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<p>SSL.com votes YES on ballot FORUM-18.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/29/2022 9:57 AM, Wayne Thayer via
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<div>Fastly votes Yes to ballot FORUM-18.</div>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Tim
Hollebeek via Public</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">public@cabforum.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:10 PM<br>
Subject: [cabfpub] Voting Begins: FORUM-18, Allow
Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs<br>
To: CABforum1 <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">public@cabforum.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ballot FORUM-18, Allow
Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Proposed by Tim Hollebeek of
DigiCert and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and
Wayne Thayer of Fastly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Overview</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Section 4.1 of the Bylaws
describes elections for Forum Chair and Vice
Chair, and says:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"No person may serve as Chair
for more than a two-year period or be elected to
Vice Chair upon expiration or termination
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<p class="MsoNormal">of the person’s service as
Chair, but a person is eligible to be elected as
Chair again after having vacated the position</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as Chair for at least one (1)
term."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This makes it clear Forum
Chairs and Vice Chairs cannot be re-elected (be
elected to a new term for the same office they</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">currently hold), but the
situation is less clear for Chairs and Vice Chairs
of Chartered Working Groups (CWGs).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current Bylaws have been
read by some to allow re-election of CWG Chairs
and Vice Chairs, and by others to prohibit it.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It has happened once in the
past, and whether it is allowed depends on whether
“follow the procedures of Bylaws Section 4.1
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">as closely as possible” is
merely referring to election procedures, or also
candidate qualifications.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This ambiguity was discussed
during the spring CA/Browser Forum Face-to-face
meeting, and the consensus was that we should
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">update the Bylaws to clarify
that re-election is allowed, and the election
process itself is sufficient to determine
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">whether members want to retain
the existing Chair and/or Vice Chair, or whether
they want to vote for someone else.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is important because the
pool of qualified and willing candidates is not
particularly large.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This ballot retains the
existing prohibition on re-election for Forum
Chairs and Vice Chairs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">— MOTION BEGINS —</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Bylaws of the CA/Browser
Forum are amended as described in the following
redline:</p>
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..f197d28fac92c807896d55b6ef43b776b6264aca</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">— MOTION ENDS —</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The procedure for approval of
this ballot is as follows:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discussion (7+ days)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2022-07-20 2:45 PM
Eastern (US)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM
Eastern (US)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vote for approval (7 days)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM
Eastern (US)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2022-08-03 3:15 PM
Eastern (US)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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