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 ## Maintainers
 
-* Alex - maintainer and scrum team lead. geo=western Russia; github, rocket.chat, jira=ashcherbakov
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+## Emeritus Maintainers
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 * Doug - maintainer. geo=Utah, USA; github=glowkey; rocket.chat, jira=DouglasWightman
+* Alex - maintainer and scrum team lead. geo=western Russia; github, rocket.chat, jira=ashcherbakov
 * Lovesh - maintainer and founder of codebase, often involved in advanced research
   instead of day-to-day scrum. geo=India; github; jira=lovesh; rocket.chat=LoveshHarchandani