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<div class="WordSection1"><o:p></o:p><b>Ballot 196 - Define "Audit
Period"<br>
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<b>Purpose of Ballot: </b>It appears that CAs are sometimes
confused by the phrase Audit Period. This ballot adds a
definition of that phrase to the BRs, in the hope of heading
off any further misunderstandings. <br>
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following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of
Mozilla and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Jody
Cloutier of Microsoft:<br>
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<o:p></o:p> Add the following definition to section 1.6.1 of the
Baseline Requirements:<br>
<pre wrap=""><b>Audit Period:</b> <span class="gmail-">In a period-of-time audit, the period between the first day (start) and the last day of operations (end) covered by the auditors in their engagement. (This is not the same as the period of time when </span>the auditors are on-site at the CA.) The coverage rules and maximum length of audit periods are defined in section 8.1.</pre>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">The procedure
for approval of this Final Maintenance Guideline ballot is
as follows (exact start and end times may be adjusted to
comply with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Final Maintenance Guideline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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align="center"> <span
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April<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Calibri">Vote for
approval (7 days)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Calibri">If vote
approves ballot: Review Period (Chair to send Review
Notice) (30 days). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Calibri">If
Exclusion Notice(s) filed, ballot approval is
rescinded and PAG to be created.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Calibri">If no
Exclusion Notices filed, ballot becomes effective at
end of Review Period.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">From Bylaw 2.3:
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 Bylaw Section 2.3(j).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Votes must be
cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the
Public list. 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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <span
style="background:white">Quorum is shown on CA/Browser Forum
wiki. Under Bylaw 2.2(g), at least the required quorum
number must participate in the ballot for the ballot to be
valid, either by voting in favor, voting against, or
abstaining.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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