<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-022<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 15 May 2024, at 17:02, Ben Wilson via Public <public@cabforum.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ballot
FORUM-022:<span> </span>Establish Forum IPR
Subcommittee</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Proposed
by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Roman Fischer of SwissSign and Clint
Wilson of Apple.<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Purpose
of Ballot</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy and associated
documentation were last revised in 2018. Since then, there have been requests
for clarification about application of the IPR Policy to contributions of
non-Forum Members, and sections of the IPR Policy and documentation have been
identified as needing amendment, including the form for filing and handling of Essential
Claim Exclusion Notices. It is proposed that a Charter be adopted establishing
a Forum IPR Subcommittee (FIPR) and that the proposed scope of the FIPR be to update
and improve the IPR Policy and associated documentation and to discuss the following:<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">(a) How to address contributions
provided by non-Forum Members (e.g., invited experts, guest speakers,
researchers, etc.);<span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">(b) If any clarifications and/or
changes are necessary to the IPR Policy in view of recent events; and<span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">(c) A potential contributor license
agreement for the Forum’s GitHub repository and policy for contributing to the
Forum’s GitHub repository.<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Following
the passage of this ballot:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A new Forum IPR
Subcommittee will be formed under the CA/Browser Forum, as outlined in
section 5.6 of the Bylaws (Forum Subcommittees);<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mailing
list(s), GitHub repository(ies), Wiki resource(s), and other collaboration
tools will be established as needed to enable the Forum Subcommittee to
fulfill its charter; and<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Forum
Subcommittee will publish a set of recommended revisions to the IPR Policy
and associated documentation for the Forum to adopt.<span></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">MOTION
BEGINS</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Establish
Forum IPR Subcommittee</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Upon
approval from the CA/Browser Forum by ballot in accordance with sections 2.3 and
5.6 of the Forum Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIPR”) is created to
perform the activities as specified in the Charter, which is found here: <span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_forum_compare_30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=i_ye_fIa_dxBCjFbLXgmvk-Z4wllWCnE621f4KJmHwbhUhJobxGdxY6O3tlFokdG&s=0CdQGuvvCI90W8N0c7s_EPMnENfbYZndId-Ng4uGxac&e=" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b</a><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">MOTION
ENDS</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Discussion</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> (7+
days)<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Start
Time</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">: 2024-May-06 22:00 UTC<span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">End Time</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">: After
2024-May-13 22:00 UTC<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Vote for
approval</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> (7 days)<span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Start
Time:</b> </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2024-May-15 15:00 UTC</span>
</div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>End
Time: </b></span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2024-May-22 15:00 UTC</span>
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