Ballot Forum-12: Update CA/B Forum Bylaws

Ballot outcome

• Voting on Ballot Forum-12, Update CA/B Forum Bylaws, had ended.
• 21 Certificate Issuers voted in favor, with 0 no votes and 0 abstain votes.
• 4 Certificate Consumers voted in favor, with 0 no votes and 0 abstain votes.
• Quorum was met.
• The ballot passes.

What the ballot changed

• The motion proposed replacing the entire text of the CA/B Forum Bylaws with the attached version, CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v2.3.pdf.
• The listed major changes included:
  • Clarifying use of the term Member and defining Members as the union of Voting Members, Associate Members, and Interested Parties.
  • Adding the term Voting Representative, with only votes submitted by Voting Representatives counted.
  • Replacing Forum wiki with Member Web Site.
  • Removing repeated Webmaster references from the definition of Public Web Site.
  • Adding the Photography Policy in Exhibit D.
  • Clarifying that Forum Members nominate representatives.
  • Allowing Informative Changes to Guidelines.
  • Requiring in 5.3.1 that a Certificate Issuer is trusted in the latest software produced by a Certificate Consumer.
  • Changing the Chair eligibility rule so a former Chair may be elected again after vacating the position for at least one term instead of two years.

Procedure and timing

• The ballot page states the procedure included a 14-day discussion period from 04 May 2020 to 18 May 2020.
• The expected vote period is shown as TBD to TBD.
• The page says exact start and end times may be adjusted to comply with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement.