From 1bac95e60e20a8b664a40b543bb744c83daf2e0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenTelemetry Bot <107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 08:21:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Move inactive members to emeritus

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 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a86392b4a2..5c9a7978fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,3 +112,10 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 - [OpenTelemetry Java Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java#approvers)
 - [OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation#approvers)
 - [OpenTelemetry Java Contrib Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib#approvers)
+
+### 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).