docs: update readme and contributing guide (#861)

Signed-off-by: Richard Case <[email protected]>

Author: richardcase

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If we have missed anything you think should be included, or if anything is not
 clear, we also accept contributions to this contribution doc :smile:.
 
 The list of maintainers can be found [here](MAINTAINERS). To reach out to the team
-please join the [#liquid-metal][slack-channel] slack channel.
+please join the [#liquidmetal][slack-channel] channel in the CNCF slack.
 
 Reading docs is often tedious, so we'll put our most important contributing rule
 right at the top: **Always be kind!**
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Contributors are also welcome to backfill ADRs if they are found to be missing.
 # :rocket: :tada: Thanks for reading! :tada: :rocket:
 
 [user-docs]: https://www.liquidmetal.dev/flintlock/
-[slack-channel]: https://weave-community.slack.com/archives/C02KARWGR7S
+[slack-channel]: https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C07B5R5BLBZ
 [quick-start]: ./docs/quick-start.md
 [discussions]: https://github.com/liquidmetal-dev/flintlock/discussions
 [adr-template]: ./docs/adr/0000-template.md

MAINTAINERS

@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-Richard Case <[email protected]> (github: @richardcase)
-Claudia Beresford <[email protected]> (github: @Callisto13)
-Josh Michielsen <[email protected]> (github: @jmickey)
-Balazs Nadasdi <[email protected]> (github: @yitsushi)
-Gergely Bräutigam <[email protected]> (github: @Skarlso)
+Richard Case (github: @richardcase)
+Claudia Beresford (github: @Callisto13)

README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ The table below shows you which versions of Firecracker are compatible with Flin
 
 [MPL-2.0 License][license]
 
+## Acknowledgements
+
+The biggest acknowledgement goes to @Weaveworks who where pioneers in the early Kubernetes world and produced some fantastic open source that lives on despite the demise of the company. A big thank you to the company and everyone that worked there. It was the engineers at Weaveworks that originally created Liquid Metal. RIP Weaveworks.
+
 [quickstart]: https://www.liquidmetal.dev
 [contrib]: ./CONTRIBUTING.md
 [coc]: ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md