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##### Acceptance Criteria

The TAC has not yet defined requirements for the Growth Stage.
* The project must demonstrate a substantial ongoing flow of commits and merged contributions, driven by a minimum of three active maintainers from at least two different organisations
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substantial is relative and should be put into absolute terms

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Given that the policy already defines an annual project review, this topic should be consolidated into that section. As part of that review, the TAC may move projects with little or no activity, regardless of stage, to the Emeritus stage.
For Growth Stage acceptance, the primary additional criterion should be a minimum number of active maintainers and organizations. The policy should also clarify what happens if the number of maintainers or participating organisations falls below the threshold, including how "active" is defined, the measurement period, and the timespan over which compliance is assessed.
For reference, some foundations require quarterly reports with basic activity statistics; adopting a similar cadence would provide clear, regular checkpoints.


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##### Acceptance Criteria

The TAC has not yet defined requirements for the Graduated Stage.
* The project must have a defined governing body (TSC or equivalent) of which no single organisation holds a majority (>50%) of the voting seats
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While I understand why we could want this it is difficult to achieve. For voting purposes, you usually want an uneven number of participants in a committee. This implies that you needs members of at least three companies.

Why do we not state that there should be a TSC with at least members of two companies?


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