July 1, 2016

Time

 * Date/Time: July 1, 2016/6pm-9pm CEST
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Location
Rome Marriott-Park Hotel

Teleconference Information:

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/join/861328838

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Attendance Tracker
Board Meeting Attendance Tracker

Meeting Minutes
May 18, 2016 Meeting Minutes:

April 20, 2016 Meeting Minutes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iCSz7o7twwh-Rqhab7V8bI8XveZXbn8goe6qv8ita2U March 16, 2016 Meeting Minutes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xGrNduAoAf2cZ9Xgup431SbZw-qjL5JZqukHIfWTyBI

= Reading Material = It is a requirement as a board member to fully read all material prior to the start of the meeting

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWo4Er61iK2ySwoJsuCHw9ManGHjiMURuRiQUmMVSuY/edit?usp=sharing
 * OWASP Website Project draft report - post comments on the draft


 * Motion to create Regional Advisory Councils
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/16y0acWfeZ_skcO27D-conivvlbSqPbAC1xTY5UfJi_4/edit

Financial information

 * June financial package
 * - TBA


 * 2016 Draft Budget
 * - TBA

Financial motions

 * Motion to invest a portion of unused funds in a ladder CD arrangement
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZOMYzaRnWW_oQd4ON7kBNQcmlx3V4u33Szm8jH2cgU/edit#


 * Motion to approve changes to FY17 membership rates
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/1RBy7yRl-qVo49lDL1JeKmhwLElcazrJ7tY4OO5Wwb6U/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to add a developing nation membership class of $USD 20 annually
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/14OBSW4kcsFsuEGyGg1K8UXkuoYQAzdY49gvXmkUiYyg/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to establish a pay anything membership class, eliminate honorary membership and establish an annual Paul Ritchie Memorial Award
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/1GTcff47NFDgFCnnFTvaEehdecc-TU2PWjAqc9x470Vw/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to create an OWASP open training platform
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dZ-6eJyNj5iiTTo9AS5NC77PYwOF0D9aTHz8dmcJGJ0/edit#

= Meeting Agenda =

Call to Order /OWASP Mission

 * Administrative: List of attendees and Agenda bashing (only if last-minute changes to the agenda are needed) (5 min)

Treasurer Report - Andrew van der Stock
From January to around at least April, OWASP had operational reserves far less than the target operational reserve target of six months. This is due to a lack of revenue, unbudgeted expenses, and a split model that favors one strategic goal over all others. Luckily, the success of AppSec EU has made a recovery possible, and provides breathing room until this is resolved.

Unfortunately, the 2016 draft budget was never finished, and it was not approved. We need to approve a revised 2016 budget. There will be a budget working party held in Rome to get through this out of cycle budgeting process that will hopefully put in a reasonable budget for the rest of the year until planning can start again at the October face to face board meeting.

I have created a set of financial motions that address revenue, such as a membership fee increase, additional membership classes, a training program, and to invest $250k of our unused earmarked funds in a structured investment program. These measures will collectively increase our membership, particularly in the developing economies, and improve our bottom line by over $100k per year, with an additional $60-75k over five years from investing the earmarked funds.

We will need to work together on structural reform that addresses the profit splitting more equitably so that future operational reserves do not go below six months, and so we can invest in all of our strategic goals, and not just one. This is not optional, because there is a risk that a future AppSec conference does not do well, as happened in 2012, this could bring OWASP down. We need to address this structural reform so that we can grow to a $5m per year organisation, which has far different issues than we do today.

Updated from Members at Large - Tom Brennan, Michael Coates, and Tobias Gondrom

 * Coates - Chapters


 * Gondrom - Governance


 * Brennan - Projects

Reports

 * Executive Director/Operations Update - Rollup Report
 * Financial Update - [Link| Board Summary Combined] [Link| Combined Balance Sheet]
 * Director Update - Kate Hartmann - see rollup report above
 * Project Coordinator Update -[Link| Claudia Aviles Casanovas Update]
 * Membership Update - [Link| Kelly Santalucia Update]
 * [Link| Conference Manager Report] - Laura Grau
 * IT Update - [Link| IT Status Report as of 2016-05-17] - Matt Tesauro

Old Business
All active board proposals are listed here

New Business
All active board proposals are listed here


 * Status of filed Trademarks with the USPO and discussion about brand usage and resources
 * - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Marketing/Resources


 * Co-Marketing Agreements with other conferences
 * - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Owasp_Conference_Management_System
 * - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_AppSec_Conference

Action Items

 * Approve a 2016 Budget
 * - Draft budget forthcoming (AJV)


 * Motion to invest a portion of unused funds in a ladder CD arrangement
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZOMYzaRnWW_oQd4ON7kBNQcmlx3V4u33Szm8jH2cgU/edit#


 * Motion to approve changes to FY17 membership rates
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/1RBy7yRl-qVo49lDL1JeKmhwLElcazrJ7tY4OO5Wwb6U/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to add a developing nation membership class of $USD 20 annually
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/14OBSW4kcsFsuEGyGg1K8UXkuoYQAzdY49gvXmkUiYyg/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to establish a pay anything membership class, eliminate honorary membership and establish an annual Paul Ritchie Memorial Award
 * - https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/document/d/1GTcff47NFDgFCnnFTvaEehdecc-TU2PWjAqc9x470Vw/edit?usp=sharing


 * Motion to create Regional Advisory Councils
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/16y0acWfeZ_skcO27D-conivvlbSqPbAC1xTY5UfJi_4/edit


 * Motion to create an OWASP open training platform
 * - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dZ-6eJyNj5iiTTo9AS5NC77PYwOF0D9aTHz8dmcJGJ0/edit#

Adjournment

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