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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ＭＳ ゴシック"">SECOM Trust Systems votes YES on ballot Forum-18 v3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ＭＳ ゴシック"">ONO Fumiaki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public [mailto:public@cabforum.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2023 5:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> public@cabforum.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cainfo : 5178] [cabfpub] Voting begins for Ballot Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This message begins the voting period for ballot Forum-18 v3.<br>
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Dimitris.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Purpose of the Ballot</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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 </span>“<span lang="EN-US"><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></span>”<span lang="EN-US">
document. Some preparatory discussions and reviews can be checked on <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32">GitHub</a>.<br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Here is a list of major changes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Clarified that it is not always required to </span>“<span lang="EN-US">READ</span>”<span lang="EN-US"> the antitrust statement before each meeting and added the option of reading a "note-well".<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Clarified where to send/post Chartered Working Group minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Increased the number of days before automatic failing a ballot from 21 to 90 days.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Allow Chair or Vice-Chair to update links to other sections within a document without a ballot.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Applied grammatical and other language improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Clarified that Subcommittee minutes do not need to also be published on the public web site.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Clarified language for Associate Members for consistency with Probationary Member for the ballot proposals and endorsing.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Removed the member category called "Root CA Issuer" and only kept the "CA Issuer" category.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Added a step to check the authority of the signer during membership applications.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Updated the Chartered Working Group template.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Added some language to the Code of Conduct.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Publishing private conversations without express permission is considered a violation of the Code of Conduct.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Updated the elections language as agreed at F2F#58.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p id="bkmrk-the-following-motion"><span lang="EN-US">The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Paul van Brouwershaven of Entrust.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">MOTION BEGINS</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック"">Amendment to the Bylaws:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> Replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum with the attached version (CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.5.pdf).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック"">NOTE:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> There are two redlines produced by GitHub<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bylaws-redline.pdf (attached)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">GitHub redline available at <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11">
https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-</a><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11">3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p style="margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">MOTION ENDS</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック"">Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック"">Start time (10:00 UTC)</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ＭＳ Ｐゴシック"">End time (10:00 UTC)</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Discussion (at least 7 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">4 July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">11 July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Expected Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">13 July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">20 July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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