Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — July 5, 2017

Agenda for this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
  • Time: 7:00 AM PDT – 8:00 AM
  • Location: Remote

Call to Order

Board Members

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

Guests

No guests listed.

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

New Business

Agenda

Meeting Location: VIRTUAL https://www3.gotomeeting.com/join/861328838 International Toll Free Calling Information Meeting Recording

AGENDA This is the VIRTUAL packet that is provided to everyone at the same time to review, make comments and be prepared for the meeting. There is no paper handout for the meeting.

CALL TO ORDER

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 7, 2017 - APPROVED

REPORTS

OWASP Foundation is managed by the Operations Director who provides a monthly roll-up report in collaboration of all staff members, contractors and efforts being manged by the back office team. A link to the monthly operational report can be found here: REPORT

OLD BUSINESS

ED Search Update - Josh Sokol Proposal Organizational Changes to AppSec USA - Update - Matt Konda NEW BUSINESS

Virtual Updated Agreement - Matt Konda Project Handbook Update - Andrew van der Stock "The Board directs OWASP Foundation staff to make updates to the Project Handbook as applicable to include two project leaders for Flagship projects, with a period of public comment before it takes effect. The updated guidelines should include: Flagship Projects shall have two leaders from different organizations to avoid independence issues in appearance or in actuality Lab Projects looking to be promoted to Flagship shall have two project leaders as per Flagship requirements to be eligible for promotion If during a project review it is identified that a project leader has become dormant, or through project leader resignation or transfer, the project has a period of three months to identify as many project leaders as required to resolve the situation or risk being demoted to Lab status at the next project review A grace period of until the end of 2017 shall apply to the new independence requirements to allow projects time to promote a second leader. Foundation Staff are directed to work with affected Projects, including ensuring timely processing of leadership promotion through the usual process." Operational Support - Matt Konda Revisit Funding and Project Incubator - Martin Knobloch and Matt Konda COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

Adjournment

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