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-# CLASS-core
-Curriculum development for Cloud for Researchers, A Primer
+# CLASS-Essentials
+This is the repository for the CLASS Essentials Curriculum material for AWS, GCP and Azure. 
 
-For development see the [build instructions](Build.md).
+# Contribution Workflow
+We use a `Feature` branch workflow: each user works on a specific Feature branch associated with a specific cloud provider. The core idea behind the `Feature` Branch Workflow is that all feature development should take place in a dedicated branch instead of the main branch. The Feature branches in this repository currently are `aws-dev`, `gcp-dev`, and `azure-dev`. More information can be found on [this Atlassian page](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/feature-branch-workflow). 
+
+Best Practices:
+1. Do not edit directly in a branch that you did not create. Use Github issues or pull requests to suggest or request changes. 
+2. Make pull requests before merging to main. 
+
+# Maintainers
+[John Hicks](jhicks@internet2.edu)
+
+[Tim Middlekoop](tmiddelkoop@internet2.edu)
+
+[Ananya Ravipati](aravipati@internet2.edu)
+
+[Amanda Tan](atan@internet2.edu)
+
+# License
+<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.