[Infrastructure] Subcommittee Recharter Ballot

[Wayne Thayer]

Hi Jos,

Thanks for drafting this - it looks good. A few comments:
- I'd suggest adding something like "manage the production and versioning
of guidelines produced by the Forum's subcommittees".
- Replace "mailer" with "mailing list" to be clearer and more consistent.

I'm happy to endorse.

- Wayne

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:00 AM Jos Purvis (jopurvis) <jopurvis at cisco.com>
wrote:

> This has been kicking around on my back-burner for a while, so I thought
> I’d push it out and let people mull it over while we’re temporarily on
> break. Here’s a draft ballot to lay down the working group and immediately
> convene it as a subcommittee of the Forum, now that our bylaws explicitly
> allow for it. Feedback welcome!
>
>
>
> <snip!>
>
> = Ballot Forum-XXX: Recharter Forum Infrastructure Work =
>
>
>
> == Overview ==
>
>
>
> The Forum Infrastructure Working Group (FIWG) was chartered during a
> period when the CABF Bylaws did not permit for the creation of
> subcommittees at the Forum level (only under a particular Working Group).
> Since the work the FIWG needed to undertake was pressing and covered the
> needs of the Forum as a whole, it was chartered as a Working Group to
> permit this work to begin under the existing Bylaws.
>
>
>
> With the completion of the recent Bylaws changes, subcommittees may now be
> constructed at the Forum level. In addition, the recent changes to Bylaws
> and membership have identified a hole by which membership in the FIWG could
> be used to "back-door" membership in the Forum as a whole, an unintended
> consequence worth squashing.
>
>
>
> This ballot, therefore, lays down the existing FIWG and immediately
> re-charters a Forum Infrastructure Subcommittee to continue its work.
>
>
>
> == Gory Details ==
>
>
>
> 24 hours following the passage of this ballot:
>
>             1. The existing Forum Infrastructure Working Group will be
> dissolved per the Bylaws section 5.3.2 item 3.
>
>             2. A new Infrastructure Subcommittee will be chartered under
> the CA/B Forum, per the Bylaws section 5.6, with the Charter of that
> Subcommittee as described below.
>
>             3. The existing mailer for the FIWG may be repurposed for the
> use of the Subcommittee. The existing wiki pages from the FIWG will be
> archived, and a new space created for the Subcommittee's use under the main
> Forum namespace.
>
>
>
> === Forum Infrastructure Subcommittee (FIS) Charter ===
>
>
>
> **Scope**
>
> The authorized scope of the Forum Infrastructure Subcommittee shall be as
> follows:
>
>             * To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of
> the common CA/Browser Forum website and wiki resources;
>
>             * To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and
> wiki content in support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the
> Bylaws;
>
>             * To create and manage the division of access and content
> spaces required to help ensure the separation of the work of various
> Working Groups and accompanying IP commitments, as described in the Forum’s
> IPR Policy;
>
>             * To manage the Forum-level email lists and to offer
> management of working-group and subcommittee mailing lists as needed in
> support of the Forum List Manager role established in the Bylaws;
>
>             * To perform other activities ancillary to the primary
> activities listed above.
>
>
>
> **End Date** - This Subcommittee shall continue until it is dissolved by a
> vote of the CA/B Forum.
>
>
>
> **Deliverables** - The Forum Infrastructure Subcommittee shall be
> responsible for delivering wiki and mailer services to the Forum on an
> ongoing basis, and supplying access to these and to the management tools
> for these as is appropriate and required by the Forum. The subcommittee
> shall not propose any changes to the Bylaws or IPR agreements itself, but
> where issues with these are identified they may be redirected to the Forum
> as a whole or to appropriate subcommittees or working groups for further
> consideration.
>
>
>
> **Participation** - Any member of the CAB Forum is eligible and may
> declare their participation in the Forum Infrastructure Subcommittee by
> requesting to be added to the mailing list.
>
>
>
> **Chair** - Jos Purvis shall be the initial Chair of the Forum
> Infrastructure Subcommittee.  The Chair shall not have a fixed term, but
> the Subcommittee may change its Chair from time to time by consensus of the
> Members participating in the Subcommittee or by voting method chosen by the
> Members by consensus.
>
>
>
> **Communication** - Subcommittee communications and documents shall be
> posted on mailing-lists where the mail-archives are publicly accessible,
> and the Subcommittee shall publish minutes of its meetings to the Forum
> wiki.
>
>
>
> **Effect of Forum Bylaws Amendment for Subcommittees** - In the event the
> Forum Bylaws are amended to add or modify general rules governing Forum
> Subcommittees and how they operate (“General Rules”), the provisions of the
> General Rules shall take precedence over this charter.
>
> </snip!>
>
>
>
>
>
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