Ballot SC056: 2022 Cleanup

Ballot overview

• Ballot SC056: 2022 Cleanup was a Server Certificate Working Group ballot.
• The ballot aimed to resolve editorial issues in the Baseline Requirements and Extended Validation Guidelines to improve clarity and consistency.
• The page states that no new normative requirements were introduced by the changes in this ballot.

Motion and scope

• The ballot modified the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates, based on Version 1.8.4.
• The ballot modified the Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates, based on Version 1.7.9.
• The ballot was proposed as a Final Maintenance Guideline.

Voting results

• Certificate Issuers: 19 votes total, 19 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
• Certificate Consumers: 2 votes total, 2 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
• Bylaw 2.3(f) was met for Certificate Issuers and met for Certificate Consumers.
• The requirement for at least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer member to vote in favor was met.
• Bylaw 2.3(g) quorum was met; half of the currently active members at the start of voting was 14, so quorum was 15.

Timing

• Discussion ran from 2022-10-07 12:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-14 12:00:00 UTC.
• Voting ran from 2022-10-14 12:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-21 12:00:00 UTC.
• The ballot page says the ballot entered the IP Rights Review Period.