[cabfpub] Ballot FORUM-1: Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group
Ryan Sleevi
sleevi at google.com
Tue Aug 7 10:46:09 MST 2018
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:30 AM Jos Purvis (jopurvis) via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:
> Final version of the ballot (with fixed dates) is below; discussion period
> starts today!
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> Jos Purvis (jopurvis at cisco.com)
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> *Ballot FORUM-1: Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group*
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> *Purpose of Ballot*
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> The CA/Browser Forum has grown considerably over the last few years and is
> now dividing its work into multiple working groups to more carefully
> address specific certificate needs. The responsibilities of managing the
> various components of infrastructure necessary for the Forum to conduct its
> work, such as the wiki and mailing lists, has grown considerably. With
> immense gratitude to each of the Forum members that have helped to provide
> this infrastructure, the work of managing it should no longer be left as a
> volunteer best-effort function of any single Forum member. This ballot
> would establish a working group chartered to help ensure the infrastructure
> supporting the Forum continues to meet its needs.
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> The following motion has been proposed by Jos Purvis of Cisco and endorsed
> by Tim Hollebeek of Digicert and Wayne Thayer of Mozilla.
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> *— MOTION BEGINS —*
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> *Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group*
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> Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with Section 5.3 of
> the Bylaws, the Forum Infrastructure Working Group (“FIWG”) is created to
> perform the activities as specified in this Charter, subject to the terms
> and conditions of the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws and Intellectual Property
> Rights (IPR) Policy, as such documents may change from time to time. The
> definitions found in the Forum’s Bylaws shall apply to capitalized terms in
> this Charter.
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> *Scope*
>
> The authorized scope of the Forum Infrastructure Working Group shall be as
> follows:
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> 1. To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the
> common CA/Browser Forum website and wiki resources;
> 2. To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and wiki
> content in support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the Bylaws;
> 3. To create and manage the division of access and content spaces
> required to help ensure the separation of the work of various Working
> Groups and accompanying commitments, as described in the Forum’s IPR Policy;
> 4. To manage the Forum-level email lists and to offer management of
> working-group and subcommittee mailing lists as needed in support of the
> Forum List Manager role established in the Bylaws;
> 5. To perform other activities ancillary to the primary activities
> listed above.
>
>
>
> *Out of Scope*
>
> The following items are considered out of scope for the Working Group
> under this charter:
>
> - The FIWG will not address coordination of Forum or Working Group
> face-to-face meetings.
> - The FIWG will not create Maintenance Guidelines or Final Maintenance
> Guidelines as defined in the Bylaws and IPR Policy.
>
>
Jos,
Is this a typo here? I believe it's meant to be "Final Guideline or Final
Maintenance Guideline" as defined by the Bylaws and IPR policy - is that
correct?
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> -
> - The FIWG shall provide recommendations of infrastructure acquisition
> or use to the Forum, but shall not impose requirements upon the rest of the
> Forum.
> - The FIWG will not address the acquisition or maintenance of software
> or services used for online meetings of the Forum Plenary or Working Groups
> at this time.
>
> In addition to the above, the work of the FIWG in managing content updates
> to online content shall be offered to Working Groups and Subcommittees, but
> shall not supplant the responsibilities of Forum chairs or members to do so
> as required by the Bylaws.
>
>
>
> *Anticipated End Date*
>
> Given that the work of infrastructure support and management is expected
> to be consistent and ongoing, the FIWG is chartered without a specific end
> date. However, the FIWG may be dissolved at any time through a Forum
> ballot, as specified in the Bylaws, section 5.3.2c.
>
>
>
> *Personnel and Participation*
>
> *Initial Chairs and Contacts*
>
> The proposer of the ballot, Jos Purvis, will act as chair of the FIWG
> until the first Working Group Teleconference, at which time the group will
> select a chair and vice-chair either through election or acclamation of
> those present. The FIWG chair and vice-chair will serve two-year terms, the
> first of which will start upon their election and run through 31 October
> 2020.
>
>
>
> *Members Eligible to Participate*
>
> The FIWG welcomes the participation of any Member organization of the
> Forum Plenary interested in this work, and also invites Interested Parties
> and Associate Members as defined in the Bylaws to participate in its
> meetings and work. In addition to organizations choosing to participate in
> the FIWG, the following people shall be automatically declared as Members
> of the FIWG:
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> - The Forum Plenary Chair;
> - The Forum Plenary Vice-Chair;
> - The Forum Plenary Webmaster;
> - The Forum Plenary List Manager;
> - The Forum Plenary Questions List Coordinator.
>
> The Chair of each Forum Working Group also shall be automatically declared
> a Member of the FIWG unless they specifically designate an alternate in
> their place.
>
>
>
> *Membership Declaration*
>
> Member organizations of the Forum that choose to participate in the FIWG
> may declare their participation and must do so prior to participating, in
> accordance with the IPR agreements of the Forum. The Chair of the FIWG
> shall establish a list for declarations of participation and manage it in
> accordance with the Bylaws and the IPR requirements documents.
>
>
>
> *Voting and Voting Structure*
>
> Voting in the FIWG shall be limited to FIWG members who are listed as a
> voting Member of any other Working Group in the Forum. Voting shall be
> egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a single class with one
> vote granted to each Member organization. Ballots shall be adopted by the
> FIWG if the number of votes cast meets Quorum, and the number of votes in
> favor exceeds 50% of the votes cast. Quorum is defined as the larger of 5
> or the average number of Member organizations that have participated in the
> last three FIWG Meetings or Teleconferences (not counting subcommittee
> meetings thereof). For transition purposes, if three meetings have not yet
> occurred, quorum is five (5). For the purposes of counting votes,
> automatically included members such as the Forum Webmaster may not cast
> votes separate from their Member organization.
>
>
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> *Summary of Major WG Deliverables and Guidelines*
>
> The deliverables of the FIWG are defined in the Scope section above. In
> addition to the general focus of the Working Group, however, the following
> specific deliverables are defined:
>
> - A review of the current web, document review, and wiki software in
> use to ensure it meets the security and content needs of the Forum;
> - Creation of separate wiki space for each Forum Working Group, to
> enable the division of content required by the IPR Policy;
> - A review of the current public web content and reorganization as
> required to support the new Forum Working Group changes.
>
>
>
> *Primary Means of Communication*
>
> The FIWG will communicate primarily through listserv-based email, and
> shall conduct periodic calls or face-to-face meetings as needed.
>
>
>
> *IPR Policy*
>
> As with all Forum Working Group activity, the CA/Browser Forum
> Intellectual Rights Policy v1.3 or later shall apply to all activities and
> work of the FIWG.
>
>
>
> --- MOTION ENDS---
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> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> *Discussion Period (7 days):*
>
> Start Time: Monday, 6 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
>
> End Time: Monday, 13 August 2018 at 0800 UTC
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> *Vote for Approval (7 days):*
>
> Start Time: Monday, 13 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
>
> End Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
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