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doc: update GOVERNANCE.md to use "meeting chair"
The governance documentation refers to a CTC meeting "moderator" but
that is a confusing term. "Meeting chair" seems more correctly
descriptive. Change instances of "moderator" to "meeting chair".
Refs: nodejs/CTC#23
PR-URL: #9432
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Josh Gavant <josh.gavant@outlook.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Сковорода Никита Андреевич <chalkerx@gmail.com>1 parent 259b942 commit d36c6f5
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@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ Collaborator activities as well. | |||
| 117 | 117 | ### CTC Meetings | |
| 118 | 118 | ||
| 119 | 119 | The CTC meets weekly in a voice conference call. The meeting is run by a | |
| 120 | - designated moderator approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on YouTube. | ||
| 120 | + designated meeting chair approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on | ||
| 121 | + YouTube. | ||
| 121 | 122 | ||
| 122 | 123 | Items are added to the CTC agenda which are considered contentious or | |
| 123 | 124 | are modifications of governance, contribution policy, CTC membership, | |
@@ -129,21 +130,21 @@ group of Collaborators. | |||
| 129 | 130 | ||
| 130 | 131 | Any community member or contributor can ask that something be reviewed | |
| 131 | 132 | by the CTC by logging a GitHub issue. Any Collaborator, CTC member, or the | |
| 132 | - moderator can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the | ||
| 133 | + meeting chair can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the | ||
| 133 | 134 | `ctc-review` label. If consensus-seeking among CTC members fails for a | |
| 134 | 135 | particular issue, it may be added to the CTC meeting agenda by adding the | |
| 135 | 136 | `ctc-agenda` label. | |
| 136 | 137 | ||
| 137 | - Prior to each CTC meeting, the moderator will share the agenda with | ||
| 138 | + Prior to each CTC meeting, the meeting chair will share the agenda with | ||
| 138 | 139 | members of the CTC. CTC members can also add items to the agenda at the | |
| 139 | - beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the CTC cannot veto or remove | ||
| 140 | + beginning of each meeting. The meeting chair and the CTC cannot veto or remove | ||
| 140 | 141 | items. | |
| 141 | 142 | ||
| 142 | 143 | The CTC may invite persons or representatives from certain projects to | |
| 143 | 144 | participate in a non-voting capacity. | |
| 144 | 145 | ||
| 145 | - The moderator is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each agenda item | ||
| 146 | - and sending it as a pull request after the meeting. | ||
| 146 | + The meeting chair is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each agenda | ||
| 147 | + item and sending it as a pull request after the meeting. | ||
| 147 | 148 | ||
| 148 | 149 | Due to the challenges of scheduling a global meeting with participants in | |
| 149 | 150 | several timezones, the CTC will seek to resolve as many agenda items as possible | |
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ The CTC follows a | |||
| 165 | 166 | [Consensus Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making) | |
| 166 | 167 | decision making model. | |
| 167 | 168 | ||
| 168 | - When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the moderator will ask | ||
| 169 | - "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus. | ||
| 169 | + When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the meeting chair will | ||
| 170 | + ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus. | ||
| 170 | 171 | ||
| 171 | 172 | If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus, a CTC member can call for either a | |
| 172 | 173 | closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next meeting. All votes | |
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