[cabfpub] Final editorial revision to Ballot 149 - voting begins UTC 18:00 today

Thu Jul 9 08:06:04 UTC 2015

SSC votes: "Yes".

Thanks,
M.D.

On 7/3/2015 7:11 PM, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com wrote:
>
> Good idea, Siggy.  Because this is editorial only, I'm changing the 
> FINAL ballot to reflect these changes (only requiring audits and 
> websites using the CA's certificates from CA applicants).
>
> So the FINAL ballot (July 3, 2015) reads as below, and attached.  
> VOTING BEGINS AT 18:00 UTC TODAY (two hours from now).
>
> Kirk Hall of Trend Micro made the following motion and Jody Cloutier 
> of Microsoft, Wayne Thayer of GoDaddy, and Dean Coclin of Symantec 
> endorsed it:
>
> *Ballot 149:  Revisions to Forum Membership Bylaw 2.1 (July 3, 2015)*
>
> *2.1  QualifyingforForumMembership*
>
> (a)CA/BrowserForummembersshallmeetatleastoneofthefollowingcriteria.
>
> (1)_IssuingCA:_Thememberorganizationoperatesacertificationauthoritythathasa 
> currentandsuccessfulWebTrustforCAs audit,orETSI102042orETSI101456 
> auditreport,preparedbyaproperly-qualifiedauditor,andthatactivelyissues 
> certificatestoWebserversthatareopenlyaccessiblefromtheInternetusing/any oneofthemainstreambrowsers/ 
> *_a browser created by a Browser member_*. *_Applicants that are not 
> actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet membership criteria 
> may be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a 
> period of time to be designated by the Forum. _*
>
> (2)_RootCA:_Thememberorganizationoperatesacertificationauthoritythathasa 
> currentandsuccessfulWebTrustforCAs audit,orETSI102042orETSI101456 
> audit 
> report_,_preparedbyaproperly-qualifiedauditor,andthatactivelyissuescertificatesto 
> subordinateCAsthat,inturn,activelyissuecertificatestoWebserversthatare 
> openly accessiblefromtheInternetusing/any oneofthemainstreambrowsers/ 
> *_a browser created by a Browser member_*. *_Applicants that are not 
> actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet membership criteria 
> may be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a 
> period of time to be designated by the Forum. _*
>
> (3)_Browser:_Thememberorganizationproducesasoftwareproductintendedforuseby 
> thegeneralpublicforbrowsingtheWebsecurely.
>
> (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
>
> (1) Confirmation that the applicant satisfies at least one of the 
> membership criteria (and if it satisfies more than one, indication of 
> the single category under which the applicant wishes to apply).
>
> (/2) URL of the current qualifying performance audit report./
>
> (/3/) ( *_2_*) The organization name, as you wish it to appear on the 
> Forum Web site and in official Forum documents.
>
> (/4/) (*_3_*) URL of the applicant's main Web site.
>
> (/5/) (*_4_*) Names and email addresses of employees who will 
> participate in the Forum mail list.
>
> (/6/) (*_5_*) Emergency contact information for security issues 
> related to certificate trust.
>
> /(7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate 
> compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP requirements./
>
> *_CA Applicants should supply the following additional information:_*
>
> *__*
>
> *_(6) URL of the current qualifying performance audit report._*
>
> *(_7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate 
> compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP requirements._*
>
> *__*
>
> (c)AnApplicantshallbecomeaMemberoncetheForumhasdeterminedby/vote/*_consensus 
> among the Members during a teleconference or meeting_* thatthe 
> Applicantmeetsalloftherequirementsofsubsection(a) *_or, upon the 
> request of any Member, by a Ballot among the Members_*./Avote 
> of/*_Acceptance by consensus shall be determined or a Ballot 
> ofthe_*Membersshallbe 
> heldassoonastheApplicantindicatesthatithaspresentedallinformationrequired 
> undersubsection(b)andhasrespondedtoallfollow-upquestionsfromtheForumand theMemberhascompliedwiththerequirementsofSection5.5.
>
> -- Motion Ends --
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 18:00 UTC on June 
> 26, 2015, and will close at 18:00 UTC on July 3, 2015. Unless the 
> motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will 
> start immediately thereafter and will close at 18:00 UTC on July 10, 
> 2015. 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] 
> On Behalf Of Sigbjørn Vik
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 2:31 AM
> To: public at cabforum.org
> Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Voting on Ballot 149 begins tomorrow
>
> On 02-Jul-15 20:19, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com 
> <mailto:kirk_hall at trendmicro.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
>
> [...]
>
> > *(_7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate
>
> > compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP
>
> > requirements._*
>
> This doesn't make any sense for browser applicants. Neither does the 
> existing part (2), but with this addition this section becomes wronger.
>
> How about a rewording to the following:
>
> (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
>
> (1)
>
> (3)
>
> (4)
>
> (5)
>
> (6)
>
> CA applicants should additionally supply the following:
>
> (2)
>
> (7)
>
> (Then renumber as necessary)
>
> --
>
> Sigbjørn Vik
>
> Opera Software
>
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