[cabfpub] Ballot to establish voting process for chair and vice chair

[Jeremy.Rowley]

Updated based on comments from Kirk and Gerv.  Any other thoughts or are 
we ready for endorsers?
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Ballot 136 – Chair Election

Amendment to Section 4.1 of CA/Browser Forum Bylaws to Clarify Election 
Process for Chair and Vice Chair
Motion Begins
The third paragraph of section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s bylaws is 
amended as follows:

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Upon expiration or early termination of the current Chair’s term, 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. _On or before the second week of a 
position’s vacancy, the Chair or Vice Chair will announce, through the 
management mailing list, a start date and close date for nominations for 
Chair and Vice Chair, with the nomination period lasting at least one 
week.  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, e___ach 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 _s_elect 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 compile 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, the Chair or Vice Chair will hold another election ballot that 
includes only the tying nominees. _

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Motion Ends

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC 
on                    2014, and will close at 2200 UTC 
on                     2014. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the 
review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and 
will close at 2200 UTC on 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. Also, at least 
seven members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, 
voting against, or abstaining.

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