Summary of the Node.js Board controversy from what I can gather

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Summary of the Node.js Board controversy from what I can gather.

All the redactions (and hidden/private conversations) has made it very hard for the outside to figure out what has occured.

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Node.js Community Committee wanted Rod out:

• nodejs/TSC#310
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20170821212745/https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/310 (early archive before redactions)
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825103107/https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/310

Rod's tweets from the complaint:

• https://twitter.com/rvagg/status/887652116524707841
• https://twitter.com/rvagg/status/887790865766268928

The redacted company discussion as part of the allegations against Rod:

• https://mobile.twitter.com/balupton/status/901011337291063296
• http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825091637/https://github.com/nodejs/board/issues/58

Internal discussion followed. Rod's response:

• nodejs/CTC#165
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825084131/https://github.com/nodejs/CTC/issues/165

Node.js Technical Committee voted, kept Rod, several people resigned and setup their own fork (Ayo.js) because of that:

• nodejs/TSC#310
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825101957/https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/310
• https://twitter.com/jasnell/status/900761362569207808
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102003/https://twitter.com/jasnell/status/900761362569207808
• https://github.com/ayojs/ayo
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102018/https://github.com/ayojs/ayo

Discussion around Ayo.js' values:

• ayojs/ayo#15
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170829161639/https://github.com/ayojs/ayo/pull/15
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825153930/https://github.com/ayojs/ayo/pull/15
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825152909/https://github.com/ayojs/ayo/pull/15
  • Archive of links mentioned within it
    • https://mobile.twitter.com/maybekatz/status/900438674575310848
      • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825104228/https://mobile.twitter.com/maybekatz/status/900438674575310848
    • https://mobile.twitter.com/maybekatz/status/900438899348037632
      • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825104340/https://mobile.twitter.com/maybekatz/status/900438899348037632
    • https://twitter.com/maybekatz/status/781292990673391616
      • http://web.archive.org/web/20170829161850/https:/twitter.com/maybekatz/status/781292990673391616

Node.js Board released a statement:

• nodejs/board#67
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102019/https://github.com/nodejs/board/issues/67
• nodejs/node#15011
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102025/https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/15011

NPM issued a statement:

• http://blog.npmjs.org/post/164575965335/values-inclusion-and-the-nodejs-foundation
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102036/http://blog.npmjs.org/post/164575965335/values-inclusion-and-the-nodejs-foundation

Concerns about the processes that lead this situation:

• nodejs/community-committee#111
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825092811/https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee/issues/111

Efforts are underway to setup a new Moderation Team:

• nodejs/community-committee#111 (comment)
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825092811/https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee/issues/111#issuecomment-324104536
• nodejs/TSC#276
  • http://wayback.archive.org/web/20170825102046/https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/pull/276

Articles on the matter:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/6vqsve/nodejs_board_statement_on_tsc_action/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/6vvenk/the_truth_about_rod_vagg_rod_vaggs_response_to/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/6w1sv3/after_governance_breakdown_nodejs_leaders_fight/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/6vhbit/here_we_go_again_nodejs_forked_to_ayojs_iojs/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15072622
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15115989

Code of Conduct Violation Report regarding Ashley Williams

• nodejs/TSC#324
• https://gist.github.com/anonymous/1d7df8d20d78797c955e26bfbe3bc0e7
• https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/6whs2e/multiple_coc_violations_by_nodejs_board_member/
  • http://archive.is/VEtHu

Latest tweets on the matter:

• https://mobile.twitter.com/search/live?q=rvagg
• https://mobile.twitter.com/search/live?q=node.js+board

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If I've got anything wrong here, or you have feedback, suggestions, improvements, then post a comment and I'll address it in the coming days.