June 2024 Minutes

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM EDT – 1:30 PM
Location: In-person (Lisbon)

Call to Order

Board Members:

Avi Douglen
Matt Tesauro
Bil Corry
Kevin Johnson
Sam Stepanyan
Steve Springett

Apologies:

Ricardo Griffith

Board Members

Avi Douglen
Matt Tesauro
Bil Corry
Kevin Johnson
Sam Stepanyan
Steve Springett
Ricardo Griffith

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.

Discussion on forming more committees.

Commentary by Matt: "We did the agenda in reverse order to handle the committee item first." Motion to discuss the committee agenda item first:

Sponsor: Kevin Johnson Second: Avi Douglen

Vote:

Kevin Johnson: Yes
Avi Douglen: Yes
Matt Tesauro: Yes
Sam Stepanyan: Yes
Bil Corry: Yes
Steve Springett: Yes

Result: The motion passes with a vote of 6-0.

Approval of Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes - May 2024

Pre-reading Material

New Business

Update Committee Policy to Remove Compliance Committee:

Background The Compliance Committee no longer exists. The Board directed the Foundation to prepare a pull request to make this change to remove the Compliance Committee from the Committee Policy.

Motion: “Resolved, the Board directs the OWASP Foundation to remove the Compliance Committee from the Committee Policy as per the linked pull request.”

Link to pull request: www-policy Pull Request 147

Sponsor: Avi Douglen Second: Sam Stepanyan

Vote:

Kevin Johnson: Yes
Avi Douglen: Yes
Matt Tesauro: Yes
Sam Stepanyan: Yes
Bil Corry: Yes
Steve Springett: (Steve had network issues and had dropped by this point)

Result: The motion passes with a vote of 5-0.

Relevant reading

www-policy Pull Request 147

Motion: : “Resolved, the Board directs the OWASP Foundation to remove the Compliance Committee from the Committee Policy as per the linked pull request.” - Link to pull request: [www-policy Pull Request 147](https://github.com/OWASP/www-policy/pull/147) **Sponsor**: Avi Douglen **Second**: Sam Stepanyan **Vote**: - Kevin Johnson: Yes - Avi Douglen: Yes - Matt Tesauro: Yes - Sam Stepanyan: Yes - Bil Corry: Yes - Steve Springett: (Steve had network issues and had dropped by this point) **Result**: The motion passes with a vote of **5-0**.

Kevin Johnson: YES
Avi Douglen: YES
Matt Tesauro: YES
Sam Stepanyan: YES
Bil Corry: YES

Events Committee

Motion: “Resolved, the Board approves the Events Committee as per the draft Events Committee Charter.”

Sponsor: Kevin Johnson Second: Bil Corry

Vote:

Kevin Johnson: Yes
Avi Douglen: Yes
Matt Tesauro: Yes
Sam Stepanyan: Yes
Bil Corry: Yes
Steve Springett: Yes

Result: The motion passes with a vote of 6-0.

Motion: : “Resolved, the Board approves the Events Committee as per the draft Events Committee Charter.” **Sponsor**: Kevin Johnson **Second**: Bil Corry **Vote**: - Kevin Johnson: Yes - Avi Douglen: Yes - Matt Tesauro: Yes - Sam Stepanyan: Yes - Bil Corry: Yes - Steve Springett: Yes **Result**: The motion passes with a vote of **6-0**.

Kevin Johnson: YES
Avi Douglen: YES
Matt Tesauro: YES
Sam Stepanyan: YES
Bil Corry: YES
Steve Springett: YES

Website and AMS Discussion:

"Only discussion, no votes taken."

European Entity Discussion:

"Moved to a private meeting with Martin Knobloch to be scheduled during the Lisbon event."

European Liaison Discussion:

"Only discussion, no votes taken."

Update Committee Policy to Remove Compliance Committee:

Motion: “Resolved, the Board directs the OWASP Foundation to remove the Compliance Committee from the Committee Policy as per the linked pull request.”

Sponsor: Avi Douglen Second: Sam Stepanyan

Vote:

Kevin Johnson: Yes
Avi Douglen: Yes
Matt Tesauro: Yes
Sam Stepanyan: Yes
Bil Corry: Yes
Steve Springett: (Steve had network issues and had dropped by this point)

Result: The motion passes with a vote of 5-0.

Motion: : “Resolved, the Board directs the OWASP Foundation to remove the Compliance Committee from the Committee Policy as per the linked pull request.” **Sponsor**: Avi Douglen **Second**: Sam Stepanyan **Vote**: - Kevin Johnson: Yes - Avi Douglen: Yes - Matt Tesauro: Yes - Sam Stepanyan: Yes - Bil Corry: Yes - Steve Springett: (Steve had network issues and had dropped by this point) **Result**: The motion passes with a vote of **5-0**.

Kevin Johnson: YES
Avi Douglen: YES
Matt Tesauro: YES
Sam Stepanyan: YES
Bil Corry: YES

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

Adjournment motion

The next general Board meeting is on 23rd July 2024, at 12 pm US Eastern Time.

July 2024

"It is moved, and seconded to adjourn. Those in favor, say "aye""

Sponsor: Avi Douglen Second: Kevin Johnson

Sponsor: Avi Douglen · Second: Kevin Johnson

The next general Board meeting is next general Board meeting is on 23rd July 2024, at 12 pm US Eastern Time..