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Dimitris. <br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: Ben Wilson via Govreform <govreform@cabforum.org><br/>To: CA/Browser Forum Governance WG List <govreform@cabforum.org>, Kirk Hall <Kirk.Hall@entrustdatacard.com><br/>Sent: Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:00<br/>Subject: Re: [cabf_governance] Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms<br/><br/></div><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Looking for endorsers - <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Explanation of Ballot:</b> Kirk Hall was elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Forum by Ballot 177, and Ben Wilson was elected to a two-year term as Vice Chair of the Forum by Ballot 178. Their terms run from October 22, 2016 through October 21, 2018. The Forum wishes to extend these terms by 10 days, to run through October 31, 2018, so that their successors as officers can be elected to new two-year terms starting on November 1 by separate ballots and so that there will be no gap in leadership. Note that, under the Charter of the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG), Kirk and Ben hold the same offices in the SCWG as they hold in the Forum and that "their terms [] run concurrently with their terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the Forum, respectively, unless otherwise voted upon by the Working Group", thus any extension of their terms as officers of the Forum will automatically extend their terms in the same offices in the SCWG by the same period of time, unless otherwise decided upon by the SCWG.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>---Motion Begins---<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kirk Hall’s term as Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018, and Ben Wilson’s term as Vice Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>---Motion Ends---<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Discussion (7 days) Start Time: 7-Aug-2018 22:00:00 UTC End Time: 14-Aug-2018 22:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vote for approval (7 days) Start Time: 14-Aug-2018 22:00:00 UTC End Time: 21-Aug-2018 22:00:00 UTC <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Bylaws:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(d) ... Votes not submitted to the Public Mail List by the end of the voting period (as specified in the ballot) will not be considered valid, and will not be counted for any purpose. Each Member, and not the Forum, will be responsible for taking precautions to make sure such Member’s vote is submitted properly and counted. In the event that a Member’s vote on a ballot is not submitted properly, such vote shall not be valid and shall not be counted for any purpose, and there shall be no appeal, revote (except in the case of a new ballot submitted to all Members) or other recourse.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(e) Members may vote yes, no, or abstain on a ballot. Only votes that indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the ballot question shall be considered (i.e. votes to abstain and votes that do not indicate a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response will not figure in the calculation of item (f), below).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(f) Members fall into two categories: Certificate Issuers (including Certificate Issuers and Root Certificate Issuers), as defined in Section 2.1(a)(1) and (2) and Certificate Consumers (as defined in Section 2.1(a)(3)). In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two-thirds or more of the votes cast by the Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favor of the ballot, and at least 50% plus one of the votes cast by the Members in the Certificate Consumer category must be in favor of the ballot. At least one Member in each category must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(g) A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Members has participated. The number of currently active Members is the average number of Member organizations that have participated in the previous three Forum Meetings and Forum Teleconferences.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ben Wilson <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 7, 2018 10:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ben Wilson <ben.wilson@digicert.com>; CA/Browser Forum Governance WG List <govreform@cabforum.org>; Kirk Hall <Kirk.Hall@entrustdatacard.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Could we get a few volunteers for proposer/endorsers? I am creating the ballot language for Ballot 228 - Chair and Vice-Chair Term Extensions on the wiki.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Govreform <<a href="mailto:govreform-bounces@cabforum.org">govreform-bounces@cabforum.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Wilson via Govreform<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 7, 2018 9:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kirk Hall <<a href="mailto:Kirk.Hall@entrustdatacard.com">Kirk.Hall@entrustdatacard.com</a>>; CA/Browser Forum Governance WG List <<a href="mailto:govreform@cabforum.org">govreform@cabforum.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cabf_governance] Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Govreform <<a href="mailto:govreform-bounces@cabforum.org">govreform-bounces@cabforum.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirk Hall via Govreform<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 7, 2018 9:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:govreform@cabforum.org">govreform@cabforum.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [cabf_governance] Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Suggestion for today’s call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Kirk Hall <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2018 4:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> CA/Browser Forum Governance WG List <<a href="mailto:govreform@cabforum.org">govreform@cabforum.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Extension of Chair and Vice Chair terms<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the CABF call yesterday, we decided to synch the terms of new Forum and SCWG officers, with terms to start Nov. 1. I mentioned that we recommended a Forum ballot to extend Ben’s and my terms in the Forum by 10 days, to Oct. 31, so there would not be a gap in leadership. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dimitris asked if we should <u>also</u> have an SCWG ballot to extend our current terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the SCWG by 10 days as well. I said I thought extending the officer terms at the Forum level would automatically extend us at the SCWG level too, but I would check the SCWG Charter language. Here it is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b>Initial chairs and contacts</b>: Chair, Kirk Hall, <a href="mailto:kirk.hall@entrustdatacard.com">kirk.hall@entrustdatacard.com</a>; Vice Chair, Ben Wilson, <a href="mailto:ben.wilson@digicert.com">ben.wilson@digicert.com</a>; <b><u>terms to run concurrently with their terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the Forum, respectively</u></b>, unless otherwise voted upon by the Working Group.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think I read that as saying that so long and Ben and I are officers of the Forum, we are automatically officers of the SCWG too – until the SCWG votes in its own officers. If that is a correct interpretation, then we do not need a second ballot in the SCWG extending our terms as well – we only need an extension ballot in the Forum itself, and it will automatically extend us in the SCWG at the same time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>What do others think</u>?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In any case, once we make a decision, I think modesty prevents Ben and me from being proposers or endorsers of any extension ballot – would others on this list be willing to do it? I think it could be as simple as this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Explanation of Ballot: </b>Kirk Hall was elected to a two year term as Chair of the Forum by Ballot 177, and Ben Wilson was elected to a two year term as Vice Chair of the Forum by Ballot 178. Their terms run from October 22, 2016 through October 21, 2018. The Forum wishes to extend these terms by 10 days, to run through October 31, 2018, so their successors as officers can be elected to new two-year terms starting on November 1 by separate ballots and there will be no gap in leadership. Under the Charter of the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG), Kirk and Ben hold the same offices in the SCWG as they hold in the Forum, and any extension of their terms as officers of the Forum will automatically extend their terms in the same offices in the SCWG by the same period of time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Ballot: </b>Kirk Hall’s term as Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018, and Ben Wilson’s term as Vice Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is hereby extended from October 21, 2018 through October 31, 2018. These term extensions are intended also to automatically extend their terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG) for the same period under the terms of the SCWG Charter.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>