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@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ information about the governance of the io.js project, see
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 * **Colin Ihrig** ([@cjihrig](https://github.com/cjihrig)) <cjihrig@gmail.com>
 * **Mikeal Rogers** ([@mikeal](https://github.com/mikeal)) <mikeal.rogers@gmail.com>
-* **Rod Vagg** ([@rvagg](https://github.com/rvagg)) <rod@vagg.org>
+* **Rod Vagg** ([@rvagg](https://github.com/rvagg)) <rod@vagg.org> (Technical Committee)
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 * **Thorsten Lorenz** ([@thlorenz](https://github.com/thlorenz)) <thlorenz@gmx.de>
 * **Stephen Belanger** ([@qard](https://github.com/qard)) <admin@stephenbelanger.com>