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+We're thrilled to welcome katelyn martin ([@cratelyn](https://github.com/cratelyn)) as a hyper Collaborator. katelyn first contributed back in 2020, and more recently has been improving various utilities and documentation. Some highlights:
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+- [Implementing `http_body_util::Channel`](https://github.com/hyperium/http-body/pull/140) and `Fused`
+- [Adding new `hyper-util` additive IO adapters](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper-util/pull/170)
+- Kind reviews that are based on hyper's VISION.
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+Thank you for helping the project and ecosystem!