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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Project Governance |
| 3 | +layout: about.hbs |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | +# Project Governance |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## Technical Steering Committee |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +The project is jointly governed by a Technical Steering Committee (TSC) |
| 10 | +which is responsible for high-level guidance of the project. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +The TSC has final authority over this project including: |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +* Technical direction |
| 15 | +* Project governance and process (including this policy) |
| 16 | +* Contribution policy |
| 17 | +* GitHub repository hosting |
| 18 | +* Conduct guidelines |
| 19 | +* Maintaining the list of additional Collaborators |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Initial membership invitations to the TSC were given to individuals who |
| 22 | +had been active contributors, and who have significant |
| 23 | +experience with the management of the project. Membership is |
| 24 | +expected to evolve over time according to the needs of the project. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +For the current list of TSC members, see the project |
| 27 | +[README.md](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/README.md#tsc-technical-steering-committee). |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## Collaborators |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +The [nodejs/node](https://github.com/nodejs/node) GitHub repository is |
| 32 | +maintained by the TSC and additional Collaborators who are added by the |
| 33 | +TSC on an ongoing basis. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are made |
| 36 | +Collaborators and given commit-access to the project. These |
| 37 | +individuals are identified by the TSC and their addition as |
| 38 | +Collaborators is discussed during the weekly TSC meeting. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +_Note:_ If you make a significant contribution and are not considered |
| 41 | +for commit-access, log an issue or contact a TSC member directly and it |
| 42 | +will be brought up in the next TSC meeting. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Modifications of the contents of the nodejs/node repository are made on |
| 45 | +a collaborative basis. Anybody with a GitHub account may propose a |
| 46 | +modification via pull request and it will be considered by the project |
| 47 | +Collaborators. All pull requests must be reviewed and accepted by a |
| 48 | +Collaborator with sufficient expertise who is able to take full |
| 49 | +responsibility for the change. In the case of pull requests proposed |
| 50 | +by an existing Collaborator, an additional Collaborator is required |
| 51 | +for sign-off. Consensus should be sought if additional Collaborators |
| 52 | +participate and there is disagreement around a particular |
| 53 | +modification. See _Consensus Seeking Process_ below for further detail |
| 54 | +on the consensus model used for governance. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Collaborators may opt to elevate significant or controversial |
| 57 | +modifications, or modifications that have not found consensus to the |
| 58 | +TSC for discussion by assigning the ***tsc-agenda*** tag to a pull |
| 59 | +request or issue. The TSC should serve as the final arbiter where |
| 60 | +required. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +For the current list of Collaborators, see the project |
| 63 | +[README.md](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/README.md#current-project-team-members). |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +A guide for Collaborators is maintained in |
| 66 | +[COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md). |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## TSC Membership |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +TSC seats are not time-limited. There is no fixed size of the TSC. |
| 71 | +However, the expected target is between 6 and 12, to ensure adequate |
| 72 | +coverage of important areas of expertise, balanced with the ability to |
| 73 | +make decisions efficiently. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +There is no specific set of requirements or qualifications for TSC |
| 76 | +membership beyond these rules. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +The TSC may add additional members to the TSC by a standard TSC motion. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +A TSC member may be removed from the TSC by voluntary resignation, or by |
| 81 | +a standard TSC motion. |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +Changes to TSC membership should be posted in the agenda, and may be |
| 84 | +suggested as any other agenda item (see "TSC Meetings" below). |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +No more than 1/3 of the TSC members may be affiliated with the same |
| 87 | +employer. If removal or resignation of a TSC member, or a change of |
| 88 | +employment by a TSC member, creates a situation where more than 1/3 of |
| 89 | +the TSC membership shares an employer, then the situation must be |
| 90 | +immediately remedied by the resignation or removal of one or more TSC |
| 91 | +members affiliated with the over-represented employer(s). |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +## TSC Meetings |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +The TSC meets weekly on a Google Hangout On Air. The meeting is run by |
| 96 | +a designated moderator approved by the TSC. Each meeting should be |
| 97 | +published to YouTube. |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +Items are added to the TSC agenda which are considered contentious or |
| 100 | +are modifications of governance, contribution policy, TSC membership, |
| 101 | +or release process. |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +The intention of the agenda is not to approve or review all patches. |
| 104 | +That should happen continuously on GitHub and be handled by the larger |
| 105 | +group of Collaborators. |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +Any community member or contributor can ask that something be added to |
| 108 | +the next meeting's agenda by logging a GitHub Issue. Any Collaborator, |
| 109 | +TSC member or the moderator can add the item to the agenda by adding |
| 110 | +the ***tsc-agenda*** tag to the issue. |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +Prior to each TSC meeting, the moderator will share the Agenda with |
| 113 | +members of the TSC. TSC members can add any items they like to the |
| 114 | +agenda at the beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the TSC |
| 115 | +cannot veto or remove items. |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +The TSC may invite persons or representatives from certain projects to |
| 118 | +participate in a non-voting capacity. These invitees currently are: |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +* A representative from [build](https://github.com/node-forward/build) |
| 121 | + chosen by that project. |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +The moderator is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each |
| 124 | +agenda item and sending it as a pull request after the meeting. |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +## Consensus Seeking Process |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +The TSC follows a |
| 129 | +[Consensus Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making) |
| 130 | +decision making model. |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the moderator |
| 133 | +will ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the |
| 134 | +consensus. |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus, a TSC member can call for |
| 137 | +either a closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next |
| 138 | +meeting. The call for a vote must be approved by a majority of the TSC |
| 139 | +or else the discussion will continue. Simple majority wins. |
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