It's fairly easy to become a top contributor in an open source project. Especially for a newbie who does not yet have very many priorities and tasks under their belt. Might be interesting to publish a write up with tips on how to figure out what to work on and gain experience and trust with a new community and becoming a committer on a project.

Some ideas:

• Easy tasks to work on
  • Code style
  • Fixing code issues from static analysis reports
• What types of tasks to automate for big impact
  • Release Workflows
• Reviewing Code Consistently
• Taking on more difficult tasks
  • Getting buying from the community first