Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — January 11, 2017

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
  • Time: 2:00 PM PST – 3:30 PM
  • Location: Remote

Meeting recording

Call to Order

The Board met by teleconference.

Board Members

  • Matt Konda
  • Josh Sokol
  • Michael Coates
  • Andrew van der Stock
  • Johanna Curiel
  • Tobias Gondrom
  • Tom Brennan

Guests

  • Dawn Aitken
  • Tom Pappas
  • Bev Corwin
  • Jason Li

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

Old Business

Board Minutes - not approve. Board members thought the link should have been added to the agenda. Tobias stated that they are on the wiki page and will forward to everyone.

New Business

New Business

New Business

2017 Board Roles

2017 Board Chairperson - Matt Konda

Nominees - Matt Konda, Tom Brennan and Johanna Curiel

Votes: Tom Brennan Tom Brennan Johanna Curiel Tom Brennan Andrew van der Stock Matt Konda Josh Sokol Matt Konda Tobias Gondrom Matt Konda Michael Coates Matt Konda Matt Konda Matt Konda

2017 Board Vice Chairperson - Johanna Curiel

Nominees - Johanna Curiel and Josh Sokol

Votes: Tom Brennan Johanna Curiel Johanna Curiel Johanna Curiel Andrew van der Stock Johanna Curiel Josh Sokol Josh Sokol Tobias Gondrom Johanna Curiel Michael Coates Josh Sokol Matt Konda Josh Sokol

2017 Board Treasurer - Andrew van der Stock

Nominees - Andrew van der Stock and Tom Brennan

Votes: Tom Brennan Tom Brennan Andrew van der Stock Andrew van der Stock Johanna Curiel Andrew van der Stock Josh Sokol Andrew van der Stock Michael Coates Andrew van der Stock Tobias Gondrom Andrew van der Stock Matt Konda Andrew van der Stock

2017 Board Secretary - Tom Brennan

Nominee - Tom Brennan

Votes: Tom Brennan Tom Brennan Andrew van der Stock Tom Brennan Johanna Curiel Tom Brennan Josh Sokol Tom Brennan Michael Coates Tom Brennan Tobias Gondrom Tom Brennan Matt Konda Tom Brennan

2017 Board Members at Large

Josh Sokol Michael Coates Tobias Gondrom

Action: additional Board Roles will be discussed at next meeting. 2016, they assigned Board Members to Projects, Governance and Chapters. Josh will handle this action.

Motion: 2017 Board Chairperson - Matt Konda

Board Votes

Tom Brennan stated that the Board votes have not been updated since July 2016.

Motion: Tom Brennan stated that the Board votes have not been updated since July 2016.

2017 Budget

Action - any additional budget proposals must be submitted by January 25, 2017 to Andrew.

Communication Plan

Motion - to approve the Communication Plan as a 2017 Operational Goal.

Votes: 6-1 PASSED

Tom Brennan Yes Josh Sokol Yes Andrew van der Stock Yes Johanna Curiel No Michael Coates Yes Tobias Gondrom Yes Matt Konda Yes

Board Members - Tom Brennan and Michael Coates have left the call.

Membership Flexible Plan (see table)

Staff would need a decision either way to move forward with the merge.

Motion - by Matt Konda - move forward with the membership flexible plan and review reporting each quarter and if not working revert to current plan.

Amendment - by Josh - that we review reporting in the April Board meeting. Do not let it continue to run and revert back when it is too late.

Matt Konda - There are three phases to the membership plan

  1. Tiers
  2. Dollars
  3. Flexible or standard

Everyone seems to agree on the tiers.

Motion - by Matt Konda, second by Josh Sokol to approve the tiers and reviewed the rest at a later date.

After discussion, it decided that further decision must be done.

Action - by Matt Konda

Will put to an E-Vote by the end of the week.

Motion: Motion - to approve the Communication Plan as a 2017 Operational Goal.

  • Tom Brennan: YES
  • Josh Sokol: YES
  • Andrew van der Stock: YES
  • Johanna Curiel: NO
  • Michael Coates: YES
  • Tobias Gondrom: YES
  • Matt Konda: YES

PASSED 6-1

Result: PASSED 6-1

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

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