Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — May 11, 2010

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
  • 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

New Business

Minutes

Present, Eoin, Matt, Dave, Dinis, Tom, Seba, Kate Vote: Sponsorship of Projects: Use Top 10, SAMM, WebGoat, (two others) OWASP must come up with process and guidelines on logo placement on project pages. Companies will need to become a corporate member first. May allocate a local chapter/project/committee to receive 40% of the membership fees. Additional donations will be 100% to the project. Topics will be mapped out on the wiki, forwarded to committee leaders, and voted upon during next board call. Vote: Opinion on the F5 suit vs. Imperva? Board votes 6 - 1 to not voice an opinion. Vote: OWASP will hire 2 interns for the summer. Interns need to be located on site where a committee member is working. Vote: Training Logo - Action Item: Dinis will update on where we are with logistics of Training proposals. Membership committee will investigate the development of a corporate logo as well as guidelines on proper usage. Annual Report approved with the addition of Jeff's comments. Email to OWASP all, send hard copy (book) to corporate members. Will print it "on demand" for honorary members and other leaders. Connections committee will take this task. Kate will update conferences page with Board member representation and locations/dates. Committee Updates: Sponsorship Requests will not be posted in the newsletter. Conferences will all point to the confereneces page on the wiki. (Industry) Organizations can sponsor the printing of the books. Standard front and back pages will be developed and added to the text. Kate will identify standard banners to be printed and made available to all local chapters.

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

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