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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>GlobalSign votes YES on ballot “Forum-12 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Public <public-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 18, 2020 11:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> public@cabforum.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Voting Begins for ballot Forum-12 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=line874>The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and endorsed by Mike Reilly of Microsoft and Tim Hollebeek of Digicert. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=line867><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Purpose of Ballot</span></strong>: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p>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. Most of these changes are described in the “<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrIy3F5cPge0_M-C8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q_2S6S31ynU0" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrIy3F5cPge0_M-C8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q_2S6S31ynU0">Issues with Bylaws to be addressed</a>” document. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Here is a list of major changes: <o:p></o:p></p><div><ol start=1 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Clarified the use of the term “Member” so it is clear when we discuss about all Forum Members (which includes Associate Members and Interested Parties), and when we discuss about the “Voting Members”. Adding the word “Voting” in front of the word “Member” removes this ambiguity. Also, the term “Members” or “Forum Members” is now the union of “Voting Members”, “Associate Members” and “Interested Parties”.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=2 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Added the term “Voting Representative” which is designated by each Member. Only votes submitted by Voting Representatives will be considered.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=3 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Replaced “Forum wiki” with the properly defined term “Member Web Site”.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=4 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Removed references for Webmaster in the definition of “Public Web Site” since it is repeated in section 5.2.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=5 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Added the Photography Policy in Exhibit D.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=6 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Clarify 4.1 (2) that Forum Members nominate representatives <o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=7 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Allow Informative Changes to Guidelines<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=8 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>In 5.3.1 require that a Certificate Issuer is trusted in the “latest” software produced by a Certificate Consumer<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=9 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>In 4.1 the Chair is eligible to be elected as Chair after having vacated the position as Chair for at least one (1) term, instead of two (2) years.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div></div><p class=line867><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-- MOTION BEGINS --</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Amendment to the Bylaws:</span></strong> Replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum with the attached version (CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3.pdf). <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>NOTE:</span></strong> There are three redline versions: <o:p></o:p></p><div><ol start=1 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>PDF (attached as "CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3-redline.pdf")<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=2 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>DOCX (attached as "CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3-redline.docx")<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><ol start=3 type=1><li class=level1 style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>GitHub redline available at <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/fc63be73323195abc4e462708ca0385e37b7043d..a94d136c6ddbd0024e9bdc70785aa71f1e2f6753#diff-c2f0349076f544cc0e9f059f30f21a85" title="https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/fc63be73323195abc4e462708ca0385e37b7043d..a94d136c6ddbd0024e9bdc70785aa71f1e2f6753#diff-c2f0349076f544cc0e9f059f30f21a85">https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/fc63be73323195abc4e462708ca0385e37b7043d..a94d136c6ddbd0024e9bdc70785aa71f1e2f6753#diff-c2f0349076f544cc0e9f059f30f21a85</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-- MOTION ENDS --</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=line874>The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"#E0E0FF""background-color:"""'><p class=line891><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Forum-12 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"#E0E0FF"text-align:center"background-color:"""'><p class=line891><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Start time (15:00 UTC)</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"#E0E0FF"text-align:center"background-color:"""'><p class=line891><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>End time (15:00 UTC)</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=line862>Discussion (14 days) <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"text-align:center"'><p class=line862>04 May 2020 <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"text-align:center"'><p class=line862>18 May 2020<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=line862>Vote for approval (7 days) <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"text-align:center"'><p class=line862>18 May 2020<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"text-align:center"'><p class=line862>25 May 2020<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>