Amazon votes YES.
> On Jan 25, 2017, at 7:27 AM, Kirk Hall via Public <[email protected]> wrote: > > Voting has started on Ballo3 183, and continues through Tuesday, January 31, > 2017 at 22:00 UTC. Please vote via the Public list. > > > > Ballot 183 – Amending the Bylaws to Clarify the Ballot Approval Process > > The following motion has been proposed by Kirk Hall of Entrust, Inc. and > endorsed by Virginia Fournier of Apple, Inc. and Chris Nalevanko of > Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>, Inc. to amend the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws > (the “Bylaws”): > > -- MOTION BEGINS – > > In accordance with Section 6.1 of the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum (the > “Forum”), the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows: > 1. Ballots Among Forum Members. Section 2.2 of the Bylaws is hereby amended > to read in its entirety as follows: > > “2.2 General Provisions Applicable to all Ballots > > The following rules will apply to all ballots, including Draft Guideline > Ballots (defined in Section 2.3). > > (a) Only votes by Members shall be accepted. > > (b) Only one vote per Member company shall be accepted; representatives of > corporate affiliates shall not vote. > > (c) A representative of any Member can call for a proposed ballot to be > published for discussion and comment by the membership. Any proposed ballot > needs two endorsements by other Members in order to proceed. The discussion > period then shall take place for at least seven but no more than 14 calendar > days before votes are cast. The proposer of the ballot will designate the > length of the discussion period, and each ballot shall clearly state the > start and end dates and times (including time zone) for both the discussion > period and the voting period. > > (d) Upon completion of the discussion period, Members shall have exactly > seven calendar days for voting, with the deadline clearly communicated in the > ballot and sent via the Public Mail List. All voting will take place via the > Public Mail List. Votes not submitted to the Public Mail List will not be > considered valid, and will not be counted for any purpose. > > (e) Members may vote yes, no, or abstain on a ballot. Only votes that > indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the ballot question shall be > considered (i.e. votes to abstain and votes that do not indicate a clear > ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response will not figure in the calculation of item (f), below). > > (f) Members fall into two categories: CAs (comprising issuing CAs and root > CAs, as defined in the membership criteria) and browsers (as defined in the > membership criteria). In order for the ballot to be adopted by the Forum, > two-thirds or more of the votes cast by the Members in the CA category must > be in favor of the ballot, and at least 50% plus one of the votes cast by the > members in the browser category must be in favor of the ballot. At least one > CA Member and one browser Member must vote in favor of a ballot for the > ballot to be adopted. > > (g) A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the > number of currently active Members has participated. The number of currently > active Members is the average number of Member organizations that have > participated in the previous three Forum-wide meetings (both teleconferences > and face-to-face meetings). Working Group, subgroup, committee, PAG, and > other similar meetings do not count for purposes of calculating the “number > of currently active members.” > > (h) The Chair will tabulate and announce the results within 3 business days > of the close of the voting period. > > (i) The Chair may delegate any of his/her duties under this Section 2.2 and > Section 2.3 to the Vice Chair as necessary, or the Vice Chair may otherwise > execute the duties and obligations of the Chair as provided in Section 4.1(a) > of these Bylaws.” > > 2. Draft Guideline Ballots. A new Section 2.3 shall be added to the Bylaws, > and will read in its entirety as follows: > > “2.3 Requirements for Draft Guideline Ballots > > This section applies to any ballot that proposes a Final Guideline or a Final > Maintenance Guideline (a “Draft Guideline Ballot”), all as defined under the > Forum’s IPR Policy. Draft Guideline Ballots must comply with the following > rules in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.2 above. > > (a) A Draft Guideline Ballot will clearly indicate whether it is proposing a > Final Guideline or a Final Maintenance Guideline. If the Draft Guideline > Ballot is proposing a Final Guideline, such ballot will include the full text > of the Draft Guideline intended to become a Final Guideline. If the Draft > Guideline Ballot is proposing a Final Maintenance Guideline, such ballot will > include a redline or comparison showing the set of changes from the Final > Guideline section(s) intended to become a Final Maintenance Guideline, and > need not include a copy of the full set of guidelines. Such redline or > comparison shall be made against the Final Guideline section(s) as they exist > at the time a ballot is proposed, and need not take into consideration other > ballots that may be proposed subsequently, except as provided in Section > 2.3(j) below. > > (b) As described in Section 2.2(c), there will be a discussion period of at > least seven but no more than 14 calendar days before votes are cast on a > Draft Guideline Ballot, with the start and end dates of such discussion > period clearly specified in the ballot. > > (c) As described in Section 2.2(d), upon completion of such discussion > period, Members shall have exactly seven calendar days to vote on a Draft > Guideline Ballot, with the deadline clearly communicated in the ballot sent > via the Public Mail List. All voting will take place via the Public Mail > List. Votes not submitted to the Public Mail List will not be considered > valid, and will not be counted for any purpose. The Chair may send an email > to the Public Mail List reminding Members of when the voting period opens and > closes. > > (d) The Forum (via the Chair) will tabulate and announce the results within > 3 business days of the close of the initial voting period (the “Initial > Vote”). If the Draft Guidelines Ballot does not pass the Initial Vote, the > ballot will stop. > > (e) If a Draft Guideline Ballot passes the Initial Vote, the Chair shall > initiate, no later than the 3rd business day after the announcement of the > Initial Vote results, the Review Period of 30 or 60 days, as applicable and > as described in Section 4.1 of the IPR Policy. The Chair will initiate the > Review Period by sending the Review Notice to both the Member Mail List and > the Public Mail List. The Review Notice will clearly specify the open and > close dates and times (with time zone) of the Review Period. If the Chair > does not initiate the Review Period within 5 business days after the > announcement of the Initial Vote results, the Vice Chair may initiate the > Review Period, using the same process as the Chair would have been required > to use. > > (f) The Review Period will continue to the end of the 30- or 60-day period, > as applicable, regardless of the number of Exclusion Notices filed pursuant > to the IPR Policy during such period, if any. No later than 3 business days > after the conclusion of the applicable Review Period, the Chair will > distribute any Exclusion Notices submitted in accordance with Section 4.2 of > the IPR Policy via the Public Mail List; provided, however, that the Chair > may distribute such Exclusion Notices earlier. > > (g) In addition to following the process for submitting Exclusion Notices > set forth in Section 4 of the IPR Policy, Members will also send Exclusion > Notices to the Public Mail List as a safeguard. > > (h) If no Exclusion Notices are filed during the Review Period with respect > to a Draft Guideline Ballot, then the results of the Initial Vote are > automatically deemed to be final and approved, and Draft Guidelines then > become either Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines, as designated > in the Draft Guidelines Ballot. The Chair will notify both the Member Mail > List and the Public Mail List of the final approval within 3 business days, > as well as update the Public Website of Final Guidelines and Final > Maintenance Guidelines within 10 business days of the close of the Review > Period. > > (i) If Exclusion Notice(s) are filed during the Review Period (as described > in Section 4.3 of the IPR Policy), then the results of the Initial Vote are > automatically rescinded and deemed null and void, and; > > (i) A Patent Advisory Group (PAG) will be formed, in accordance with Section > 7 of the IPR Policy, to address the conflict. The PAG will make a conclusion > as described in Section 7.3.2 of the IPR Policy, and communicate such > conclusion to the rest of the Forum, using the Member Mail List and the > Public Mail List.; and > > (ii) After the PAG provides its conclusion, if the proposer and endorsers > decide to proceed with the Draft Guidelines Ballot, and: > > (A) The proposer and endorsers do not make any changes to the Draft > Guidelines Ballot, such ballot must go through the steps described in > Sections 2.3(b) through (d) above, replacing the “Initial Vote” with a > “Second Vote.” If a Draft Guidelines Ballot passes the Second Vote, then the > results of the Second Vote are deemed to be final and approved. Draft > Guidelines then become either Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance > Guidelines, as designated in the Draft Guidelines Ballot. The Chair will > notify both the Member Mail List and the Public Mail List of the approval, as > well as update the public website of Final Guidelines and Final Maintenance > Guidelines; or > > (B) The proposer and endorsers make changes to the Draft Guidelines Ballot, a > new Draft Guidelines Ballot must be proposed, and must go through the steps > described in Sections 2.3(a) through (i) above. > > (j) If a ballot is proposed to amend the same section of the Final > Guidelines or the Final Maintenance Guidelines as one or more previous > ballot(s) that has/have not yet been finally approved, the newly proposed > ballot must include information about, and a link to, any such previous > ballot(s), and may include provisions to avoid any conflicts relating to such > previous ballots.” > > 3. Interpretation of Bylaws. A new Section 6.3 shall be added to the Bylaws > and will read in its entirety as follows: > > “6.3 Interpretation of Bylaws > > Nothing in these Bylaws is intended to supersede or replace anything in the > IPR Policy. In the event of a conflict between these Bylaws and the IPR > Policy, the IPR Policy shall govern.” > > 3. Effect of Ballot. Nothing in this ballot is intended to supersede or > replace anything in the IPR Policy. In the event of a conflict between this > ballot and the IPR Policy, the IPR Policy shall govern. Except as > specifically provided in this ballot, all other provisions of the Bylaws > shall remain in full force and effect. > > -- MOTION ENDS – > > The procedure for this ballot is as follows (exact start and end times may be > adjusted to comply with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement): > > BALLOT 183 > Status: Amendment to Bylaws > Start time (22:00 UTC) > End time (22:00 UTC) > Discussion (7 days) > 17 Jan. 2017 > 24 Jan. 2017 > Vote for approval (7 days) > 24 Jan. 2017 > 31 Jan. 2017 > > Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the Public > Mail List. > > A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response. A > vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain > must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not > be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting > Member before the close of the voting period will be counted. Voting Members > are listed here: https://cabforum.org/members/ <https://cabforum.org/members/> > > In order for the ballot to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast > by Members in the CA category and greater than 50% of the votes cast by > members in the browser category must be in favor. Quorum is currently ten > (10) Members – at least ten Members must participate in the ballot, either by > voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public > <https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public>
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