<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">OISTE votes YES to Forum-18 v3<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 13 Jul 2023, at 10:43, Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public <public@cabforum.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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This message begins the voting period for ballot Forum-18 v3.<br>
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Dimitris.<br>
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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 efficiently. Most of these
changes are described in the “<a title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrIy3F5cPge0_M-C8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q_2S6S31ynU0" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_1EtrIy3F5cPge0-5FM-2DC8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q-5F2S6S31ynU0&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=g7tfvaz3selnXmqcUgfj3xlejhWIvQ5wXnhoo3Q7wJA&s=2hR7zxASwS0NWiEHuBUyVwRQo5nDJ-TQ-13qJXirm5A&e=" rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Issues with Bylaws to be
addressed</a>” document. Some preparatory discussions and
reviews can be checked on <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_forum_pull_32&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=g7tfvaz3selnXmqcUgfj3xlejhWIvQ5wXnhoo3Q7wJA&s=MqEGbgTi_WPKwdWf4cAd6uHmQCn9JtM8NYkp2H1KAz0&e=" moz-do-not-send="true">GitHub</a>.<br><p id="bkmrk-here-is-a-list-of-ma">Here is a list of major
changes:</p>
<ol id="bkmrk-clarified-the-use-of">
<li>Clarified that it is not always required to “READ” the
antitrust statement before each meeting and added the option
of reading a "note-well".<br>
</li>
<li>Clarified where to send/post Chartered Working Group
minutes.</li>
<li>Increased the number of days before automatic failing a
ballot from 21 to 90 days.</li>
<li>Allow Chair or Vice-Chair to update links to other sections
within a document without a ballot.</li>
<li>Applied grammatical and other language improvements.</li>
<li>Clarified that Subcommittee minutes do not need to also be
published on the public web site.</li>
<li>Created a new member category called "Probationary Member",
applicable to both Certificate Issuer and Consumer categories,
and separated "Associate Members - Certificate Issuers" from
the "Associate Member" category.</li>
<li>Clarified language for Associate Members for consistency
with Probationary Member for the ballot proposals and
endorsing.</li>
<li>Removed the member category called "Root CA Issuer" and only
kept the "CA Issuer" category.</li>
<li>Added a step to check the authority of the signer during
membership applications.<br>
</li>
<li>Updated the Chartered Working Group template.<br>
</li>
<li>Added some language to the Code of Conduct.</li>
<li>Publishing private conversations without express permission
is considered a violation of the Code of Conduct.</li>
<li>Updated the elections language as agreed at F2F#58.</li>
</ol><p id="bkmrk-the-following-motion">The following motion has been
proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and endorsed by Ben
Wilson of Mozilla and Paul van Brouwershaven of Entrust.</p>
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<span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4d16fdf6-7fff-ed5c-c0b0-09e6837a3c7d"></span><strong>Amendment
to the Bylaws:</strong> Replace the entire text of the Bylaws of
the CA/Browser Forum with the attached version (CA-Browser Forum
Bylaws v2.5.pdf).
<p id="bkmrk-note%3A-there-are-thre"><strong>NOTE:</strong> There
are two redlines produced by GitHub<br>
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<li>Bylaws-redline.pdf (attached)</li>
<li>GitHub redline available at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_forum_pull_32_files-23diff-2D3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=g7tfvaz3selnXmqcUgfj3xlejhWIvQ5wXnhoo3Q7wJA&s=LjKFUDIVFe4K-2ozoMF0a6W-9BclpDnZrdadstokPLI&e=" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-</a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_forum_pull_32_files-23diff-2D3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=g7tfvaz3selnXmqcUgfj3xlejhWIvQ5wXnhoo3Q7wJA&s=LjKFUDIVFe4K-2ozoMF0a6W-9BclpDnZrdadstokPLI&e=" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11</a></li>
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The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<br>
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<td><strong>Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to
version 2.5<br>
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<td><strong>Start time (10:00 UTC)</strong></td>
<td><strong>End time (10:00 UTC)</strong></td>
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<td>Discussion (at least 7 days)</td>
<td>4 July 2023</td>
<td>11 July 2023</td>
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<td>Expected Vote for approval (7 days)</td>
<td>13 July 2023<br>
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<td>20 July 2023</td>
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