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Hello everyone,

My name is Alison McNamee, and I am OWASP's new Operations Director. I will be handing all of OWASP's administrative operations going forward. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions/problems with anything OWASP related. My phone number is 301-604-4882, and my email address is [email protected].

The following is a list of my ongoing job duties, as well as a To Do list that I am currently working on:

Ongoing Job Duties

1. Track OWASP Memberships

  - Send membership renewal reminders each month to those registrations about to expire
  - Update membership database as people add, renew or discontinue membership
  - Try to attract new members

2. Bookkeeping

  - Pay all OWASP bills
  - Send invoices for Accounts Receivable
  - Reconcile bank accounts each month

3. Assist with OWASP Conference Planning

  - Order Supplies (ie: Shirts, pens, lanyards, etc.)
  - Manage registration database
  - Invoice Conference Sponsors
  - Send payments for conference expenses
  - Once conference is complete, put together a summary of conference/course evaluations - see what we can do to improve in the future

4. Write and post weekly OWASP Newsletters - I am currently in the process of putting together the 11th edition of the OWASP Newsletter. I hope to have it posted within the next week or two.

5. Handle scheduling and billing for Banner Ads

6. Assist board members, Chapter Leaders, Project Leaders and OWASP members with any issues/questions as they arise

7. Update/Create new pages on the OWASP website as needed

Current To Do List

1. Assist with Australia 2008 Conference

2. Put together an OWASP flyer to send to BlackHat (to distribute at conference)

3. Figure out expense vs. income for all past OWASP conferences

4. Email chapter leaders that are not active, see what we can do to help, if they no longer want to be chapter lead, etc.

5. Put together a list of companies to target for OWASP corporate membership – figure out strategy for trying to attract them

6. Call different conferences – see if they would be interested in having OWASP teach a class/give a presentation

7. Put together spreadsheet of all OWASP Local Chapters, Chapter Lead, Contact Info.

8. Convert all San Jose presentations from ppt to pdf - send to Dinis Cruz for book

9. Once we receive videos from San Jose conference, post them to website