Update README.rst

@mwcraig some updates to the README on contributing to hopefully be more helpful to new contributors.   Thoughts?   Feel free to also merge and then update. according or I can update any additions tomorrow.

README.rst

@@ -20,15 +20,26 @@ Ccdproc can currently be installed via pip or from the source code.  For
 installation instructions, see the `online documentation`_ or docs/install.rst
 in this source distribution.
 
-This package is a work in progress...feel free to help out by picking an issue
-and working on it!
 
 Documentation is at `ccdproc.readthedocs.org
 <http://ccdproc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_
 
+## Contributing
+
+We have had the first stable release, but there is still plenty to do!  
+
+Please open a new issue or new pull request for bugs, feedback, or new features you would like to see.   If there is an issue you would like to work on, please leave a comment and we will be happy to assist.   New contributions and contributors are very welcome!
+
+New to github or open source projects?  If you are unsure about where to start or haven't used github before, please feel free to email `@crawfordsm`_ or `@mwcraig`_ .  We will more than happily help you make your first contribution. 
+
+Feedback and feature requests?   Is there something missing you would like to see?  Please open an issue or send an email to  `@mwcraig`_ or `@crawfordsm`_. 
+
+Ccdproc follows the `Astropy Code of Conduct`_ and strives to provide a welcoming community to all of our users and contributors.  
+
+## Acknowledgements 
+
 If you have found ccdproc useful to your research, please considering adding a
-citation to `ccdproc contributors;  Craig, M. W.; Crawford, S. M.; Deil, Christoph; Gasdia, Forrest; Gomez, Carlos;  Günther, Hans Moritz;  Heidt, Nathan; Horton,  Anthony;  Karr, Jennifer;  Nelson, Stefan; Ninan, Joe Phillip;  Pattnaik, Punyaslok; Rol, Evert; Schoenell, William;
-Seifert, Michael; Singh, Sourav; Sipocz, Brigitta; Stotts, Connor; Streicher, Ole;  Tollerud, Erik; and Walker, Nathan, 2015,  Astrophysics Source Code Library, 1510.007, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.47652 <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ascl.soft10007C>`_
+citation to `ccdproc contributors;  Craig, M. W.; Crawford, S. M.; Deil, Christoph; Gasdia, Forrest; Gomez, Carlos;  Günther, Hans Moritz;  Heidt, Nathan; Horton,  Anthony;  Karr, Jennifer;  Nelson, Stefan; Ninan, Joe Phillip;  Pattnaik, Punyaslok; Rol, Evert; Schoenell, William; Seifert, Michael; Singh, Sourav; Sipocz, Brigitta; Stotts, Connor; Streicher, Ole;  Tollerud, Erik; and Walker, Nathan, 2015,  Astrophysics Source Code Library, 1510.007, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.47652 <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ascl.soft10007C>`_
 
 Thanks to Kyle Barbary (`@kbarbary`_) for designing the `ccdproc` logo.
 
@@ -38,3 +49,6 @@ Thanks to Kyle Barbary (`@kbarbary`_) for designing the `ccdproc` logo.
 .. _Cython: http://cython.org/
 .. _online documentation: http://ccdproc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ccdproc/install.html
 .. _@kbarbary: https://github.com/kbarbary
+.. _@crawfordsm: https://github.com/crawfordsm
+.. _@mwcraig: https://github.com/mwcraig
+.. _Astropy Code of Conduct:  http://www.astropy.org/about.html#codeofconduct