Merge pull request #32 from embulk/stepping-down-in-a-part

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Author: dmikurube

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+title: "@dmikurube is stepping down... in a part"
+date: 2025-04-11
+description: "If you would like the Embulk project to keep going, your help is still needed. Contact us if you are willing to get involved. I am willing to give you some help as much as I can on my personal time."
+author: "dmikurube"
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+As mentioned in another article "[Looking for long-term maintainers around the Embulk eco-system](https://www.embulk.org/articles/2024/11/28/looking-for-long-term-maintainers.html)", Dai Mikurube ([@dmikurube](https://github.com/dmikurube)), the author, has been playing the main maintainer role of the Embulk project, as an employee of [Treasure Data](https://www.treasuredata.com/).
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+It has been a great journey with Embulk there. I was faced with a lot of interesting challenges, and I enjoyed tackling them. However, this time, I have decided to leave.
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+I will stay on as one of the Embulk maintainers and the Embulk Core Team members, with a consensus with the company. However, I can only spend part of my personal time on Embulk. I will no longer be the "main" maintainer. Please keep in mind that I will have no duties, I may be inactive for a while, and I may not respond to issues that are raised.
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+The company has shown no intention of taking a leadership role in the Embulk project and contributing to its maintenance. As a result, the Embulk project will have no _active_ maintainers, at least for a while.
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+If you would like the Embulk project to keep going, your help is still needed, as discussed in "[Looking for long-term maintainers around the Embulk eco-system](https://www.embulk.org/articles/2024/11/28/looking-for-long-term-maintainers.html)". Contact us at [Contributors wanted](https://github.com/orgs/embulk/discussions/categories/contributors-wanted) if you are willing to get involved. I am willing to give you some help as much as I can on my personal time.
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+Thank you all, the community!