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

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)]

Dear ONO Fumiaki,

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Thank you,
Dimitris Zacharopoulos
CA/B Forum Chair.

On 19/7/2023 9:17 π.μ., 大野 文彰 via Public wrote:
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> SECOM Trust Systems votes YES on ballot Forum-18 v3.
>
> ONO Fumiaki
>
> SECOM Trust Systems Co., Ltd.
>
> *From:*Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public 
> [mailto:public at cabforum.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 13, 2023 5:43 PM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* [cainfo : 5178] [cabfpub] Voting begins for Ballot Forum-18 
> v3 - Update CA/B Forum Bylaws to version 2.5
>
> 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)*
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> 	
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> *End time (10:00 UTC)*
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> Discussion (at least 7 days)
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> 	
>
> 4 July 2023
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> 	
>
> 11 July 2023
>
> Expected Vote for approval (7 days)
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> 	
>
> 13 July 2023
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> 	
>
> 20 July 2023
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>
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