Izenpe votes yes
.eus gara !
horregatik orain nire helbide elektronikoa da:
por eso mi dirección de correo electrónico ahora es:  
o-gar...@izenpe.eus<mailto:o-gar...@izenpe.eus>

Oscar García
CISSP, CISM

[Descripción: Descripción: firma_email_Izenpe_eus]



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idatzi, transmisioak huts egin) eman abisu igorleari, korreo honi erantzuna. 
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De: Public [mailto:public-boun...@cabforum.org] En nombre de Kirk Hall via 
Public
Enviado el: miércoles, 25 de enero de 2017 16:27
Para: CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List
CC: Kirk Hall
Asunto: [cabfpub] Voting has started on Ballot 183 – Amending the Bylaws to 
Clarify the Ballot Approval Process

Voting has started on Ballo3 183, and continues through Tuesday, January 31, 
2017 at 22:00 UTC.  Please vote via the Public list.


Ballot 183 – Amending the Bylaws to Clarify the Ballot Approval Process



The following motion has been proposed by Kirk Hall of Entrust, Inc. and 
endorsed by Virginia Fournier of Apple, Inc. and Chris Nalevanko of Amazon.com, 
Inc. to amend the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws (the “Bylaws”):



-- MOTION BEGINS –



In accordance with Section 6.1 of the Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum (the 
“Forum”), the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:

1.  Ballots Among Forum Members.  Section 2.2 of the Bylaws is hereby amended 
to read in its entirety as follows:

“2.2 General Provisions Applicable to all Ballots

The following rules will apply to all ballots, including Draft Guideline 
Ballots (defined in Section 2.3).

(a)  Only votes by Members shall be accepted.

(b)  Only one vote per Member company shall be accepted; representatives of 
corporate affiliates shall not vote.

(c)  A representative of any Member can call for a proposed ballot to be 
published for discussion and comment by the membership. Any proposed ballot 
needs two endorsements by other Members in order to proceed. The discussion 
period then shall take place for at least seven but no more than 14 calendar 
days before votes are cast.  The proposer of the ballot will designate the 
length of the discussion period, and each ballot shall clearly state the start 
and end dates and times (including time zone) for both the discussion period 
and the voting period.

(d) Upon completion of the discussion period, Members shall have exactly seven 
calendar days for voting, with the deadline clearly communicated in the ballot 
and sent via the Public Mail List. All voting will take place via the Public 
Mail List.   Votes not submitted to the Public Mail List will not be considered 
valid, and will not be counted for any purpose.

(e)  Members may vote yes, no, or abstain on a ballot.  Only votes that 
indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the ballot question shall be 
considered (i.e. votes to abstain and votes that do not indicate a clear ‘yes’ 
or ‘no’ response will not figure in the calculation of item (f), below).

(f)  Members fall into two categories: CAs (comprising issuing CAs and root 
CAs, as defined in the membership criteria) and browsers (as defined in the 
membership criteria). In order for the ballot to be adopted by the Forum, 
two-thirds or more of the votes cast by the Members in the CA category must be 
in favor of the ballot, and at least 50% plus one of the votes cast by the 
members in the browser category must be in favor of the ballot. At least one CA 
Member and one browser Member must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to 
be adopted.

(g) A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the 
number of currently active Members has participated. The number of currently 
active Members is the average number of Member organizations that have 
participated in the previous three Forum-wide meetings (both teleconferences 
and face-to-face meetings).  Working Group, subgroup, committee, PAG, and other 
similar meetings do not count for purposes of calculating the “number of 
currently active members.”

(h) The Chair will tabulate and announce the results within 3 business days of 
the close of the voting period.
(i) The Chair may delegate any of his/her duties under this Section 2.2 and 
Section 2.3 to the Vice Chair as necessary, or the Vice Chair may otherwise 
execute the duties and obligations of the Chair as provided in Section 4.1(a) 
of these Bylaws.”

2.  Draft Guideline Ballots.  A new Section 2.3 shall be added to the Bylaws, 
and will read in its entirety as follows:

“2.3       Requirements for Draft Guideline Ballots

This section applies to any ballot that proposes a Final Guideline or a Final 
Maintenance Guideline (a “Draft Guideline Ballot”), all as defined under the 
Forum’s IPR Policy.  Draft Guideline Ballots must comply with the following 
rules in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.2 above.

(a)  A Draft Guideline Ballot will clearly indicate whether it is proposing a 
Final Guideline or a Final Maintenance Guideline.  If the Draft Guideline 
Ballot is proposing a Final Guideline, such ballot will include the full text 
of the Draft Guideline intended to become a Final Guideline.  If the Draft 
Guideline Ballot is proposing a Final Maintenance Guideline, such ballot will 
include a redline or comparison showing the set of changes from the Final 
Guideline section(s) intended to become a Final Maintenance Guideline, and need 
not include a copy of the full set of guidelines.  Such redline or comparison 
shall be made against the Final Guideline section(s) as they exist at the time 
a ballot is proposed, and need not take into consideration other ballots that 
may be proposed subsequently, except as provided in Section 2.3(j) below.

(b)  As described in Section 2.2(c), there will be a discussion period of at 
least seven but no more than 14 calendar days before votes are cast on a Draft 
Guideline Ballot, with the start and end dates of such discussion period 
clearly specified in the ballot.

(c)  As described in Section 2.2(d), upon completion of such discussion period, 
Members shall have exactly seven calendar days to vote on a Draft Guideline 
Ballot, with the deadline clearly communicated in the ballot sent via the 
Public Mail List. All voting will take place via the Public Mail List.  Votes 
not submitted to the Public Mail List will not be considered valid, and will 
not be counted for any purpose.  The Chair may send an email to the Public Mail 
List reminding Members of when the voting period opens and closes.


(d)  The Forum (via the Chair) will tabulate and announce the results within 3 
business days of the close of the initial voting period (the “Initial Vote”).  
If the Draft Guidelines Ballot does not pass the Initial Vote, the ballot will 
stop.



(e)  If a Draft Guideline Ballot passes the Initial Vote, the Chair shall 
initiate, no later than the 3rd business day after the announcement of the 
Initial Vote results, the Review Period of 30 or 60 days, as applicable and as 
described in Section 4.1 of the IPR Policy.  The Chair will initiate the Review 
Period by sending the Review Notice to both the Member Mail List and the Public 
Mail List.  The Review Notice will clearly specify the open and close dates and 
times (with time zone) of the Review Period.  If the Chair does not initiate 
the Review Period within 5 business days after the announcement of the Initial 
Vote results, the Vice Chair may initiate the Review Period, using the same 
process as the Chair would have been required to use.



(f)  The Review Period will continue to the end of the 30- or 60-day period, as 
applicable, regardless of the number of Exclusion Notices filed pursuant to the 
IPR Policy during such period, if any.  No later than 3 business days after the 
conclusion of the applicable Review Period, the Chair will distribute any 
Exclusion Notices submitted in accordance with Section 4.2 of the IPR Policy 
via the Public Mail List; provided, however, that the Chair may distribute such 
Exclusion Notices earlier.



(g)  In addition to following the process for submitting Exclusion Notices set 
forth in Section 4 of the IPR Policy, Members will also send Exclusion Notices 
to the Public Mail List as a safeguard.



(h)  If no Exclusion Notices are filed during the Review Period with respect to 
a Draft Guideline Ballot, then the results of the Initial Vote are 
automatically deemed to be final and approved, and Draft Guidelines then become 
either Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines, as designated in the 
Draft Guidelines Ballot.  The Chair will notify both the Member Mail List and 
the Public Mail List of the final approval within 3 business days, as well as 
update the Public Website of Final Guidelines and Final Maintenance Guidelines 
within 10 business days of the close of the Review Period.



(i)  If Exclusion Notice(s) are filed during the Review Period (as described in 
Section 4.3 of the IPR Policy), then the results of the Initial Vote are 
automatically rescinded and deemed null and void, and;



(i) A Patent Advisory Group (PAG) will be formed, in accordance with Section 7 
of the IPR Policy, to address the conflict.  The PAG will make a conclusion as 
described in Section 7.3.2 of the IPR Policy, and communicate such conclusion 
to the rest of the Forum, using the Member Mail List and the Public Mail List.; 
and



(ii) After the PAG provides its conclusion, if the proposer and endorsers 
decide to proceed with the Draft Guidelines Ballot, and:



(A) The proposer and endorsers do not make any changes to the Draft Guidelines 
Ballot, such ballot must go through the steps described in Sections 2.3(b) 
through (d) above, replacing the “Initial Vote” with a “Second Vote.”  If a 
Draft Guidelines Ballot passes the Second Vote, then the results of the Second 
Vote are deemed to be final and approved.  Draft Guidelines then become either 
Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines, as designated in the Draft 
Guidelines Ballot.  The Chair will notify both the Member Mail List and the 
Public Mail List of the approval, as well as update the public website of Final 
Guidelines and Final Maintenance Guidelines; or



(B) The proposer and endorsers make changes to the Draft Guidelines Ballot, a 
new Draft Guidelines Ballot must be proposed, and must go through the steps 
described in Sections 2.3(a) through (i) above.



(j)  If a ballot is proposed to amend the same section of the Final Guidelines 
or the Final Maintenance Guidelines as one or more previous ballot(s) that 
has/have not yet been finally approved, the newly proposed ballot must include 
information about, and a link to, any such previous ballot(s), and may include 
provisions to avoid any conflicts relating to such previous ballots.”



3.  Interpretation of Bylaws.  A new Section 6.3 shall be added to the Bylaws 
and will read in its entirety as follows:



“6.3 Interpretation of Bylaws



Nothing in these Bylaws is intended to supersede or replace anything in the IPR 
Policy. In the event of a conflict between these Bylaws and the IPR Policy, the 
IPR Policy shall govern.”



3.  Effect of Ballot.  Nothing in this ballot is intended to supersede or 
replace anything in the IPR Policy.  In the event of a conflict between this 
ballot and the IPR Policy, the IPR Policy shall govern.  Except as specifically 
provided in this ballot, all other provisions of the Bylaws shall remain in 
full force and effect.



-- MOTION ENDS –



The procedure for this ballot is as follows (exact start and end times may be 
adjusted to comply with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement):



BALLOT 183

Status: Amendment to Bylaws


Start time (22:00 UTC)


End time (22:00 UTC)


Discussion (7 days)


17 Jan. 2017


24 Jan. 2017


Vote for approval (7 days)


24 Jan. 2017


31 Jan. 2017




Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the Public 
Mail List.



A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response. A 
vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must 
indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not be 
counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting Member 
before the close of the voting period will be counted. Voting Members are 
listed here: https://cabforum.org/members/


In order for the ballot to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast by 
Members in the CA category and greater than 50% of the votes cast by members in 
the browser category must be in favor.  Quorum is currently ten (10) Members – 
at least ten Members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, 
voting against, or abstaining.

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