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+# NATS NUID Governance
+
+NATS NUID is part of the NATS project and is subject to the [NATS Governance](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-general/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md).
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+# Maintainers
+
+Maintainership is on a per project basis.
+
+### Core-maintainers
+  - Derek Collison <derek@nats.io> [@derekcollison](https://github.com/derekcollison)
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-reviewers:
-  - derekcollison
-approvers:
-  - derekcollison