Update contributing.md

- Add a link to the new procedures for adding maintainers
- Remove section about monthly IRC meetings, which are in flux

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### How can I become a maintainer?
* Step 1: Learn the component inside out
* Step 2: Make yourself useful by contributing code, bug fixes, support etc.
* Step 3: Volunteer on the IRC channel (#docker at Freenode)
* Step 4: Propose yourself at a scheduled docker meeting in #docker-dev
The procedures for adding new maintainers are explained in the
global [MAINTAINERS](https://github.com/docker/opensource/blob/master/MAINTAINERS)
file in the [https://github.com/docker/opensource/](https://github.com/docker/opensource/)
repository.
Don't forget: being a maintainer is a time investment. Make sure you
will have time to make yourself available. You don't have to be a
maintainer to make a difference on the project!
### IRC meetings
There are two monthly meetings taking place on #docker-dev IRC to accommodate all
timezones. Anybody can propose a topic for discussion prior to the meeting.
If you feel the conversation is going off-topic, feel free to point it out.
For the exact dates and times, have a look at [the irc-minutes
repo](https://github.com/docker/irc-minutes). The minutes also contain all the
notes from previous meetings.
## Docker community guidelines
We want to keep the Docker community awesome, growing and collaborative. We need