[cabfpub] Bylaw correction pre-ballot

[Ryan Sleevi]

No objections here.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Ben Wilson <ben.wilson at digicert.com> wrote:

> Would anyone have an objection if we just changed the “6” to an “f” since
> it’s an obvious erratum / minor transcription error?
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> *From:* public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Dean Coclin
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:47 PM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* [cabfpub] Bylaw correction pre-ballot
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> I noticed an error when I was reviewing the bylaws after a recent vote.
> The current bylaws (section 2.2) read as follows:
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> *2.2       Ballots Among Forum Members*
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> Ballots will be conducted in accordance with the following rules.
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> (a)  Only votes by Members shall be accepted.
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> (b)  Only one vote per Member company shall be accepted; representatives
> of corporate affiliates shall not vote.
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> (c)  A representative of any Member can call for a proposed ballot to be
> published for review and comment by the membership. Any proposed ballot
> needs two endorsements by other Members in order to proceed. The review
> period then shall take place for at least seven calendar-days before votes
> are cast.
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> (d)  The CA/Browser Forum shall provide seven calendar-days for voting,
> with the deadline clearly communicated via the members’ electronic mailing
> list. All voting will take place online via the members’ electronic mailing
> list.
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> (e)  Only votes that indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the ballot
> question shall be considered (i.e. votes to abstain and votes that do not
> indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response will not figure in the calculation
> of item 6, below).
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> (f)   Members fall into two categories: CAs (comprising issuing CAs and
> root CAs, as defined in the membership criteria) and product suppliers (as
> defined in the membership criteria). In order for the motion to be adopted
> by the Forum, two-thirds or more of the votes cast by the Members in the CA
> category must be in favor of the motion, and at least 50% plus one of the
> votes cast by the members in the browser category must be in favor of the
> motion.  At least one CA Member and one browser Member must vote in favor
> of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted.
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> (g)  A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of
> the number of currently active members has participated. The number of
> currently active members is the average number of member organizations that
> have participated in the previous three meetings (both teleconferences and
> face-to-face meetings).
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> (h)  The CA/Browser Forum will tabulate and announce the results within
> one calendar-day of the close of the voting period.
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> There is no “item 6, below” in (e) but in talking to Kirk who wrote this,
> he took it from the old website and forgot to change “6” to “f”.
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> Does anyone have any other bylaw corrections that we could put into 1
> ballot?
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> Thanks
> Dean
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