Old Business:
Conference/Chapters Profit Split:
As a result of the committes not being able to come to a agreement for OWASP Foundation, the Board od Directors has drafted a clarification of proposed policy for the profit sharing split for chapters/conferences: https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/159bD2oeAmM2yfPNeq5wHvIvHcl10Hl-c3Um2GXAW81Y/edit Action item: send proposal out for comment (Chapter and Conference committee cc: to leaders) then will be finalized at next board meeting providing community and committess oppertunity to comment and discuss.
Action item: 2013 Organizational budget to be drafted by the Treasurer of OWASP Foundation with input from the committees and board (including profit goals for 2013 Global AppSec Events) by end of Q3.
2012 Board Election: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Membership/2012_Election
- 6 candidates - Tom Brennan, Eoin Keary, Matt Tesauro, Yiannis Pavlosoglou, Justin Derry, Jim Manico
- Announcement of Candidates will be at AppSec Research
- Exact dates of election to be posted to wiki (likely first or second week of October)
- Election results to be announced at AppSec USA
- Communication of organizational bylaws concerning election process, roles to be communicated to the membership during election for clarification. Who does what and that the term of President, Vice, Treasurer, Secretary, Board Member, Board Member are 12 months roles defined and voted on by the then current board of directors annually.
Budget Review: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/File:Budge_vs_actual_July.xlsx
- Projects committee had $40,000 in their budget, $20,000 of which was for Sourceforge. Can some of this money be reallocated in the budget (possibly projects reboot)? Action to Vice Chair Eoin to work with the GPC to clarify.
- Board Member Seba to help existing Treasurer, Matt Bookeeper Alison to do a budget review/foundation financial “health” check due by next board meeting. If existing Treasurer is unable to complete this request the role of Treasurer will be transferred for the rest of 2012 to Board Member, Dave Wichers.
- Treasurer needs to decide on one standard budget reporting format for review/update
Staff Reviews
- Q2 staff reviews completed reported Tom Brennan.
- Tom Brennan stressed the importance of the Board of Directors to play an active role as part of their responsibilities in employee reviews.
- Motion made by Tom Brennan for promotion of Sarah Baso to “Director” report to the Board of Directors. This revised role will match the salary and benefits of Operational Director Kate Hartmann. Voted on and supported by Eoin, Dave, Seba - Motion Carried.
Project Reboot
- Eoin is requesting an additional $15k to support the projects reboot.
- Suggested budgeting - reallocate the money from the projects committee, Eoin will discuss with GPC at next scheduled meeting/email
- As a result of the successful membership drive 10k was raised with 200 new or renewed membership. $4k was directly allocated to the Project Reboot and is now available.
Project Manager
- Open call for applications - 7 applications received
- Narrowed to 3 through interview, now determining salary requirements between the two
- Role classification to be determined employee/contractor and budget review required for the annual cost.
IT Support
- Budget allocation for IT support needs to be applied to solve the identified areas of improvement. It was agreed to contract with a 3rd party for immediate needs for Mediawiki updates, patches and to fix banner ads ASAP. contract forthcoming.
- IT issues reported with MailMan List Server, Achim working on the problem, no update available. Action requested to obtain status on this effort.
- No other IT related issues were reported
Meeting closed, next meeting in August date to be determined.
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