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 ### Approvers
 
 - [Fred Hebert](https://github.com/ferd), [Honeycomb](https://www.honeycomb.io/)
-- [Greg Mefford](https://github.com/GregMefford), [STORD](https://www.stord.com/)
 
 For more information about the approver role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#approver).
 
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 ### Thanks to all the people who have contributed
 
 [![contributors](https://contributors-img.web.app/image?repo=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-erlang)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-erlang/graphs/contributors)
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+### Emeritus
+
+- [Greg Mefford](https://github.com/GregMefford), 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).