diff --git a/src/commands/area/add-owner-form.ts b/src/commands/area/add-owner-form.ts
index a509972a..7c5f512c 100644
--- a/src/commands/area/add-owner-form.ts
+++ b/src/commands/area/add-owner-form.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {flow, pipe} from 'fp-ts/lib/function';
 import * as RA from 'fp-ts/ReadonlyArray';
 import * as E from 'fp-ts/Either';
 import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
-import {DomainEvent, User} from '../../types';
+import {EmailAddress, User} from '../../types';
 import * as t from 'io-ts';
 import {StatusCodes} from 'http-status-codes';
 import {formatValidationErrors} from 'io-ts-reporters';
@@ -11,20 +11,31 @@ import {
   failureWithStatus,
 } from '../../types/failure-with-status';
 import {Form} from '../../types/form';
-import {AreaOwners} from '../../read-models/members/get-potential-owners';
-import {readModels} from '../../read-models';
 import {html, joinHtml, safe, sanitizeString} from '../../types/html';
-import {Member} from '../../read-models/members/return-types';
 import {pageTemplate} from '../../templates';
 import {renderMemberNumber} from '../../templates/member-number';
 import {SharedReadModel} from '../../read-models/shared-state';
-import {areasTable} from '../../read-models/shared-state/state';
-import {eq} from 'drizzle-orm';
+import {
+  areasTable,
+  membersTable,
+  ownersTable,
+} from '../../read-models/shared-state/state';
+import {eq, notInArray} from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+type Member = {
+  memberNumber: number;
+  emailAddress: EmailAddress;
+  name: O.Option<string>;
+  agreementSigned: O.Option<Date>;
+};
 
 type ViewModel = {
   user: User;
   areaId: string;
-  areaOwners: AreaOwners;
+  areaOwners: {
+    existing: ReadonlyArray<Member>;
+    potential: ReadonlyArray<Member>;
+  };
   areaName: string;
 };
 
@@ -144,15 +155,52 @@ const getAreaId = (input: unknown) =>
     )
   );
 
-const getPotentialOwners = (
-  events: ReadonlyArray<DomainEvent>,
+const getExistingAndPotentialOwners = (
+  db: SharedReadModel['db'],
   areaId: string
-) =>
-  pipe(
-    events,
-    readModels.members.getPotentialOwners(areaId),
-    E.fromOption(failureWithStatus('No such area', StatusCodes.NOT_FOUND))
-  );
+): ViewModel['areaOwners'] => {
+  const existing = db
+    .select({
+      memberNumber: ownersTable.memberNumber,
+      emailAddress: membersTable.emailAddress,
+      name: membersTable.name,
+      agreementSigned: membersTable.agreementSigned,
+    })
+    .from(ownersTable)
+    .innerJoin(
+      membersTable,
+      eq(membersTable.memberNumber, ownersTable.memberNumber)
+    )
+    .where(eq(ownersTable.areaId, areaId))
+    .all()
+    .map(member => ({
+      ...member,
+      agreementSigned: O.fromNullable(member.agreementSigned),
+    }));
+  const potential = db
+    .select({
+      memberNumber: membersTable.memberNumber,
+      emailAddress: membersTable.emailAddress,
+      name: membersTable.name,
+      agreementSigned: membersTable.agreementSigned,
+    })
+    .from(membersTable)
+    .where(
+      notInArray(
+        membersTable.memberNumber,
+        existing.map(({memberNumber}) => memberNumber)
+      )
+    )
+    .all()
+    .map(member => ({
+      ...member,
+      agreementSigned: O.fromNullable(member.agreementSigned),
+    }));
+  return {
+    existing,
+    potential,
+  };
+};
 
 const getAreaName = (db: SharedReadModel['db'], areaId: string) =>
   pipe(
@@ -172,13 +220,15 @@ const getAreaName = (db: SharedReadModel['db'], areaId: string) =>
 
 const constructForm: Form<ViewModel>['constructForm'] =
   input =>
-  ({user, events, readModel}): E.Either<FailureWithStatus, ViewModel> =>
+  ({user, readModel}): E.Either<FailureWithStatus, ViewModel> =>
     pipe(
       {user},
       E.right,
       E.bind('areaId', () => getAreaId(input)),
-      E.bind('areaOwners', ({areaId}) => getPotentialOwners(events, areaId)),
-      E.bind('areaName', ({areaId}) => getAreaName(readModel.db, areaId))
+      E.bind('areaName', ({areaId}) => getAreaName(readModel.db, areaId)),
+      E.bind('areaOwners', ({areaId}) =>
+        E.right(getExistingAndPotentialOwners(readModel.db, areaId))
+      )
     );
 
 export const addOwnerForm: Form<ViewModel> = {
diff --git a/src/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.ts b/src/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index af88b968..00000000
--- a/src/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
-import * as RA from 'fp-ts/ReadonlyArray';
-import {DomainEvent} from '../../types';
-import {pipe} from 'fp-ts/lib/function';
-import {replayState} from '../shared-state';
-import {Member} from './return-types';
-
-export type AreaOwners = {
-  existing: ReadonlyArray<Member>;
-  potential: ReadonlyArray<Member>;
-};
-
-export const getPotentialOwners =
-  (areaId: string) =>
-  (events: ReadonlyArray<DomainEvent>): O.Option<AreaOwners> =>
-    pipe(
-      events,
-      replayState,
-      O.some,
-      O.bind('requestedArea', ({areas}) => O.fromNullable(areas.get(areaId))),
-      O.bind('existing', ({members, requestedArea}) =>
-        pipe(
-          requestedArea.owners,
-          owners => Array.from(owners.values()),
-          O.traverseArray(memberNumber =>
-            O.fromNullable(members.get(memberNumber))
-          )
-        )
-      ),
-      O.bind('potential', ({requestedArea, members}) =>
-        pipe(
-          Array.from(members.values()),
-          RA.filter(
-            ({memberNumber: number}) => !requestedArea.owners.has(number)
-          ),
-          O.some
-        )
-      )
-    );
diff --git a/src/read-models/members/index.ts b/src/read-models/members/index.ts
index f8a3f27f..65a472c1 100644
--- a/src/read-models/members/index.ts
+++ b/src/read-models/members/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {getAll, getAllDetails, getAllDetailsAsActor} from './get-all';
 import {lookupByEmail} from './lookup-by-email';
-import {getPotentialOwners} from './get-potential-owners';
 import {getFailedImports} from './get-failed-imports';
 
 export const members = {
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ export const members = {
   getAllDetails,
   getAllDetailsAsActor,
   getFailedImports,
-  getPotentialOwners,
 };
 
 export {FailedLinking} from './failed-linking';
diff --git a/tests/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.test.ts b/tests/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 577a81bd..00000000
--- a/tests/read-models/members/get-potential-owners.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-import {faker} from '@faker-js/faker';
-import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
-import {getPotentialOwners} from '../../../src/read-models/members/get-potential-owners';
-import {TestFramework, initTestFramework} from '../test-framework';
-import {EmailAddress} from '../../../src/types';
-import {NonEmptyString, UUID} from 'io-ts-types';
-import {getSomeOrFail} from '../../helpers';
-import {pipe} from 'fp-ts/lib/function';
-
-describe('getPotentialOwners', () => {
-  let framework: TestFramework;
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    framework = await initTestFramework();
-  });
-
-  const callQuery = async (areaId: UUID) =>
-    pipe(
-      await framework.getAllEvents(),
-      getPotentialOwners(areaId as string),
-      getSomeOrFail
-    );
-
-  let result: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof callQuery>>;
-
-  describe('when the area does not exist', () => {
-    it('returns None', async () => {
-      expect(
-        getPotentialOwners(faker.string.uuid())(await framework.getAllEvents())
-      ).toStrictEqual(O.none);
-    });
-  });
-
-  const linkNumber = {
-    email: faker.internet.email() as EmailAddress,
-    memberNumber: faker.number.int(),
-  };
-  const addName = {
-    name: faker.person.fullName(),
-    memberNumber: linkNumber.memberNumber,
-  };
-  const createArea = {
-    id: faker.string.uuid() as UUID,
-    name: faker.company.buzzNoun() as NonEmptyString,
-  };
-
-  describe('when a member is already an owner of the area', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await framework.commands.memberNumbers.linkNumberToEmail(linkNumber);
-      await framework.commands.area.create(createArea);
-      await framework.commands.area.addOwner({
-        memberNumber: linkNumber.memberNumber,
-        areaId: createArea.id,
-      });
-      await framework.commands.members.editName(addName);
-      result = await callQuery(createArea.id);
-    });
-
-    it('includes them in the existing owners', () => {
-      expect(result.existing).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(result.potential).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(result.existing[0].memberNumber).toStrictEqual(
-        linkNumber.memberNumber
-      );
-      expect(result.existing[0].name).toStrictEqual(O.some(addName.name));
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when a member is not an owner of the area', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await framework.commands.memberNumbers.linkNumberToEmail(linkNumber);
-      await framework.commands.members.editName(addName);
-      await framework.commands.area.create(createArea);
-      result = await callQuery(createArea.id);
-    });
-
-    it('includes them in the potential owners', () => {
-      expect(result.existing).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(result.potential).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(result.potential[0].memberNumber).toStrictEqual(
-        linkNumber.memberNumber
-      );
-      expect(result.potential[0].name).toStrictEqual(O.some(addName.name));
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when a member has signed the owner agreement', () => {
-    const signAgreement = {
-      signedAt: faker.date.soon(),
-      memberNumber: linkNumber.memberNumber,
-    };
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await framework.commands.memberNumbers.linkNumberToEmail(linkNumber);
-      await framework.commands.members.editName(addName);
-      await framework.commands.members.signOwnerAgreement(signAgreement);
-      await framework.commands.area.create(createArea);
-      result = await callQuery(createArea.id);
-    });
-
-    it('includes the date they signed', () => {
-      expect(result.potential[0].agreementSigned).toStrictEqual(
-        O.some(signAgreement.signedAt)
-      );
-    });
-  });
-});