* Ask questions on the [forum](http://silverstripe.org/forum), and stick to more high-level discussions on the [core mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/silverstripe-dev)
* Make sure you know how to [raise good bug reports](/misc/contributing/issues)
* Everybody can contribute to SilverStripe! If you do, ensure you can [submit solid pull requests](/misc/contributing/code)
## House Rules for the Core Team
The "core team" consists of everybody with write permissions to our codebase.
With great power comes great responsibility, so we have agreed on certain expectations:
* Be friendly, encouraging and constructive towards other community members
* Frequently review pull requests and new issues (in particular, respond quickly to @mentions)
* Treat issues according to our [issue guidelines](/misc/contributing/issues)