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Updated based on comments from Kirk and Gerv. Any other thoughts or
are we ready for endorsers?<span
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Ballot 136 – Chair Election</span><o:p></o:p><br>
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Amendment to Section 4.1 of CA/Browser Forum Bylaws to Clarify
Election Process for Chair and Vice Chair <o:p></o:p></span><span
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Motion Begins<o:p></o:p></span><span
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The third paragraph of section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s
bylaws is amended as follows:<o:p></o:p></span> <span
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Upon expiration or early termination of the current Chair’s term,
the Vice Chair will automatically be nominated <u>as </u><s>to
become </s>the next Chair, but <u>Forum </u>Members may
nominate themselves or others to be additional candidates as
Chair. <u>On or before the second week of a position’s vacancy,
the Chair or Vice Chair will announce, through the management
mailing list, a start date and close date for nominations for
Chair and Vice Chair, with the nomination period lasting at
least one week. If a single individual is nominated for a
position, the Forum will hold a ballot to confirm appointment of
the nominee. For the confirmation ballot, e</u></span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">ach Forum Member
is entitled to a single vote regardless of the number of
participating Forum Member representatives or whether the
Forum Member is categorized as a CA or product supplier. If
multiple votes are received from a Forum Member’s
representatives, the last vote submitted during the voting
period is considered the Forum Member’s vote. The single
nominee is considered confirmed if a majority of the Forum
members who vote are in favor of the appointment, regardless
of the number of votes cast and irrespective of whether 2/3
of the CAs or 1/2 of the product suppliers approve
appointment of the nominee. <br>
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</span></u>If more than one candidate is nominated for Chair
or Vice Chair, the Forum will announce an election ballot to
determine which candidate will fill the position. </u><s>upon
close of nominations, </s><u>Within two weeks after the close
of the nomination period, the Chair or Vice Chair will establish
an election committee and announce the election ballot on the
management mailing list along with the ballot start date, ballot
end date, and a description of the voting process. The Chair or
Vice Chair will appoint the election committee by selecting at
least two volunteers who have a reputation for independence,
preferably individuals without voting rights in the Forum and
that participate as Interested Parties. The election committee
is responsible solely for tallying Forum Member votes in
connection with the election ballot. The description must
include the email address(es) where members will send their
vote, which should be the email addresses of the election
committee. </u><s>ballot will be held in the regular manner to
<u>s</u>elect the new Chair. If the election of a new Chair
means the office of Vice Chair becomes vacant, the Members may
nominate themselves or other candidates to the office of Vice
Chair, and a ballot will be held in the regular manner to elect
the new Vice Chair.</s><o:p></o:p></span> <span
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For election ballots, each Forum Member is entitled to a single
vote regardless of the number of participating Forum Member
representatives or whether the Forum Member is categorized as a
CA or product supplier. If multiple votes are received from a
Forum Member’s representatives, the last vote submitted during
the voting period is considered the Forum Member’s vote. Within
two weeks after the election ballot closes, the election
committee will compile the votes, ensure that only one vote is
counted per Forum Member, confirm the results with other members
of the election committee, and publish the ballot results by
sending an email to the public mailing list. </span></u><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">The election
committee will not include any votes submitted before or
after the voting period when compile the votes. </span></u>The
ballot results email will contain only the following
information: a short description of the ballot purpose, the
total number of votes submitted during the ballot period, and
the name of the nominee receiving the most votes. The election
committee may include other language as necessary to accurately
describe the ballot and any concerns the election committee had
with the ballot provided that such language does not disclose
how individual Forum Members voted. The election committee will
treat the votes of individual Forum Members as confidential
information. The nominee receiving the most votes is appointed
to the applicable position, regardless of the number of votes
cast and irrespective of whether 2/3 of the CAs or ½ of the
product suppliers voted for the nominee. If the election ballot
results in a tie, the Chair or Vice Chair will hold another
election ballot that includes only the tying nominees. <o:p></o:p></span></u><span
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Motion Ends<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span><span
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review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC
on 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC
on 2014. Unless the motion is withdrawn during
the review period, the voting period will start immediately
thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on
2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this
thread. </span><o:p></o:p> <span
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A vote in favor of the motion 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: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cabforum.org/members/"><span
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In order for the motion 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. Also, at least seven members must participate in the
ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.
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