diff --git a/core-developers/become-core-developer.rst b/core-developers/become-core-developer.rst
index a0b2a1053..4c0251933 100644
--- a/core-developers/become-core-developer.rst
+++ b/core-developers/become-core-developer.rst
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ are granted through these steps:
    - Add their details to `🔒 python/voters <https://github.com/python/voters>`_.
    - Update the devguide to publicly list their team membership
      at :ref:`developers`.
-   - Send an announcement email to the `Committers Discourse category
-     <https://discuss.python.org/c/committers/5>`_.
+   - Post an announcement in the `Committers Discourse category
+     <https://discuss.python.org/c/committers/5>`_.  The past few announcements
+     were in the form of a separate post on the already open topic with
+     the poll.
 
 .. _Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/
 .. _Committers category: https://discuss.python.org/c/committers/5
diff --git a/core-developers/developers.csv b/core-developers/developers.csv
index 2510af384..d05354b4a 100644
--- a/core-developers/developers.csv
+++ b/core-developers/developers.csv
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Sam Gross,colesbury,2024-02-06,,
+Nikita Sobolev,sobolevn,2024-02-06,,
 Adam Turner,AA-Turner,2023-10-10,,
 C.A.M. Gerlach,CAM-Gerlach,2023-04-19,,
 Barney Gale,barneygale,2023-03-21,,