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Move inactive members to emeritus

The following members have had no activity in open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib since 2026-03-03 and are being moved to emeritus:

  • @jkwatson (Approver, Remove from team(s): java-contrib-approvers)

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Before merging, a Maintainer should remove the user(s) from:

  • The listed team(s) in GitHub
  • Any relevant private channels on Slack
  • Any relevant package managers used for publishing

This PR was automatically generated by the move-to-emeritus workflow. For guidance on how to handle this PR, see the move-to-emeritus documentation.

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Pull request overview

Updates the repository’s membership listing to move an inactive approver to emeritus status, keeping the README aligned with current project governance.

Changes:

  • Removes John Watson from the “Approvers” list.
  • Adds John Watson under an emeritus section in the README.

Comment thread README.md
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### Emeritus

* [John Watson](https://github.com/jkwatson), 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).
@jaydeluca jaydeluca closed this Jul 1, 2026
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