Adds Initial Readme

Signed-off-by: danehans <daneyonhansen@gmail.com>

README.md

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 # gateway
-Envoy API gateway and ingress controller
+Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as an API Gateway
+and Kubernetes ingress controller.
+
+TODO: Provide additional introductory information.
+
+## Documentation
+
+* TODO: Link to docs directory.
+
+## Contact
+
+* [Developers](group): Envoy Gateway developer discussion (APIs, feature design, etc.).
+* Slack: #envoy-gateway-private channel (private) in CNCF Workspace.
+* TODO: Deprecate private Slack channel for a public channel in the Envoy workspace.
+
+## Contributing
+
+* TODO: Link to contrib guide. xref: https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/issues/8
+
+## Community Meeting
+
+The Envoy Gateway team meets every Tuesday at 9am PT and Thursday at 3pm PT.
+
+* [Meeting details][meeting]
+
+[meeting]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1leqwsHX8N-XxNEyTflYjRur462ukFxd19Rnk3Uzy55I/edit?usp=sharing
+[group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/envoy-gateway-developers