Dear Tim and all, This is a comment for the proposed modification. There should be upper limit for re-election count (e.g. third or forth or so) as the safeguard, although everyone believe CABF members are good faith.
Regards, -- Yoshiro YONEYA <[email protected]> On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:46:36 +0000 Tim Hollebeek via Public <[email protected]> wrote: > Ballot FORUM-18: Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs > > Proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla > and Wayne Thayer of Fastly. > > *** Overview *** > > Section 4.1 of the Bylaws describes elections for Forum Chair and Vice Chair, > and says: > > "No person may serve as Chair for more than a two-year period or be elected > to Vice Chair upon expiration or termination > of the person's service as Chair, but a person is eligible to be elected as > Chair again after having vacated the position > as Chair for at least one (1) term." > > This makes it clear Forum Chairs cannot be re-elected (be elected to a new > term for the same office they > currently hold), but the situation is less clear for Chairs and Vice Chairs > of Chartered Working Groups (CWGs). > > The current Bylaws have been read by some to allow re-election of CWG Chairs > and Vice Chairs, and by others to prohibit it. > It has happened once in the past, and whether it is allowed depends on > whether "follow the procedures of Bylaws Section 4.1 > as closely as possible" is merely referring to election procedures, or also > candidate qualifications. > > This ambiguity was discussed during the spring CA/Browser Forum Face-to-face > meeting, and the consensus was that we should > update the Bylaws to clarify that re-election is allowed, and the election > process itself is sufficient to determine > whether members want to retain the existing Chair and/or Vice Chair, or > whether they want to vote for someone else. > This is important because the pool of qualified and willing candidates is not > particularly large. > > This ballot retains the existing prohibition on re-election for Forum Chairs > and Vice Chairs. > > - MOTION BEGINS - > > The Bylaws of the CA/Browser Forum are amended as described in the following > redline: > > https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/fa1a5cb37a452e53d769ed759c06f05d21b1cb4b..f197d28fac92c807896d55b6ef43b776b6264aca > > - MOTION ENDS - > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > Discussion (7+ days) > > Start Time: 2022-07-20 2:45 PM Eastern > > End Time: Not before 7 days have elapsed > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > Start Time: ??? > > End Time: ??? > _______________________________________________ Public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
