From 82e6c3378f9d5be295c692a3b49285fdd892e4d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:19:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: revise TSC Meetings material in GOVERNANCE.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Make the TSC Meetings section in GOVERNANCE.md simpler and shorter. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27204 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig Reviewed-By: Richard Lau --- GOVERNANCE.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 3e58601579dc4e..59d12d51db171e 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -75,46 +75,37 @@ Charter need approval by the Node.js Board of Directors. ### TSC Meetings -The TSC meets regularly in a voice conference call. The meeting is run by a -designated meeting chair approved by the TSC. Each meeting is streamed on -YouTube. +The TSC meets in a voice conference call. Each year, the TSC elects a chair to +run the meetings. The TSC streams its meetings for public viewing on YouTube or +a similar service. -Items are added to the TSC agenda which are considered contentious or -are modifications of governance, contribution policy, TSC membership, -or release process. +The TSC agenda includes issues that are at an impasse. The intention of the +agenda is not to review or approve all patches. Collaborators review and approve +patches on GitHub. -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 can create a GitHub issue asking that the TSC review +something. If consensus-seeking fails for an issue, a Collaborator may apply the +`tsc-agenda` label. That will add it to the TSC meeting agenda. -Any community member or contributor can ask that something be reviewed by the -TSC by logging a GitHub issue. If consensus-seeking among TSC members fails for -a particular issue, it may be added to the TSC meeting agenda by adding the -`tsc-agenda` label. +Before each TSC meeting, the meeting chair will share the agenda with members of +the TSC. TSC members can also add items to the agenda at the beginning of each +meeting. The meeting chair and the TSC cannot veto or remove items. -Prior to each TSC meeting, the meeting chair will share the agenda with -members of the TSC. TSC members can also add items to the agenda at the -beginning of each meeting. The meeting chair and the TSC cannot veto or remove -items. +The TSC may invite people to take part in a non-voting capacity. -The TSC may invite additional persons to participate in a non-voting capacity. +During the meeting, the TSC chair ensures that someone takes minutes. After the +meeting, the TSC chair ensures that someone opens a pull request with the +minutes. -The meeting chair is responsible for ensuring that minutes are taken and that a -pull request with the minutes is submitted after the meeting. - -Due to the challenges of scheduling a global meeting with participants in -several time zones, the TSC will seek to resolve as many agenda items as -possible outside of meetings using +The TSC seeks to resolve as many issues as possible outside meetings using [the TSC issue tracker](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues). The process in the issue tracker is: * A TSC member opens an issue explaining the proposal/issue and @-mentions @nodejs/tsc. -* After 72 hours, if there are two or more `LGTM`s from other TSC members and no - explicit opposition from other TSC members, then the proposal is approved. -* If there are any TSC members objecting, then a conversation ensues until - either the proposal is dropped or the objecting members are persuaded. If - there is an extended impasse, a motion for a vote may be made. +* The proposal passes if, after 72 hours, there are two or more TSC approvals + and no TSC opposition. +* If there is an extended impasse, a TSC member may make a motion for a vote. ## Collaborator Nominations