Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — June 20, 2011

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Monday, June 20, 2011
  • Time: 1:00 PM EDT – 2:30 PM
  • Location: Remote

Call to Order

The Board met by teleconference.

Board Members

  • Jeff Williams
  • Eoin Keary
  • Seba Deleersnyder
  • Tom Brennan
  • Dave Wichers

Absent

  • Matt TesauroAbsent

quorum “OWASP Europe Foundation” SB/KH * Clarification - European geographical region, not OWASP EU.

Guests

  • Dan Cornell
  • Jason Li
  • Tin Zaw
  • Martin Knobloch

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

Reports

Budgeting Policy

Committee Chairs will be asked to review the document and comment. Board Members will review the Budget Document with the goal of including these policies in next year’s committee budget requests/approval process

GPC updates

GPC will send out final report on working session by June 30, 2011. GPC proposes to go forward with SourceForge for project hosting infrastructure. Full feature set and lowest cost of all proposals received. This will go over projected budget for this services. Projected by GPC $9,700. Actual $9,000 for customization and then $15,000 per year. All three proposals forwarded to the board last week for review. Vote requested - going forward with working out contract with SourceForge (Dave will possibly negotiate a discount or barter agreement) Vote yes - Jeff, Eoin, Seba, Dave, Tom

Motion: GPC will send out final report on working session by June 30, 2011.

  • Jeff Williams: YES
  • Eoin Keary: YES
  • Seba Deleersnyder: YES
  • Dave Wichers: YES
  • Tom Brennan: YES

5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain

Result: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain

Other committee updates?

Education - no update Industry - no updates, meeting notes from AppSec EU posted

Finance report

Alison provided P&L, has answered questions as requested, no further questions at this point

New Business

Mins of meeting

Meeting mins are approved from prior meeting - Jeff, Tom, Eoin, Seba

Motion: Meeting mins are approved from prior meeting - Jeff, Tom, Eoin, Seba

Vote on Chapters/Conferences

Updates and Changes to Conference Supervision by Committees - Move local and regional events from umbrella of conferences committee to chapters committee, effective July 31, 2011. Yes - Tom, Seba, Eoin, Jeff, Dave Vote passes. Conferences and Chapters committee chairs/committees to work together before July 31, 2011 to determine how this will work.

Motion: Updates and Changes to Conference Supervision by Committees - Move local and regional events from umbrella of conferences committee to chapters committee, effective July 31, 2011.

  • Tom Brennan: YES
  • Seba Deleersnyder: YES
  • Eoin Keary: YES
  • Jeff Williams: YES
  • Dave Wichers: YES

PASSED

Result: PASSED

Vote on Approval of Bylaws

Comments documented on ByLaw document will be addressed and incorporated into the document Kate to initiate vote by email by Wednesday

Motion: Comments documented on ByLaw document will be addressed and incorporated into the document

Election Policy

Individuals who are eligible to vote will be contacted prior to the election regarding their eligibility to vote as well as on voting procedure. Additional election policies are incorporated in the bylaws, which will be voted on by the Board later this week.

Motion: Individuals who are eligible to vote will be contacted prior to the election regarding their eligibility to vote as well as on voting procedure.

Platform Model

Jeff requested that we put up a vote on the next Board Meeting to put additional weight behind the initiative. Additionally, feedback and comments should be gathered and reviewed as documented support for the initiative KH and SB will ensure that this topic is included on the Global Committee Agendas.

Motion: Jeff requested that we put up a vote on the next Board Meeting to put additional weight behind the initiative. Additionally, feedback and comments should be gathered and reviewed as documented support for the initiative

Rackspace

Updated needed from Matt re: Contracts and status: Status Unknown

Meeting Extended

Meeting exceeded 60 mins - agreed to extend and keep a quorum

“OWASP Europe Foundation”

  • Clarification - European geographical region, not OWASP EU. Organization officially in place as of June 6, 2011. European board members are Eoin, Seba, and Tom. Alison and Kate are also listed in paperwork which was filed. *Need to make operational manual and bank account set up. Revenue from AppSec EU will be allocated to the European Foundation account to be used as seed money.

International Accounting and Legal Firm

Tom requested vote to retain 3rd party international global accounting company and provide legal recommendations (oversight document at the cost of $5000 to be provided) https://www.owasp.org/images/0/09/OWASP_Finalized_Engagement_Letter_June_20_2011.pdf Yes - Tom, Eoin, Seba, Jeff *Eoin requests more details on what “drafting an advisory document means” but is ok with signing contract No - Dave (Dave agrees to move forward with discussion, but not to sign contract without clarification) Vote passes

Motion: Tom requested vote to retain 3rd party international global accounting company and provide legal recommendations (oversight document at the cost of $5000 to be provided)

  • Tom Brennan: YES
  • Eoin Keary: YES
  • Seba Deleersnyder: YES
  • Jeff Williams: YES

PASSED

Result: PASSED

Next meeting

Kate - request to postpone to the 2nd Monday of July. The first money is July 4, which is a holiday in the US - JULY 11

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned

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