Treasurer's Report
Working to complete Quick books internal budget worksheet to include A/R and
Meeting Details
- Date: Monday, February 6, 2012
- Time: 12:00 PM EST – 1:30 PM
- Location: Remote
Call to Order
The Board met by teleconference.
Board Members
- Seba Deleersnyder
- Eoin Keary
- Michael Coates
- Matt Tesauro
- Tom Brennan
- Josh Sokol
- Jim Manico
Guests
- Jason Li
- Kate Hartmann
- Kelly Santalucia
- Sarah Baso
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
Old Business
OWASP EU Update
Separate Entity set up in Quickbooks for OWASP Europe OWASP EU and OWASP US are defined as two separate legal entities and are required to file separate tax statements as appropriate. At the end of the year, OWASP will compile a consolidated financial report for the benefit of the board of directors and the membership Financial transactions between the two entities are acceptable provided there is invoicing and appropriate documentation Members will be able to register in Euros Current Liability accounts for EU chapters will be converted to Euros
Follow up required: What is the implication of having local chapters establish themselves through bylaws (France, China, Latin America, etc) Need to establish guidelines for liability; both legal and financial Seba and Eoin will forward the investigation of further defining our relationships with OWASP entities internationally
New Business
Meeting schedule
to change the Board Meeting to occur on the second Monday of each month to allow for more complete monthly financial report. April Meeting will be adjusted for the face to face meeting planned for Washington DC and AppSec US in November. Time will remain the same.
GCC liaison contract authority
Committee Liason authorized to sign financial contracts below $15,000 No - Tom, Eoin, Seba, Matt, Michael
The Liason should have the ability to approve expenses, but signature authority is limited to the Operations Director and the Operations support Liason to the Conferences Committee Tom Brennan to follow up with the Global Conference Committee
- Tom Brennan: NO
- Eoin Keary: NO
- Seba Deleersnyder: NO
- Matt Tesauro: NO
- Michael Coates: NO
0 yes, 5 no, 0 abstain
Result: 0 yes, 5 no, 0 abstain
IT Support Role
Kate and Tom will allocate these tasks to current staff and contact volunteers then define roles not already assigned Escrow access to all areas
Barter Support Document to be reviewed and Voted by Friday
Motion: Kate and Tom will allocate these tasks to current staff and contact volunteers then define roles not already assigned
LASCON
Commitments need to be made for venues, etc so the planners would like to have the authority to determine where the revenue from the event will be allocated.
Slack