OWASP Board Meeting — January 14, 2013

Action item for Board - Staff/Director reviews for 2012 (note: Kate completed all staff reviews (and reviewed by Sarah) for Q4 at end of December 2012).

2013 Budget - approved?

• Change of AppSec USA projected profit to $240,000
• Question - $30,000 allocated to project reboot for 2012, where is this for 2013 (since most of it hasn’t been spent, but it has been “approved” and allocated to 9 projects)
• Vote to approve -
  • Michael, Seba, Tom, Eoin, Jim
• Action item - communicate approved budget to 2013 to OWASP community.

Thursday Staff/Board updates - is this working?

Discuss/reaffirm 60/40 membership split (only approved for one year)

• Vote in favor of a permanent 60/40 membership split (Foundation/Chapters) (no need to revisit yearly, but can be brought up for new vote/review at any time)
  • Yes - Michael, Eoin
  • Abstain - Tom, Jim
• Action item - follow up with other 2 board members for vote (and what constitutes a passing number of votes when people are abstaining)

Vote Requested - move AppSec USA to Q2 starting in 2014 (Q1 APAC, Q2 USA, Q3 EU, Q4 LATAM)

• Vote to approve - Michael, Tom, Jim, Eoin, Seba
• Future discussion - what items need to be voted on/approved by the board

2012 Chapter Financial Activity Report

2011 & 2012 Taxes

• 2011 have been filed
• 2012 - extension will be filed

Action item for Alison - Update legal formation paperwork for 2012 - with officer information (THIS SHOULD BE DONE ANNUALLY)

(Jim) Board meeting meta-discussion: I'd like to suggest that the board meeting be run by a board member and be board driven. Current meeting feels like an organization update and staff meeting, not a board meeting.

• Jim to outline suggestions for next month board calls

(Jim) Vendor Neutrality: I'd like to revisit OWASP's relationship with Vendor neutrality. I hope to have an open discussion with the board on our current policy, how we are doing, and where we need to make improvements.