Update README.md with instructions for first time contributors.
@@ -136,9 +136,14 @@ If your PR is passing all checks, but has not been acted on by the staged recipe
maintainers, you can ping @conda-forge/staged-recipes to request action. You do
not need to wait any specific amount of time once the recipe is ready to go.
+Due to GitHub limitations first time contributors to conda-forge are unable
+to ping these teams. You can [ping the team](https://conda-forge.org/docs/maintainer/infrastructure.html#conda-forge-admin-please-ping-team)
+using a special command in a comment on the PR to get the attention of the `staged-recipes` team.
+
If your recipe still does not receive any attention after a few days, you may
attempt to re-ping @conda-forge/staged-recipes. You may also attempt to bring
the PR up in our Gitter chat room at https://gitter.im/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io
+or on our [Keybase chat](https://keybase.io/team/condaforge.chat) if your recipe isn't reviewed promptly.
All apologies in advance if your recipe PR does not recieve prompt attention.
This is a high volume repository and issues can easily be missed. We are always
