OWASP Board Meeting — August 8, 2011

No longer working directly with GIC Continued work with both Chapters and Conferences - organizing Chapter Leader workshops at AppSec Brazil and USA, contacting inactive chapters SB to update wiki with current number of active local chapters. Black Hat Booth a success - good opportunity for outreach, meet-up for current OWASP participants. Full report available at: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/August_8,_2011_SB_Report

Work accomplished since June 6, 2011 available at: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/August_8,_2011/Project_Manager_Report

DC noted that the first ballot is going out shortly (today)

SB and KH have worked with Konik to be the central distributor for OWASP schwag (they will also store our stock for free). SB created update on workflow for chapters and conferences requests. We will continue to order books through lulu and apparel through rocksport. KH and Aspect will no longer be storing extra schwag however.

Conversations will continue with chapter’s committee to discuss reallocation (fundraising drive) of chapter’s funds to support her time.

TB to connect with WebEx regarding barter and trade agreement.

MT continuing to work with Rackspace on written agreement. We have already been using rackspace (5 instances), but need to complete legal/contractal agreement. Agreement will be to renew annually with option (for either party) to cancel with 6 months notice.

Continuing negotiating/set up with Sourceforge for project hosting Working with Michael Coates as well as AppSec USA planners for open source showcase at AppSec USA. https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/present/view?id=dgf8frmh_17c6k3mscj

TB - should be discussed at next committee chair meeting (KH to set up), possible to reallocate budget from other committee budgets KH - revisit this at next board meeting (Sept) if necessary. JL - it would be helpful for the board to weigh in on priority of expenditures, each committee chair has their own interests and may not be able to objectively decide allocation (or reallocation) of funding.

Yes/No Will LACSON be grated exception from Conference Committee oversight Vote text and results to be listed - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Board_Votes KH to follow up with Bylaws on rules for voting. 3 of 6 “yes” - Jeff - yes, Eoin - yes (with the stipulation that next year LASCON is under conference policies), Seba - yes; Tom - no, Matt - abstain (conflict of interest) According to the Bylaws: “All decisions will be made by majority vote of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.” Based on the bylaws, then, the vote stands. Based on 3 of 5 board members present at meeting voting “yes/approve” - vote passes

Yes - Tom, Seba, Eoin, Matt Jeff (would like to know what is being proposed and paid for with the funding - overall rationale) No - Abstain -

Call or face to face? KH to set up call on 2nd Monday, but also pursue set up for face-to-face at AppSec USA meeting adjourned 17:30 GMT/UTC