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

[Moudrick M. Dadashov]

SSC votes: "Yes".

Thanks,
M.D.

On 6/7/2013 9:41 PM, Dean Coclin wrote:
>
> Symantec votes YES
>
> *From:*public-bounces at cabforum.org 
> [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] *On Behalf Of *Ben Wilson
> *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2013 6:03 PM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* [cabfpub] Ballot 101 - Section 11.10.2 of EV Guidelines - 
> Verified Accountant Letter
>
> Ballot 101 - Section 11.10.2 of EV Guidelines -- Verified Accountant 
> Letter
>
> Ryan Koski of GoDaddy made the following motion, and Ben Wilson from 
> DigiCert and Rich Smith from Comodo endorsed it:
>
> ===== Motion Begins =====
>
> 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:
>
> DELETE
>
> (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.
>
> and INSERT:
>
> (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.
>
> =====Motion Ends=====
>
> 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.
>
> ===== 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
>
> 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.
>
> A PDF document that redlines the proposed change is attached.
>
>
>
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