SSL.com votes YES on ballot FORUM-18.
On 7/29/2022 9:57 AM, Wayne Thayer via Public wrote:
Fastly votes Yes to ballot FORUM-18.
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From: *Tim Hollebeek via Public* <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:10 PM
Subject: [cabfpub] Voting Begins: FORUM-18, Allow Re-election of
CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs
To: CABforum1 <[email protected]>
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
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— 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)
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