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-- [Contribute to GitLab](#contribute-to-gitlab)
-    - [Contributor license agreement](#contributor-license-agreement)
-    - [Security vulnerability disclosure](#security-vulnerability-disclosure)
-    - [Closing policy for issues and merge requests](#closing-policy-for-issues-and-merge-requests)
-    - [Helping others](#helping-others)
-    - [I want to contribute!](#i-want-to-contribute)
-    - [Implement design & UI elements](#implement-design-ui-elements)
-    - [Issue tracker](#issue-tracker)
-        - [Feature proposals](#feature-proposals)
-        - [Issue tracker guidelines](#issue-tracker-guidelines)
-        - [Issue weight](#issue-weight)
-        - [Regression issues](#regression-issues)
-        - [Technical debt](#technical-debt)
-        - [Stewardship](#stewardship)
-    - [Merge requests](#merge-requests)
-        - [Merge request guidelines](#merge-request-guidelines)
-        - [Contribution acceptance criteria](#contribution-acceptance-criteria)
-    - [Changes for Stable Releases](#changes-for-stable-releases)
-    - [Definition of done](#definition-of-done)
-    - [Style guides](#style-guides)
-    - [Code of conduct](#code-of-conduct)
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 ## Contributor license agreement
 
 By submitting code as an individual you agree to the
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 By submitting code as an entity you agree to the
 [corporate contributor license agreement](doc/legal/corporate_contributor_license_agreement.md).
 
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+- [Contributor license agreement](#contributor-license-agreement)
+- [Contribute to GitLab](#contribute-to-gitlab)
+- [Security vulnerability disclosure](#security-vulnerability-disclosure)
+- [Closing policy for issues and merge requests](#closing-policy-for-issues-and-merge-requests)
+- [Helping others](#helping-others)
+- [I want to contribute!](#i-want-to-contribute)
+- [Implement design & UI elements](#implement-design-ui-elements)
+- [Release retrospective and kickoff](#release-retrospective-and-kickoff)
+    - [Retrospective](#retrospective)
+    - [Kickoff](#kickoff)
+- [Issue tracker](#issue-tracker)
+    - [Feature proposals](#feature-proposals)
+    - [Issue tracker guidelines](#issue-tracker-guidelines)
+    - [Issue weight](#issue-weight)
+    - [Regression issues](#regression-issues)
+    - [Technical debt](#technical-debt)
+    - [Stewardship](#stewardship)
+- [Merge requests](#merge-requests)
+    - [Merge request guidelines](#merge-request-guidelines)
+    - [Contribution acceptance criteria](#contribution-acceptance-criteria)
+- [Changes for Stable Releases](#changes-for-stable-releases)
+- [Definition of done](#definition-of-done)
+- [Style guides](#style-guides)
+- [Code of conduct](#code-of-conduct)
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 ## Contribute to GitLab