diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index dec0e89..e8fb124 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 maintainers:
-- Joel Martin (@kanaka)
-- Solly Ross (@directxman12)
 - Samuel Mannehed for Cendio AB (@samhed)
 - Pierre Ossman for Cendio AB (@CendioOssman)
 maintainersEmeritus:
+- Joel Martin (@kanaka)
+- Solly Ross (@directxman12)
 - @astrand 
 contributors:
 # There are a bunch of people that should be here.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c94e13c..114e441 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,11 +203,13 @@ See [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) for a (full-ish) list of authors.  If you're not on
 that list and you think you should be, feel free to send a PR to fix that.
 
 * Core team:
-    * [Joel Martin](https://github.com/kanaka)
     * [Samuel Mannehed](https://github.com/samhed) (Cendio)
-    * [Solly Ross](https://github.com/DirectXMan12) (Red Hat / OpenStack)
     * [Pierre Ossman](https://github.com/CendioOssman) (Cendio)
 
+* Previous core contributors:
+    * [Joel Martin](https://github.com/kanaka) (Project founder)
+    * [Solly Ross](https://github.com/DirectXMan12) (Red Hat / OpenStack)
+
 * Notable contributions:
     * UI and Icons : Pierre Ossman, Chris Gordon
     * Original Logo : Michael Sersen