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+# Node Benchmarking meeting 18 Nov 2016
+
+## Agenda
+* Stand up
+* Actions from last meeting
+* membership - issue
+  [#70](https://github.com/nodejs/benchmarking/issues/70)
+* feat(let-const-var): The test for let & const & var 
+  [#63](https://github.com/nodejs/benchmarking/pull/63)
+* Open issues/PR review
+* --ignition-staging
+  
+## Present
+
+* Michael Dawson @mhdawson
+* Gareth Ellis @gareth-ellis 
+* Ali Sheikh @ofrobots
+
+## Round Table
+* Gareth
+  * Busy last few months, will start ramping back up.
+* Ali
+  * V8 team is working on ignition interpreter.
+  * working on performance of ignition with respect to Node.js.
+  * looking for another server side benchmark to use in
+    addition to AcmeAir.
+* Michael 
+  * Updated benchmarking nightly runs to add v7.
+  * working on benchmarking WG update presentation for
+    Node Interactive US.
+  * Working to help @curryKitten(Wayne Andrews) ramp
+    up and start contributing to this WG.
+ 
+## Agenda items
+### [#70](https://github.com/nodejs/benchmarking/issues/70)
+* no response for quite a few people.
+* Ali - any need to trim list ?
+* We will try to reach out directly to those who
+  have not responded and review again next meeting.
+
+###  [#63](https://github.com/nodejs/benchmarking/pull/63)
+* Michael, a bit different from the ones we currently chart
+* Gareth, possibly run les frequently and show on other pages.
+* Ali, can agree it does not necessarily need to be in chart.
+* defer until next meeting when Michael P will be there.
+
+### Open issues/PR review
+  * we went through and discussed/reviewed the open issues
+  * Link to acmeair issue that Ali mentioned: https://github.com/acmeair/acmeair-nodejs/pull/10
+
+### --ignition-staging
+  * Ali mentioned ignition will become default sometime next year, we should start measuring   
+    some results to give feedback.  He will open an issue to start the discussion.
+
+### Actions from last meeting
+* Michael and Gareth to work on additional benchmarks as discussed above
+* Neither us had time, roll over to next time.
+
+## Actions for next meeting
+* Michael and Gareth to work on additional benchmarks as discussed above
+* all - review https://github.com/nodejs/benchmarking/pull/63 so
+  we can discuss again in the next meeting
+
+## Next meeting
+
+Michael to set next meeting for early January.
+