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<strong>Ballot 212: Canonicalise formal name of the Baseline
Requirements</strong>
<p class="line874">Purpose of Ballot: to make the formal name of the
Baseline Requirements document clear, as use is not currently
consistent.<br>
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<p class="line874">The following motion has been proposed by Gervase
Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and
Ryan Sleevi of Google: <span class="anchor" id="line-6"></span><span
class="anchor" id="line-7"></span></p>
<p class="line867"><strong>-- MOTION BEGINS --</strong> <span
class="anchor" id="line-8"></span><span class="anchor"
id="line-9"></span></p>
<p class="line874">The official name of the Baseline Requirements
document shall be 'The Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates'. Approved
abbreviations for official use are "the Baseline Requirements",
and "the BRs".</p>
<p class="line874">Editors and maintainers of CAB Forum documents
and websites are empowered to update text under their control at
any time to make this so.<br>
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<p class="line867"><strong>-- MOTION ENDS --</strong> <span
class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><span class="anchor"
id="line-13"></span></p>
<p class="line874">The procedure for approval of this ballot is as
follows: <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span></p>
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<p class="line862">Start time (22:00 UTC) </p>
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<p class="line862">Discussion (7 to 14 days) </p>
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<p class="line862">18 Aug<br>
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<p class="line862">25 Aug<br>
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<p class="line862">Vote for approval (7 days) </p>
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<p class="line862">25 Aug<br>
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<p class="line862">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: <tt class="backtick"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://cabforum.org/members/">https://cabforum.org/members/</a></tt>
<span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><span class="anchor"
id="line-26"></span></p>
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.
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.
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