OWASP Board Meeting — February 3, 2009

Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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

New Business

Agenda

ACTION ITEMS from January board meeting

Membership proposal - APPROVED effective 2/1/2009 to kick off the 60/40 membership split. Proposal review, tweaks to be completed by all board members by Jan 9th. Brennan will update committee page for RFC and finalize the membership page on or before 2/1/2009 and launch to OWASP-ALL 2 Justin Derry application post to Global Chapter Committee, Wayne Huang will remain member of Global Conference committee 3 OOtM budget is 10K for 2009 4 Larry will define specs for site hosting and get estimates to see if will be more cost effective to pay for site hosting than to continue to host our own site on multiple servers. 5 Each board member will have $2500 to spend on items at their discression (primarily for committee costs). There is a $500 per transaction limit. These expenses will be reviewed during the board meetings.

6 Banner ads and conference ad rotations in the space INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Global Membership Committee Update - Brennan Individual Member / Organizational Supporter Global Industry Committee Update - Brennan Global Conferences Committee Update - Kate Global Projects Committee Update - Dinis see the section "Report for OWASP Board - Jan 09"

Global Chapter Committee Update - Seba Global Education Committee Update - Seba New Business Should OWASP have a list of vendors that can provide reviews and training on OWASP standards (like ASVS)? Proposal to allow companies to provide reports on OWASP Products. Sample reports would be make public through the wiki. Clear guidelines for companies to provide these reviews need to be created. Projects committee will informed of this opportunity and Mike B. will be requested to create a draft of the rules for review. Mailing lists are not moderated, but local chatpters are given the opportunity to implement local moderation if they choose. Motion approved by the board.

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