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@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Maintainers
 
-Maintainership is on a per project basis.
+Maintainership is on a per project basis. Reference [NATS Governance Model](https://github.com/nats-io/general/GOVERNANCE.md).
 
-### Core-maintainers
+### Maintainers
   - Derek Collison <derek@nats.io> [@derekcollison](https://github.com/derekcollison)
   - Ivan Kozlovic <ivan@nats.io> [@kozlovic](https://github.com/kozlovic)
-  
-### Maintainers
   - Waldemar Quevedo <wally@nats.io> [@wallyqs](https://github.com/wallyqs)
   - Oleg Shaldybin <olegsh@google.com> [@olegshaldybin](https://github.com/olegshaldybin)