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Ballot 66 – Project Lifecycle

Ballot 66 – Project Lifecycle (Passed)

Motion

Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Mads Henriksveen and Tim Moses endorsed it:

Motion begins

Effective immediately:

The CA/Browser Forum adopts the Project Lifecycle model:

And agrees to follow this model in all applicable projects.

The ballot review period comes into effect at 2100 UTC on 2 Mar ’12 and will close at 2100 UTC on 9 Mar ’12. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2100 UTC on 16 Mar ’12. Votes must be cast by “reply all” to this email.

Motion Ends

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