[cabfpub] Voting begins for Ballot Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)]

HARICA votes "yes" to ballot Forum-18 v3.

On 13/7/2023 11:43 π.μ., Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public wrote:
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> This message begins the voting period for ballot Forum-18 v3.
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> Dimitris.
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>       Purpose of the Ballot
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> 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>.
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> Here is a list of major changes:
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>  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.
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> The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of 
> HARICA and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Paul van 
> Brouwershaven of Entrust.
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>       MOTION BEGINS
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> *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).
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> *NOTE:* There are two redlines produced by GitHub
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>  1. Bylaws-redline.pdf (attached)
>  2. GitHub redline available at
>     https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11
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>       MOTION ENDS
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> The procedure for this ballot is as follows:
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> *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
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