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

[Ben Wilson]

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  Unless the motion is withdrawn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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