Open-source software is now an established part of the high-tech infrastructure, with numerous success stories. Many of the contributors to open source are volunteers, students, and people who just want to get involved, or get experience. But how can you become one of those people?  How do you choose a project to which you want to contribute, and then actually contribute?  What can you expect?  In this talk, Yvonne Lam answers these questions — the non-technical questions about open-source participation that are at least as important as the technical ones.