HARICA votes "yes" to ballot 206. Some amendments we sent to the
governance WG in January and February were unintentionally disregarded.
Hopefully they will be fixed in a subsequent ballot.
Dimitris.
On 28/3/2018 6:20 πμ, Virginia Fournier via Public 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/
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.
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