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Expand Up @@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ Collaborator activities as well.
### CTC Meetings

The CTC meets weekly in a voice conference call. The meeting is run by a
designated moderator approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on YouTube.
designated meeting chair approved by the CTC. Each meeting is streamed on
YouTube.

Items are added to the CTC agenda which are considered contentious or
are modifications of governance, contribution policy, CTC membership,
Expand All @@ -129,21 +130,21 @@ group of Collaborators.

Any community member or contributor can ask that something be reviewed
by the CTC by logging a GitHub issue. Any Collaborator, CTC member, or the
moderator can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the
meeting chair can bring the issue to the CTC's attention by applying the
`ctc-review` label. If consensus-seeking among CTC members fails for a
particular issue, it may be added to the CTC meeting agenda by adding the
`ctc-agenda` label.

Prior to each CTC meeting, the moderator will share the agenda with
Prior to each CTC meeting, the meeting chair will share the agenda with
members of the CTC. CTC members can also add items to the agenda at the
beginning of each meeting. The moderator and the CTC cannot veto or remove
beginning of each meeting. The meeting chair and the CTC cannot veto or remove
items.

The CTC may invite persons or representatives from certain projects to
participate in a non-voting capacity.

The moderator is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each agenda item
and sending it as a pull request after the meeting.
The meeting chair is responsible for summarizing the discussion of each agenda
item and sending it as a pull request after the meeting.

Due to the challenges of scheduling a global meeting with participants in
several timezones, the CTC will seek to resolve as many agenda items as possible
Expand All @@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ The CTC follows a
[Consensus Seeking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making)
decision making model.

When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the moderator will ask
"Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus.
When an agenda item has appeared to reach a consensus, the meeting chair will
ask "Does anyone object?" as a final call for dissent from the consensus.

If an agenda item cannot reach a consensus, a CTC member can call for either a
closing vote or a vote to table the issue to the next meeting. All votes
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