<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Below is a proposed ballot for the Bylaws updates that we have been discussing for some time.</div><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned on today's call, I have referenced the documents on GitHub in the body of the ballot rather than attaching PDFs as was done in the last major Bylaws ballot. I have used permalinks that preserve the exact version in the ballot, even if changes are later made to the branch. Please let me know if you have concerns with this approach.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking for one more endorser so that I can assign a ballot number and begin the review period.</div><div><br></div><div>I would also appreciate everyone's review of these changes - there are a lot of changes and thus opportunities for mistakes.</div><div><br></div><div>- Wayne<br></div><div>===========<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ballot Forum-#</div><div><br></div><div>Purpose of Ballot: The Forum has identified and discussed a number of improvements to be made to the current version of the bylaws to improve clarity and allow the Forum to function more effectively.</div><div><br></div><div><p>The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla
and endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and XXX of YYY to
amend the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum and the Server Certificate Working Group Charter.</p><p><br></p><p>— MOTION BEGINS –</p><p>1. Amendment to the Bylaws: replace the entire text of the bylaws with the following:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/52fd23441fe6933ce36bb7256d609534ccf1fc84/docs/Bylaws.md">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/52fd23441fe6933ce36bb7256d609534ccf1fc84/docs/Bylaws.md</a></p><p><br></p><p>2. Amendment to the Server Certificate Working Group Charter: replace the entire text of the SCWG Charter with the following:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/52fd23441fe6933ce36bb7256d609534ccf1fc84/docs/SCWG-charter.md">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/52fd23441fe6933ce36bb7256d609534ccf1fc84/docs/SCWG-charter.md</a></p></div><div><p>— MOTION ENDS –</p><p><br></p>
<p>*** WARNING ***: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE REDLINE BELOW IS NOT THE
OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE CHANGES (CABF Bylaws, Section 2.4(a)):</p>
<p>A comparison of the changes can be found at: <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/master..bylaws2.2">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/master..bylaws2.2</a></p>
<p>The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</p><p>Formal discussion period: (14+ days)</p>
<p>Start time: TBD UTC</p>
<p>End Time: TBD UTC</p></div><div><p>Vote for approval (7 days)</p>
<p>Start time: TBD UTC<br></p>
<p>End time: TBD UTC</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>