Ballot 139 – Vice Chair Election

Ballot overview

• Ballot 139 was a Vice Chair election for the CA/Browser Forum.
• The voting period was open to elect a new Vice Chair.
• Candidates listed were Atilla Biler of TURKTRUST, Kirk Hall of Trend Micro, and Robin Alden of Comodo.

Voting and election process

• Members were instructed to send votes to the Election Committee.
• Each member had one equal vote regardless of membership class.
• The candidate with the most votes would be appointed Vice Chair.
• If two candidates tied for the highest number of votes, another election would be held for those two candidates.
• The Election Committee would tally the last vote submitted by each member during the voting period and ignore votes submitted before or after that period.
• The Election Committee would publish the ballot results by email to the public mailing list.

Vice Chair role described in the ballot

• The Vice Chair has authority of the Chair in the Chair’s absence or unavailability.
• The Vice Chair performs duties delegated by the Chair.
• The Vice Chair presides at Forum meetings and calls meetings in the Chair’s absence.
• The role requires fair and neutral conduct and equal treatment of members.

Candidate themes

• Atilla Biler emphasized global representation, fairness, and practical security standards.
• Kirk Hall emphasized international representation, consensus-building, close CA-browser coordination, and clear effective dates for new rules.
• Robin Alden emphasized continuing Ben’s work, the importance of the Forum, and dedication to the role.

Dates

• The voting period was stated to close at 2200 UTC on Friday, 24 October 2014.
• No discussion start, discussion end, IPR end, or compliance effective date was stated in the evidence.

Outcome

• The evidence provided does not include the election result or any vote tally.