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

Tue Mar 18 10:44:53 UTC 2014

Mozilla votes Yes.

Gerv

On 18/03/14 04:27, Ben Wilson wrote:
> DigiCert votes yes.
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> *From:*Ben Wilson [mailto:ben at digicert.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 2:13 PM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* Ballot 116 - Bylaw Amendment for Associate Member Category
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> *Ballot 116 - Associate Member Category*
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> Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and Dean Coclin from
> Symantec and Ryan Sleevi from Google 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)."
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> 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."
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> 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.”
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> 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." 
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> *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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