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

Kirk Hall Kirk.Hall at entrustdatacard.com
Mon Aug 21 17:59:29 UTC 2017


Gerv, I was asked by my team “what problem is this ballot solving”?  Not in opposition, but just wondering why we need it?

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

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



Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the Public list. 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 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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