Ballot 90 – Governance Finalists

Ballot overview

• Ballot 90 – Governance Finalists presented two final governance reform proposals for review and voting.
• The results show Trend Micro received 18 votes and DigiCert received 8 votes.
• The page states that, pursuant to Ballot 85, the Trend Micro proposal is adopted.
• It also states that a period of undefined duration has commenced during which Trend Micro shall refine its proposal to ensure completeness while keeping within the spirit of the original proposal.
• Once finalized, a ratification ballot shall be conducted in accordance with established Forum procedures.

Ballot process and timing

• A 7-day review period for the two final proposals commenced and closes at 2100 UTC on 21 September 2012.
• The review period Sept. 14-21 is followed by a seven-day voting period Sept. 21-28.
• The voting period closes at 2100 UTC on 28 September 2012.
• Votes were to be cast by reply all to the Ballot 90 – Governance Finalists email thread on either the Management or Public email list.
• Votes in favor had to clearly identify whether they were for the DigiCert proposal or the Trend Micro proposal.
• Abstentions had to clearly state abstain.
• Unclear responses would not be counted.
• The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period would be counted.
• The proposal receiving a simple majority of votes in favor would be deemed the governance policy the Forum would pursue.

Outcome

• The ballot page states that the Trend Micro proposal is adopted.
• The evidence does not provide any explicit IPR exclusion notice information.
• Because the page includes voting results and an adoption statement, the ballot is treated as passed based on the supplied evidence.