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@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ A Committer who shows an above-average level of contribution to the project, par
 
 #### Process for Adding Committers
 
+1. Send email congratulating the new committer and confirming that they would like to accept. This should also outline the responsibilities of a committer with a link to the maintainer guide.
 1. Add the GitHub user to the "ESLint Team" team
-2. Send welcome email with link to maintainer guide
-3. Add committer email to the ESLint team mailing list
-4. Add committer to the README
-5. Invite to Gitter team chatroom
-6. Tweet congratulations to the new committer from the ESLint Twitter account
+1. Add committer email to the ESLint team mailing list
+1. Add committer to the README
+1. Invite to Gitter team chatroom
+1. Tweet congratulations to the new committer from the ESLint Twitter account
 
 ### Technical Steering Committee (TSC)