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### Streams Working Group
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The Node.js Streams is jointly governed by a Working Group
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(WG)
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that is responsible for high-level guidance of the project.
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The WG has final authority over this project including:
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* Technical direction
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* Project governance and process (including this policy)
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* Contribution policy
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* GitHub repository hosting
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* Conduct guidelines
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* Maintaining the list of additional Collaborators
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For the current list of WG members, see the project
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[README.md](./README.md#current-project-team-members).
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### Collaborators
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The readable-stream GitHub repository is
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maintained by the WG and additional Collaborators who are added by the
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WG on an ongoing basis.
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Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are made
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Collaborators and given commit-access to the project. These
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individuals are identified by the WG and their addition as
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Collaborators is discussed during the WG meeting.
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_Note:_ If you make a significant contribution and are not considered
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for commit-access log an issue or contact a WG member directly and it
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will be brought up in the next WG meeting.
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Modifications of the contents of the readable-stream repository are
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a collaborative basis. Anybody with a GitHub account may propose a
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modification via pull request and it will be considered by the project
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Collaborators. All pull requests must be reviewed and accepted by a
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Collaborator with sufficient expertise who is able to take full
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responsibility for the change. In the case of pull requests proposed
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by an existing Collaborator, an additional Collaborator is required
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for sign-off. Consensus should be sought if additional Collaborators
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participate and there is disagreement around a particular
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modification. See _Consensus Seeking Process_ below for further detail
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on the consensus model used for governance.
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Collaborators may opt to elevate significant or controversial
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modifications, or modifications that have not found consensus to the
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WG for discussion by assigning the ***WG-agenda*** tag to a pull
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request or issue. The WG should serve as the final arbiter where
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For the current list of Collaborators, see the project
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[README.md](./README.md#members).
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### WG Membership
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WG seats are not time-limited. There is no fixed size of the WG.
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However, the expected target is between 6 and 12, to ensure adequate
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coverage of important areas of expertise, balanced with the ability to
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make decisions efficiently.
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There is no specific set of requirements or qualifications for WG
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membership beyond these rules.
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The WG may add additional members to the WG by unanimous consensus.
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A WG member may be removed from the WG by voluntary resignation, or by
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unanimous consensus of all other WG members.
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Changes to WG membership should be posted in the agenda, and may be
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suggested as any other agenda item (see "WG Meetings" below).
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If an addition or removal is proposed during a meeting, and the full
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WG is not in attendance to participate, then the addition or removal
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is added to the agenda for the subsequent meeting. This is to ensure
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that all members are given the opportunity to participate in all
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membership decisions. If a WG member is unable to attend a meeting
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where a planned membership decision is being made, then their consent
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is assumed.
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No more than 1/3 of the WG members may be affiliated with the same
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employer. If removal or resignation of a WG member, or a change of
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employment by a WG member, creates a situation where more than 1/3 of
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the WG membership shares an employer, then the situation must be
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immediately remedied by the resignation or removal of one or more WG
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members affiliated with the over-represented employer(s).
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### WG Meetings
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The WG meets occasionally on a Google Hangout On Air. A designated moderator
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approved by the WG runs the meeting. Each meeting should be
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published to YouTube.
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Items are added to the WG agenda that are considered contentious or
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are modifications of governance, contribution policy, WG membership,
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or release process.
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The intention of the agenda is not to approve or review all patches;
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that should happen continuously on GitHub and be handled by the larger
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group of Collaborators.
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Any community member or contributor can ask that something be added to
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the next meeting's agenda by logging a GitHub Issue. Any Collaborator,
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WG member or the moderator can add the item to the agenda by adding
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the ***WG-agenda*** tag to the issue.
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Prior to each WG meeting the moderator will share the Agenda with
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members of the WG. WG members can add any items they like to the
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agenda at the beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the WG
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cannot veto or remove items.
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The WG may invite persons or representatives from certain projects to
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participate in a non-voting capacity.
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The moderator is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each
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agenda item and sends it as a pull request after the meeting.
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### Consensus Seeking Process
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The WG follows a
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[Consensus
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Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making)
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decision-making model.
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When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus the moderator
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will ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the
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consensus.
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If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus a WG member can call for
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either a closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next
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meeting. The call for a vote must be seconded by a majority of the WG
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or else the discussion will continue. Simple majority wins.
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Note that changes to WG membership require a majority consensus. See
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"WG Membership" above.
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