From 8070f9d0a7437ae8265fa65e03b04326c1276a23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:18:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add #nodejs-distributions Slack link to CONTRIBUTING

add also link to #nodejs-release
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fd561d3bb..104f2257c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ with rationale and allow time for async feedback.
 If a final decision cannot be reached via consensus seeking, escalation goes to
 the Node.js TSC as final arbiter.
 
+## Discussion Areas
+
+You can use Node.js channels (prefixed by `#nodejs-`) in the [OpenJSF Slack](https://slack-invite.openjsf.org/) workspace for discussions.
+
+- [#nodejs-distributions](https://openjs-foundation.slack.com/archives/C0ALS3UDE8G) covers discussions for this repo (`docker-node`).
+
+- [#nodejs-release](https://openjs-foundation.slack.com/archives/C019MGJQ8RH) is linked to the [Node.js Release Working Group](https://github.com/nodejs/release#readme) responsible for the upstream releases of Node.js used by this repo.
+
 ## Version Updates
 
 New **Node.js** releases are released as soon as possible.