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1. Email the candidate

   Hi <CANDIDATE>,
   
   Due to your significant contribution, the Apache Kafka project management
   committee would like to invite you to join us as a committer on the project.
   
   If you are interested in becoming a committer, please just let us know by
   replying to this message.
   
   You will need to file an ICLA <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas> with
   the ASF, if you've not already done so.
   
   You may also wish to read http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html which
   provides useful information for new committers.
   
   We all hope that you will accept this invitation!
   
   Thanks,
   <YOU>, on behalf of the Apache Kafka PMC

2. If the candidate accepts, wait for the ICLA
3. A PMC chair or ASF member must request to create the account via https://whimsy.apache.org/officers/acreq.cgi. ASF members can be identified by their name in bold on https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/committee/kafka
4. Once the Apache account is created, grant the committer role in Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/project-config/KAFKA/roles
5. Send the announcement to the dev mailing list
   Hi,
   
   The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Kafka is pleased to
   announce <COMMITTER> as a new Kafka committer.
   
   <SHORT DESCRIPTION>
   
   Please join us in welcoming <COMMITTER> to their new role and responsibility in
   the Kafka community.
   
   <YOU>, on behalf of the Apache Kafka PMC
6. Check if the "contributors" list must be updated (https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/.asf.yaml#L31-L41) and if yes, use https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/trunk/committer-tools to open a corresponding PR.

Adding new PMC Members

When a new PMC member has been elected, the PMC member that ran the election should:

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