[cabfpub] Ballot 98 - Public Voting

[Gervase Markham]

Mozilla, unsurprisingly, votes YES.

Gerv

On 08/02/13 18:15, Jeremy Rowley wrote:
> The CAB Forum wishes to require that the votes of Members on CAB Forum
> ballots be public information. For avoidance of doubt, a consequence of
> this change is that the voting information for ballots will be publicly
> posted.
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> Gervase Markham made the following motion, and Jeremy Rowley and Kirk
> Hall endorsed it:
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> ... Motion Begins ...
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> Effective immediately, the CAB Forum Bylaws are updated as follows:
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> * Delete bullet b) of section 5.1 ("Member Mail List and Member Web
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>   Site") in its entirety, and reletter the following sections.
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> * Update bullet c) of section 5.2 ("Public Mail List and Public Web
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>   Site") to read:
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>     "Messages formally proposing a Forum ballot (including ballots to
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>     establish, modify, or terminate Working Groups), individual votes,
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>     vote and quorum counts, and messages announcing ballot outcomes and
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>     voting breakdowns."
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> ... Erratum ends ...
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> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 21:00 UTC on 8
> February 2013 and will close at 21:00 UTC on 15 February 2013. Unless
> the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will
> start immediately thereafter and will close at 21:00 UTC on 22 February
> 2013. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
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> ... Motions ends ...
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> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.
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> 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.
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> Voting members are listed here: http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html
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> 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 favor. Also, at least
> sevent members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in
> favor, voting against or abstaining.
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