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@@ -84,24 +84,25 @@ doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1E4-_y4uJ083lCutKGDhkpi3n4_e774SBLi9hP
 For edit access, get in touch on
 [Slack](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C01N3AT62SJ).
 
-[Maintainers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#maintainer)
-([@open-telemetry/cpp-maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/cpp-maintainers)):
+### Maintainers
 
 * [Ehsan Saei](https://github.com/esigo)
 * [Lalit Kumar Bhasin](https://github.com/lalitb), Microsoft
 * [Marc Alff](https://github.com/marcalff), Oracle
 * [Tom Tan](https://github.com/ThomsonTan), Microsoft
 
-[Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#approver)
-([@open-telemetry/cpp-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/cpp-approvers)):
+For more information about the maintainer role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/community-membership.md#maintainer).
+
+### Approvers
 
 * [Doug Barker](https://github.com/dbarker)
 * [Josh Suereth](https://github.com/jsuereth), Google
 * [Pranav Sharma](https://github.com/psx95), Google
 * [WenTao Ou](https://github.com/owent), Tencent
 
-[Emeritus
-Maintainer/Approver/Triager](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#emeritus-maintainerapprovertriager):
+For more information about the approver role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/community-membership.md#approver).
+
+### Emeritus Maintainer/Approver/Triager
 
 * [Alolita Sharma](https://github.com/alolita)
 * [Emil Mikulic](https://github.com/g-easy)
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ Maintainer/Approver/Triager](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/ma
 * [Reiley Yang](https://github.com/reyang)
 * [Ryan Burn](https://github.com/rnburn)
 
+For more information about the emeritus role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#emeritus-maintainerapprovertriager).
+
 ### Thanks to all the people who have contributed
 
 [![contributors](https://contributors-img.web.app/image?repo=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/graphs/contributors)