[Servercert-wg] VOTING PERIOD: Ballot SC-064: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Memberships

[Ben Wilson]

Voting ends on Monday. Please make sure to vote.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 11:50 PM lv_hui at itrus.cn <lv_hui at itrus.cn> wrote:

> iTrusChina votes "Yes" on Ballot SC-064.
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> lv_hui at itrus.cn
>
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> *From:* Ben Wilson via Servercert-wg <servercert-wg at cabforum.org>
> *Date:* 2023-06-06 01:43
> *To:* CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List
> <servercert-wg at cabforum.org>
> *Subject:* [Servercert-wg] VOTING PERIOD: Ballot SC-064: Temporary
> Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Memberships
>
> *Ballot SC-064:  Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer
> Memberships*
>
> *Purpose of the Ballot*
>
> During discussions at Face-to-Face Meeting 58, it was noted that the
> membership criteria for Certificate Consumers in the Charter for the Server
> Certificate Working Group (SCWG) lacked sufficient detail. Since then,
> several members of the CA/Browser Forum have worked to develop better
> criteria for membership of Certificate Consumers in the SCWG, however,
> discussion is ongoing. A moratorium is necessary to preserve the status quo
> and ensure impartiality while we re-evaluate and revise our membership
> criteria so that they are more clear, fair, and aligned with the goals of
> the Forum.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and
> endorsed by Tobias Josefowitz of Opera and Thomas Zermeno of SSL.com.
>
> *Motion Begins*
>
> Effective immediately, there is a temporary moratorium established on the
> acceptance of applications for membership as Certificate Consumer members
> in the Server Certificate Working Group. This moratorium will expire on
> December 1, 2023, or prior to such date, upon publication of the Forum’s
> vote on a revised Charter for the Server Certificate Working Group.
>
> During the moratorium, the Server Certificate Working Group will not
> accept or consider applications for membership as Certificate Consumers.
> Applications for other types of membership may be accepted and considered.
>
> *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 (7 days)
>
>     Start Time: 2023-05-25  21:25 UTC
>
>     End Time: Not before 2023-06-01  22:00 UTC
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
>     Start Time:  2023-06-05  18:00 UTC
>
>     End Time: 2023-06-12  18:00 UTC
>
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