[cabfpub] Results on Ballot 206 - Amendment to IPR Policy & Bylaws re Working Group Formation

[Kirk Hall]

Results on Ballot 206 - Amendment to IPR Policy & Bylaws re Working Group Formation

The voting period for Ballot 206 has ended and the ballot has passed.  Here are the results.

Voting by CAs - 16 votes total, including abstentions

16 Yes votes: Amazon, Buypass, CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, HARICA, Kamu Sertifikasyon Merkezi, SHECA, SSL.com, SSC, TurkTrust
0 No votes:
0 Abstain:
100% of voting CAs voted in favor

Voting by browsers - 5 votes total, including abstentions

5 Yes votes: Apple, Comodo Security Solutions, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla
0 No votes:
0 Abstain:
100% of voting browsers voted in favor

Quorum requirements
Currently active members: 20
Quorum: 11
Votes cast (including abstentions): 21
Quorum met: Yes

Under Bylaw 2.2(g), a ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Members has participated. Votes to abstain are counted in determining a quorum.  This requirement was met.

Bylaw 2.2(f) requires a yes vote by two-thirds of CA votes and 50%-plus-one browser votes for approval.  Votes to abstain are not counted for this purpose.  This requirement was met for both CAs and browsers.  This requirement was met.

At least one CA Member and one browser Member must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted.  This requirement was met

Ballot 206 passes.  Congratulations and thanks to Virginia Fournier, Dean Coclin, and all the members of the Governance Change Working Group for all their hard work!


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