<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Apple votes YES.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Curt</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 9, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Kirk Hall via Public <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org" class="">public@cabforum.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Reminder: Ballot 196 – Define “Audit Period” is in the discussion period (ends April 10)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">Ballot 196 - Define "Audit Period"</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b class="">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.
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">The following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Jody Cloutier of Microsoft:<br class="">
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<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto">-- MOTION BEGINS – <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Add the following definition to section 1.6.1 of the Baseline Requirements:<br class="">
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<pre class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">Audit Period:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""> <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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></pre>
<pre class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></pre><p class="MsoNormal">-- MOTION ENDS – <o:p class=""></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">3rd April</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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10th April<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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17th April<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 105%;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">If Exclusion Notice(s) filed, ballot approval is rescinded and PAG to be created.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 105%;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">If no Exclusion Notices filed, ballot becomes effective at end of Review Period.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Upon filing of Review Notice by Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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30 days after filing of Review Notice by Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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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 class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">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 here:
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must be in favor. <span style="background:white" class="">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 class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
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