I suggest you send mail to ST-ISC(_at_)MAIL(_dot_)ABANET(_dot_)ORG(_dot_) The folks on that list
are current on legal issues with digital signatures.
Russ
At 11:24 PM 12/10/2003 -0800, Robert E. Frank wrote:
We have used PKI for many years and we want to embed its use it throughout
the operations of a new, nonprofit corporation we are forming.
In addition to authorizing PKI applications for typical enterprise
interchange purposes, we want to specify in the articles of incorporation
and in the corporate by-laws that PKI-based applications will be
authorized for corporate management applications.
For example, when Directors and Members can not personally attend annual
or special corporate meetings, we want to allow the use of
PKI-based applications to vote, submit proxies, and to remotely conduct
other confidential corporate management processes.
However, my attorney advises the current California Corporations Code does
not authorize the use of PKI-protected applications for corporate director
and membership voting, proxy submissions, and other corporation management
processes.
Can anyone be so kind to advise us of specific CA legal authorization for
such uses, or to provide us with documentation to confirm that one or more
California Corporations are currently authorized to use PKI to digitally
protect and enable authentication of corporate membership voting, proxy
submissions, and similar functions?
Robert Frank
President
Open Commerce, Inc.
Pleasanton, CA 94588
<http://www.opencommerce.com>www.opencommerce.com