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

[Yngve N. Pettersen (Developer Opera Software ASA)]

Opera Software Abstains

On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:00:25 +0200, Tim Moses <tim.moses at entrust.com>  
wrote:

> Colleagues - Yngve pointed out that this motion did not contain the  
> usual information about the voting timetable.  I have corrected that on  
> the Wiki and copied it here.
>
> A word of explanation: the rules require a minimum review period of five  
> days and a minimum voting period of seven days.  Normally, we provide a  
> review period of seven days and a voting period of seven days.  Because  
> of the time-pressure, I have set the minimum review period for this  
> ballot.
>
> Best regards.  Tim.
>
> Motion:
> 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.
> The ballot review period comes into effect at 21:00 UTC on 19 July 2012  
> and will close at 21:00 UTC on 24 July 2012. Unless the motion is  
> withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start  
> immediately thereafter and will close at 21:00 UTC on 31 July 2012.  
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
> ... 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.
>
>
> From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org]  
> On Behalf Of Tim Moses
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 2:53 PM
> 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.
>
>
> T: +1 613 270 3183
>


-- 
Sincerely,
Yngve N. Pettersen
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