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 [versioning]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/blob/main/VERSIONING.md
 
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+
+### Emeritus
+
+- [Josh Suereth](https://github.com/jsuereth), Approver
+
+For more information about the emeritus role, see the
+[community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#emeritus-maintainerapprovertriager).