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2023-12-7 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group

Attendance

  • Aaron Gable – (Let’s Encrypt)
  • Aaron Poulsen – (Amazon)
  • Adam Jones – (Microsoft)
  • Alison Wang – (TrustAsia)
  • Andrea Holland – (VikingCloud)
  • Ben Wilson – (Mozilla)
  • Brianca Martin – (Amazon)
  • Brittany Randall – (GoDaddy)
  • Chris Clements – (Google)
  • Corey Bonnell – (DigiCert)
  • Dean Coclin – (DigiCert)
  • Dimitris Zacharopoulos – (HARICA)
  • Enrico Entschew – (D-TRUST)
  • Inigo Barreira – (Sectigo)
  • Kiran Tummala – (Microsoft)
  • Lynn Jeun – (Visa)
  • Mads Henriksveen – (Buypass AS)
  • Marcelo Silva – (Visa)
  • Marco Schambach – (IdenTrust)
  • Martijn Katerbarg – (Sectigo)
  • Michelle Coon – (OATI)
  • Mrugesh Chandarana – (IdenTrust)
  • Nargis Mannan – (VikingCloud)
  • Nate Smith – (GoDaddy)
  • Nicol So – (CommScope)
  • Nome Huang – (TrustAsia)
  • Paul van Brouwershaven – (Entrust)
  • Pedro Fuentes – (OISTE Foundation)
  • Peter Miskovic – (Disig)
  • Rebecca Kelley – (Apple)
  • Rollin Yu – (TrustAsia)
  • Scott Rea – (eMudhra)
  • Stephen Davidson – (DigiCert)
  • Steven Deitte – (GoDaddy)
  • Tadahiko Ito – (SECOM Trust Systems)
  • Tobias Josefowitz – (Opera Software AS)
  • Trevoli Ponds-White – (Amazon)
  • Wayne Thayer – (Fastly)
  • Yoshihiko Matsuo – (Japan Registry Services)

Agenda

The following meeting minutes are approved:

  • 28 September
  • F2F minutes SCWG
  • 26 October

Membership

  1. Maria Merkel:
    1. Designation: Interested Party
  2. TrustAsia:
    1. Designation: Full Membership

Background:

  • TrustAsia was previously an associate member and actively participated in multiple meetings over the past 6 months.
  • The membership request was submitted before the new ballot.
  • The original application did not include items that had already been acquired before this ballot.
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