[cabf_governance] Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms

[Kirk Hall]

Suggestion for today's call.

From: Kirk Hall
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 4:37 PM
To: CA/Browser Forum Governance WG List <govreform at cabforum.org>
Subject: Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms

On the CABF call yesterday, we decided to synch the terms of new Forum and SCWG officers, with terms to start Nov. 1.  I mentioned that we recommended a Forum ballot to extend Ben's and my terms in the Forum by 10 days, to Oct. 31, so there would not be a gap in leadership.

Dimitris asked if we should also have an SCWG ballot to extend our current terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the SCWG by 10 days as well.  I said I thought extending the officer terms at the Forum level would automatically extend us at the SCWG level too, but I would check the SCWG Charter language.  Here it is:

Initial chairs and contacts: Chair, Kirk Hall, kirk.hall at entrustdatacard.com<mailto:kirk.hall at entrustdatacard.com>; Vice Chair, Ben Wilson, ben.wilson at digicert.com<mailto:ben.wilson at digicert.com>; terms to run concurrently with their terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the Forum, respectively, unless otherwise voted upon by the Working Group.

I think I read that as saying that so long and Ben and I are officers of the Forum, we are automatically officers of the SCWG too - until the SCWG votes in its own officers.  If that is a correct interpretation, then we do not need a second ballot in the SCWG extending our terms as well - we only need an extension ballot in the Forum itself, and it will automatically extend us in the SCWG at the same time.

What do others think?

In any case, once we make a decision, I think modesty prevents Ben and me from being proposers or endorsers of any extension ballot - would others on this list be willing to do it?  I think it could be as simple as this:

Explanation of Ballot: Kirk Hall was elected to a two year term as Chair of the Forum by Ballot 177, and Ben Wilson was elected to a two year term as Vice Chair of the Forum by Ballot 178.  Their terms run from October 22, 2016 through October 21, 2018.  The Forum wishes to extend these terms by 10 days, to run through October 31, 2018, so their successors as officers can be elected to new two-year terms starting on November 1 by separate ballots and there will be no gap in leadership.  Under the Charter of the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG), Kirk and Ben hold the same offices in the SCWG as they hold in the Forum, and any extension of their terms as officers of the Forum will automatically extend their terms in the same offices in the SCWG by the same period of time.

Ballot: Kirk Hall's term as Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018, and Ben Wilson's term as Vice Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018.  These term extensions are intended also to automatically extend their terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG) for the same period under the terms of the SCWG Charter.
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