add a bit of intro text and mention contribution options, including hacktoberfest

Author: adam-sandor

docs/index.md

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+Whether you want to build applications that operate themselves or provision infrastructure from Java code, Kubernetes
+Operators are the way to go. This SDK will make it easy for Java developers to embrace this new way of automation.
+
 #### Features
 * Framework for handling Kubernetes API events
 * Registering Custom Resource watches
 * Retry action on failure
 * Smart event scheduling (only handle latest event for the same resource)
 
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 #### Why build your own Operator?
 * Infrastructure automation using the power and flexibility of Java. See [blog post](https://blog.container-solutions.com/cloud-native-java-infrastructure-automation-with-kubernetes-operators).
 * Provisioning of complex applications - avoiding Helm chart hell
 * Integration with Cloud services - e.g. Secret stores
 * Safer deployment of applications - only expose cluster to users by Custom Resources
 
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 #### Roadmap
 * Testing of the framework and all samples while running on a real cluster.
 * Generate a project skeleton
 * Generate Java classes from CRD definion (and/or the other way around)
 * Integrate with Quarkus (including native image build)
 * Integrate with OLM (Operator Lifecycle Manager)
 
+#### Contributing
+
+We are a friendly team of Java and Kubernetes enthusiasts and welcome everyone to contribute in any way to the framework!
+Get in touch either on GitHub or our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/DacEhAy), we are always happy to chat and help
+you find the right issue to get started. We have a [code of conduct](https://github.com/ContainerSolutions/java-operator-sdk/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) 
+which we strictly enforce, as well as [issues marked for new joiners](https://github.com/ContainerSolutions/java-operator-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
+
+We are also supporting [#HacktoberFest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) and have several issues marked as [good
+candidates](https://github.com/ContainerSolutions/java-operator-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22hacktoberfest%22+) to pick up during the event. 
+
 [Maven](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.containersolutions/java-operator-sdk){:.button-text}
-[GitHub](https://github.com/ContainerSolutions/java-operator-sdk){:.button-text}
+[GitHub](https://github.com/ContainerSolutions/java-operator-sdk){:.button-text}