Ballot SC060: Membership of ZT Browser

Ballot overview

• Ballot code/title: SC-060: Membership of ZT Browser
• Working group: Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG)
• Purpose: Determine whether ZT Browser (produced by ZoTrus Technology Limited) should be granted membership in the SCWG as a Certificate Consumer.
• Proposed motion: Modify SCWG membership to include ZT Browser as a Certificate Consumer with an Authorized Representative value shown as empty in the ballot text.

Voting and results

• Certificate Issuers votes (12 total, 7 abstentions):
  • YES: Entrust, HARICA, Izenpe, Telia (4)
  • NO: SwissSign (1)
  • ABSTAIN: Actalis, DigiCert, D-Trust, JPRS, OISTE, SECOM Trust Systems, SSL.com (7)
• Certificate Consumers votes (4 total, no abstentions):
  • YES: 0
  • NO: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera (4)
  • ABSTAIN: 0
• Ballot status: This ballot has failed due to not meeting some Bylaws requirements.

Bylaws requirements and why it failed

• Bylaw 2.3(6):
  • Requires a yes vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
  • The requirement was MET for Certificate Issuers and NOT MET for Certificate Consumers.
• Bylaw 2.3(7) quorum:
  • Requires more than half of currently active Members has participated.
  • Half of currently active members at the start of voting was 12, so quorum was 13; this requirement was MET.
• Additional adoption requirement:
  • At least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer Member must vote in favor.
  • This requirement was MET for Certificate Issuers and NOT MET for Certificate Consumers.