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 This repo stores the data that
 
-1. populates various people listing pages on the cncf.io website
+1. Populates various people listing pages on the cncf.io website
 2. grants access to repositories in the CNCF GitHub Org
 
 ## Update your listing(s) on the cncf.io website pages with people.json