Ben, on the wiki page you created, can you add a column between the column 
"Date of Declaration" and the column "Date of Withdrawal" and label it "Type".  
Then maybe put on the page at the top a guide to the three types of Members and 
the one type of Associate member, something like this:

Type
1 = Certificate Issuer
2 = Root Certificate Issuer
3 = Certificate Consumer
4 = Associate Member

We probably should also post these definitions on the wiki page from the Server 
Certificate Working Group Charter to remind people what the terms mean.

(1) Certificate Issuer: The member organization operates a certification 
authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs audit, or ETSI TS 
102042, ETSI 101456, or ETSI EN 319 411-1 audit report prepared by a 
properly-qualified auditor, and that 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 Certificate Consumer Member. 
Applicants that are not actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet 
membership criteria may be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 
for a period of time to be designated by the Forum.

(2) Root Certificate Issuer: The member organization operates a certification 
authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs, or ETSI TS 
102042, ETSI TS 101456, ETSI EN 319 411-1 audit report prepared by a 
properly-qualified auditor, and that actively issues certificates to 
subordinate CAs that, in turn, actively issue certificates to Web servers that 
are openly accessible from the Internet, such certificates being treated as 
valid when using a browser created by a Certificate Consumer Member. Applicants 
that are not actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet membership 
criteria may be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a 
period of time to be designated by the Forum.

(3) A Certificate Consumer can participate in this Working Group if it produces 
a software product intended for use by the general public for browsing the Web 
securely.



From: Ben Wilson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 10:24 AM
To: CABFPub <[email protected]>
Cc: Kirk Hall <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]New Server Certificate Working Group

Hi All,

As Kirk mentioned during the teleconference call yesterday, we are in the 
process of spinning up the Server Certificate Working Group and will hold our 
first meeting on July 12.  Kirk and I will be sending out a more formal 
announcement of that meeting and solicitation for participation.

However, given that the new Bylaws come into effect early next week, I felt it 
was important that we start the transition before then. I propose that the 
Forum's mechanism for formally declaring participation in the Server 
Certificate Working Group be that existing members and interested parties (who 
have signed the Agreement for IPR Policy v. 1.3) send an email to Kirk and me, 
respectively as Chair and Vice-Chair of the WG, and formally declare their 
participation in the WG. (I had contemplated that everyone might send their 
email to the public list, but I felt that all of those emails might clutter 
your inboxes.)

As a follow up task to this declaration, I'd ask that CABF members list the 
name of their organization here 
https://cabforum.org/wiki/Server%20Certificate%20Working%20Group.  If you are 
an interested party, we will add your name as a participant when we receive 
your email.

Also, everyone is welcome to subscribe to the WG's mailing list here - 
https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/servercert-wg.


Thanks,

Ben
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