diff --git a/tools/general_assembly.pl b/tools/general_assembly.pl
index 7e0f46093c..bfcb67d988 100755
--- a/tools/general_assembly.pl
+++ b/tools/general_assembly.pl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ my @extra_members = (
 
 # list of names of people who asked to be excluded from GA emails
 my %excluded_members = (
+    'Derek Buitenhuis' => 0,
 );
 
 sub trim { my $s = shift; $s =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; return $s };