July 11, 2011 SB Report

Sarah Baso - Activity for May and June 2011

Chapters Committee

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

• Created Chapter Activity Matrix - used to inventory and manage information on local chapter activities and current leadership (ongoing maintenance required)
• Edited OWASP_Chapter wiki page so local chapters could be more easily found based on geographical region
• Reviewed local chapter wiki pages to ensure consistent categorization
• Involved with Chapters Workshop at AppSec EU (meeting minutes, and assisting with planning similar session at AppSec USA in Minneapolis.
• Inventory of Chapter Leader with current (paid) Membership
• Ensure owasp-chapters mailing list is kept current
• Track and Monitor Global Chapters Committee Budget -- $46,282.71 of $50,000 remaining ($3717.29 spent)

Basic Chapter Metrics:

• 6 chapters confirmed as inactive via email from prior chapter leader.
• 35 additional chapters with no meeting in last year. At Global Chapters Committee meetings this week, we will discuss process for possible probation and then closing chapter.
• 139 Active Chapters - need further review of activity.
• 339 Chapter Leaders (and Board Members) considered current for honorary vote in election.

New in June
New Chapters in June:

• Andalucia (Spain) - David Montero
• Gothenburg (Sweden) - Ulf Larson
• Manchester (Leeds, UK) - Simon Bennetts & Simon Ward
• Bhubaneswar (India) - Somen Das
• Cyprus (Greece) - Christian Papathanasiou
• Mauritius (Island of the coast of Africa) - Kaleem Ahmed Usmani

Chapter restart:

• Austria - Mathias Fuchs

New Chapter Leaders:

• Hyderabad (India) - Shalem Raj
• Montgomery (Alabama, US) - Allen Worrell

Conferences Committee

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

• Created google form for tracking schwag requests and monitor OCMS for events that have requested schwag but not entered request into google form.
• Editing Committee Documents and Contracts as requested
• Assisting with RegOnline requests from event planners and answering questions as needed
• Tracking lessons learned from GCC Conference Liaisons
• Track and Monitor Global Conferences Committee Budget -- $25,965.43 of $38,000 remaining ($12,034.57 spent)

Industry Committee

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

• PutIndustry Outreach Survey (drafted by Eoin Keary) on Survey Monkey - 9 submissions as of 8-July-2011
• Sent invitations and facilitated Industry Outreach session at AppSec EU - meeting minutes
• Sent out doodle to find out ongoing availability for committee members to participate in GIC calls, since attendance has been low.
• Track and Monitor Industry Committee Budget -- $39,259.24 of $49,000 remaining ($9740.76 spent)

2011 Global Summit

• Completed Global Summit Report and Outcomes Documentation and posted all relevant documents/links to Summit_2011_Outcomes wiki page.
• Provided forum (Google Moderator) for public comment/suggestion. A few comments were received via email but none via Google Moderator. Suggestions received via email have for the most part been incorporated into the final version of the document.
• Document will be published and available for printing and purchase through Lulu.com

Other

• Put together template for OWASP business cards (to be used by employees, committee members, chapter or project leaders) - in the process of creating the appropriate work flow for individuals to order them
• Currently assisting with member verification for election and other implementation details as needed.