GPTC Minutes 2009-06-08

GPC Call 2009-06-08

Start 4:00 PM Central Time

Paulo sent some links via Skype

[16:15:03] paulo coimbra: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Live_CD_2008_Project_-_Assessment_Frame_Experience#tab=Release_Leader

>> Consensus was that this was MUCH better.

[16:15:17] … http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Project_Frame_Experience_8

http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Project_Frame_Experience_7#tab=Project_Summary

The experience 8 is a very early draft of Paulo playing around.Looks like we've got a good start on getting the templates needed for criteria v2

We discussed the questions – Matt had sent a draft to Dinis & Paulo. Paulo will put it on a Google Doc and share with the committee
(Google Form's first version https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/owasp.org/viewform?formkey=cjlOaW95ZXBfLWdNeTZnYURrbzFKSFE6MA..]

Looked at the changes that Jason made:

https://www.owasp.org/index.php?title=OWASP_Season_of_Code_2009&diff=63726&oldid=63391

Conversation about the thread that happened on the Leaders List

• Throw back a bone – perhaps make the stipen smaller
• Perhaps do the boiling frog method to wean the OWASP off stipens – slowly decrease the stipens to zero
• Break issue into
  • Do we pay stipens?
  • If so, how much do we pay?
• Are we paying for work product or are we paying for something to be done (a recievable)?
• Eventually OWASP would be removed from the handling they payment of project leads – instead sponsoring companies would handle this.
• Make OWASP like the Google Summer of Code
• OWASP value add is the promotion and sponsorship of the project.
• OWASP goes from paying for someone's time to paying to get the guy's job done
  • Pays to make sure the guy can get things done
  • Be enablers to the project leads
  • You shouldn't be out of pocket (cash) while doing your project
• OWASP should be paying for everything from your time
• Lots of discussion here.
• Next thing to work on – additional funding for the SoC
• How is this going work – how to get external support/sponsors?
  • Can we ge a couple more memberships for OWASP?
  • Brad was tasked with mapping this out
  • http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Season_of_Code_Sponsorship
  • http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Funds_available_for_OWASP_Projects (this project is completely out of date)
  • Brad gave an example of the code guide at his company
  • There were sponsorships for 2007 http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Spring_Of_Code_2007
  • This was part of their membership fees
  • Could propose 40% of your membership fees toward a project when a company becomes a member
  • Say “you become a member, we'll give you a class based on the class pack”
  • Paulo sent the link to Jason's survey results:https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/owasp.org/ccc?key=pJzNU1yNJd7VBH1bS6rY0EQ&hl=en and https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/owasp.org/ccc?key=rHFvhU15v3S3myFqSWQVXyg&hl=en
  • Value we provide is that OWASP sits in the middle of the community and do the facilitation

• New projects – Paulo report
  • No problems or something to report
  • Focusing on getting the frames/templates done for criteria v2

• Another Task for me (Matt):
  • Launching SoC in one week
  • One more list discussion
  • Plan for how we are going to get the maximum visibility for the SoC launch -
    • Blogs, press pack, podcasts, how to disseminate the news
    • Hook Pravir about how to launch this like OpenSAMM
      • Made some good deals with his launch – need to do the same
      • Viral gorilla type marketing

• How to get committees to fill out the details of their areas
  • Start pushing questions to the committees
  • Need the SoC to launch to put some pressure on the committees to deliver
  • Be very proactive about the Education project

End Time 5:53 PM.