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title: Retirement of Joe and Sebastiaan
date: Jan 30th, 2023
icon: pydis
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Having been at the helm of Python Discord for over 5 and 3 years respectively,
Joe and Sebastiaan retire and step down. They gain the @Founders role and
continue as advisors to the @Directors, the new name of the original @Owners
role.

At the same time, Mina and Zig join Leon as co-directors.