[cabfpub] Ballot 116 - Bylaw Amendment for Associate Member Category

Ryan Sleevi sleevi at google.com
Sun Mar 9 19:27:19 UTC 2014


Ben,

Happy to endorse.
On Mar 9, 2014 11:50 AM, "Ben Wilson" <ben at digicert.com> wrote:

> Terrific.  Thanks, Dean.  One more endorsement and I’ll resend it as
> “official”.
>
>
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> *From:* public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Dean Coclin
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 11:22 AM
> *To:* ben at digicert.com; public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* Re: [cabfpub] Ballot 116 - Bylaw Amendment for Associate
> Member Category
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>
> Ben,
>
> We will endorse this.
>
>
> Dean
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> *From:* public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org<public-bounces at cabforum.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ben Wilson
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 12:49 AM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* [cabfpub] Ballot 116 - Bylaw Amendment for Associate Member
> Category
>
>
>
> We need two endorsers by 2200 UTC Monday or we’ll have to reset the dates
> for the review and voting periods, below.
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> Ballot 116 - Associate Member Category
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> Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and ____ from _______
> and _________ from __________ endorsed it:
>
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> Motion Begins
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> In order to reconcile the CA/Browser Forum's Bylaws with its current
> operational practices, including the recognition of Associate Members and
> the use of a single IPR Agreement with Interested Parties and the absence
> of a Participation Agreement, the following amendments should be made to
> the Bylaws:
>
>
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> 1.            In the first sentence of section 1.3, add “Associate
> Members” so that the sentence reads, “Forum Members, Associate Members, and
> Interested Parties must comply with the then-current IPR policy and all
> applicable antitrust laws and regulations during their Forum activities.”
>
>
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> 2.            Add a new subsection 3.1 to Section 3 titled “Associate
> Members” (and renumber subsequent subsections to subsections 3.2 and 3.3
> accordingly) such that the new subsection 3.1 Associate Members reads, "The
> Forum may enter into associate member relationships with other
> organizations when the CA/Browser Forum determines that maintaining such a
> relationship will be of benefit to the work of the Forum.  In the past,
> entities qualifying as Associate Members have included the AICPA/CICA
> WebTrust Task Force, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute,
> Paypal, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, tScheme,
> the U.S. Federal PKI, and CAs applying for membership but awaiting full
> qualification under Section 2.1.  Participation as an Associate Member is
> by invitation only.  In order to become an Associate Member, an
> organization must sign a mutual letter of intent, understanding, or other
> agreement and the Forum’s IPR Agreement, unless this latter requirement is
> waived in writing by the Forum based on overriding policies of the
> Associate Member’s own organization IPR rules.  Associate Members may
> attend face-to-face meetings, communicate with Forum Members on member
> lists, and access Forum wiki content.  Associate Members are not entitled
> to vote except on special straw polls of the Forum (e.g. when selecting
> meeting dates, locations, etc.)"
>
>
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> 3. In renumbered Section 3.2 Interested Parties,
>
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> Replace the first sentence by DELETING "Any person or entity that wishes
> to participate in the Forum as an Interested Party may do so by completing
> an enrollment form and Participation Agreement (completed and submitted
> manually or online) including name, affiliation (optional), and contact
> information, and by agreeing to the IPR Agreement attached as Exhibit B
> (indicating agreement by manual signing or a click-through agreement)." and
> INSERTING "Any person or entity that wishes to participate in the Forum as
> an Interested Party may do so by providing their name, affiliation
> (optional), and contact information, and by agreeing to the IPR Agreement
> attached as Exhibit A (indicating agreement by manual signing or digitally
> signing the agreement)."
>
>
>
> Replace the word "Participation" in the last sentence with the word "IPR"
> so that the sentence reads, "Interested Parties are required to comply with
> the provisions of the IPR Agreement and these Bylaws.  Interested Parties
> may lose their status as Interested Parties by vote of the Members, in the
> Members’ sole discretion."
>
>
>
> 4.            In the first sentence of section 5.4, add “and Associate
> Members” so that the sentence reads, “From time to time the Forum will hold
> Forum Teleconferences and Forum Meetings among the Members and Associate
> Members, who may participate in person or (where feasible) by
> teleconference.”
>
>
>
> 5.  Replace the last sentence in Section 5.5 by DELETING "As a requirement
> for participation as an Interested Party, Interested Parties must execute
> and return to the Chair (or indicate their agreement by clicking through an
> online agreement) the IPR Agreement attached as Exhibit B." and INSERTING
> "As a requirement for participation as an Associate Member or Interested
> Party, Associate Members and Interested Parties must execute and return to
> the Chair  the IPR Agreement attached as Exhibit A."
>
>
>
> 6.  In the Definitions section, DELETE "Participation Agreement: An
> agreement that individuals or entities must agree to in order to
> participate in the Forum as Interested Parties.  The current form of
> Participation Agreement is attached as Exhibit D."
>
>
>
> 7.  Remove Exhibits B and D and rename and renumber references to the
> Exhibits throughout as follows:  Exhibit A - IPR Agreement and Exhibit B -
> Project Lifecycle.
>
>
>
> Motion Ends
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> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Monday, 10
> March 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, 17 March 2014. Unless the
> motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start
> immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, 24 March 2014.
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
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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:  https://cabforum.org/members/
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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 greater than 50% of the votes cast
> by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, at least six
> members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting
> against, or abstaining.
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