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Ballot 12 – Adoption of Guidelines v1.1

Ballot 12 – Adoption of Guidelines v1.1 (Passed Unanimously)

Motion

Nick Hales has made the following motion, and Johnathan Nightingale and Bjorn Vermo have endorsed it:

Motion begins

The CABForum should adopt the “Guidelines for the issuance and management of extended validation certificates Version 1.1 Draft 03” as Version 1.1 of its Guidelines, effective immediately upon completion of the ballot period.

Motion ends

The ballot review period comes into effect at 1700 EDT on (Thursday) 27 Mar 2008, and will close at 1700 EDT on (Thursday) 3 Apr 2008. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 1700 EDT on (Thursday) 10 Apr 2008.

Votes must be cast by ‘reply all’ to this email.

A vote in favour of the motion must indicate a clear ‘yes’ in the response. A vote against must indicate a clear ‘no’ in the response. A vote to abstain must indicate a clear ‘abstain’ in the response. Unclear responses will not be counted.

The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period will be counted.

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