[cabf_governance] Two topics for next Governance Change WG meeting

[Ryan Sleevi]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:36 AM Kirk Hall via Govreform <
govreform at cabforum.org> wrote:

> Here are two issues for the Governance WG to discuss:
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> 1. Move forward with Ballot Forum-2 – extending terms of CABF Chair and
> Vice Chair
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> 2.  Consider revising Bylaw 2.1 (Forum Membership requirements) and Bylaw
> 2.3(f) (voting rules).  As I understand it, the intent was that ALL members
> of ALL new Working Groups would automatically be Members of the Forum, and
> ALL would have an equal vote on votes at the Forum level.  Is that correct?
>

I don't believe so.


> That’s not how Bylaws 2.1 and 2.3 read – they only allow CAs and Browsers
> to be Forum members, and they still show voting at the Forum level limited
> to CAs and Browsers (2/3 vote, 51% vote).  We did move these same rules to
> the SCWG level – that makes sense – but if we create new WGs with
> non-CA/non-browser members, they won’t be able to participate at the Forum
> level.
>

Well, browsers, mail clients, other certificate consumers. It's a broader
category than just the SCWG's notion of browser.


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> So we should (a) change those Bylaws at the Forum level (“any Member of a
> WG is automatically a Member of the Forum, and all votes equal at the Forum
> level), and also (b) add the current voting rules to the SCWG charter
> (there are no voting rules there).
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> *Bylaw 2.1 Qualifying for Forum Membership*
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> (a) All Forum members must participate in at least one CWG (as defined in
> Section 5.3.1 below), and meet at least one of the following criteria:
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> (1) Certificate Issuer: The member organization operates a certification
> authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs audit or ETSI
> EN 319 411-1 or ETSI TS 102 042 or ETSI TS 101 456 audit report prepared by
> a properly-qualified auditor, is a member of a CWG, and that actively
> issues certificates to end entities, such certificates being treated as
> valid by a Certificate Consumer Member. Applicants that are not actively
> issuing certificates but otherwise meet membership criteria may be granted
> Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a period of time to be
> designated by the Forum.
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> (2) Root Certificate Issuer: The member organization operates a
> certification authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs,
> or ETSI EN 319 411-1102042 or ETSI TS 102
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> 042 or ETSI TS 101 456 audit report prepared by a properly-qualified
> auditor, is a member of a CWG, and that issues certificates to subordinate
> CAs that, in turn, actively issue certificates to end entities such
> certificates being treated as valid by a Certificate Consumer Member.
> Applicants that are not actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet
> membership criteria may be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw
> Section 3.1 for a period of time to be designated by the Forum.
>
> (3) Certificate Consumer: The member organization produces a software
> product, such as a browser, intended for use by the general public for
> relying upon certificates and is a member of a CWG.
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> *2.3 General Provisions Applicable to all Ballots*
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> The following rules will apply to all ballots, including Draft Guideline
> Ballots (defined in Section 2.4).
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> (f) Members fall into two categories: Certificate Issuers (including
> Certificate Issuers and Root
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> Certificate Issuers), as defined in Section 2.1(a)(1) and (2) and
> Certificate Consumers (as
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> defined in Section 2.1(a)(3)). In order for a ballot to be adopted by the
> Forum, two-thirds or more
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> of the votes cast by the Members in the Certificate Issuer category must
> be in favor of the ballot,
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> and at least 50% plus one of the votes cast by the Members in the
> Certificate Consumer
>
> category must be in favor of the ballot. At least one Member in each
> category must vote in favor
>
> of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted.
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