Apple votes Yes. Curt
> On Jun 22, 2017, at 4:42 AM, Gervase Markham via Public <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ballot 205: Membership-Related Clarifications > Purpose of Ballot: The CAB Forum Bylaws define membership criteria, but don't > say what should happen when an existing member ceases to meet those criteria. > This ballot is intended to fix this, for the avoidance of doubt and > uncertainty. It also makes it clearer that proper recognition of > currently-issued certificates by at least one browser member is a membership > requirement, and adds the definition of "Affiliate" from the IPR policy. > The following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of Mozilla and > endorsed by Kirk Hall of Entrust Datacard and Curt Spann of Apple: > -- MOTION BEGINS -- > This motion changes the CAB Forum Bylaws. > Section 1 > > Add a new section between 2.1 ("Qualifying for Forum Membership") and the > following section, numbering the new section 2.2, and renumbering following > sections appropriately. The new section shall read: > > 2.2 Ending Forum Membership > > Forum Members may resign from the Forum at any time. Resignation does not > prevent a member potentially having continuing obligations, under the Forum's > IPR Policy or any other document. > > (a) Browser: A Browser member's membership will automatically cease if any of > the following become true: > it stops providing updates for its membership-qualifying software product; or > six months have elapsed since the last such published update. > (b) Issuing CA or Root CA: An CA member's membership may be suspended if any > of the following become true: > it fails to pass its membership-qualifying audit; > its membership-qualifying audit is revoked, rescinded or withdrawn; > fifteen months have elapsed since the end of the Audit Period of its last > successful membership-qualifying audit; > it stops issuing certificates to Web servers that are openly accessible from > the Internet; or > it is no longer the case that its currently-issued certificates are treated > as valid by at least one Browser member. > Any Forum Member who believes one of the above circumstances is true of a CA > Forum Member may report it on the Public Mail List. The Chair will then > investigate, including asking the CA for an explanation or appropriate > documentation. If evidence of continued qualification for membership is not > forthcoming within five working days, the Chair will announce that the member > is suspended, such announcement to include the clause(s) from the above list > under which the suspension has been made. > > A suspended CA Forum Member who believes it has now re-met the membership > criteria under the relevant clauses shall post evidence to the Public Mail > List. The Chair will examine the evidence and unsuspend the member, or not, > by public announcement. A CA Forum Member's membership will automatically > cease six months after it becomes suspended if it has not re-met the > membership criteria by that time. > > While suspended, CAs may participate in meetings and on the Forum's > discussion lists, but not propose or second ballots or take part in any form > of voting. Votes cast before a member's suspension is announced will stand. > > Section 2 > > Update both sections 2.1 (a) and (b) to insert words as follows: > > "actively issues certificates to Web servers that are openly accessible from > the Internet, such certificates being treated as valid when using a browser > created by a Browser member." > > Section 3 > > Update section 2.2 b) as follows: > > Only one vote per Member company shall be accepted; representatives of > corporate affiliatesAffiliates shall not vote. > > Add to the Definitions section: > > Affiliate: an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by > or is under common control with, a Member. Control for the purposes of this > Agreement shall mean direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than > fifty percent of the voting stock, or decision-making authority in the event > that there is no voting stock, in an entity. > -- MOTION ENDS -- > > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > BALLOT 205 > Status: Bylaws Change > Start time (23:00 UTC) > End time (23:00 UTC) > Discussion (7 to 14 days) > 22 June > 29 June > Vote for approval (7 days) > 29 June > 6 July > > > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
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