TrustCor Systems votes YES on FORUM-18 Thank you,
Joanna Fox Head of Digital Certificate Compliance https://www.trustcor.com [email protected] > On Jul 28, 2022, at 4:24 AM, Doug Beattie via Public <[email protected]> > wrote: > > GlobalSign votes Yes on FORUM-18 > > From: Public <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Tim Hollebeek via Public > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:10 PM > To: CABforum1 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [cabfpub] Voting Begins: FORUM-18, Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs > and Vice Chairs > > > 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 and Vice 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 > > <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 (US) > > End Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM Eastern (US) > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > Start Time: 2022-07-27 3:15 PM Eastern (US) > > End Time: 2022-08-03 3:15 PM Eastern (US) > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public > <https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public>
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