Amazon votes YES. We appreciate all the hard work put in developing the Code of Conduct and believe it is a positive step forward for the Forum.
> On May 23, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Kirk Hall via Public <[email protected]> wrote: > > Voting ends on May 30 at 22:00 UTC > > > Ballot 200 > > Purpose of Ballot: To amend the CAB Forum Bylaws to add a Code of Conduct. > > The following motion has been proposed by Virginia Fournier of Apple and > endorsed by Gervase Markham of Mozilla and Tarah Wheeler of Symantec. > > —MOTION BEGINS— > > 1. A new Section 6.4 will be added to the Bylaws of the CAB Forum, and will > read in its entirety as follows: > > “Section 6.4 > > All Members shall abide by the CAB Forum Code of Conduct, which is attached > to these Bylaws as Exhibit C.” > > 2. A new Exhibit C will be added to the Bylaws, and will read in its > entirety as follows: > > “Exhibit C > > > CAB Forum Code of Conduct (the “Code") > > The CAB Forum (the “Forum") is comprised of a global group of professionals > with differences in language, skills, expertise, experience, and backgrounds. > To maintain a professional and productive environment, it is necessary for > Members of the Forum to follow the letter and spirit of this Code. This Code > applies to all official Forum activities, such as meetings, teleconferences, > mailing lists, conferences, and other Forum functions. The Forum is > committed to maintaining a professional and respectful environment. > > All Member representatives are expected to behave in a collegial and > professional manner in accordance with this Code. Members will familiarize > their representatives with this Code and require them to comply with the > letter and spirit of this Code. > > I. Conduct. The Forum is committed to providing a friendly, safe, and > welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, gender identity and > expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, > race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other similar characteristic. > The Forum recognizes and appreciates that its participants have diverse > languages, backgrounds, experience, and expertise, and expects that all > participants will be treated with respect by all other participants. > > (a) In connection with official Forum activities, all Forum participants > shall: > Be polite, kind, and courteous to other participants, refraining from > insulting remarks on the perceived intelligence or ability of others. > Treat fellow Forum participants with respect, professionalism, courtesy, and > reasonableness. > Respect that people have differences of opinion, and that there is seldom > unanimous agreement on a single “correct" answer. Be willing to compromise > and agree to disagree. > > > (b) In connection with official Forum activities, all Forum participants > shall refrain from conduct such as: > Threatening violence towards anyone. > Discriminating against anyone on the basis of personal characteristics or > group membership. > Harassing or bullying anyone verbally, physically, or sexually. > Launching barbs at others. [Note: a “barb” is an obviously or openly > unpleasant or carping remark.] > Touching another person in a physically inappropriate way. > Deliberately intimidating or stalking another person (in-person, online, or > by other means). > Inappropriately disrupting or impeding official Forum events, including > meetings, talks, and presentations. For purposes of this Code, > "inappropriate disruption" would include aggressive, violent, and abusive > conduct that prevents an official Forum event from occurring or proceeding. > Spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting, and other similar behavior > inappropriately directed towards an individual. > Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior. > > > (c) All Forum participants should promote the rules of this Code and take > action to bring discussions back into compliance with the Code whenever > violations are observed. > > > (d) Forum participants should stick to ideological, conceptual discussions > and avoid engaging in offensive or sensitive personal discussions, > particularly if they're off-topic; such personal discussions can lead to > unnecessary arguments, hurt feelings, and damaged trust. > > > II. Moderation. These are the policies for upholding the Code. > > > (a) Resist the urge to be defensive. Remember that it's your responsibility > to clearly communicate your message to your fellow participants. Everyone > wants to get along and we are all in the Forum first and foremost because we > want to talk about standards and everything that involves. Other participants > will be eager to assume good intent and forgive as long as you have earned > their trust. > > (b) Participants should inform the Chair, Vice Chair, and/or a Working Group > Chair immediately if they feel they have been, or are being, harassed or made > uncomfortable by a Forum member. Intimidation, personal attacks, and > retaliation of any kind will not be tolerated. > > (c) Any Forum participant may report, in good faith, a perceived violation > of the Code to the Forum Chair or Vice Chair, or to a Working Group Chair > (each, a “Code Liaison”). One or more Code Liaison(s) will work with the > reported Forum participant to determine whether a violation of the Code has > occurred and, if so, how to resolve it. Resolution may also include > appropriate executives from the Forum participant’s Member company, as > appropriate. If the reported Forum participant, Member executives, and the > Code Liaison(s) are unable to resolve the issue, any of the foregoing may > request the assistance of a reasonably acceptable independent third party > (such as an Interested Party or WebTrust) to assist with the resolution. > > > (d) Members agree to take appropriate action in the event any of their > Member representatives violate the Code. Such action could include warning, > reprimanding, suspending, removing or replacing the Member representative who > has violated the Code, depending on the severity of the violation. Depending > on the number and severity of violations, the Forum may impose consequences > such as excluding a Member representative from certain meetings, removing a > Member representative from a mailing list, and suspending a Member > representative from certain Forum activities. > > > > > Adapted from the WHATWG Code of Conduct > [https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct > <https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct>], the W3C Code of Ethics and > Professional Conduct [https://www.w3c.org/Consortium/cepc/ > <https://www.w3c.org/Consortium/cepc/>], and the Citizen Code of Conduct > [citizencodeofconduct.org <http://citizencodeofconduct.org/>].” > > > —END OF MOTION— > > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows (exact start and end > times may be adjusted to comply with applicable sections of the Bylaws and > IPR Agreement): > > > BALLOT 200 > > Status: Amendment to Bylaws > > Start time (22:00 UTC) > > End time (22:00 UTC) > > > Discussion (7 days) > > Starts: May 16, 2017 > > Ends: May 23, 2017 > > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > Starts: May 23, 2017 > > Starts: May 30, 2017 > > No Review Period is required. > > Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the Public > List. A vote in favor of the motion 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/ > <https://cabforum.org/members/> > > In order for the motion 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 shown on > CA/Browser Forum wiki. Under Bylaw 2.2(g), at least the required quorum > number must participate in the ballot for the ballot to be valid, either by > voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining. > > =================== > END OF DRAFT BALLOT > =================== > > > Best regards, > > Virginia Fournier > Senior Standards Counsel > Apple Inc. > ☏ 669-227-9595 > ✉︎ [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
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