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@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Getting started
 Submitting changes
 ------------------
 
-1. Read and sign the Contributor Licence Agreement (CLA).
- - See our [governance page](http://scitools.org.uk/governance.html)
-   for the CLA and what to do with it.
-2. Push your branch to your fork of iris-grib.
-3. Submit your pull request.
+1. Push your branch to your fork of iris-grib.
+2. Submit your pull request.
+3. Note that all authors on pull requests will automatically be asked to sign the 
+   [SciTools Contributor Licence Agreement](https://cla-assistant.io/SciTools/)
+   (CLA), if they have not already done so. 
 4. Sit back and wait for the core iris-grib development team to review
    your code.