[cabfpub] Ballot 116 - Bylaw Amendment for Associate Member Category

Wed Mar 19 18:05:11 UTC 2014

SSC votes: "Yes".

Thanks,
M.D.

On 3/9/2014 10:13 PM, Ben Wilson wrote:
>
> *Ballot 116 - Associate Member Category*
>
> Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and Dean Coclin from 
> Symantec and Ryan Sleevi from Google endorsed it:
>
> **
>
> *Motion Begins*
>
> In order to reconcile the CA/Browser Forum's Bylaws with its current 
> operational practices, including the recognition of Associate Members 
> and the use of a single IPR Agreement with Interested Parties and the 
> absence of a Participation Agreement, the following amendments should 
> be made to the Bylaws:
>
> 1.            In the first sentence of section 1.3, add "Associate 
> Members" so that the sentence reads, "Forum Members, Associate 
> Members, and Interested Parties must comply with the then-current IPR 
> policy and all applicable antitrust laws and regulations during their 
> Forum activities."
>
> 2.            Add a new subsection 3.1 to Section 3 titled "Associate 
> Members" (and renumber subsequent subsections to subsections 3.2 and 
> 3.3 accordingly) such that the new subsection 3.1 Associate Members 
> reads, "The Forum may enter into associate member relationships with 
> other organizations when the CA/Browser Forum determines that 
> maintaining such a relationship will be of benefit to the work of the 
> Forum.  In the past, entities qualifying as Associate Members have 
> included the AICPA/CICA WebTrust Task Force, the European 
> Telecommunications Standards Institute, Paypal, the Internet 
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, tScheme, the U.S. Federal 
> PKI, and CAs applying for membership but awaiting full qualification 
> under Section 2.1.  Participation as an Associate Member is by 
> invitation only.  In order to become an Associate Member, an 
> organization must sign a mutual letter of intent, understanding, or 
> other agreement and the Forum's IPR Agreement, unless this latter 
> requirement is waived in writing by the Forum based on overriding 
> policies of the Associate Member's own organization IPR rules.  
> Associate Members may attend face-to-face meetings, communicate with 
> Forum Members on member lists, and access Forum wiki content. 
> Associate Members are not entitled to vote except on special straw 
> polls of the Forum (e.g. when selecting meeting dates, locations, etc.)"
>
> 3. In renumbered Section 3.2 Interested Parties,
>
> Replace the first sentence by DELETING "Any person or entity that 
> wishes to participate in the Forum as an Interested Party may do so by 
> completing an enrollment form and Participation Agreement (completed 
> and submitted manually or online) including name, affiliation 
> (optional), and contact information, and by agreeing to the IPR 
> Agreement attached as Exhibit B (indicating agreement by manual 
> signing or a click-through agreement)." and INSERTING "Any person or 
> entity that wishes to participate in the Forum as an Interested Party 
> may do so by providing their name, affiliation (optional), and contact 
> information, and by agreeing to the IPR Agreement attached as Exhibit 
> A (indicating agreement by manual signing or digitally signing the 
> agreement)."
>
> Replace the word "Participation" in the last sentence with the word 
> "IPR" so that the sentence reads, "Interested Parties are required to 
> comply with the provisions of the IPR Agreement and these Bylaws.  
> Interested Parties may lose their status as Interested Parties by vote 
> of the Members, in the Members' sole discretion."
>
> 4.            In the first sentence of section 5.4, add "and Associate 
> Members" so that the sentence reads, "From time to time the Forum will 
> hold Forum Teleconferences and Forum Meetings among the Members and 
> Associate Members, who may participate in person or (where feasible) 
> by teleconference."
>
> 5. Replace the last sentence in Section 5.5 by DELETING "As a 
> requirement for participation as an Interested Party, Interested 
> Parties must execute and return to the Chair (or indicate their 
> agreement by clicking through an online agreement) the IPR Agreement 
> attached as Exhibit B." and INSERTING "As a requirement for 
> participation as an Associate Member or Interested Party, Associate 
> Members and Interested Parties must execute and return to the Chair  
> the IPR Agreement attached as Exhibit A."
>
> 6. In the Definitions section, DELETE "Participation Agreement: An 
> agreement that individuals or entities must agree to in order to 
> participate in the Forum as Interested Parties.  The current form of 
> Participation Agreement is attached as Exhibit D."
>
> 7. Remove Exhibits B and D and rename and renumber references to the 
> Exhibits throughout as follows:  Exhibit A - IPR Agreement and Exhibit 
> B - Project Lifecycle.
>
> *Motion Ends*
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on 
> Monday, 10 March 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, 17 March 
> 2014. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the 
> voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 
> UTC on Monday, 24 March 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list 
> reply to this thread.
>
> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the 
> response. A vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A 
> vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. 
> Unclear responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from 
> any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting 
> period will be counted. Voting members are listed here: 
> https://cabforum.org/members/
>
> In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes 
> cast by members in the CA category and greater than 50% of the votes 
> cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, at 
> least six members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in 
> favor, voting against, or abstaining.
>
>
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