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Required Reading

Title	Description
How the ASF works	General information the Foundation and how it operates.
New Committer Guide	Foundation-wide guide for all new committers.
CouchDB Bylaws	Information about how the project works.
CouchDB Code of Conduct	Code of conduct, diversity statement, and reporting guidelines.

Accounts to Configure

Name	Purpose	Instructions
ASF ID	Identity service	Configure your details. This information is used across many Apache tools.
Mailing lists	Discussion	Check the Communication Methods page.
IRC	Chat	Check the Communication Methods page. Ping a channel mod for flags and a cloak.
Confluence	Wiki	Create an account then ping a PMC member for additional privileges.
JIRA	Ticketing system	Create an account then ping a PMC member for additional privileges.
Subversion	Website and releases	Check the Source Control wiki page.
Git	Source code	Check the Source Control wiki page.
AdvocateHub	Advocate marketing tool	Create an account, then ping Noah Slater. All committers are encouraged to do so!
Jenkins	Continuous integration	Create an account, then ping Jan Lehnardt.
Pootle	Translation service	Log in using your ASF username and password, then ping Andy Wenk.

Title	Description
Committer Index	An incomplete list of committers. Be added to this list by creating a FOAF file.
CouchDB Committers	A list of CouchDB committers. Your name should appear here.
CouchDB PMC	A list of CouchDB PMC members.
People on the Couch	The CouchDB team page. Add yourself here.
MarkMail Archives	Entry point into the MarkMail archive of every CouchDB mailing list.
Committers' FAQ	General questions and answers.

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