OWASP Board Meeting — March 12, 2012

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

Date: Monday, March 12, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM EDT – 2:30 PM
Location: Remote

Call to Order

Board Members

Michael Coates
Matt Tesauro
Eoin Keary
Tom Brennan

Quorum 2012 Board Member Attendance Welcome, Introductions Minutes from Previous Meeting Corrections, comments, approval.

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

BOARD MEETING MINUTES: March 12, 2012 - 5pm UTC/GMT

PRESENT: Michael Coates, Matt Tesauro, Eoin Keary, Tom Brennan

COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Helen Gao, Mark Bristow, Jason Li

OTHERS: Kate Hartmann, Sarah Baso, Kelly Santalucia

Minutes:

New Format for Budget reporting presented

Mark and Josh have been working on the chapter/conference event solution. Mark provided update on key points (finances and approval processes). Agreement to be sent to committees prior to formal submission to board for approval

IT Support Role - Matt is driving process with input from Kelly, Kate, and Sarah - target resolution date: April 5th board meeting (in DC) Need Documentation on Migration and Systems and Root action from Larry Casey Need domain login access (Conference Committee) Follow up with IT infrastructure interested volunteers - Kate to follow up with interested candidates to determine next steps

Barracuda and Mailing list Update - in 10 days 762,000 messages have passed through the owasp@owasp.org email lists - 495 active lists, 50% - 90% of messages are blocked as spam - once the level of service can be determined, Barracuda will issue an appropriate license and move forward with barter and trade supporter

Membership committee barter proposal - feedback provided on nature of membership and benefits of sponsorship. Membership committee to review proposal

Allocation of supporter split allocation: Include in registration a mandatory field that makes the member (corporate or individual) to choose a local chapter/project or to choose “none”

Vote: Michael, Matt, Tom, Eoin - Approve with the suggestion to reword the registration for clarification

Next meeting April 5 face to face in DC Time TBD based on room availability