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Ballot Forum-3: Election of CA/Browser Forum Chair – Term Nov. 1, 2018 – Oct. 31, 2020

Dear all, the Election Committee herewith announces that the candidate for the Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a term commencing on November 1, 2018 and continuing through October 31, 2020 who received the majority of the votes is:

Dimitris Zacharopoulos

Congratulations to Dimitris and all the best wishes for your term as Chair of the CA/Browser Forum!

Regards Don & Clemens

The voting period to elect a new Chair of the CA/Browser Forum is now open. This Ballot is held In accordance with Bylaw 4.1. We are sending this notice to the Management list because of the email addresses included. We will also post a redacted version on the Public list for information purposes.

-Motion begins The two candidates for Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a term commencing on November 1, 2018 and continuing through October 31, 2020 are:

  1. Ben Wilson
  2. Dimitris Zacharopoulos

Please send your vote to the two Election Committee members directly: Don Sheehy at [email address redacted] and also Clemens Wanko at [email address redacted]. You can either send them as separate emails, or as one email to both committee members. Please do NOT send your vote to the Public list or the Management list.

Each Member has one equal vote, regardless of whether its class of membership is CA or Browser. If multiple votes are submitted by a Member, the Election Committee will only count the last vote submitted by a Member during the voting period.

All votes will be considered confidential information by the Election Committee.

The candidate with the most votes on this ballot will be elected to the position of Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a term commencing on November 1, 2018 and continuing through October 31, 2020.

-Motion ends The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

Votes should be sent to the following Election Committee members directly – do not send to the Public or Management list: [email addresses redacted]

Voting period: (7 days)

Start Time: Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:00 am Eastern Time

End Time: Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 11:00 am Eastern Time

The Election Committee will tally the votes and announce the candidate with the most votes on the Public list (but will not announce the vote totals or who voted for whom).

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