The first thing I would suggest is adding a Contributing section to the project's README. When I'm browsing through projects to see if I can help out I always c

The first thing I would suggest is adding a Contributing section to the project's README. When I'm browsing through projects to see if I can help out I always check to see if the project has clear suggestions/guidelines for ways to contribute. Second, tag issues in a way that lets people know which issues might be well suited to a new contributor jumping in (see "Good as first PR" in https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues for an example).