[cabfpub] Voting begins for Ballot Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5

[Ben Wilson]

Mozilla votes "Yes" on Ballot Forum-018 v3

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:43 AM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> This message begins the voting period for ballot Forum-18 v3.
>
> Dimitris.
>
> Purpose of the 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 efficiently. Most of these changes are described in the “Issues
> with Bylaws to be addressed
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrIy3F5cPge0_M-C8J6fe72KcVI8H5Q_2S6S31ynU0>”
> document. Some preparatory discussions and reviews can be checked on
> GitHub <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32>.
>
> Here is a list of major changes:
>
>    1. Clarified that it is not always required to “READ” the antitrust
>    statement before each meeting and added the option of reading a "note-well".
>    2. Clarified where to send/post Chartered Working Group minutes.
>    3. Increased the number of days before automatic failing a ballot from
>    21 to 90 days.
>    4. Allow Chair or Vice-Chair to update links to other sections within
>    a document without a ballot.
>    5. Applied grammatical and other language improvements.
>    6. Clarified that Subcommittee minutes do not need to also be
>    published on the public web site.
>    7. Created a new member category called "Probationary Member",
>    applicable to both Certificate Issuer and Consumer categories, and
>    separated "Associate Members - Certificate Issuers" from the "Associate
>    Member" category.
>    8. Clarified language for Associate Members for consistency with
>    Probationary Member for the ballot proposals and endorsing.
>    9. Removed the member category called "Root CA Issuer" and only kept
>    the "CA Issuer" category.
>    10. Added a step to check the authority of the signer during
>    membership applications.
>    11. Updated the Chartered Working Group template.
>    12. Added some language to the Code of Conduct.
>    13. Publishing private conversations without express permission is
>    considered a violation of the Code of Conduct.
>    14. Updated the elections language as agreed at F2F#58.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA
> and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Paul van Brouwershaven of Entrust.
>
> MOTION BEGINS
> *Amendment to the Bylaws:* Replace the entire text of the Bylaws of the
> CA/Browser Forum with the attached version (CA-Browser Forum Bylaws
> v2.5.pdf).
>
> *NOTE:* There are two redlines produced by GitHub
>
>    1. Bylaws-redline.pdf (attached)
>    2. GitHub redline available at
>    https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-
>    <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11>
>    3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11
>    <https://github.com/cabforum/forum/pull/32/files#diff-3c3a1aa55886ff217ac9c808f96a5e9a9582fc11>
>
> MOTION ENDS
> The procedure for this ballot is as follows:
>
>
> *Forum-18 v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5 * *Start time
> (10:00 UTC)* *End time (10:00 UTC)*
> Discussion (at least 7 days) 4 July 2023 11 July 2023
> Expected Vote for approval (7 days) 13 July 2023
> 20 July 2023
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