contributing
 
+## Getting Started
+
+If you would like to contribute you to the project, please follow the steps below.
+1. Introduce yourself on slack or open an issue to let us know you are interested in contributing.
+2. Fork the project and clone it locally.
+3. Create a branch and follow [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) guidelines for work undertaken.
+4. Pull request your changes back to the upstream repository and follow follow the [pull request template](.github/pull_request_template.md) guidelines.
+
+## Release process with release-please
+
+This project uses [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) to automate the release process. The release process is triggered by a GitHub Action that runs on a schedule. The schedule is defined in the [release-please.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml) file.
+
+The release process will create a new release and tag on the repository. It will also create a pull request to update the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) file. The pull request will need to be merged before the next release is created.
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+
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - Golang `1.20`