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SC-064
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Ballot SC064: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Memberships
Server Certificate Working Group
Key dates
- Effective date
- 25 May 2023 3 years ago
- Voting opened
- 05 Jun 2023 3 years ago
- Voting closed
- 12 Jun 2023 3 years ago
- Discussion opened
- 25 May 2023 3 years ago
- Discussion closed
- 01 Jun 2023 3 years ago
AI Summary
Ballot overview
- Ballot SC064 proposes a temporary moratorium on the acceptance of applications for membership as Certificate Consumer members in the Server Certificate Working Group (SCWG).
- The stated purpose is to preserve the status quo and ensure impartiality while the Forum re-evaluates and revises Certificate Consumer membership criteria for the SCWG.
Scope and effect
- Effective immediately, the SCWG will not accept or consider applications for membership as Certificate Consumers during the moratorium.
- Applications for other types of membership may be accepted and considered.
- The moratorium expires on December 1, 2023, or prior to that date upon publication of the Forum’s vote on a revised SCWG Charter.
Process and voting outcome
- Discussion ran from 2023-05-25 21:25 UTC to not before 2023-06-01 22:00 UTC.
- Voting ran from 2023-06-05 18:00 UTC to 2023-06-12 18:00 UTC.
- Voting results show the ballot was adopted: Bylaw 2.3(6) requirements were MET, Bylaw 2.3(7) quorum was MET, and the page states the ballot result was valid.
- Certificate Issuers: 7 YES, 3 NO, 9 ABSTAIN.
- Certificate Consumers: 2 YES (Google, Mozilla), 0 NO, 0 ABSTAIN.
- Effective date
- 2023-05-25
- Voting opened
- 2023-06-05
- Voting closed
- 2023-06-12
- Discussion opened
- 2023-05-25
- Discussion closed
- 2023-06-01
Applicability and conditions
2023-12-01 — The moratorium expires on December 1, 2023, or earlier if the Forum publishes its vote on a revised SCWG Charter before that date. Moratorium expiration date for acceptance of applications for Certificate Consumer membership in the Server Certificate Working Group
AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.
Vote result
Certificate Issuers
7 yes
3 no
9 abstain
Certificate Consumers
2 yes
0 no
0 abstain
9
Yes
3
No
9
Abstain
Proposers
Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Tobias Josefowitz of Opera and Thomas Zermeno of SSL.com.
Excerpt
SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot SC064: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer MembershipsBallot SC064: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer MembershipsVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total:
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