Summit 2011 Working Sessions/Session013/Deliverable 7

Deliverable 7

Revised Election Process

As a result of the OWASP Governance summit working session the following election process was defined.

• Modify the board to consist of 6 members
• Each board member will have a term of 2 years
• Board members will be limited to three terms
• Each year three board seats will be up for election
• Every OWASP Member gets one vote
• Any OWASP Member in good standing for the last 12 months may run for the Board

• OWASP will hold an election in 2011 for three board seats currently held by Jeff, Dave and Seba
• In 2012 the seats for Tom, Matt and Eoin will be up for election

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Some additional comments/concerns that were captured at the session

• The by-laws need to be updated to reflect this change
• A mechanism for breaking board bote ties needs to be defined
• It may be more appropriate to have a process for nominating candidates for Board rather then allowing self nomination
• The transition process needs to be clearly defined to ensure knowledge management in transition
• A board member resignation is already handled by the existing by-laws
• A graduated term was discussed in place of simple 2 year terms
• It was suggested that the board be comprised of regional representatives
• It was suggested that an "advisory board" be created consisting of former board members to perserve institutional knowledge
• It was suggested that the board be limited to only a single member from any one company