Result of the Ballot SC80v3: Sunset the use of WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts and relying DCV Methods
Inigo Barreira
The voting period for SC80 V3: Sunset the use of WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts and relying DCV Methods has completed. The ballot has: PASSED
Voting Results
Certificate Issuers
24 votes in total:
* 23 voting YES: Amazon, Buypass AS, Certinomis, Chunghwa Telecom, CommScope, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, IdenTrust, MOIS (Ministry of Interior and Safety) of the republic of Korea, NAVER Cloud Trust Services, OISTE Foundation, SECOM Trust Systems, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, Visa
* 0 voting NO
* 1 ABSTAIN: Japan Registry Services
Certificate Consumers
3 votes in total:
* 3 voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla
* 0 voting NO
* 0 ABSTAIN
Bylaws Requirements
1. Bylaw 2.3(6) requires:
* In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
* at least fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Consumer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
* At least one (1) Voting Member in each category must vote in favour of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was MET.
2. Bylaw 2.3(7) requires:
* A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Voting Members has participated. The number of currently active Voting Members is the average number of Voting Member organizations that have participated in the previous three (3) Forum Meetings and Forum Teleconferences.
* the quorum was 11 for this ballot. This requirement was MET.
This ballot now enters the IP Rights Review Period to permit members to review the ballot for relevant IP rights issues. This will be notified in a separate email.