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HARICA votes "yes" to ballot 216.<br>
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Dimitris.<br>
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On 12/12/2017 8:51 μμ, Gervase Markham via Public wrote:<br>
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<i>[Updated endorsers, 2nd attempt. Timeline unchanged.]</i><strong><br>
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Ballot 216: Update Discussion Period Process<br>
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<p class="line874">Purpose of Ballot: The current voting
procedures specify a "period of discussion", the duration of
which is fixed before the ballot process begins. This ballot
updates that to instead have the period of discussion be more
flexible, to avoid it expiring while discussion is ongoing and
thereby voting on a sub-optimal ballot.<br>
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<p class="line874">The following motion has been proposed by
Gervase Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Tim Hollebeek 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"> This ballot modifies the CAB Forum Bylaws.<br>
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<p class="line874">In Section 2.3(c), replace the text:</p>
<p class="line874">"The discussion period then shall take place
for at least seven but no more than 14 calendar days before
votes are cast. The proposer of the ballot will designate the
length of the discussion period, and each ballot shall clearly
state the start and end dates and times (including time zone)
for both the discussion period and the voting period."</p>
<p class="line874">with:</p>
<p class="line874">"The discussion period then shall take place
for at least seven calendar days before votes are cast. At any
time, a new version of the ballot (marked with a distinguishing
version number) may be posted by the proposer in the same manner
as the original. Once no new version of the ballot has been
posted for seven calendar days, the proposer may end the
discussion period and start the voting period by reposting the
final version of the ballot and clearly indicating that voting
is to begin, along with the start and end dates and times
(including time zone) for the voting period. The ballot
automatically fails if 21 calendar days elapse since the
proposer last posted a version of the ballot and the voting
period has not been started."</p>
<p class="line874">Similarly, in Section 2.4(b), replace the text:</p>
<p class="line874">"As described in Section 2.3(c), there will be
a discussion period of at least seven but no more than 14
calendar days before votes are cast on a Draft Guideline Ballot,
with the start and end dates of such discussion period clearly
specified in the ballot."</p>
<p class="line874">with:</p>
<p class="line874">"As described in Section 2.3(c), there will be
a discussion period of at least seven days before votes are cast
on a Draft Guideline Ballot, with the start date of such
discussion period clearly specified in the ballot. The
discussion period shall end and the voting period shall commence
also according to the procedure specified in Section 2.3(c)."<br>
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<p class="line874">In Section 2.3(d) of the CAB Forum Bylaws,
replace the text:</p>
<p class="line874">"Upon completion of the discussion period,
Members shall have"</p>
<p class="line874">with:</p>
<p class="line874">"Upon commencement of the voting period,
Members shall have"</p>
<p class="line874">Similarly, in Section 2.4(c), replace the text:</p>
<p class="line874">"As described in Section 2.3(d), upon
completion of such discussion period, Members shall have"</p>
<p class="line874">with:</p>
<p class="line874">"As described in Section 2.3(d), upon
commencement of the voting period, Members shall have"</p>
<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">End 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">7 Dec<br>
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<p class="line862">14 Dec<br>
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<p class="line862">Vote for approval (7 days) </p>
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<p class="line862">14 Dec<br>
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<p class="line862">21 Dec<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/" moz-do-not-send="true">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. <br>
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