OWASP Board Meeting — October 6, 2009

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM EDT – 2:30 PM
Location: Remote

Call to Order

Board Members

Dave Wichers
Dinis Cruz
Sebastien Deleersnyder
Tom Brennan
Jeff Williams
Membership Update
Microsoft did not renew their membership. OWASP Membership
evangalism
negotiation with ISC2 to investigate the proposal
Proposal to increase Board Number to 9- topic to be discussed at Summit in DC
Seba Deleersnyder
Jeffwill attend AppSec DC for a meeting on 11/10. Tom will dial in. Time
location to be announced.
Matt has permission from the board to research
put together a proposal for the Board at the next meeting?

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: Dave Wichers, Dinis Cruz, Sebastien Deleersnyder, Tom Brennan, Jeff Williams Membership Update Microsoft did not renew their membership. OWASP Membership, evangalism, should be process of OWASP employees. Focus should become a Membership Drive. Jeff and Dave will contact Microsoft directly to inquire about their membership renewal. Why did they decide to discontinue their support of OWASP? OWASP ISC2 Joint venture proposal - OWASP Board supports idea to persue communication and negotiation with ISC2 to investigate the proposal and develop. A face to face meeting is requested - Seba to work to arrange this to occur in DC. Proposal to increase Board Number to 9 (phased in one Board member every 6 months) - topic to be discussed at Summit in DC Proposal to rotate Board Member Vote to 3 Board members every 3 Months - topic to be discussed at Summit in DC Dave, Dinis, Seba, and Jeff (?) will attend AppSec DC for a meeting on 11/10. Tom will dial in. Time and location to be announced. Ideas from Dinis for the OWASP Technology & Web Frameworks Committee will be addressed to the Global Industry Committee to determine if it falls within scope of current committee. Matt has permission from the board to research and put together a proposal for the Board at the next meeting?