# Hackathon Contribution **URL:** https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hackathon-contribution/38401 **Category:** Community **Created:** [January 25, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hackathon-contribution/38401 "2023-01-25T06:41:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer) #### Post date: [January 25, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hackathon-contribution/38401/3 "2023-01-25T15:02:49Z")
@matth Welcome to the community! We’re glad you discovered OpenMRS and thought of us for this internal hackathon. It sounds like a great idea - and the timing is good as well. If you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest checking out our [Guide for the New & Curious](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Guide+for+the+New+and+Curious). Another option: in February, we’re hosting an informational **webinar for newcomers** that is designed to help you get to know our community, how we’re organized, and the different tools & technology used to make contributions to OpenMRS. If you’re interested in joining this webinar, please share your preference for dates via [this Talk thread](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/dates-and-time-for-newcomers-orientation-session/38408). **About potential use cases** : We’re currently [brainstorming projects](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ideas-for-gsoc-2023/38143) for GSoC and our 2023 Fellows. We do this openly on Talk for a few weeks and then hone in on a few that have high value for OpenMRS implementers on the ground. We can both piggy back on those existing efforts or put out a specific call for hackathon [as we’ve done for past Hackathons](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ideas-for-the-2017-openmrs-conference-hackathon/13927/3). **About a dedicated contact person** , the technical point person will vary, depending on the use case or project that your internal hackathon will work through. In the meantime, our Global Events Manager @christine can help organize things - and connect you with the right people and documentation to get things set up, etc as the potential use cases emerge and take shape. Happy to have you here - and please reach out with any questions! --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hackathon-contribution/38401)._