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<p class="MsoNormal">Trustwave votes Yes to 196<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Public <<a href="mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org">public-bounces@cabforum.org</a>> on behalf of Gervase Markham via Public <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 3 April, 2017 at 14:05 <br>
<b>To: </b>CABFPub <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Gervase Markham <<a href="mailto:gerv@mozilla.org">gerv@mozilla.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[cabfpub] Ballot 196: Define "Audit Period"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="X-NONE">Ballot 196 - Define "Audit Period"</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span lang="X-NONE">Purpose of Ballot:
</span></b><span lang="X-NONE">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="X-NONE">The following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Jody Cloutier of Microsoft:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="X-NONE">Add the following definition to section 1.6.1 of the Baseline Requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><b><span lang="X-NONE">Audit Period:</span></b><span lang="X-NONE"> <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></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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><span lang="X-NONE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Status: Final Maintenance Guideline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Start time (23:00 UTC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">End time (23:00 UTC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3rd April</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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10th April<o:p></o:p></p>
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10th April<o:p></o:p></p>
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17th April<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If vote approves ballot: Review Period (Chair to send Review Notice) (30 days).
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Upon filing of Review Notice by Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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30 days after filing of Review Notice by Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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><span lang="X-NONE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="line862" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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:
</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="color:black"><a href="https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=4062&d=2bDv2IaeElm0aaYMsIYi1r-lRrs5R6tXykw5Gc7KLw&s=5&u=https%3a%2f%2fcabforum%2eorg%2fmembers%2f"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://cabforum.org/members/</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="X-NONE">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></span></p>
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<pre><span lang="X-NONE">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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