I made a Rails authorization plugin a while ago that has a small following. After I moved to App Engine for my web programming, I recruited two commiters who know what they're doing and made them "Repository Collaborators" with admin privileges, so my repo on the original page continues to be the main repo.
I'm not sure that's the best solution now that I am effectively an absentee landlord. The main repo is under my account and I get included in pull requests. It would be great if Github has a repo forwarding feature or trusted forks could be listed on the Project Page (just saw that). What's the best way to leave it in other hands?