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Expand Up @@ -62,28 +62,34 @@ discuss pending contributions in order to find a resolution. It is expected that
small minority of issues be brought to the WG for resolution and that discussion and
compromise among collaborators be the default resolution mechanism.

# Becoming a Collaborator
# Becoming a Member and Collaborator

All contributors who land a non-trivial contribution should be on-boarded in a timely manner,
To become a member of the Community Committee, start participating! Attend the bi-weekly meetings,

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file issues and pull requests, and provide insight via GitHub. Request to become an Observer by

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filing an issue. Once added as an Observer to meetings, we will track attendance and participation

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for 3 months, as according to our [governance guidelines](https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md#section-4-establishment-of-the-community-committee). If you meet the mininum
attendance and are participating, the CommComm will vote to add you as a member.

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All participants added as members should be on-boarded in a timely manner,
and added as a collaborator, and be given write access to the repository.

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Collaborators are expected to follow this policy and continue to send pull requests, go through
proper review, and have other collaborators merge their pull requests.

# CC Process
# The CommComm Process

The CC uses a "consensus seeking" process for issues that are escalated to the CC.
The group tries to find a resolution that has no open objections among CC members.
The CommComm uses a "consensus seeking" process for issues that are escalated to the CommComm.
The group tries to find a resolution that has no open objections among the CommComm members.
If a consensus cannot be reached that has no objections then a majority wins vote
is called. It is also expected that the majority of decisions made by the CC are via
is called. It is also expected that the majority of decisions made by the CommComm are via
a consensus seeking process and that voting is only used as a last-resort.

Resolution may involve returning the issue to collaborators with suggestions on how to
move forward towards a consensus. It is not expected that a meeting of the CC
move forward towards a consensus. It is not expected that a meeting of the CommComm
will resolve all issues on its agenda during that meeting and may prefer to continue
the discussion happening among the collaborators.

Members can be added to the CC at any time. Any collaborator can nominate another collaborator
to the CC and the CC uses its standard consensus seeking process to evaluate whether or
Members can be added to the CommComm at any time. Any collaborator can nominate another collaborator
to the CommComm and the CommComm uses its standard consensus seeking process to evaluate whether or
not to add this new member. Members who do not participate consistently at the level of
a majority of the other members are expected to resign.