[cabfpub] Ballot 212: Canonicalise formal name of the Baseline Requirements

[Gervase Markham]

*Ballot 212: Canonicalise formal name of the Baseline Requirements*

Purpose of Ballot: to make the formal name of the Baseline Requirements
document clear, as use is not currently consistent.

The following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of Mozilla and
endorsed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and Ryan Sleevi of Google:

*-- MOTION BEGINS --*

The official name of the Baseline Requirements document shall be 'The
Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates'. Approved abbreviations for official use
are "the Baseline Requirements", and "the BRs".

Editors and maintainers of CAB Forum documents and websites are
empowered to update text under their control at any time to make this so.

*-- MOTION ENDS --*

The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:


	

Start time (22:00 UTC)

	

End time (22:00 UTC)

Discussion (7 to 14 days)

	

18 Aug

	

25 Aug

Vote for approval (7 days)

	

25 Aug

	1 Sep

	
	

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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:
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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. Quorum is
shown on CA/Browser Forum wiki. Under Bylaw 2.2(g), at least the
required quorum number must participate in the ballot for the ballot to
be valid, either by voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.
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