SSC votes: "Yes".
Thanks,
M.D.
On 5/16/2017 11:55 PM, Virginia Fournier via Public wrote:
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
//anobviouslyoropenlyunpleasantorcarpingremark.]/
* 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], the W3C Code of Ethics
and Professional Conduct [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/
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.
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END OF DRAFT BALLOT
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Best regards,
Virginia Fournier
Senior Standards Counsel
Apple Inc.
☏ 669-227-9595
✉︎ [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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