I’ve updated the ballot with some suggestions from the group (thanks to Virginia and Kirk!). Since we can still squeak in 7 days’ discussion period before the voting period, I’ve not changed the voting start date: 20 August. The rationalized version including all the changes is below; a red-line version highlighting the changes follows it in case anyone wants to know what changed.
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 pieces
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:
To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the common CA/Browser
Forum website and wiki resources;
To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and wiki content in
support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the Bylaws;
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 IP
commitments, as described in the Forum’s IPR Policy;
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;
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 Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines as
defined in the Bylaws and IPR Policy.
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.
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
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 shall be automatically declared a Member
of the FIWG unless they specifically designate an alternate in their place.
Participation in the FIWG does not alone qualify a participant for Forum
membership.
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 3 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 three (3). 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 help
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, 13 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
End Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0800 UTC
Vote for Approval (7 days):
Start Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
End Time: Monday, 27 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
REDLINE VERSION:
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 in to into multiple working groups to more carefully address
specific certificate needs. The responsibilities of managing the various pieces
components of infrastructure necessary for the Forum uses in to conduct its
work, such as the wiki and mailing lists listserves, 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:
To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the common CA/Browser
Forum website and wiki resources;
To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and wiki content in
support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the Bylaws;
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 IP
commitments, as described in the Forum’s IPR Policy; under the IP Rights
Agreement that governs the Forum;
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;
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 Working Group FIWG will not address coordination of Forum or Working Group
face-to-face meetings.
The Working Group FIWG will not create Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance
Guidelines as defined in the Bylaws and IPR Policy.
The Working Group 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 at this time address the acquisition or maintenance of
software or services used for online meetings of the Forum Plenary or Working
Groups.
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 under the
requirements of the Bylaws 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 laid down 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 Working Group
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 chair and vice-chair will serve two-year terms, the first of which
will start upon their election and run through 1 November 2020 31 October 2020.
Members Eligible to Participate
The membership of the FIWG shall automatically include the Chairs of all other
Forum Working Groups, or those Chairs’ specifically delegated representatives
as indicated in an annual note to the FIWG mailing list. The FIWG shall also
automatically include the Forum List Manager and Forum Webmaster as designated
by the Forum Chair.
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 shall be automatically declared a Member
of the FIWG unless they specifically designate an alternate in their place.
Participation in the FIWG does not alone qualify a participant for Forum
membership.
Membership Declaration
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 shall be automatically declared a Member
of the FIWG unless they specifically designate an alternate in their place.
Other 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 3 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) three
(3). 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 help
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 IP Rights Agreement 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, 13 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
End Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0800 UTC
Vote for Approval (7 days):
Start Time: Monday, 20 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
End Time: Monday, 27 August 2018 at 0900 UTC
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