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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 <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Josh Gavant <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Сковорода Никита Андреевич <[email protected]>
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### CTC Meetings
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The CTC meets weekly in a voice conference call. The meeting is run by a
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designated moderator approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on YouTube.
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designated meeting chair approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on
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YouTube.
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Items are added to the CTC agenda which are considered contentious or
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are modifications of governance, contribution policy, CTC membership,
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Any community member or contributor can ask that something be reviewed
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by the CTC by logging a GitHub issue. Any Collaborator, CTC member, or the
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moderator can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the
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meeting chair can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the
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`ctc-review` label. If consensus-seeking among CTC members fails for a
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particular issue, it may be added to the CTC meeting agenda by adding the
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`ctc-agenda` label.
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Prior to each CTC meeting, the moderator will share the agenda with
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Prior to each CTC meeting, the meeting chair will share the agenda with
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members of the CTC. CTC members can also add items to the agenda at the
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beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the CTC cannot veto or remove
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beginning of each meeting. The meeting chair and the CTC cannot veto or remove
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The CTC 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 agenda item
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and sending it as a pull request after the meeting.
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The meeting chair is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each agenda
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item and sending it as a pull request after the meeting.
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Due to the challenges of scheduling a global meeting with participants in
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several timezones, the CTC will seek to resolve as many agenda items as possible
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[Consensus Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making)
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When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the moderator will ask
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"Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus.
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When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the meeting chair will
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ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus.
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If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus, a CTC member can call for either a
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closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next meeting. All votes

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