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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Cisco votes YES on Ballot Forum-9.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>-- <br>Jos Purvis (jopurvis@cisco.com)<br>.:|:.:|:. cisco systems | Cryptographic Services<br>PGP: 0xFD802FEE07D19105 | +1 919.991.9114 (desk)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Public <public-bounces@cabforum.org> on behalf of CA/B Forum Public List <public@cabforum.org><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Wayne Thayer <wthayer@mozilla.com>, CA/B Forum Public List <public@cabforum.org><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, 13 May, 2019 at 14:59 <br><b>To: </b>CA/B Forum Public List <public@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[cabfpub] Voting Begins: Ballot Forum-9 - Bylaws and Server Certificate Working Group Charter Updates<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. Major changes include:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* Formalize <span class=gmail-m-4700327055783288798gmail-il>Subcommittees</span> at the Forum level<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>* Automatically grant Forum membership to CWG members <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>* Move Forum membership requirements to the SCWG Charter and clarify them<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* Clarify CWG voting rules<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* Clarify process for CWG officer elections<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p>The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert to amend the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum and the Server Certificate Working Group Charter.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>— MOTION BEGINS –<o:p></o:p></p><p>1. Amendment to the Bylaws: replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum with the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/Bylaws.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/Bylaws.md</a><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>2. Amendment to the SCWG Charter: replace the entire text of the Server Certificate Working Group Charter with the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/SCWG-charter.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/SCWG-charter.md</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p>— MOTION ENDS –<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></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)):<o:p></o:p></p><p>A comparison of the changes can be found at: <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/0616216..f749189?diff=split" target="_blank">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/0616216..f749189?diff=split</a><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p>Formal discussion period: (14+ days)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Start time: April 26, 2019 19:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><p>End Time: May 13, 2019 19:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p>Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Start time: May 13, 2019 19:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><p>End time: May 20, 2019 19:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>