[cabfpub] Ballot 137 - Voting Process Bylaw Amendment

[Hisashi Kamo]

Secom Trust Systems votes YES.

 

Best regards,

Hisashi Kamo

 

 

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Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot 137 - Voting Process Bylaw Amendment

 

Ballot 137 - Voting Process Bylaw Amendment

 

Ben Wilson proposed the following ballot and Moudrick Dadshov of SSC and
Dean Coclin of Symantec have endorsed it.

 

Reason:  The reason for this ballot is to clarify the election process
followed by the Forum in selecting new officers.

 

-- Motion Begins – 

 

In Section 4.1 of the Bylaws, 

 

(A)  add a subheading for the first paragraph, to read as follows:  “(a)
Term of office:”  

 

(B)  amend the subsequent paragraphs as follows:

 

(b) Manner of conducting nominations:

At least sixty (60) days prior to the Upon expiration or early termination
of the current Chair’s term or upon his/her early termination as Chair, the
Chair or Vice Chair will announce through the management mailing list that
nominations are open for the office of Chair and the Vice Chair will
automatically be nominated as to become the next Chair, but Forum Members
may nominate themselves or others to be additional candidates as Chair.  A
Vice Chair may decline the nomination to the office of Chair and/or indicate
an intent to seek nomination for re-election to the office of Vice Chair.
The nomination period for Chair will last for at least one week but no
longer than four weeks.  Upon the close of the nominations for Chair, the
nomination period for the office of Vice Chair shall immediately open. The
nomination period for Vice Chair will last for at least one week but no
longer than four weeks. 

 

(c) Manner of holding officer elections:

If a single individual is nominated for a position, the Forum will hold a
ballot to confirm appointment of the nominee. For the confirmation ballot,
each Forum Member is entitled to a single vote regardless of the number of
participating Forum Member representatives or whether the Forum Member is
categorized as a CA or product supplier. If multiple votes are received from
a Forum Member’s representatives, the last vote submitted during the voting
period is considered the Forum Member’s vote.  The single nominee is
considered confirmed if a majority of the Forum members who vote are in
favor of the appointment, regardless of the number of votes cast and
irrespective of whether 2/3 of the CAs or 1/2 of the product suppliers
approve appointment of the nominee.  

 

If more than one candidate is nominated for Chair or Vice Chair, the Forum
will announce an election ballot to determine which candidate will fill the
position.  upon close of nominations, Within two weeks after the close of
the nomination period, the Chair or Vice Chair will establish an election
committee and announce the election ballot on the management mailing list
along with the ballot start date, ballot end date, and a description of the
voting process.  The Chair or Vice Chair will appoint the election committee
by selecting at least two volunteers who have a reputation for independence,
preferably individuals without voting rights in the Forum and that
participate as Interested Parties.  The election committee is responsible
solely for tallying Forum Member votes in connection with the election
ballot. The description must include the email address(es) where members
will send their vote, which should be the email addresses of the election
committee.  ballot will be held in the regular manner to select the new
Chair. If the election of a new Chair means the office of Vice Chair becomes
vacant, the Members may nominate themselves or other candidates to the
office of Vice Chair, and a ballot will be held in the regular manner to
elect the new Vice Chair. 

For election ballots, each Forum Member is entitled to a single vote
regardless of the number of participating Forum Member representatives or
whether the Forum Member is categorized as a CA or product supplier. If
multiple votes are received from a Forum Member’s representatives, the last
vote submitted during the voting period is considered the Forum Member’s
vote. Within two weeks after the election ballot closes, the election
committee will compile the votes, ensure that only one vote is counted per
Forum Member, confirm the results with other members of the election
committee, and publish the ballot results by sending an email to the public
mailing list.  The election committee will not include any votes submitted
before or after the voting period when compiling the votes. The ballot
results email will contain only the following information:  a short
description of the ballot purpose, the total number of votes submitted
during the ballot period, and the name of the nominee receiving the most
votes. The election committee may include other language as necessary to
accurately describe the ballot and any concerns the election committee had
with the ballot, provided that such language does not disclose how
individual Forum Members voted.  The election committee will treat the votes
of individual Forum Members as confidential information.  The nominee
receiving the most votes is appointed to the applicable position, regardless
of the number  of votes cast and irrespective of whether 2/3 of the CAs or ½
of the product suppliers voted for the nominee. If the election ballot
results in a tie among the candidates receiving the most votes, the Chair or
Vice Chair will call for another election ballot that includes only the two
tying candidates. 




-- Motion Ends  – 

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 2
October 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 9 October 2014. Unless
the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will
start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 16
October 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.


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/ 

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. Quorum is currently nine
(9) members– at least nine members must participate in the ballot, either by
voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.

 

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