Ballot SC066v4: Fall 2023 Clean up

Ballot overview

• Ballot code/title: SC-066v4: Fall 2023 Clean up (Server Certificate Working Group)
• Purpose: Proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates to address issues and typos from prior document updates.
• Motion: Proposed by Iñigo Barreira of Sectigo and endorsed by Aaron Gable of Let´s Encrypt and Clint Wilson of Apple.
• Scope of changes (as described on the ballot page):
  • Modifies the Baseline Requirements based on Version 2.0.1.
  • Includes a Final Maintenance Guideline.
  • References a GitHub redline/compare artifact for the specific edits.

Voting results and bylaws

• Certificate Issuers: 24 votes total; 24 YES; 0 NO; 0 ABSTAIN. The ballot adoption requirement of two-thirds (2/3) or more in favor was MET.
• Certificate Consumers: 4 votes total; 4 YES; 0 NO; 0 ABSTAIN. The ballot adoption requirement of at least 50% plus one (1) in favor was MET.
• Category vote requirement: At least one voting member in each category voted in favor; this requirement was MET.
• Quorum requirement: Quorum was 14 (half of currently active members at start of voting was 13); this requirement was MET.

Timeline (procedure described on the ballot page)

• Discussion: 7 days, start time 9-11-2023 18:30:00 UTC, end time 16-11-2023 18:30:00 UTC.
• Voting: 7 days, start time 16-11-2023 18:30:00 UTC, end time 23-11-2023 18:30:00 UTC.

Linked artifact (what the ballot page points to)

• The ballot page links to a GitHub compare diff for the Baseline Requirements updates (diff shown in the supplied evidence text), including changes such as:
  • Document naming/identification updates (e.g., TLS Server Certificates wording and version/date changes).
  • Updates to a table entry for 2023 Cleanup with dates 13-Sept-2023 and 1-Nov-2023.
  • Various wording and formatting corrections across the document.