<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.gmail-m-7503411068571357856gmail-m-4700327055783288798gmail-il
{mso-style-name:gmail-m_-7503411068571357856gmail-m_-4700327055783288798gmail-il;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">SecureTrust votes Yes to Ballot Forum-9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:59 AM Wayne Thayer <<a href="mailto:wthayer@mozilla.com">wthayer@mozilla.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<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-7503411068571357856gmail-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://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=4062&d=na7c3PvzpoznvnZuIIk1_zP2b2lw6EbScp-vTrNJXw&s=5&u=https%3a%2f%2fgithub%2ecom%2fcabforum%2fdocuments%2fblob%2ff749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204%2fdocs%2fBylaws%2emd" 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://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=4062&d=na7c3PvzpoznvnZuIIk1_zP2b2lw6EbScpj9H7VFWQ&s=5&u=https%3a%2f%2fgithub%2ecom%2fcabforum%2fdocuments%2fblob%2ff749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204%2fdocs%2fSCWG-charter%2emd" 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://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=4062&d=na7c3PvzpoznvnZuIIk1_zP2b2lw6EbScpevTuNJXw&s=5&u=https%3a%2f%2fgithub%2ecom%2fcabforum%2fdocuments%2fcompare%2f0616216%2e%2ef749189%3fdiff%3dsplit" 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>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>