[cabfpub] Draft Ballot FORUM-18: Allow re-election of CWG chairs and vice chairs

[Wayne Thayer]

I believe the immutable redline is
https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/fa1a5cb37a452e53d769ed759c06f05d21b1cb4b..f197d28fac92c807896d55b6ef43b776b6264aca

I would suggest updating the overview section of the ballot to better
explain what is meant by "re-election". Having said that, I would be happy
to endorse.

Thanks,

Wayne

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 7:57 AM Tim Hollebeek via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> I should also mention that there are a few other election-related errors
> in the Bylaws, but I think mixing policy issues and bugfixes in the same
> ballot is bad practice.
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> Willing to work on a separate ballot for those as well.
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> -Tim
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> *From:* Public <public-bounces at cabforum.org> *On Behalf Of *Tim Hollebeek
> via Public
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 20, 2022 10:53 AM
> *To:* CABforum1 <public at cabforum.org>
> *Subject:* [cabfpub] Draft Ballot FORUM-18: Allow re-election of CWG
> chairs and vice chairs
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> *Thank you very much to Ben for the endorsement:
> https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/27#issuecomment-1189406036
> <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/27#issuecomment-1189406036>*
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> *Looking for one more endorser, and I always forget how to do stable
> github comparison URLs…*
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> *Ballot FORUM-18, Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs*
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> Proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed by Ben Wilson of
> Mozilla and ??? of ???.
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> *Overview*
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> This ballot retains term limits at the Forum level.
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> *— 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/main...timfromdigicert-bylaws-reelection
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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: ???
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>  End Time: ???
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> Start Time: ???
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> End Time: ???
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