OWASP Board Meeting — September 1, 2009

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM EDT – 2:30 PM
Location: Remote

Call to Order

Board Members

Tom Brennan
Jeff Williams
Seba Deleersnyder
Dinis

Absent

Dave Wichers — Absent

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

Minutes

Present: Tom Brennan, Jeff Williams, Seba, Dinis (30 minutes), Absent: Dave Wichers

New Member Letter to be sent to all new corporate memberships and individual memberships. Honorary memberships to be given to "active" OWASP participants (chapter leader, project participants, etc.). Chapter and projects committees to submit proposal for persons to be given membership. Begin with "state of OWASP" then maximum 1 hour given to each committee during the mini summit to present their issues and topics and board meeting at the end to vote. Thoughts about a panal discussion or debate during summit. Set up bridge meeting with DC AppSec planning committee. Announcement for 6th Board member vote that will occur in November. Ballots to be created and candidates need to be placed on the ballot prior to 10/10/09. To register for summit must be a member: link to doc with name and membership number. What is the role of the new board member? Role will be determined by October's Board meetings. Card Partner affinity program is a go ISC2 proposal for help with questions being addressed by Global Education Committee. Projects committee should determine which projects/project leaders are supported financially. Travel, evangalism, publication, training, etc..... Committees can have paypal buttons on their pages to enable sponsors to dedicate the sponsor budget to a certain area. e.g. Education Jeff to follow up with Larry regarding his transition out of OWASP role.