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+      <para>New committers should aim to complete enough commits that
+	their mentor is comfortable releasing them from mentorship
+	within the first year.  If they are still under mentorship, the
+	appropriate management body (core, doceng, or portmgr) should
+	attempt to ensure that there are no barriers preverting
+	completion.  If the committer is unable to satisfy their mentor
+	of readyness by a year and a half their commit bit should be
+	converted to project membership.</para>
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