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+# MAINTAINERS
+
+## Rules
+
+* All content inside GPT4All shall have a documented maintainer
+* If a maintainer decides to retire or resign a call for volunteers will go
+  out
+* If no further maintainer can be found in a reasonable time frame, then the
+  content will be marked deprecated and removed in time
+
+## Job
+
+Maintainers will be...
+
+1. Responsible for overseeing content under their stewardship
+2. Responsible for triaging new issues, reviewing PRs, assigning priority
+   to tasks
+3. Responsible for keeping content in sufficient quality in  atimely fashion
+
+## List
+
+Adam Treat  
+email: adam@nomic.ai  
+github: manyoso  
+discord: gonzochess75
+  - overall project maintainer
+  - chat client
+
+Jared Van Bortel  
+email: jared@nomic.ai  
+github: cebtenzzre  
+discord: Cebtenzzre
+- backend
+- python bindings
+- CLI example
+
+YOUR NAME HERE
+- typescript
+
+YOUR NAME HERE
+- wiki documentation
+
+YOUR NAME HERE
+- documentation at https://docs.gpt4all.io/