On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:30 AM Jos Purvis (jopurvis) via Public < public@cabforum.org> wrote:
> Final version of the ballot (with fixed dates) is below; discussion period > starts today! > > > > > > -- > Jos Purvis (jopur...@cisco.com) > .:|:.:|:. cisco systems | Cryptographic Services > PGP: 0xFD802FEE07D19105 | +1 919.991.9114 (desk) > > > > *Ballot FORUM-1: Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group* > > > > *Purpose of Ballot* > > The CA/Browser Forum has grown considerably over the last few years and is > now dividing its work into multiple working groups to more carefully > address specific certificate needs. The responsibilities of managing the > various components of infrastructure necessary for the Forum to conduct its > work, such as the wiki and mailing lists, has grown considerably. With > immense gratitude to each of the Forum members that have helped to provide > this infrastructure, the work of managing it should no longer be left as a > volunteer best-effort function of any single Forum member. This ballot > would establish a working group chartered to help ensure the infrastructure > supporting the Forum continues to meet its needs. > > > > The following motion has been proposed by Jos Purvis of Cisco and endorsed > by Tim Hollebeek of Digicert and Wayne Thayer of Mozilla. > > > > *— MOTION BEGINS —* > > > > *Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group* > > > > Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with Section 5.3 of > the Bylaws, the Forum Infrastructure Working Group (“FIWG”) is created to > perform the activities as specified in this Charter, subject to the terms > and conditions of the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws and Intellectual Property > Rights (IPR) Policy, as such documents may change from time to time. The > definitions found in the Forum’s Bylaws shall apply to capitalized terms in > this Charter. > > > > *Scope* > > The authorized scope of the Forum Infrastructure Working Group shall be as > follows: > > 1. To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the > common CA/Browser Forum website and wiki resources; > 2. To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and wiki > content in support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the Bylaws; > 3. To create and manage the division of access and content spaces > required to help ensure the separation of the work of various Working > Groups and accompanying commitments, as described in the Forum’s IPR > Policy; > 4. To manage the Forum-level email lists and to offer management of > working-group and subcommittee mailing lists as needed in support of the > Forum List Manager role established in the Bylaws; > 5. To perform other activities ancillary to the primary activities > listed above. > > > > *Out of Scope* > > The following items are considered out of scope for the Working Group > under this charter: > > - The FIWG will not address coordination of Forum or Working Group > face-to-face meetings. > - The FIWG will not create Maintenance Guidelines or Final Maintenance > Guidelines as defined in the Bylaws and IPR Policy. > > Jos, Is this a typo here? I believe it's meant to be "Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline" as defined by the Bylaws and IPR policy - is that correct? > > - > - The FIWG shall provide recommendations of infrastructure acquisition > or use to the Forum, but shall not impose requirements upon the rest of the > Forum. > - The FIWG will not address the acquisition or maintenance of software > or services used for online meetings of the Forum Plenary or Working Groups > at this time. > > In addition to the above, the work of the FIWG in managing content updates > to online content shall be offered to Working Groups and Subcommittees, but > shall not supplant the responsibilities of Forum chairs or members to do so > as required by the Bylaws. > > > > *Anticipated End Date* > > Given that the work of infrastructure support and management is expected > to be consistent and ongoing, the FIWG is chartered without a specific end > date. However, the FIWG may be dissolved at any time through a Forum > ballot, as specified in the Bylaws, section 5.3.2c. > > > > *Personnel and Participation* > > *Initial Chairs and Contacts* > > The proposer of the ballot, Jos Purvis, will act as chair of the FIWG > until the first Working Group Teleconference, at which time the group will > select a chair and vice-chair either through election or acclamation of > those present. The FIWG chair and vice-chair will serve two-year terms, the > first of which will start upon their election and run through 31 October > 2020. > > > > *Members Eligible to Participate* > > The FIWG welcomes the participation of any Member organization of the > Forum Plenary interested in this work, and also invites Interested Parties > and Associate Members as defined in the Bylaws to participate in its > meetings and work. In addition to organizations choosing to participate in > the FIWG, the following people shall be automatically declared as Members > of the FIWG: > > - The Forum Plenary Chair; > - The Forum Plenary Vice-Chair; > - The Forum Plenary Webmaster; > - The Forum Plenary List Manager; > - The Forum Plenary Questions List Coordinator. > > The Chair of each Forum Working Group also shall be automatically declared > a Member of the FIWG unless they specifically designate an alternate in > their place. > > > > *Membership Declaration* > > Member organizations of the Forum that choose to participate in the FIWG > may declare their participation and must do so prior to participating, in > accordance with the IPR agreements of the Forum. The Chair of the FIWG > shall establish a list for declarations of participation and manage it in > accordance with the Bylaws and the IPR requirements documents. > > > > *Voting and Voting Structure* > > Voting in the FIWG shall be limited to FIWG members who are listed as a > voting Member of any other Working Group in the Forum. Voting shall be > egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a single class with one > vote granted to each Member organization. Ballots shall be adopted by the > FIWG if the number of votes cast meets Quorum, and the number of votes in > favor exceeds 50% of the votes cast. Quorum is defined as the larger of 5 > or the average number of Member organizations that have participated in the > last three FIWG Meetings or Teleconferences (not counting subcommittee > meetings thereof). For transition purposes, if three meetings have not yet > occurred, quorum is five (5). For the purposes of counting votes, > automatically included members such as the Forum Webmaster may not cast > votes separate from their Member organization. > > > > *Summary of Major WG Deliverables and Guidelines* > > The deliverables of the FIWG are defined in the Scope section above. In > addition to the general focus of the Working Group, however, the following > specific deliverables are defined: > > - A review of the current web, document review, and wiki software in > use to ensure it meets the security and content needs of the Forum; > - Creation of separate wiki space for each Forum Working Group, to > enable the division of content required by the IPR Policy; > - A review of the current public web content and reorganization as > required to support the new Forum Working Group changes. > > > > *Primary Means of Communication* > > The FIWG will communicate primarily through listserv-based email, and > shall conduct periodic calls or face-to-face meetings as needed. > > > > *IPR Policy* > > As with all Forum Working Group activity, the CA/Browser Forum > Intellectual Rights Policy v1.3 or later shall apply to all activities and > work of the FIWG. > > > > --- MOTION ENDS--- > > > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > *Discussion Period (7 days):* > > Start Time: Monday, 6 August 2018 at 0900 UTC > > End Time: Monday, 13 August 2018 at 0800 UTC > > *Vote for Approval (7 days):* > > Start Time: Monday, 13 August 2018 at 0900 UTC > > End Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0900 UTC > > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public >
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