Mozilla votes "Yes" On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:30 AM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public < public@cabforum.org> wrote:
> The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA > and endorsed by Mike Reilly of Microsoft and Tim Hollebeek of Digicert. > > *Purpose of Ballot*: > > The Forum has identified and discussed a number of improvements to be made > to the current version of the Bylaws to improve clarity and allow the Forum > to function more effectively. Most of these changes are described in the > “Issues > with Bylaws to be addressed > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrIy3F5cPge0_M-C8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q_2S6S31ynU0>” > document. > > Here is a list of major changes: > > 1. Clarified the use of the term “Member” so it is clear when we > discuss about all Forum Members (which includes Associate Members and > Interested Parties), and when we discuss about the “Voting Members”. Adding > the word “Voting” in front of the word “Member” removes this ambiguity. > Also, the term “Members” or “Forum Members” is now the union of “Voting > Members”, “Associate Members” and “Interested Parties”. > 2. Added the term “Voting Representative” which is designated by each > Member. Only votes submitted by Voting Representatives will be considered. > 3. Replaced “Forum wiki” with the properly defined term “Member Web > Site”. > 4. Removed references for Webmaster in the definition of “Public Web > Site” since it is repeated in section 5.2. > 5. Added the Photography Policy in Exhibit D. > 6. Clarify 4.1 (2) that Forum Members nominate representatives > 7. Allow Informative Changes to Guidelines > 8. In 5.3.1 require that a Certificate Issuer is trusted in the > “latest” software produced by a Certificate Consumer > 9. In 4.1 the Chair is eligible to be elected as Chair after having > vacated the position as Chair for at least one (1) term, instead of two (2) > years. > > *-- MOTION BEGINS --* > > *Amendment to the Bylaws:* Replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the > CA/Browser Forum with the attached version (CA-Browser Forum Bylaws > v2.3.pdf). > > *NOTE:* There are three redline versions: > > 1. PDF (attached as "CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3-redline.pdf") > 2. DOCX (attached as "CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3-redline.docx") > 3. GitHub redline available at > > https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/fc63be73323195abc4e462708ca0385e37b7043d..a94d136c6ddbd0024e9bdc70785aa71f1e2f6753#diff-c2f0349076f544cc0e9f059f30f21a85 > > *-- MOTION ENDS --* > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > *Forum-12 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws* > > *Start time (15:00 UTC)* > > *End time (15:00 UTC)* > > Discussion (14 days) > > 04 May 2020 > > 18 May 2020 > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > 18 May 2020 > > 25 May 2020 > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public >
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