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The Node.js Technical Steering Committee

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051015202016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 21 mentions; 5 submissions, 16 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025

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20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC21516
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Node.js Technical Steering Committee The Node.js Technical Steering Committee (TSC) is the technical governing body of Node.js. It is described in the TSC Charter. TSC scope The TSC is responsible for the Node.js Core project, some projects depended upon by Node.js Core, and several projects adjacent to Node.js Core. The TSC exercises autonomy in managing its responsibilities and seeks agreement from the OpenJS Foundation Board on any change to the scope of those responsibilities as defined below. Node.js Core Node.js Core is defined as the contents of the repository located at https://github.com/nodejs/node from which the node executable and associated packages are built, excluding the vendored projects included in the codebase located in the deps and tools directories that are copied in from externally maintained repositories. Dependent projects Additional projects fall within the TSC's scope of responsibility which are dependencies of Node.js Core in that they are required to plan, test, build, document, and ship Node.js releases. These projects are located in the following repositories: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC https://github.com/nodejs/build — administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/citgm — administration delegated to the Release Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node — administration delegated to the Docker Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/http-parser — administration delegated to the Core Technical Committee https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps — administration delegated to the Core Technical Committee https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-dist-indexer — administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-latest-linker — administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-nightly-builder — administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org — administration delegated to the Website Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/secrets — private, administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/Release — administration delegated to the Release Working Group Adjacent projects The TSC is responsible for several projects that are not strictly required to plan, test, build, document, and ship Node.js releases. Adjacent projects are either created from within the technical organization managed by the TSC or are adopted into that organization from outside. In the case of adopting existing projects, once the TSC has decided that adoption is appropriate, it should seek agreement from the OpenJS Foundation Board for such adoption as it impacts the scope of technical activities of the Foundation. Current adjacent projects that are within the TSC's scope of responsibility include: https://github.com/nodejs/abi-stable-node — administration delegated to the API Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/abi-stable-node-addon-examples — administration delegated to the API Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/api — administration delegated to the API Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/code-and-learn https://github.com/nodejs/diagnostics — administration delegated to the Diagnostics Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/docs https://github.com/nodejs/education https://github.com/nodejs/email — administration delegated to the Build Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/github-bot https://github.com/nodejs/help https://github.com/nodejs/http https://github.com/nodejs/http2 https://github.com/nodejs/installer https://github.com/nodejs/llnode — administration delegated to the Post Mortem Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/nan — administration delegated to the Addon API Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-examples — administration delegated to the Addon API Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/node-chakracore https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp https://github.com/nodejs/node-inspect — administration delegated to the Diagnostics Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/node-report — administration delegated to the Post Mortem Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org — administration delegated to the Website Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/post-mortem — administration delegated to the Post Mortem Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/promises https://github.com/nodejs/readable-stream — administration delegated to the Streams Working Group https://github.com/nodejs/summit https://github.com/nodejs/testing And various language and resource translation groups under https://github.com/nodejs/ List of TSC responsibilities The TSC exercises autonomy in setting up and maintaining procedures, policies, and management and administrative structures as it deems appropriate for the maintenance and operation of these projects and resources. Included in the responsibilities of the TSC are: Managing code and documentation creation and changes for the listed projects and resources Setting and maintaining standards covering contributions of code, documentation, and other materials Managing code and binary releases: types, schedules, frequency, delivery mechanisms Making decisions regarding dependencies of the Node.js Core project, including what those dependencies are and how they are bundled with source code and releases Creating new repositories and projects under the nodejs GitHub organization as required Setting overall technical direction for the Node.js Core project, including high-level goals and low-level specifics regarding features and functionality Setting and maintaining appropriate standards for community discourse via the various mediums under TSC control Setting and maintaining governance rules for the conduct and make-up of the TSC, Working Groups and other bodies within the TSC's domain Many of these responsibilities will be delegated by the TSC to appropriate bodies such as the Working Groups. TSC members TSC members are responsible for top-level technical community con
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> James Snell's reasoning behind hiding the accusations inside the committee deliberations is theoretically sound: to keep Rod from getting harassed. No. It is not. Saying that the specific accusations were removed to keep Rod from getting harassed suggests that it must have been something serious. Fortunately there's the Web Archive and you see what was the 3 most serious crimes that rod was accused of, and I quote: 1. "Rod’s first action was to apologize to a contributor who had been repeatedly moderated" 2. "Rod did not moderate himself when asked by another foundation director" 3. "Most recently Rod tweeted in support of an inflammatory anti-Code-of-Conduct article" Some of this is NOT EVEN TRUE - see Rod's response: https://medium.com/@rvagg/the-truth-about-rod-vagg-f063f6a53... - as no evidence was ever provided that he was indeed a
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sked to "moderate himself" (read: remove what he posted in a comment on GitHub which was not even ever accused of being incorrect). The third point is deliberately misleading and you can see for yourself - just see the tweet in question: https://twitter.com/rvagg/status/887652116524707841 Rod twitted no more no less but: "If you've never considered the potential downsides of codes of conduct, here's a good place to start" and posted a link to The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech by Geoffrey Miller - who is described by Wikipedia as: "Geoffrey F. Miller (born 1965 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American evolutionary psychologist, serving as an associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico and known for his expertise in sexual selection in human evolution, and for his views on the evolution through sexual selection of the human brain as sexual ornamentation." - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Miller_(psychologist) As you can see, when someone is quoting a very interesting article of a known professor of psychology with the only comment of "If you've never considered the potential downsides of codes of conduct, here's a good place to start" and THEN someone else describes it as: "Rod tweeted in support of an inflammatory anti-Code-of-Conduct article" then it is a deliberate misinformation - but who will take the time to search for the real tweet, follow the article, read it and read about its author? No one. But the rest of the world is already describing Rod as "a person who has generally been standing in the way of making Node.js an inclusive project" because of the mysterious accusations that were later removed - see: https://github.com/ayojs/ayo/issues/4 Now, even if all of the accusations were indeed true and even if they were not blown out of proportion - it all boils down to 3 points: 1. he apologized someone for being censored 2. he didn't respond to self-censorship request fast enough and instead got censored by someone else 3. he twitted a link to an article on Twitter - a medium where no one can censor him unlike on GitHub, an article that (God forbid!) explains the exact same problems that we see here. See the original accusation and think for yourself - were the actual accusations removed to defend Rod from harassment or to make us think that it must have been serious misbehavior if there was a risk of harassment if anyone knew the facts involved? THAT is the real reason of never talking about the real "crimes". Think about it. See: https://web.archive.org/web/20170821212745/https://github.co... > I mean, under the current circumstances, a public, enumerated list of all your supposed crimes is pretty much guaranteed to bring a mob down on your head, and it would probably rocket to the top of Google searches for your name -- regardless of how the process turned out. See? Even you assumed that those must be something that rod should be ashamed of. Meanwhile it was ONLY those 3 things that I described above. Now, when those were removed, people who google for his name will see articles like "Node.js forks again – this time it's a war of words over anti-sex-pest codes of conduct" and think that he must be a "sex-pest" because all of the actual accusations were (deliberately) removed.
In Rod Vagg's statement on the request to be removed from the Node.js CTC
The list of complaints seems to have been removed from the vote issue [1] on his removal 'at the request of several core collaborators who felt that listing the issues was not fair to Rod'. He lists the issues himself in his response post [2] (see 'Response to the list of complaints'), where he also states 'Please note that I did not ask for this text to be redacted.' (although it's unclear whether he refers to the redaction of certain links in the list as copied in his post, or the whole list on nodejs/TSC#310). So [1] seems to be the authoritative source on the Node side, [2] the authoritative source on the opposite side. Disclaimer again, I'm not taking sides, I haven't read everything yet, I'm just gathering links for people to draw their own conclusions. [1]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/310 [2]: https://medium.com/@rvagg/the
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In After governance breakdown, Node.js leaders fight for its survival
After I wrote my previous comment, I went and looked up the applicable code of conduct. [1] I suspect the relevant passage might be: Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership. As I said, due process is a three way street. And the more I read the statement linked as the story here, the less I think this is about anonymous complaints and the more I think it is related to whether or not actions by a committee member reflect the level of good faith expected in order for the committee to function efficiently. In some contexts, voting people off the island is sufficient due process. If it is not sufficient here then many people will have to have acted contrary to good faith. I don't see evid
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ence to support that conspiracy theory. [1]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
In Rod Vagg's statement on the request to be removed from the Node.js CTC
Possibly off-topic: this is why GitHub, and GitLab, are both problematic platforms for online collaboration and community-building. There was once a list of grievances against this person here https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/310. That list is no longer present; it has been redacted, and a reason for that redaction has been posted. As someone who has zero context for this issue, this makes it very hard for me to understand. This redaction is not something that can happen easily with source code. Comments and other "metadata" can be edited, permanently and without a view into history. That makes it very hard to trace the genealogy of discussions. Sure, you can rewrite git history and push, but that's a) less durable, because someone might have a fork/copy of the repo, and b) much less common by convention. I really don't like the tend
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ency of GitHub/GitLab as platforms to encourage the "facebook style" of content authorship (what you posted is what you posted . . . until someone edits, it, then it never was that in the eyes of recent arrivals). Edit: I will probably accidentally type markdown into HN comments until the day I die.
In Rod Vagg's statement on the request to be removed from the Node.js CTC
You can say it all you want. There isn't any evidence presented that any committee member (Rod Vagg?) is violating any code of conduct. He merely tweeted a well defined argument for inclusiveness for neurologically atypical people. It points out that overbearing CoC can be problematic and points to several very important figures that were NAT and it is from a tenured professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico. It is disregarded by the SJW fringe of the node community because he has ties to articles around the men's rights movements. It's fine that there is a useless fork of node. There are tons of useless forks of many projects, but it's not fine to act like anyone has done anything wrong. He merely apologized for having to censor someone because the CoC is pretty vague: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/
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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md It's not a violation of the CoC. They are attacking him for their perceived undermining. No one has to pretend to agree with something in order to not violate it. Acting like his expressed disapproval is a violation of the CoC itself is the exact type of demonization he argues that the CoC leads to.
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Well Node.js already has a CoC accompanied with various institutions such as "The Node.js Foundation Technical Steering Comittee"[0]. It's just that some aren't happy with how the comittee has voted. The claim that Code of Conducts lead to higher contributions gets repeated all the time, yet no one has ever shown any supporting evidence AFAIK. [0] https://github.com/nodejs/TSC
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