OWASP Board Meeting — February 11, 2013

Meeting Details

Date: Monday, February 11, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM EST – 1:30 PM
Location: In Person Board Meeting

Call to Order

12:00pm - 1:30pm EST

Teleconference Information: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/join/942894438

International Toll Free Calling Information

Board Meeting Attendance Tracker

Meeting Minutes

Board Members

Directors will be recorded when the meeting is called to order.

Guests

Kate Hartmann

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

Old Business

Action items - Kate or Sarah to update bylaws - Done - 3/4/13 - kh

Secretary Position and Board Votes:

Eoin is not interested in Secretary position - Who is taking this position?
What are the job responsibilities of the secretary?
Current Board Vote Tracking - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Board_Votes
Delegation of tasks -
- Meeting minutes - Sarah
- Board Vote tracking - Kate

OWASP Worldwide Structure -

Sarah is gathering information on potential liability and repercussions on legal entity status in other countries
Tom - we had this discussion in 2010 - please refer to previous meeting minutes
According to chapter handbook local chapters are not legal entities
OWASP Chapter Handbook
- https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Chapter_Handbook/Chapter_5:_Governance#Legal_Entity
Tom will set up call for discussion of this problem/solutions of the international legal entities and acknowledgement in CLH
Kate will take point on setting up a workflow for new chapter leaders signing off of Chapter Leader Handbook (for new chapters and existing chapters with new leaders) and report back next month

In person Board Meetings:

Per bylaws - 1 in person meeting
- AppSecUSA - Q4 - Friday after event - full day
- March RSA - Q2
Also suggested - in person meeting not linked to conference. This is currently not included in the budget ($20,000 for board travel for 2013).

Request to Record Board Meetings:

Need to make sure we are making full disclosure about recording:
- Post to meeting minutes, agenda, announce at beginning of call
Will Start with March 2013 meeting

[Jim] Request change of meeting time

Jim to communicate with Seba and Eoin to see if this is ok with them.
Action item: Jim Doodle for meeting time/availability

[Jim] Legacy content: There is a lot of crusty content on the wiki, what can we do to clean house?

Jim to document/outline his proposal and submit to board (if approval/review is needed).
Jim to submit his request for help through the Global Initiatives here: http://www.tfaforms.com/262386

[Jim] Twitter Corporate Sponsorship: how do we get more "Industry" and less "Security Companies" to support OWASP?

[Jim] What is vendor neutrality to OWASP? I do not want to play the blame game, I just want to have an objective conversation and hear what the various board members think vendor neutrality means to the organization moving forward.