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-* @AkihiroSuda @crosbymichael @cyphar @dqminh @giuseppe @hqhq @kolyshkin @mrunalp @thaJeztah @tianon @vbatts @utam0k
+* @AkihiroSuda @crosbymichael @cyphar @dqminh @giuseppe @hqhq @kolyshkin @mrunalp @thaJeztah @tianon @utam0k
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+# Emeritus
+
+We would like to acknowledge previous OCI runtime spec maintainers and their huge contributions to our collective success:
+
+- Rohit Jnagal (@rjnagal)
+- Victor Marmol (@vmarmol)
+- Alexander Morozov (@LK4D4)
+- Vishnu Kannan (@vishh)
+- Brandon Philips (@philips)
+- Vincent Batts (@vbatts)
+
+We thank these members for their service to the OCI community.
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 Michael Crosby <michael@docker.com> (@crosbymichael)
 Mrunal Patel <mpatel@redhat.com> (@mrunalp)
-Vincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com> (@vbatts)
 Daniel, Dao Quang Minh <dqminh89@gmail.com> (@dqminh)
 Tianon Gravi <admwiggin@gmail.com> (@tianon)
 Qiang Huang <h.huangqiang@huawei.com> (@hqhq)