diff -u project.api.php project.api.php
--- project.api.php	13 Aug 2010 06:31:37 -0000
+++ project.api.php	13 Aug 2010 17:17:50 -0000
@@ -45,47 +45,30 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Invoked whenever a project maintainer is added.
+ * Invoked whenever a project maintainer is added or updated.
  *
  * This gives any modules that are providing their own per-project permissions
- * a chance to store the data about a given maintainer's permissions.
+ * a chance to store the data about a maintainer's permissions whenever the
+ * record for that maintainer is being saved.
  *
  * @param $nid
- *   The Project NID to add the maintainer to.
+ *   The Project NID to save the maintainer information for.
  * @param $uid
- *   The user ID of the maintainer to add.
+ *   The user ID of the maintainer to save.
  * @param array $permissions
  *   Associative array of which project-level permissions the maintainer
  *   should have. The keys are permission names, and the values are if the
  *   permission should be granted or not.
  *
- * @see project_maintainer_add()
  * @see hook_project_permission_info()
  */
-function hook_project_maintainer_add($nid, $uid, $permissions) {
-  // TODO
-}
-
-/**
- * Invoked whenever a project maintainer is updated.
- *
- * This gives any modules that are providing their own per-project permissions
- * a chance to store the data about an updated maintainer's permissions.
- *
- * @param $nid
- *   The Project NID to update the maintainer for.
- * @param $uid
- *   The user ID of the maintainer to update.
- * @param array $permissions
- *   Associative array of which project-level permissions the maintainer
- *   should have. The keys are permission names, and the values are if the
- *   permission should be granted or not.
- *
- * @see project_maintainer_update()
- * @see hook_project_permission_info()
- */
-function hook_project_maintainer_update($nid, $uid, $permissions) {
-  // TODO
+function hook_project_maintainer_save($nid, $uid, $permissions) {
+  // Try to update an existing record for this maintainer for our permission.
+  db_query("UPDATE {example_project_maintainer} SET some_project_permission = %d WHERE nid = %d AND uid = %d", !empty($permissions['some project permission']), $nid, $uid);
+  if (!db_affected_rows()) {
+    // If we didn't have a record to update, add this as a new maintainer.
+    db_query("INSERT INTO {example_project_maintainer} (nid, uid, some_project_permission) VALUES (%d, %d, %d)", $nid, $uid, !empty($permissions['some project permission']));
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -101,3 +84,3 @@
 function hook_project_maintainer_remove($nid, $uid) {
-  // TODO
+  db_query("DELETE FROM {example_project_maintainer} WHERE nid = %d and uid = %d", $nid, $uid);
 }
diff -u project.module project.module
--- project.module	13 Aug 2010 06:45:59 -0000
+++ project.module	13 Aug 2010 17:14:08 -0000
@@ -782,28 +782,11 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Add a maintainer with the specified permissions to a given project.
+ * Save the permissions associated with a maintainer for a given project.
  *
- * @param $nid
- *   The Project NID to add the maintainer to.
- * @param $uid
- *   The user ID of the maintainer to add.
- * @param array $permissions
- *   Associative array of which project-level permissions the maintainer
- *   should have. The keys are permission names, and the values are if the
- *   permission should be granted or not.
- */
-function project_maintainer_add($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
-  db_query("INSERT INTO {project_maintainer} (nid, uid, administer_project, administer_project_maintainers) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d)", $nid, $uid, !empty($permissions['administer project']), !empty($permissions['administer project maintainers']));
-
-  // Invoke hook_project_maintainer_add() to let other modules know this
-  // maintainer now exists so they can take any actions or record any data
-  // they need to.
-  module_invoke_all('project_maintainer_add', $nid, $uid, $permissions);
-}
-
-/**
- * Update the permissions associated with a maintainer for a given project.
+ * This creates a new maintainer record if none currently exists. Furthermore,
+ * it invokes hook_project_maintainer_save() to give other modules a chance to
+ * act on the fact that a maintainer is being saved.
  *
  * @param $nid
  *   The Project NID to update the maintainer for.
@@ -813,21 +796,22 @@
  *   Associative array of which project-level permissions the maintainer
  *   should have. The keys are permission names, and the values are if the
  *   permission should be granted or not.
+ *
+ * @see hook_project_maintainer_save()
+ * @see hook_project_permission_info()
  */
-function project_maintainer_update($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
+function project_maintainer_save($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
+  // Try to update an existing record, if any.
   db_query("UPDATE {project_maintainer} SET administer_project = %d, administer_project_maintainers = %d WHERE nid = %d AND uid = %d", !empty($permissions['administer project']), !empty($permissions['administer project maintainers']), $nid, $uid);
-
-  // Make sure we actually updated a record for this maintainer.
   if (!db_affected_rows()) {
     // Didn't update anything, add this as a new maintainer, instead.
-    project_maintainer_add($nid, $uid, $permissions);
-  }
-  else {
-    // Invoke hook_project_maintainer_update() to let other modules know this
-    // maintainer is being updated so they can take any actions or record any
-    // data they need to.
-    module_invoke_all('project_maintainer_update', $nid, $uid, $permissions);
+    db_query("INSERT INTO {project_maintainer} (nid, uid, administer_project, administer_project_maintainers) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d)", $nid, $uid, !empty($permissions['administer project']), !empty($permissions['administer project maintainers']));
   }
+
+  // Invoke hook_project_maintainer_save() to let other modules know this
+  // maintainer is being saved so they can take any actions or record any
+  // data they need to.
+  module_invoke_all('project_maintainer_save', $nid, $uid, $permissions);
 }
 
 /**
diff -u includes/project_maintainers.inc includes/project_maintainers.inc
--- includes/project_maintainers.inc	13 Aug 2010 06:50:49 -0000
+++ includes/project_maintainers.inc	13 Aug 2010 17:14:35 -0000
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@
       else {
         $perms = $maintainer['permissions'];
       }
-      project_maintainer_update($project_nid, $uid, $perms);
+      project_maintainer_save($project_nid, $uid, $perms);
     }
   }
 
   // See if we need to insert a record for a new maintainer.
   if (!empty($form_state['values']['new_maintainer']['uid'])) {
-    project_maintainer_add($project_nid, $form_state['values']['new_maintainer']['uid'], $form_state['values']['new_maintainer']['permissions']);
+    project_maintainer_save($project_nid, $form_state['values']['new_maintainer']['uid'], $form_state['values']['new_maintainer']['permissions']);
   }
 
 }
diff -u release/project_release.module release/project_release.module
--- release/project_release.module	13 Aug 2010 06:31:37 -0000
+++ release/project_release.module	13 Aug 2010 17:17:54 -0000
@@ -154,20 +154,13 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Implement hook_project_maintainer_add()
+ * Implement hook_project_maintainer_save()
  */
-function project_release_project_maintainer_add($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
-  db_query("INSERT INTO {project_release_project_maintainer} (nid, uid, administer_project_releases) VALUES (%d, %d, %d)", $nid, $uid, !empty($permissions['administer project releases']));
-}
-
-/**
- * Implement hook_project_maintainer_update()
- */
-function project_release_project_maintainer_update($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
+function project_release_project_maintainer_save($nid, $uid, $permissions = array()) {
   db_query("UPDATE {project_release_project_maintainer} SET administer_project_releases = %d WHERE nid = %d AND uid = %d", !empty($permissions['administer project releases']), $nid, $uid);
   if (!db_affected_rows()) {
-    // If we didn't have a record to update, add this as a new maintainer. 
-    project_release_project_maintainer_add($nid, $uid, $permissions);
+    // If we didn't have a record to update, add this as a new maintainer.
+    db_query("INSERT INTO {project_release_project_maintainer} (nid, uid, administer_project_releases) VALUES (%d, %d, %d)", $nid, $uid, !empty($permissions['administer project releases']));
   }
 }