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