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+# NATS Tornado based Python 2 Client Governance
+
+NATS Tornado based Python 2 Client (python-nats) is part of the NATS project and is subject to the [NATS Governance](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-general/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md).
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+# Maintainers
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+Maintainership is on a per project basis.
+
+### Core-maintainers
+  - Colin Sullivan <colin@nats.io> [@ColinSullivan1](https://github.com/ColinSullivan1)
+  - Waldemar Quevedo <wally@nats.io> [@wallyqs](https://github.com/wallyqs)
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-reviewers:
-- ColinSullivan1
-- wallyqs
-approvers:
-- wallyqs