Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#237)

* Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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Signed-off-by: Anne Petersen <[email protected]>

* Update banner component for flag image customization

Adds a prop to the banner component to allow customization of the flag image.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Gardner <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Anne Petersen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ethan Gardner <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Gardner <[email protected]>

Author: annepetersen

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+Adds a prop to the banner component to allow customization of the flag image.

CONTRIBUTING.md

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-# Contributing to USWDS Web Components
+# Contributing to USWDS Elements
 
-Thanks for your interest in contributing to USWDS Web Components.
+Thanks for your interest in contributing to USWDS Elements.
 
 > [!Important]
 >
 > **This repo is currently in beta and not yet ready for community code contributions.**
 >
-> While the USWDS core team works through decisions about architecture and style, we'd ask that you do not submit pull requests. Instead, please contribute by sharing your bug reports, ideas, concerns, questions, and experiences with the USWDS core team and community as we describe below.
+> While the USWDS core team works through decisions about architecture and style, we'd prefer you do not submit pull requests unless you're in active partnership with us (and you'd know). Instead, please contribute by sharing your bug reports, ideas, concerns, questions, and experiences with the USWDS core team and community as we describe below.
 
 ## How can I contribute?
 
 ### Filing a bug report
 
-If you discovered a bug that no one else has reported in our [issues backlog](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/issues), let us know by [submitting an issue](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/issues/new). We're in active work on this beta and may not be able to respond immediately, but we'll get to it as soon as as we can.
+If you discovered a bug that no one else has reported in our [issues backlog](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/issues), let us know by [submitting an issue](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/issues/new). Please keep in mind USWDS staffing is limited; we probably won't be able to respond immediately.
 
 ### Starting a discussion
 
 To share ideas, questions, or concerns with the USWDS core team and community, you can join any of our [open discussions](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/discussions) or [start a new one](https://github.com/uswds/uswds-elements/discussions/new/choose).
 
 ### Submitting a pull request
 
-In this repo, we're not accepting code contributions from the community yet. We expect to open up community pull request submissions in early 2025, so check back later for more info on how to contribute pull requests to USWDS Web Components.
+In this repo, we're not accepting code contributions from the broader community yet (other than the aforementioned limited partnerships). Check back later in 2026 for more info on how to contribute pull requests to USWDS Elements.
 
 ## Code of Conduct