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Meeting #6 - Thursday, August 20, 2009

Attendees:

• Michael Coates (host)
• Dan Cornell
• Kate Hartmann
• Stephen Craig Evans

Minutes (16:00 - 16:45 EDT)

• General catch up

• Kate shared with the group the labor-intensive process of shipping out membership kits; including her time, the cost exceeds the available 30 USD per member.

• Current individual membership count is just over 700 and was 652 on August 06.

• Discussed having a Membership Committee presence at the AppSec DC conference November 10-13th. Kate volunteered to be there and do something after the initial rush of registration on the first day; note that she is the only person that can process credit cards on the spot.

• Discussed situations that required voting and who should qualify.
  • Electing a board member - electing a 6th Board Member has been discussed - should be done by current OWASP contributors, which include: (1) Paid Members; (2) Board Members; (3) Chapter Leaders; (4) Committee Members; and (5) Project Leaders of active projects as determined by the Global Projects Committee (if somebody belongs to more than one group, they still have only one vote).
  • Excluding for board membership, other elections should have a broader base of voters - perhaps including non-member chapter meeting attendees.
  • Kate will present the committee's recommendations at the next Board Meeting.

• Discussed getting more organization supporters, focusing on conference sponsors.

• Agreed to have a monthly meeting on the last Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. ET (United States).

Next meeting: Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 10 a.m. EDT (-4 GMT)