November 14, 2011 SB Report

Sarah Baso - Activity for October and first half of November 2011 (Prepared for November 14, 2011 Board Meeting)

Chapters Committee

General Committee Info

Committee Membership: No changes
October Committee Meeting Minutes: 17 & 18 October 2011
Committee Meeting Attendance Record
2011 Chapters Committee Budget - $24,312.28 of $50,000 remaining ($25,687.72 spent). Note: $10,000 allocated to "Student Chapters" in remaining chapter funds is available for use by GEC for student/university chapters initiative.

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

Chapter Activity Matrix - used to inventory and manage information on local chapter activities and current leadership (ongoing maintenance required). Guidance provided by committee on October 17 call - "cleaning out" inactive chapters will be postponed until new chapter handbook released first of new year. Then will request all chapter leaders to acknowledge and agree to terms of new handbook and if existing funds, explain what is planned for funds. Details for process to be determined in January.
Work with Kate Hartmann to ensure that chapter-related requests on "OWASP website Global Feedback Form" are addressed in a timely fashion.
Planning, attending, and follow up of Chapter Leader Workshop at AppSec Asia in Beijing, China. (Meeting Minutes)
Setting up new chapters -- @owasp.org email accounts, wiki page, mailing list, add to leader mailing list, and ensure chapter appears on regonline chapter list.
Respond to various chapter leader questions/requests via email
Manage OWASP merchandise requests via google doc, including business cards.
Assisting Chapters Committee with revisions to the Chapter Handbook. Goals - new version for public comment Dec. 1, 2011 and final new version released by January 1, 2012.
Arrange travel for chapter-related activities such as Chapters Workshops and Chapter Nurturing.
Tracking local OWASP domain names

Basic Chapter Metrics:

New Chapters in October:

Pending New Chapters and Chapter Restarts:

General Committee Info

Committee Membership: no change
October Committee Meeting Minutes: 21 October 2011
Committee Meeting Attendance Record
Global Conferences Committee Budget - as of 2-October-2011: $18,146.63 of $38,000 remaining ($19,853.37 spent). Note the Board approved an additional $5,000 for the Global Conference Committee - Conference Support line item at their in person meeting on Sept. 22, 2011.

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

Updated and monitored google form for tracking schwag requests and monitor OCMS for events that have requested schwag but not entered request into google form.
Work with Konik, Kate, Rocksport, Zazzle, Lulu, and other misc. vendors to fulfull merchandise and conference requests.
Assisting with RegOnline requests from event planners and answering questions as needed. Following up with conference registrants with registration questions and invoicing.
Inventorying Conference Supplies and Equipment, setting up a scalable system to checkin/checkout items, researching inventory management system (with bar codes?)
Assisting Conference Committee Members and others receiving funding from the committee for their travel in booking flights and hotels.
Created and disbursed certificates of completion for AppSec USA 2011 training courses.
Created and disbursed certificates of attendance for AppSec Latam 2011 conference and certificates of completion for training courses.
Attended AppSec Asia in Beijing - assisting with set up and needs during conference.