GPC/Meetings/2012-14-12

Project Division Updates

• Project Numbers
  • Active Projects: 119
  • Inactive Projects: 67

• Pending Project Applications
  • CISO Survey
  • Application Security Guide For CISOs
  • Medical Warehouse

Currently Working On

• SourceForge Update
  • I have reached out to Audrey, our Geeknet representative, and asked if she has received payment from us.
  • I have also asked her to confirm if our account is in fact closed.
  • I am still waiting to hear back from her.

• OWASP Licenses Update
  • This is the final draft of the letter: Letter.
  • I have sent this to the projects with licensing issues.
  • I am still waiting to hear back from all of them.

• AppSec APAC 2013: Planning
  • We have not received any applications for participation in the AppSec APAC OSS.
  • Sarah and I discussed the possibility of doing away with this particular event module, and focus on getting speakers for the OWASP Track instead. I agreed.
  • We decided to wait until Wednesday of next week to take the banners down to give a bit more time for those interested to apply.
  • We asked the local team which projects they were interested in having at their conference.
  • They gave us a list, and we are in the process of getting those project representatives to apply for the OWASP Track.

• Project Support Volunteer Role Development
  • Roles have now been allocated for each volunteer that has continued interest in working with OWASP.
  • I will have a meeting with the successful candidates regarding their project support duties come next week.
  • I will send more information to the other volunteers about the different ways they can support the Guidebook projects during their development come next year.

• New Project Web Page
  • The new web page development is almost complete.
  • The only information missing is the Assessment Criteria and Project Terminology.
  • Please see below for my proposal on the Assessment Criteria.

• Assessment Criteria, Lifecycle, and Graduation Processes
  • The new web page development is almost complete.
  • The only information missing is the Assessment Criteria and Project Terminology.
  • Please see below for my proposal on the Assessment Criteria.

• Daily Project based queries and requests
  • This has not changed much since I began the post: questions are very similar in nature.
  • Global AppSec questions.
  • Funding queries.
  • Travel availability.
  • Project based administrative help.
  • Project status information.
  • Several project donations questions.
  • OWASP LinkedIn Updates.
  • What's happening with projects, questions.

More Funding Potential

1. Guidebooks Grant Payment: We have submitted the forms, and are waiting to hear back from Deb.
2. ESAPI Grant Proposal: The proposal has passed the first round of reviews. It is now at the peer review stage with 6 other applications.
3. We have now begun the process of grant writing for the ModSecurity Project.
4. Ryan and I are still developing the project plan.
5. This will be for a $30,000 grant proposal for the DHS.