[6a3a178] | 1 | ### Streams Working Group
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| 3 | The Node.js Streams is jointly governed by a Working Group
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| 4 | (WG)
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| 5 | that is responsible for high-level guidance of the project.
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| 7 | The WG has final authority over this project including:
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| 8 |
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| 9 | * Technical direction
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| 10 | * Project governance and process (including this policy)
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| 11 | * Contribution policy
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| 12 | * GitHub repository hosting
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| 13 | * Conduct guidelines
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| 14 | * Maintaining the list of additional Collaborators
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| 15 |
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| 16 | For the current list of WG members, see the project
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| 17 | [README.md](./README.md#current-project-team-members).
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| 18 |
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| 19 | ### Collaborators
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| 20 |
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| 21 | The readable-stream GitHub repository is
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| 22 | maintained by the WG and additional Collaborators who are added by the
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| 23 | WG on an ongoing basis.
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| 24 |
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| 25 | Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are made
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| 26 | Collaborators and given commit-access to the project. These
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| 27 | individuals are identified by the WG and their addition as
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| 28 | Collaborators is discussed during the WG meeting.
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| 29 |
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| 30 | _Note:_ If you make a significant contribution and are not considered
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| 31 | for commit-access log an issue or contact a WG member directly and it
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| 32 | will be brought up in the next WG meeting.
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| 33 |
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| 34 | Modifications of the contents of the readable-stream repository are
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| 35 | made on
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| 36 | a collaborative basis. Anybody with a GitHub account may propose a
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| 37 | modification via pull request and it will be considered by the project
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| 38 | Collaborators. All pull requests must be reviewed and accepted by a
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| 39 | Collaborator with sufficient expertise who is able to take full
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| 40 | responsibility for the change. In the case of pull requests proposed
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| 41 | by an existing Collaborator, an additional Collaborator is required
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| 42 | for sign-off. Consensus should be sought if additional Collaborators
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| 43 | participate and there is disagreement around a particular
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| 44 | modification. See _Consensus Seeking Process_ below for further detail
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| 45 | on the consensus model used for governance.
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| 46 |
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| 47 | Collaborators may opt to elevate significant or controversial
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| 48 | modifications, or modifications that have not found consensus to the
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| 49 | WG for discussion by assigning the ***WG-agenda*** tag to a pull
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| 50 | request or issue. The WG should serve as the final arbiter where
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| 51 | required.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | For the current list of Collaborators, see the project
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| 54 | [README.md](./README.md#members).
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| 55 |
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| 56 | ### WG Membership
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| 57 |
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| 58 | WG seats are not time-limited. There is no fixed size of the WG.
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| 59 | However, the expected target is between 6 and 12, to ensure adequate
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| 60 | coverage of important areas of expertise, balanced with the ability to
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| 61 | make decisions efficiently.
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| 62 |
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| 63 | There is no specific set of requirements or qualifications for WG
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| 64 | membership beyond these rules.
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| 65 |
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| 66 | The WG may add additional members to the WG by unanimous consensus.
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| 67 |
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| 68 | A WG member may be removed from the WG by voluntary resignation, or by
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| 69 | unanimous consensus of all other WG members.
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| 70 |
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| 71 | Changes to WG membership should be posted in the agenda, and may be
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| 72 | suggested as any other agenda item (see "WG Meetings" below).
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| 73 |
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| 74 | If an addition or removal is proposed during a meeting, and the full
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| 75 | WG is not in attendance to participate, then the addition or removal
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| 76 | is added to the agenda for the subsequent meeting. This is to ensure
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| 77 | that all members are given the opportunity to participate in all
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| 78 | membership decisions. If a WG member is unable to attend a meeting
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| 79 | where a planned membership decision is being made, then their consent
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| 80 | is assumed.
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| 81 |
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| 82 | No more than 1/3 of the WG members may be affiliated with the same
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| 83 | employer. If removal or resignation of a WG member, or a change of
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| 84 | employment by a WG member, creates a situation where more than 1/3 of
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| 85 | the WG membership shares an employer, then the situation must be
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| 86 | immediately remedied by the resignation or removal of one or more WG
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| 87 | members affiliated with the over-represented employer(s).
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| 88 |
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| 89 | ### WG Meetings
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| 90 |
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| 91 | The WG meets occasionally on a Google Hangout On Air. A designated moderator
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| 92 | approved by the WG runs the meeting. Each meeting should be
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| 93 | published to YouTube.
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| 94 |
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| 95 | Items are added to the WG agenda that are considered contentious or
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| 96 | are modifications of governance, contribution policy, WG membership,
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| 97 | or release process.
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| 98 |
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| 99 | The intention of the agenda is not to approve or review all patches;
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| 100 | that should happen continuously on GitHub and be handled by the larger
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| 101 | group of Collaborators.
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| 102 |
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| 103 | Any community member or contributor can ask that something be added to
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| 104 | the next meeting's agenda by logging a GitHub Issue. Any Collaborator,
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| 105 | WG member or the moderator can add the item to the agenda by adding
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| 106 | the ***WG-agenda*** tag to the issue.
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| 107 |
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| 108 | Prior to each WG meeting the moderator will share the Agenda with
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| 109 | members of the WG. WG members can add any items they like to the
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| 110 | agenda at the beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the WG
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| 111 | cannot veto or remove items.
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| 112 |
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| 113 | The WG may invite persons or representatives from certain projects to
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| 114 | participate in a non-voting capacity.
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| 115 |
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| 116 | The moderator is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each
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| 117 | agenda item and sends it as a pull request after the meeting.
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| 118 |
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| 119 | ### Consensus Seeking Process
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| 120 |
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| 121 | The WG follows a
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| 122 | [Consensus
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| 123 | Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making)
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| 124 | decision-making model.
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| 125 |
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| 126 | When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus the moderator
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| 127 | will ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the
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| 128 | consensus.
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| 129 |
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| 130 | If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus a WG member can call for
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| 131 | either a closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next
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| 132 | meeting. The call for a vote must be seconded by a majority of the WG
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| 133 | or else the discussion will continue. Simple majority wins.
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| 134 |
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| 135 | Note that changes to WG membership require a majority consensus. See
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| 136 | "WG Membership" above.
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