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+# Offboarding
+
+This document is a checklist of things to do when a Collaborator becomes
+Emeritus or leaves the project.
+
+* Remove the Collaborator from the @nodejs/collaborators team.
+* Open a fast-track pull request to move the Collaborator to Collaborator
+  Emeriti in README.md.
+* Email the TSC mailing list to notify TSC members that the Collaborator is
+  moving to Collaborator Emeritus.
+* Determine what GitHub teams the Collaborator belongs to. In consultation with
+  the Collaborator, determine which of those teams they should be removed from.
+    * Some teams may also require a pull request to remove the Collaborator from
+      a team listing. For example, if someone is removed from @nodejs/build,
+      they should also be removed from the Build WG README.md file in the
+      https://github.com/nodejs/build repository.