Comodo Group Inc. votes yes.
> On Mar 27, 2018, at 11:20 PM, Virginia Fournier via Public > <public@cabforum.org> wrote: > > > Ballot 206: Amendment to IPR Policy & Bylaws re Working Group Formation > > Purpose of Ballot: This ballot is the result of the work done by the > CA/Browser Forum (the “Forum”) Governance > Reform Working Group. > > The following motion has been proposed by Virginia Fournier of Apple and > endorsed by Tim Hollebeek of Digicert and Jos Purvis of Cisco to amend the > CA/Browser Forum Intellectual Property Rights Policy (“IPR Policy”) and > Bylaws of the > CA/Browser Forum (the “Bylaws”) regarding the formation of working groups: > > -- MOTION BEGINS – > > 1. Amendment to IPR Policy. The IPR Policy is hereby amended to read in its > entirety as set > forth on Exhibit A hereto (IPR Policy version 1.3, effective [date], 2018). > In summary, the > primary purpose of the amendment to the IPR Policy is to clarify that patent > licensing > obligations will be based on working group participation rather than Forum > membership. > > 2. Amendment to Bylaws. The Bylaws are hereby amended to read in their > entirety as set > forth on Exhibit B hereto (Bylaws version 1.9, effective [date], 2018). In > summary, the purpose > of the amendment to the Bylaws is to: > Set forth the processes required to set up and operate new Forum working > groups (each, a “Chartered Working Group” or “CWG”). > Clarify that a CWG can create its own subcommittees without full Forum > approval and according to the CWG’s own approval process. > Make clarifications regarding the handling of faulty ballot votes. > Clarify the applicable process when there’s discrepancy between proposed > Guideline language in a ballot and language set forth in a redline version > attached to the ballot. > Specify how to finalize minutes if there is no Forum meeting or > teleconference within 3 weeks after publication of the draft minutes. > Clarify the meanings of the terms “Forum Meetings” and “Forum > Teleconferences." > Approve the charter for the Server Certificate Working Group, which will > become the first Chartered Working Group (CWG). > Allow already-existing working groups (“Legacy Working Groups” or “LWG”) to > continue operating under the old rules for up to 6 months, and then > transition to a Chartered Working Group (CWG) with a new charter approved > under Section 5.3 of the Bylaws to continue thereafter; also clearly > differentiate between Legacy Working Groups and Chartered Working Groups. > Correct the term used to define a CAB Forum member as a “Member” rather than > using various other terms to refer to the same thing throughout the document. > Correct non-substantive typos. > > 3. Approval of Charter for Server Certificate Working Group. Pursuant to > Section 5.3.1 (Formation of Working Groups) of the amended Bylaws, the > charter for the Server Certificate Working Group attached hereto as Exhibit C > is hereby approved. > > 4. Applicability of Amendments. The amendments to the IPR Policy and the > Bylaws described in this ballot shall become effective 90 days after the date > on which the vote for approval is final, and shall not apply retroactively. > Any Draft Guideline Ballots already in the Review Period when such amendments > go into effect shall comply with the versions of the IPR Policy and the > Bylaws in effect when such Review Period began. > > -- MOTION ENDS – > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > BALLOT 206 > Formal discussion period: (7 days) > Start time: 20 March 2018 2:38 PM PDT (20 Mar 2018 21:38 UTC) > End Time: 27 March 2018 8:00 PM PDT (28 Mar 2018 3:00 AM UTC) > > Vote for approval (7 days) > Start time: 27 March 2018 8:30 PM PDT (28 March 2018 3:30 AM UTC) > End time: 3 April 2018 8:30 PM PDT (4 April 2018 3:30 AM) > > 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, and there must be a quorum. > > Pursuant to Section 2.3(d) of the Bylaws, each Member, and not the Forum, > will be responsible for taking precautions to make sure such Member’s vote is > submitted properly and counted. In the event that a Member’s vote on a ballot > is not submitted properly, such vote shall not be valid and shall not be > counted, and there shall be no appeal, revote (except in the case of a new > ballot submitted to all Members) or other recourse. > > <Ballot 206 - docs for ballot> > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
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