# Welcome! Please introduce yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Tags:** intro\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/welcome-please-introduce-yourself/155 "2023-10-31T16:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 112
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@Aryan_Agarwal welcome to the community, please feel free to read through our [https://docs.openelis-global.org/en/latest/gsoc/](https://docs.openelis-global.org/en/latest/gsoc/) and > [@GSoC 2024: Warm up practices for Contributors](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/gsoc-2024-warm-up-practices-for-contributors/440): > > Hello Community, Following the Official [Announcement of GSoC Mentor Organisations](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/openelis-global-has-been-accepted-as-a-google-summer-of-code-2024-mentor-organization/297), Here are some important Practices/Tips for Potential Contributors as we wait for the GSoC Contributor’s Applications to open on March 18 See Full [GSoC 2024 Tilmeline](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline)Warm up practices for GSoC 2024 If you are new to OpenELIS, spend some time to understand OpenELIS and its usages around the world. Visit our website at [https://openelis-global.org/](https://openelis-global.org/) Try to Run [OpenELIS in Docker from Source Code](https://github.com/I-TECH-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2?tab=readme-ov-file#running-docker-compose-with-locally-compiledbuilt-artifacts-ie-the-war-file-and-react-code-for-developers) to get famil… [https://docs.openelis-global.org/en/latest/gsoc/,https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/introductory-issues-for-gsoc-preparations/200](https://docs.openelis-global.org/en/latest/gsoc/,https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/introductory-issues-for-gsoc-preparations/200) --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/welcome-please-introduce-yourself/155)._