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@@ -35,3 +35,11 @@ Asini do most of the setup work for us, though:
 - `git add annotated-src`
 - `git commit --amend`
 - `git push -f upstream gh-pages`
+
+### Merging pull requests
+
+As React Server is growing the number of contributers and maintainers, our policy around
+merging pull requests needs to grow to accomodate.  Documentation changes and bug fixes
+that include automated tests can be approved and merged by a single maintainer who is not
+the author. All other changes must be approved by two maintainers (who are not the
+author) prior to merging.