[cabfpub] Voting Begins: Ballot 206: Amendment to IPR Policy & Bylaws re Working Group Formation

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos]

HARICA votes "yes" to ballot 206. Some amendments we sent to the 
governance WG in January and February were unintentionally disregarded. 
Hopefully they will be fixed in a subsequent ballot.


Dimitris.

On 28/3/2018 6:20 πμ, Virginia Fournier via Public wrote:
>
> Ballot 206: Amendment to IPR Policy & Bylaws re Working Group Formation
>
> Purpose of Ballot:  This ballot is the result of the work done by the 
> CA/Browser Forum (the “Forum”) Governance
> Reform Working Group.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Virginia Fournier of Apple 
> and endorsed by Tim Hollebeek of Digicert and Jos Purvis of Cisco to 
> amend the CA/Browser Forum Intellectual Property Rights Policy (“IPR 
> Policy”) and Bylaws of the
> CA/Browser Forum (the “Bylaws”) regarding the formation of working groups:
>
> -- MOTION BEGINS –
>
> 1. Amendment to IPR Policy. The IPR Policy is hereby amended to read 
> in its entirety as set
> forth on Exhibit A hereto (IPR Policy version 1.3, effective [date], 
> 2018). In summary, the
> primary purpose of the amendment to the IPR Policy is to clarify that 
> patent licensing
> obligations will be based on working group participation rather than 
> Forum membership.
>
> 2. Amendment to Bylaws. The Bylaws are hereby amended to read in their 
> entirety as set
> forth on Exhibit B hereto (Bylaws version 1.9, effective [date], 
> 2018). In summary, the purpose
> of the amendment to the Bylaws is to:
>
>   * Set forth the processes required to set up and operate new Forum
>     working groups (each, a “Chartered Working Group” or “CWG”).
>
>   * Clarify that a CWG can create its own subcommittees without full
>     Forum approval and according to the CWG’s own approval process.
>
>   * Make clarifications regarding the handling of faulty ballot votes.
>   * Clarify the applicable process when there’s discrepancy between
>     proposed Guideline language in a ballot and language set forth in
>     a redline version attached to the ballot.
>   * Specify how to finalize minutes if there is no Forum meeting or
>     teleconference within 3 weeks after publication of the draft minutes.
>   * Clarify the meanings of the terms “Forum Meetings” and “Forum
>     Teleconferences."
>   * Approve the charter for the Server Certificate Working Group,
>     which will become the first Chartered Working Group (CWG).
>   * Allow already-existing working groups (“Legacy Working Groups” or
>     “LWG”) to continue operating under the old rules for up to 6
>     months, and then transition to a Chartered Working Group (CWG)
>     with a new charter approved under Section 5.3 of the Bylaws to
>     continue thereafter; also clearly differentiate between Legacy
>     Working Groups and Chartered Working Groups.
>   * Correct the term used to define a CAB Forum member as a “Member”
>     rather than using various other terms to refer to the same thing
>     throughout the document.
>   * Correct non-substantive typos.
>
>
> 3. Approval of Charter for Server Certificate Working Group. Pursuant 
> to Section 5.3.1 (Formation of Working Groups) of the amended Bylaws, 
> the charter for the Server Certificate Working Group attached hereto 
> as Exhibit C is hereby approved.
>
> 4. Applicability of Amendments. The amendments to the IPR Policy and 
> the Bylaws described in this ballot shall become effective 90 days 
> after the date on which the vote for approval is final, and shall not 
> apply retroactively. Any Draft Guideline Ballots already in the Review 
> Period when such amendments go into effect shall comply with the 
> versions of the IPR Policy and the Bylaws in effect when such Review 
> Period began.
>
> -- MOTION ENDS –
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> BALLOT 206
> Formal discussion period:  (7 days)
> Start time:   20 March 2018 2:38 PM PDT (20 Mar 2018 21:38 UTC)
> End Time:  27 March 2018 8:00 PM PDT   (28 Mar 2018 3:00 AM UTC)
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
> Start time: 27 March 2018 8:30 PM PDT (28 March 2018 3:30 AM UTC)
> End time:  3 April 2018 8:30 PM PDT (4 April 2018 3:30 AM)
>
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the 
> Public Mail List.
> A vote in favor of the ballot 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 ballot 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, and there must be a quorum.
>
> Pursuant to Section 2.3(d) of the Bylaws, each Member, and not the 
> Forum, will be responsible for taking precautions to make sure such 
> Member’s vote is submitted properly and counted. In the event that a 
> Member’s vote on a ballot is not submitted properly, such vote shall 
> not be valid and shall not be counted, and there shall be no appeal, 
> revote (except in the case of a new ballot submitted to all Members) 
> or other recourse.
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