Past Meetings

OWASP Board Meeting — June 18, 2019

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

  • Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
  • Time: 11:00 AM PDT – 12:30 PM
  • Location: Remote

Meeting recording

Call to Order

Board Members

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

Guests

  • Mike McCamon
  • Tom Pappas
  • Kelly Santalucia
  • Dawn Aitken
  • Emily Berman
  • Lisa Jones

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

Reports

Balance Sheet

  • Revenue is not update to budget. It is believed to be the timing of the Global AppSec events this year.
  • YTD - $51k better in net income
  • $1m iin cash
  • $124k in receiveables
  • $65k in payables
  • $1m owed to Chapters and Projects
  • The splits are still an issue.
  • April finished about the same as March.

Old Business

Old Business

Global AppSec Tel Aviv

  • Registration is low
  • Price promos are already set
  • There is an expected loss of $60 - $80k
  • Currently working on getting foot traffic
  • Sponsorships are good
  • Offering Expo only passes

Open Security Summit Update/Project Funding

  • 26 Project teams
  • $52,130 in expected reimbursements
  • 42 submissions
  • Non-members will receive no travel expense reimbursement

Staff Requirements/Plans

  • Emily Berman has joined OWASP as the Events Director.

Website/Internal Procedures/Service Catalog Update

  • The update is behind schedule
  • Due to lack of resources

Update on Trademarks

  • Filings are done
  • It will take several months or a ruling or request for additional information

Update on Board - Face to Face Meeting

  • The meeting will take place in Las Vegas on August 6th and 7th
  • Emily has taken over coordination of the meeting

Update on Chapters - Dawn

  • 262 Chapters
  • 51 new or restart of Chapters in 2019
  • Regions
    • United States - 82
    • Africa - 13
    • Asia/Pacific - 29
    • Canada - 7
    • Carribbean - 2
    • Europe - 67
    • Latin America - 33
    • Middle East - 28
    • Virtual - 1
  • Meetup
    • 30,201 members
    • 133 Groups

New Business

No items.

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

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