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+I’d like to thank everyone for being a tremendous support and a pleasure
+to work with in the previous cycles.
+
+In the Rocky cycle, we made great progress in supporting new use cases
+through expanded features and cross-project integrations.
+
+For the Stein cycle, I hope to continue serving as a facilitator to help
+all the contributors drive the project forward.
+
+Thank you all once again!
+
+-- Eric J. Kao