[cabfpub] Ballot 82 - Suspend IPR Agreement and Policy until governance revisions are complete

[kirk_hall at trendmicro.com]

One question on interpretation of Ballot 82 - it would suspend the IPR until a Forum governance vote "concludes in the approval of a new Guideline for organization governance or other form of organization governance reform agreement."

One option being voted on is "No change".  In addition, as I understand it, if a new form of governance is chosen, it will not take effect unless it is adopted by the Forum in a subsequent vote - which may not happen.

Question: Under Ballot 82, when would IPR Policy suspension end if the Forum does NOT adopt "a new Guideline for organization governance," but continues with the current form of governance?

From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Tim Moses
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 11:53 AM
To: CABFPub
Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot 82 - Suspend IPR Agreement and Policy until governance revisions are complete


John Espinoza made the following motion and Tim Moses and Jeremy Rowley endorsed it:

... Motion begins....

The CAB Forum hereby suspends the IPR Agreement and Policy from going into effect on August 1, 2012, as currently scheduled.

Such suspension will endure until such time as the CAB Forum's governance revisions are complete.

Completion of the CAB Forum's governance revisions will be deemed to have occurred in the event of a final, formal vote under the normal voting procedures of the CAB Forum then in effect where such vote concludes in the approval of a new Guideline for organization governance or other form of organization governance reform agreement.

... Motion ends....

A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.

A vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period will be counted.

Voting members are listed here:

http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html

with the addition of TrendMicro<https://www.cabforum.org/wiki/TrendMicro>.

In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast by members in the CA category and one half or more of the votes cast by members in the browser category must be in favour. Also, at least seven members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favour, voting against or abstaining.


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