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Ballot 25 – PolicyQualifierld

Ballot 25 – PolicyQualifierld

Motion

Mads Henriksveen made the following motion, and Tim Moses and Robin Alden endorsed it:

Motion begins

Effective upon ratification of the ballot, the Guidelines should be amended by the following erratum.

Erratum begins

  1. Replace this text from Appendix B, Section 2a: ” certificatePolicies:policyQualifiers:policyQualifierId

• id-qt 2 ”

with: ” certificatePolicies:policyQualifiers:policyQualifierId

• id-qt 1 ”

Erratum ends

Motion ends

The ballot review period comes into effect at 2100 UTC on 23 Mar 09 and will close at 2100 UTC on 30 Mar 2009. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2100 UTC on 6 Apr 2009.

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