[cabfpub] Initial Vote Results on Ballot FORUM-10

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)]

The voting period for Ballot FORUM-10 has ended and *the Ballot has 
Passed.*Here are the results:


      *_Voting by Certificate Issuers – 15 votes total including
      abstentions_*

  * *15 Yes votes:* Certum (Asseco), Sectigo (former Comodo CA),
    DarkMatter, DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign,
    GoDaddy, HARICA, SSL.com, SwissSign, TrustCor, SecureTrust (former
    Trustwave), TurkTrust.
  * *0 No votes:*
  * *0 Abstain:*

100% of voting Certificate Issuers voted in favor


      *_Voting by Certificate Consumers – 4 votes total including
      abstentions_*

  * *4 Yes votes:* Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla
  * *0 No votes:*
  * *0 Abstain: *

100% of voting Certificate Consumers voted in favor


      Relevant Bylaw references

Bylaw 2.3(6) requires:

  * a "yes" vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and
    50%-plus-one Certificate Consumer votes for approval.  Votes to
    abstain are not counted for this purpose.  This requirement _was met
    for both Certificate Issuers and Certificate Consumers_.
  * at least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer Member
    must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This
    requirement _was also met_.

Under Bylaw 2.3(7), "aballot 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.Half 
of currently active Members as of the start of voting was *9*, so quorum 
was *10 votes *– _quorum was met_.

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