--- en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml	(revision 46219)
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml	(working copy)
@@ -2209,6 +2209,18 @@ ControlPersist yes</screen>
 	<title>Steps for New Committers</title>
 
 	<step>
+	  <title>Introduction</title>
+
+	  <para>Introduce yourself to the other developers, otherwise
+	    no one will have any idea who you are or what you are
+	    working on.  The introduction need not be a comprehensive
+	    biography, just write a paragraph or two about who you
+	    are, what you plan to be working on as a developer in
+	    &os;, and who will be your mentor.  Email this to the
+	    &a.developers; and you will be on your way!</para>
+	</step>
+
+	<step>
 	  <title>Add an Author Entity</title>
 
 	  <para><filename>doc/head/share/xml/authors.ent</filename>
@@ -2357,15 +2369,6 @@ ControlPersist yes</screen>
       <title>For Everyone</title>
 
       <procedure xml:id="conventions-everyone-steps">
-	<step>
-	  <para>Introduce yourself to the other developers, otherwise
-	    no one will have any idea who you are or what you are
-	    working on.  The introduction need not be a comprehensive
-	    biography, just write a paragraph or two about who you
-	    are, what you plan to be working on as a developer in
-	    &os;, and who will be your mentor.  Email this to the
-	    &a.developers; and you will be on your way!</para>
-	</step>
 
 	<step>
 	  <para>Log into <systemitem>hub.FreeBSD.org</systemitem> and
@@ -2397,13 +2400,6 @@ ControlPersist yes</screen>
 	    to disable the checks for your email.</para>
 	</step>
       </procedure>
-
-      <note>
-	<para>Those who are developers but not committers will
-	  not be subscribed to the committers or developers mailing
-	  lists.  The subscriptions are derived from the access
-	  rights.</para>
-      </note>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="mentors">