I didn’t receive any further updates to this ballot by the end of the
discussion period, so the voting period for this ballot is formally
opened. It concludes at 0900 UTC on Monday, 27 August.
Oh, and Cisco votes YES on ballot FORUM-1. :)
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*Reply-To: *"Jos Purvis (jopurvis)" <jopur...@cisco.com>, CA/B Forum
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*Date: *Sunday, 12 August, 2018 at 22:47
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*Subject: *[cabfpub] (Final? Update) Ballot FORUM-1: Establish Forum
Infrastructure Working Group
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:
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 IP 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 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 workin to into multiple working groups to more
carefully address specific certificate needs. The responsibilities of
managing the various piecescomponents of infrastructure necessary for
the Forum uses into 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:
6. To oversee the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the
common CA/Browser Forum website and wiki resources;
7. To coordinate updates to public and Forum-facing web and wiki
content in support of the Forum Webmaster role established in the
Bylaws;
8. 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;
9. 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;
10. 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 Bylawsas
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 dissolvedat 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 202031 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 3or 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 helpensure 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
AgreementIPR 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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