October 10, 2011 SB Report

Sarah Baso - Activity for August and September 2011 (Prepared for October 10, 2011 Board Meeting)

Chapters Committee

General Committee Info

Committee Membership: Matthew Chalmers resigned, Josh Sokol joined
August Committee Meeting Minutes: 22 & 23 August 2011
September Committee Meeting Minutes: 12 & 13 September 2011
Committee Meeting Attendance Record
2011 Chapters Committee Budget - $27,456.25 of $50,000 remaining ($22,543.75 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):

Continued revision Chapter Activity Matrix - used to inventory and manage information on local chapter activities and current leadership (ongoing maintenance required)
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 USA (Meeting Minutes) and [[AppSecLatam2011 chapters workshop agenda|AppSec Latam in Brasil (Oct.)]
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, in Sept. made Business Card templates with varying layouts for chapter leaders to choose and request via the form.
Assisting Chapters Committee with revisions to the Chapter Handbook.
Arrange travel for chapter-related activities such as Chapters Workshops and Chapter Nurturing.

Basic Chapter Metrics:

139 Combined Active & New Chapters - need further review of activity (Have they held a meeting in the last year? Have they agreed to the terms of the Chapter Handbook? Etc.)

New Chapters in August & September:

Fortaleza, Brazil - lead by Davi di Cavalcanti Sampaio and Luiz Gonzaga Mota Barbosa
Albany, NY - lead by Susanna Bezold.
Mansoura, Egypt - lead by Ahmed Neil.
Orlando, FL - lead by Tony Turner.

Pending New Chapters and Chapter Restarts:

General Committee Info

Committee Membership: Neil Matatall resigned
August Committee Meeting Minutes: 12 August 2011
September Committee Meeting Minutes: 16 September 2011
Committee Meeting Attendance Record
Global Conferences Committee Budget - as of 2-October-2011: $19,316.92 of $38,000 remaining ($18,683.08 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.

Providing administrative support for the Los Angeles Local Chapter -- updating wiki, creating meeting registration on eventbrite, posting meeting info on various social media.
Creating and editing graphics for OWASP Merchandise (including business cards).
Volunteer: Planning, implementing, and follow up for AppSec USA -- this has all been unpaid work (outside of my responsibilities with the Chapters & Conferences Committees).