Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — November 7, 2008

Agenda for this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
  • Time: 12:00 PM EST – 1:30 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

Old Business

Old Business

1. ESAPI Summit: Jeff is organizing - invites have been issued

    a.  Invitations have been issued
    b.  Scheduled for December
    c.  To be held at OWASP HQ in Maryland

2. Member list to be published on OWASP Website.

    a.  Has been completed


New Business

New Business

1. New Hires for OWASP

    a.  Pwaan Singh - Indian student located in Texas.  He will be working on coding and projects
    b.  Alex Norman - Student intern.  Will be working out of HQ in Maryland.  Focus primarily on website issues.

2. Membership update

    a.  411 individual members
    b.  36 corporate members

3. Financial update

    a.  Summit budget was 150K - within budget
    b.  Recourses remaining are roughly 350K

4. A PR package for the summit is being prepared now (document)

5. A full report of summit proceedings will be published within 60 days

6. An action plan from each committee will be presented to the board within 60 days

7. Next summit will be held at the same time next year - place to be determined

8. Next OWASP grant will be the season of quality

9. Resolutions for Board Vote

    a.  Resolution to have board and committee meetings open and for OWASP foundation to provide a mechanism to hold the meetings
         APPROVED
    b.  Resolution to revoke the dual license.
         APPROVED
    c.  Resolution to create an announce only list for Global committees, Leaders, and board announcements
         APPROVED
    d.  Resolution to revoke moderation of leaders discussion list
         APPROVED
    e.  Resolution to adopt and publish code of ethics and owasp principles
         APPROVED

Adjournment

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