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+# Coding Guidelines Contributor Expectations
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+Welcome to the Coding Guidelines group. This document outlines a few things about the group to know the environment to expect. We do, intentionally, not define strong requirements for the group. This document helps you to self-identify if you are good fit. If you are in any way unsure, err on the side of joining.
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+You should be a member of the Coding Guidelines group if you want to write top of class coding guidelines that have strong generality.
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+This group is a knowledge-exchange, not a teaching space.
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+The group benefits most from:
+* People with a sense of very high quality: Our work will be consumed over multiple industries. We are a force multiplier for all good and bad things.
+* Knowledge of Rust: We only work on Rust here, so we need to assume a certain knowledge of it.
+* Knowledge of critical spaces with high impact: whether it's safety-critical or software that just impacts a lot of people - experience in high correctness and how to reach it is useful.
+* Bridge builders: You enjoy transferring the best practices between all industries.
+* Self-Organisation: There's no project managers here. You feel empowered to drive things forward that you care for.
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+There's two general modes of contribution that are useful to put yourself in:
+* Drafting and writing: you take over work items to work on in between meetings. You have knowledge you want to contribute.
+* Observing: you mainly look at other people producing content, and give feedback and wisdom. Maybe you're the person that observes the corner everyone else has overlooked?
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+It's fine to switch between them as circumstances change. It is useful to the people running the group to understand which mode you are currently in.
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+## Some fine print
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+The Coding Guideline groups is a Rust Foundation group and follows its policies, particular its [Code of Conduct](https://foundation.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct/).