Ballot Forum-1 Establish Forum Infrastructure Working Group

Ballot outcome

• Ballot Forum-1 passed.
• Voting results were unanimous among both CAs and browsers:
  • 14 yes votes from CAs, 0 no, 0 abstain
  • 6 yes votes from browsers, 0 no, 0 abstain
• The page states quorum was met and the approval thresholds were met for both CAs and browsers.

What the ballot did

• The ballot established the Forum Infrastructure Working Group, FIWG.
• The FIWG was created to support CA/Browser Forum infrastructure work such as the website, wiki, mailing lists, and related content management.
• The charter describes the group’s scope, out-of-scope items, participation rules, voting structure, deliverables, communication methods, and IPR policy applicability.

Timing and effect

• The ballot page states there was no Review Period because this was not a Ballot for a Draft Guideline or Draft Maintenance Guideline.
• The ballot took effect on 2018-08-27.
• The proposal’s approval schedule listed:
  • Discussion Period: 2018-08-13 to 2018-08-20
  • Vote for Approval: 2018-08-20 to 2018-08-27

Charter details noted in the ballot

• The FIWG was chartered without a specific end date.
• Jos Purvis was to act as chair until the first Working Group Teleconference.
• The first chair and vice-chair would serve two-year terms, with the first term running through 31 October 2020.
• Participation was open to Forum Plenary member organizations, Interested Parties, and Associate Members, with certain Forum roles automatically declared members.
• Voting in the FIWG was limited to FIWG members who were listed as a voting Member of any other Working Group in the Forum.