Mozilla votes "Yes" on Ballot Forum-018 v3 On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:43 AM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public < public@cabforum.org> wrote:
> This message begins the voting period for ballot Forum-18 v3. > > Dimitris. > > Purpose of the 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 efficiently. 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. Some preparatory discussions and reviews can be checked on > GitHub <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32>. > > Here is a list of major changes: > > 1. Clarified that it is not always required to “READ” the antitrust > statement before each meeting and added the option of reading a > "note-well". > 2. Clarified where to send/post Chartered Working Group minutes. > 3. Increased the number of days before automatic failing a ballot from > 21 to 90 days. > 4. Allow Chair or Vice-Chair to update links to other sections within > a document without a ballot. > 5. Applied grammatical and other language improvements. > 6. Clarified that Subcommittee minutes do not need to also be > published on the public web site. > 7. Created a new member category called "Probationary Member", > applicable to both Certificate Issuer and Consumer categories, and > separated "Associate Members - Certificate Issuers" from the "Associate > Member" category. > 8. Clarified language for Associate Members for consistency with > Probationary Member for the ballot proposals and endorsing. > 9. Removed the member category called "Root CA Issuer" and only kept > the "CA Issuer" category. > 10. Added a step to check the authority of the signer during > membership applications. > 11. Updated the Chartered Working Group template. > 12. Added some language to the Code of Conduct. > 13. Publishing private conversations without express permission is > considered a violation of the Code of Conduct. > 14. Updated the elections language as agreed at F2F#58. > > The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA > and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Paul van Brouwershaven of Entrust. > > 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 > v2.5.pdf). > > *NOTE:* There are two redlines produced by GitHub > > 1. Bylaws-redline.pdf (attached) > 2. GitHub redline available at > https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff- > > <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11> > 3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11 > > <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11> > > MOTION ENDS > The procedure for this ballot is as follows: > > > *Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5 * *Start time > (10:00 UTC)* *End time (10:00 UTC)* > Discussion (at least 7 days) 4 July 2023 11 July 2023 > Expected Vote for approval (7 days) 13 July 2023 > 20 July 2023 > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org > https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public >
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