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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">SwissSign votes ‘yes’ for ballot FORUM-019 v2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE"> Public <public-bounces@cabforum.org>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Ben Wilson via Public<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 27. November 2023 16:44<br>
<b>An:</b> CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <public@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [cabfpub] Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 - Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter - VOTING PERIOD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The voting period for Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 starts today. Votes must be cast on the Forum public list in accordance with the Forum's Bylaws. Voting will conclude at 16:00 UTC on 4 December 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 - Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Purpose of Ballot</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This ballot proposes to amend the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG) Charter, based on existing version 1.2
of the Charter and on recent updates to the Forum’s Bylaws. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">During discussions at Face-to-Face Meeting 58, it was noted that the membership criteria for Certificate Consumers
in the SCWG Charter lacked sufficient detail. Since then, through discussions on the mailing list of the SCWG and elsewhere, better criteria for membership of Certificate Consumers in the SCWG have been developed, and the ballot also adds a 6-month probationary
period for all applicants to the SCWG before they become voting members. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additionally, section numbering has been added, the outdated "Root Certificate Issuer" voting category has been
removed, and provisions regarding voting percentages and quorum have been clarified.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The following motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and
Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">----- Motion Begins -----</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MODIFY the Charter of the Server Certificate Working Group as specified in the following redline:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/59185f16917cc7f5b83564fe5fddff32cf84c8ce...3af42d2d9e38a0dfcdf9450d5ca772365d5b5dbb" target="_blank">https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/59185f16917cc7f5b83564fe5fddff32cf84c8ce...3af42d2d9e38a0dfcdf9450d5ca772365d5b5dbb</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">----- Motion Ends -----</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This ballot does not propose a Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Discussion Period (7+ days)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Start Time: 2023-11-16 23:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> End Time: Not before 2023-11-23 23:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Start Time: 2023-11-27 16:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> End Time: 2023-12-04 16:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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