[cabfpub] Voting Begins: FORUM-18, Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs

[Yoshiro YONEYA]

JPRS votes YES to Ballot FORUM-18.

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Yoshiro YONEYA <yoshiro.yoneya at jprs.co.jp>

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:10:06 +0000 Tim Hollebeek via Public <public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> 
> Ballot FORUM-18, Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs
> 
> Proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Wayne Thayer of Fastly.
> 
> Overview
> 
> Section 4.1 of the Bylaws describes elections for Forum Chair and Vice Chair, and says:
> 
> "No person may serve as Chair for more than a two-year period or be elected to Vice Chair upon expiration or termination
> of the person's service as Chair, but a person is eligible to be elected as Chair again after having vacated the position
> as Chair for at least one (1) term."
> 
> This makes it clear Forum Chairs and Vice Chairs cannot be re-elected (be elected to a new term for the same office they
> currently hold), but the situation is less clear for Chairs and Vice Chairs of Chartered Working Groups (CWGs).
> 
> The current Bylaws have been read by some to allow re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs, and by others to prohibit it.
> It has happened once in the past, and whether it is allowed depends on whether "follow the procedures of Bylaws Section 4.1
> as closely as possible" is merely referring to election procedures, or also candidate qualifications.
> 
> This ambiguity was discussed during the spring CA/Browser Forum Face-to-face meeting, and the consensus was that we should
> update the Bylaws to clarify that re-election is allowed, and the election process itself is sufficient to determine
> whether members want to retain the existing Chair and/or Vice Chair, or whether they want to vote for someone else.
> This is important because the pool of qualified and willing candidates is not particularly large.
> 
> This ballot retains the existing prohibition on re-election for Forum Chairs and Vice Chairs.
> 
> - MOTION BEGINS -
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> The Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum are amended as described in the following redline:
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> https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/fa1a5cb37a452e53d769ed759c06f05d21b1cb4b..f197d28fac92c807896d55b6ef43b776b6264aca
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> - MOTION ENDS -
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> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> Discussion (7+ days)
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> Start Time: 2022-07-20 2:45 PM Eastern (US)
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> End Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM Eastern (US)
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> Start Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM Eastern (US)
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> End Time: 2022-08-03 3:15 PM Eastern (US)
>