[cabfpub] Ballot 101 - Section 11.10.2 of EV Guidelines - Verified Accountant Letter

[Gervase Markham]

Mozilla votes YES.

Gerv

On 24/05/13 23:03, Ben Wilson wrote:
> Ballot 101 - Section 11.10.2 of EV Guidelines – Verified Accountant Letter
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> Ryan Koski of GoDaddy made the following motion, and Ben Wilson from
> DigiCert and Rich Smith from Comodo endorsed it:
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> ===== Motion Begins =====
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> EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, in order to eliminate a conflict in the Extended
> Validation Guidelines between the definition of Accounting Practitioner
> in Section 4 (Definitions) mentioning "country" and the specific
> requirements for verifying the status of Accounting Practitioners in
> 11.10.2(1)(A) which does not, and to clarify the requirement, we propose
> amending section 11.10.2 as follows:
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> DELETE
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> (A) Status of Author:  The CA MUST verify that the accountant letter is
> authored by an independent Accounting Practitioner retained by and
> representing the Applicant (or an in-house professional accountant
> employed by the Applicant) who is a certified public accountant,
> chartered accountant, or has an equivalent license within the
> Applicant’s Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Jurisdiction of Registration,
> or the jurisdiction where the Applicant maintains an office or physical
> facility.  Verification of license MUST be  through that jurisdiction’s 
> member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) or through
> the regulatory organization in that jurisdiction appropriate to contact
> when verifying an accountant’s license to practice in that jurisdiction.
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> and INSERT:
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> (A) Status of Author:  The CA MUST verify that the accountant letter is
> authored by an Accounting Practitioner retained or employed by the
> Applicant and licensed within the country of the Applicant’s
> Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Jurisdiction of Registration, or country
> where the Applicant maintains an office or physical facility. 
> Verification of license MUST be  through the member organization or
> regulatory organization in the Accounting Practitioner’s country or
> jurisdiction that is appropriate to contact when verifying an
> accountant’s license to practice in that country or jurisdiction.  Such
> country or jurisdiction must have an accounting standards body that
> maintains full membership status with the International Federation of
> Accountants.
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> =====Motion Ends=====
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> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 21:00 UTC on 24 May
> 2013 and will close at 21:00 UTC on 31 May 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 7 June 2013. 
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
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> ===== Motion Ends =====
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> 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
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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 seven members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in
> favor, voting against, or abstaining.
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> A PDF document that redlines the proposed change is attached.
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