OWASP Financials - 10 minutes
- OWASP's 2005 & 2006 tax returns have been posted at: OWASP Foundation
- 2007 Tax Returns are getting completed soon
- What type of audit are we going to do (full blown audit, review, compilation)?
Relevant reading
Meeting Details
- Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
- Time: 1:00 PM EDT – 2:30 PM
- Location: Remote
Call to Order
Board Members
Directors will be recorded when the meeting is called to order.
Guests
No guests listed.
Conflict of Interest and Anti-Trust Statement
As the Board consists of individuals from many competing organizations, OWASP and its Board shall abide by all applicable anti-trust and competition laws. To avoid any perceived or actual conflict of interest, or anti-trust concerns under US federal, state, or regulations, only the published agenda shall be discussed or voted upon, or amended as below. If there are any conflicts of interest, Board members are expected to disclose the conflict of interest and must recuse themselves from discussion and voting.
Changes to the Agenda
Changes to the agenda — unless otherwise prohibited by anti-trust or competition laws — including adding, altering, or tabling of motions is permitted by following Roberts Rules of Order (RONR 12th Ed) 41:63, which requires an affirmative two-thirds vote.
Approval of Minutes
None listed.
Pre-reading Material
Reports
Old Business
Review of Action Items from last month’s meeting - 20 minutes
- Update on Advisory Board status (Jeff)
- Update on details of Working Groups (Dinis & Tom)
- More clear guidelines for OWASP Projects? (All Board Members)
- Virtual Points Proposal (Seba, Tom, & Alison)
- What should we do with blogs/forum? (Dinis & Larry)
- Write and post job description for OWASP Director & OWASP Intern (Dave & Alison)
- Agree on and Post OotM Guideline to wiki (All Board Members & Alison)
- Google SoC 2008-what is going on? (Dinis)
- Write a proposal as to whether we should go back to corporate members that have joined since January of 2008, and see if they would like to allocate their funds to a specific project - Submit to board (Dinis)
New Business
Agenda for OWASP Board Meeting: 4/3/2008
Review of Action Items from last month’s meeting - 20 minutes
- Update on Advisory Board status (Jeff)
- Update on details of Working Groups (Dinis & Tom)
- More clear guidelines for OWASP Projects? (All Board Members)
- Virtual Points Proposal (Seba, Tom, & Alison)
- What should we do with blogs/forum? (Dinis & Larry)
- Write and post job description for OWASP Director & OWASP Intern (Dave & Alison)
- Agree on and Post OotM Guideline to wiki (All Board Members & Alison)
- Google SoC 2008-what is going on? (Dinis)
- Write a proposal as to whether we should go back to corporate members that have joined since January of 2008, and see if they would like to allocate their funds to a specific project - Submit to board (Dinis)
OWASP Financials - 10 minutes
- OWASP's 2005 & 2006 tax returns have been posted at: OWASP Foundation
- 2007 Tax Returns are getting completed soon
- What type of audit are we going to do (full blown audit, review, compilation)?
Conferences - 20 minutes
- Membership Packs
- Update on Belgium & NY
Relevant reading
Conferences - 20 minutes
- Membership Packs
- Update on Belgium & NY
Miscellaneous - 30 minutes
- Are we going to allow France to create a local non profit OWASP organization? If so, we will need to have some general principals in place (see details in EM from Jeff on 3/24 and from Tom on 3/25)
- Should we renew PR Newswire?
- Should we make a deal with a travel agency in the US, to use for travel expenses authorized by the board (ie: going to conference, OotM, etc.)?
Slack