Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — July 27, 2016

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016
  • Time: 7:00 AM PDT – 8:00 AM
  • Location: in person at AppSecUSA

Call to Order

The Board met by teleconference.

Board Members

  • Matt Konda
  • Andrew van der Stock
  • Michael Coates
  • Josh Sokol
  • Tom Brennan
  • Tobias Gondrom
  • Jonathan Carter

Guests

  • Claudia Casanovas
  • Kate Hartmann
  • Kelly Santalucia
  • Gin Cheng
  • Tom Pappas
  • Matt Tesauro

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

Board Updates

April Minutes - Accepted with no exceptions July Minutes - Accepted with no exceptions Comments: Community Manager on Implementation of Committee 2.O

3rd Party Website Report -Ram (10 minutes) - Link to presentation - Audio in Meeting recording

Director Report

Matt Konda -

Treasurer report: Andrew van der Stock: Challenges:

Michael Coates: Chapters

Tobias Gondrom: Governance

Tom Brennan:

Old Business

Old Business

Archive Outdated Proposal Items - Tom Gondrom

New Business

New Business

3rd Party Website Report - Ram (10 mins) by Sooryen Technologies Benefit: OWASP help the Community Engagement Needs Assessment - Report & Presentation Stakeholder Interviews, Interview Feedback,Community Survey Rating of Website Results, Design Evaluation, Heuristic Peer Analysis, Suggested OWASP Systems Diagram (Includes SalesForce, Quickbooks, Media wiki) Comments & Responses: Tom B. - Chapters integrate salesforce ? Response: Did not review this part of Chapters using Salesforce. Matt T - Volunteer Outreach using membernation Response :Functionality exists in the wiki and no issue integrates with SalesForce Tobias G. Michael C. - Is there Chapter feedback on the tools or centralized? Response: No feedback on centralized tool but need more support in a form of a tool. Can send a survey on a tool? Andrew V - Feedback on the change of moving away from the media wiki Response - Josh - Community Feedback Response: See slide on Community Feedback on Presentation Tom B. - (in chat)Worth looking at to educate you on what is possible and is happening with other non-profits http://info.salesforce.org/l/30282/2016-04-06/69bdg1/30282/139744/DataSheet_Nonprofit_Starter_Pack.pdf Review the needs assessment and move to implementing the changes Review Funding, Information and Feedback Collection of Debt 22,550.70 from AppSecLatam2011 from Leo Goldim - Tom (5 mins) Tom Pappas: Not in the books and agreement seems to be ok but needs an officer of the organization needs to sign off. 2017 Agenda Planning and Peer Examples for the future - Tom (5 mins) - NOT COVERED Welcome Jonathan Carter to the Board and to confirm received the onboarding materials Staff Reports - posted on the wiki Financial Reviews - Tom Pappas KPMG I90 CPA audit for 2016 same Firm as 2013, 2014 PL vs Budget ahead in 10K income Cash Flow is going well

AppSec EU

2016 results in August Chapter Funds Increase Operational Reserves have risen since May Membership Reports - Lost 193 Members from APPSEC San Francisco Josh - What are the efforts to retain the members? Currently working on a Membership Drives (Tiffany & Kelly) Membership Drive Timing was an issue Should we look at the membership tool? Provide Trend Report on the data Jonathan - Marketing Benefits in Membership Action - Kate/Kelly - Provide some metrics on membership and renewals for next board meeting (Trend Data) Month to Month Annual Report is behind schedule - Design is completed, working on the content and should have a draft by August Welcome Matt Tesauro to the OWASP Staff

New Business

Matt K - Reviewing the Marketing Contracts and will ask to delegate them to Kate Hartmann in August Board Meeting. Governance Issues on the next Board Meeting (Tobias) Training / Education Initiative on next meeting- (Kate) Meeting adjourned - recording stopped.

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned - recording stopped.

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