[cabfpub] Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 - Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter - VOTING PERIOD

[Tim Hollebeek]

DigiCert votes YES on Ballot FORUM-019 v2.

 

We do have concerns that the new membership and probationary rules may prove to be onerous both to comply with and to track, but if these are the membership rules Certificate Consumers want, we’re fine with them.  If they turn out to be problematic in practice, we’ll revisit.

 

-Tim

 

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Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 - Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter - VOTING PERIOD

 

The voting period for Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 starts today. Votes must be cast on the Forum public list in accordance with the Forum's Bylaws.  Voting will conclude at 16:00 UTC on 4 December 2023. 

 

Ballot FORUM-019 v.2 - Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter

 

Purpose of Ballot

 

This ballot proposes to amend the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG) Charter, based on existing version 1.2 of the Charter and on recent updates to the Forum’s Bylaws. 

During discussions at Face-to-Face Meeting 58, it was noted that the membership criteria for Certificate Consumers in the SCWG Charter lacked sufficient detail. Since then, through discussions on the mailing list of the SCWG and elsewhere, better criteria for membership of Certificate Consumers in the SCWG have been developed, and the ballot also adds a 6-month probationary period for all applicants to the SCWG before they become voting members. 

Additionally, section numbering has been added, the outdated "Root Certificate Issuer" voting category has been removed, and provisions regarding voting percentages and quorum have been clarified.

The following motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA.

 

----- Motion Begins -----

MODIFY the Charter of the Server Certificate Working Group as specified in the following redline: 

https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/59185f16917cc7f5b83564fe5fddff32cf84c8ce...3af42d2d9e38a0dfcdf9450d5ca772365d5b5dbb

----- Motion Ends -----

 

This ballot does not propose a Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline. 

The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

Discussion Period (7+ days)

    Start Time: 2023-11-16  23:00 UTC

    End Time: Not before 2023-11-23  23:00 UTC

 

Vote for approval (7 days)

    Start Time: 2023-11-27  16:00 UTC

    End Time:  2023-12-04  16:00 UTC

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