[cabfpub] Voting Ends Monday on Ballot Forum-9 - Bylaws and Server Certificate Working Group Charter Updates

[Wayne Thayer]

Reminder: voting on this ballot ends on Monday 20-May at 19:00 UTC.

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:59 AM Wayne Thayer <wthayer at mozilla.com> wrote:

> Purpose of Ballot: The Forum has identified and discussed a number of
> improvements to be made to the current version of the Bylaws to improve
> clarity and allow the Forum to function more effectively. Major changes
> include:
> * Formalize Subcommittees at the Forum level
> * Automatically grant Forum membership to CWG members
> * Move Forum membership requirements to the SCWG Charter and clarify them
> * Clarify CWG voting rules
> * Clarify process for CWG officer elections
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and
> endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert
> to amend the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum and the Server Certificate
> Working Group Charter.
>
>
> — MOTION BEGINS –
>
> 1. Amendment to the Bylaws: replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the
> CA/Browser Forum with the following:
>
>
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/Bylaws.md
>
>
> 2. Amendment to the SCWG Charter: replace the entire text of the Server
> Certificate Working Group Charter with the following:
>
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/blob/f749189752994b378fae2ca9b8f22f51fcc2e204/docs/SCWG-charter.md
>
> — MOTION ENDS –
>
>
> *** WARNING ***: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  THE REDLINE BELOW IS NOT THE
> OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE CHANGES (CABF Bylaws, Section 2.4(a)):
>
> A comparison of the changes can be found at:
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/0616216..f749189?diff=split
>
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> Formal discussion period:  (14+ days)
>
> Start time:   April 26, 2019 19:00 UTC
>
> End Time:  May 13, 2019 19:00 UTC
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> Start time: May 13, 2019 19:00 UTC
>
> End time:  May 20, 2019 19:00 UTC
>
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