Update CONTRIBUTING.md

Author: ReeceHumphreys

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,55 +4,30 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Ice Builder for Gradle!
 
 ## How to Contribute
 
-Follow these steps to contribute code or documentation to this project:
+To contribute code or documentation to this project, please follow these steps:
 
-1. Download and review carefully our [Contributor Agreement](https://zeroc.com/download/ZeroCContributorAgreement.pdf), and send us a completed and signed copy.
+1. Review the [ZeroC Contributor Agreement](https://gist.github.com/zcabot/1a4c24dca55adaa83d78cdeabc63226b).
+   The CLA assistant bot will ask you to sign this agreement when you submit
+   your first pull request.
 
-   Please sign this agreement with a pen, as we do not accept electronic signatures.<br/>
-   Then email a scanned copy of this agreement to contributing@zeroc.com, or send us an original paper copy by [snail mail](https://zeroc.com/about.html#contact).
-
-   You need to do this only once, before your first contribution.
-
-2. For large contributions (see below), make sure to first discuss your ideas with the [community](https://forums.zeroc.com) or by sending us an email.
+2. If you're planning to make a significant contribution, such as a new feature
+   or major changes, please discuss your ideas with the community first by
+   starting a [discussion](https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-builder-gradle/discussions) or by
+   contacting us via [email](mailto:contributing@zeroc.com).
 
 3. Fork this repository.
 
-4. Follow this project's naming and coding conventions when implementing your contribution - we want to keep all our source code consistent.
-
-5. Update the test suite if appropriate for your contribution.
-
-6. Submit a pull request.
-
-We review carefully any contribution that we accept, and these reviews may take some time. Please keep in mind there is no guarantee your contribution will be accepted: we may reject a pull request for any reason, or no reason.
-
-## Our Favorite Contributions
-
-We prefer small contributions as they are easier to review and integrate. If you want to contribute but don't know where to start, consider one of these areas:
-
- * New sample programs (in the [ice-demos](https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-demos) repository)
-
- * Small bug fixes that affect only one or a few source files
-
- * Fixes for the documentation
-
- * Ports to new platforms and compilers
-
-## Large Contributions
-
-Please don't spend weeks or months on a new feature without checking with us first!
-
-Some contributions are troublesome and therefore difficult to accept:
-
- * New features that require a new version of the Ice encoding or Ice protocol<br/>
-   For example, adding a new Slice type would most likely require a new version of the Ice encoding
+4. When implementing your contribution, please adhere to the project's naming
+   and coding conventions to maintain consistency in the source code.
 
- * New features that may be useful for your project but are not obviously useful to other projects<br/>
-   We want to keep our software lean and focused!
+5. Submit a pull request.
 
- * Any update that breaks source compatibility with the most recent release
+We review carefully any contribution that we accept, and these reviews may take
+some time. Please keep in mind there is no guarantee your contribution will be
+accepted: we may reject a pull request for any reason, or no reason.
 
 ## Contact
 
- * Community Forums: https://forums.zeroc.com
- * Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeroc
- * Email: contributing@zeroc.com
+- GitHub Discussions: <https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-builder-gradle/discussions>
+- Twitter: <https://twitter.com/zeroc>
+- Email: <contributing@zeroc.com>