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

[Yoshiro YONEYA]

JPRS votes YES to Ballot Forum-18 v3.

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

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:43:33 +0000 "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-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