[cabfpub] Voting Begins: Ballot Forum-9 - Bylaws and Server Certificate Working Group Charter Updates

[Peter Miškovič]

Disig votes „YES“ on Ballot Forum-9 - Bylaws and Server Certificate Working Group Charter Updates

Regards
Peter

From: Public <public-bounces at cabforum.org> On Behalf Of Wayne Thayer via Public
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 8:59 PM
To: CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <public at cabforum.org>
Subject: [cabfpub] Voting Begins: Ballot Forum-9 - Bylaws and Server Certificate Working Group Charter Updates

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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