diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/membership-request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/membership-request.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dd9fdd69..000000000
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/membership-request.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Membership nomination
-description: Nominate new etcd members
-labels:
-  - area/community
-body:
-  - type: textarea
-    id: feature
-    attributes:
-      label: Who would you like to nominate?
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - id: requirements
-    type: checkboxes
-    attributes:
-      label: Requirements
-      options:
-        - label: I have reviewed the [community membership guidelines](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/main/Documentation/contributor-guide/community-membership.md)
-          required: true
-        - label: The members are actively contributing to 1 or more etcd subprojects
-          required: true
-        - label: The members are being sponsored by two current reviewers or a current maintainer.
-          required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: rationale
-    attributes:
-      label: How do the new members meet the regular active contribution requirements?
-    validations:
-      required: true
diff --git a/Documentation/contributor-guide/community-membership.md b/Documentation/contributor-guide/community-membership.md
index d9dff542b..2951d205c 100644
--- a/Documentation/contributor-guide/community-membership.md
+++ b/Documentation/contributor-guide/community-membership.md
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ contributors to the community.
     - Filing or commenting on issues on GitHub
     - Contributing to community discussions (e.g. meetings, Slack, email discussion
       forums, Stack Overflow)
-- Subscribed to etcd-dev@googlegroups.com
+- Subscribed to [etcd-dev@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/g/etcd-dev)
 - Have read the [contributor guide]
-- Sponsored by one active maintainer or two reviewers.
+- Sponsored by two active maintainers or reviewers.
     - Sponsors must be from multiple member companies to demonstrate integration across community.
     - With no objections from other maintainers
-- Open a [membership nomination] issue against the etcd-io/etcd repo
+- Open a [membership nomination] issue against the `kubernetes/org` repo
     - Ensure your sponsors are @mentioned on the issue
     - Make sure that the list of contributions included is representative of your work on the project.
 - Members can be removed by a supermajority of the maintainers or can resign by notifying
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Contributor roles and responsibilities were written based on [Kubernetes communi
 
 [OWNERS]: /OWNERS
 [contributor guide]: /CONTRIBUTING.md
-[membership nomination]:https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/new?assignees=&labels=area%2Fcommunity&template=membership-request.yml 
+[membership nomination]: https://github.com/kubernetes/org/issues/new?assignees=&labels=area%2Fgithub-membership&projects=&template=membership.yml&title=REQUEST%3A+New+membership+for+%3Cyour-GH-handle%3E
 [Kubernetes community membership]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/community-membership.md
 [emeritus maintainers]: /README.md#etcd-emeritus-maintainers
 [security disclosure and release process]: /security/README.md