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In addition to the contributions as committer they participated at a community level, not just a technical one. In general, a A contributor will be considered as project committer first. After the committer has shown contributions at the community level, the committer will be considered for PPMC membership at the same time. In the exception, that a nominee for committer has only shown technical contributions, but no active engagement with the broader developer or user community the PPMC might decide to delay consideration for PPMC membership. PPMC members should strive to identify nominee for PPMC membership outside of their own organization.
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