Revise contributor guidance for GSoC 2026

Updated contributor guidance for GSoC 2026, including contact information and additional details.

Author: rahulsavani

content/gsoc_2026.md

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ Prospective contributors interested in working with the Gambit team should read
 
 ## Contributor Guidance
 
-Please provide a CV and short cover letter. On your CV, include any relevant domain experience in game theory, and technical skills and experience in software engineering. We recommend to read through the Project Ideas below before submitting an application.
+Please use gambit.game.theory@gmail.com to contact us.
+
+We are receiving a very large volume of correspondence at the moment, so please follow this guidance carefully. We request that potential contributors 
+provide a provide a CV and short cover letter in the first instance. 
+
+On your CV, include any relevant domain experience in game theory, and technical skills and experience in software engineering. We recommend to read through the Project Ideas below before submitting an application.
 
 In your cover letter please include answers to the following questions:
 1. What interests you most about the Gambit project?
@@ -16,15 +21,19 @@ In your cover letter please include answers to the following questions:
 3. Please provide us with details of the times of day and days of the week you intend to work on the project, to help us in scheduling regular catch ups.
 4. Is there anything that you’ll be studying or working on whilst working alongside us?
 
+If we think that you might be a good match for Gambit in GSoC 2026, we will then point you to simple issue tailored to your interests so that you can get to know the Gambit codebase and interact with the development team.
+
+We will endeavour to acknowledge all enquiries, but please be patient during this very busy period.
+
 ## Project Ideas
 
 Prospective contributors should read through the project ideas listed below before submitting an application, following the Contributor Guidance above.
 Select a project based on your research interests and the technical experience you have, or would like to develop.
 
 For each project we have listed at least two possible mentors, with the first mentioned mentor like
 to be the primary one and the other one able to act as a secondary additional mentor.
-Our core team of mentors for 2026 are: [Ted Turocy](mailto:ted.turocy@gmail.com), [Rahul Savani](mailto:rahul.savani@gmail.com), 
-and [Ed Chalstrey](mailto:echalstrey@turing.ac.uk).
+Our core team of mentors for 2026 are: Ted Turocy, Rahul Savani, 
+and Ed Chalstrey.
 Bernhard von Stengel can act as an additional mentor for ideas 3 and 6; Bernhard authored the
 `draw_tree` and `lemke` packages that underpin these two projects, respectively.