June 7, 2010

Agenda
1-866-534-4754 Code: "OWASP" (69277)

Vote Required

 * Move monthly conference call to first Monday of the month 12:00Noon EST
 * Revised Rules for 'OWASP Commercial Services' (by Dinis)
 * Proposed Rules for OWASP Board Members responsibilities at OWASP conferences (by Jeff)
 * Proposed Workflow for 'OWASP Board Members RPF' (by Dinis)
 * Proposed model to track OWASP Board Members expenses separately and make them independent from Local Chapters (by Dinis)
 * 15k Funding for the ' Proposal to operationalise OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ Training activities and the concept of ‘OWASP Academies' (see details about at the end of this page) (by Dinis)
 * Location of the 2010 Summit will be... CA? DC?  Portugal?  Other location?

Committee Updates
Education

Conferences

Industry

Connections

Projects

Chapters

Membership

Proposal to operationalise OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ Training activities and the concept of ‘OWASP Academies’
Activities:


 * Main focus on:
 * Normalization and ‘packaging’ of the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events so that they can easily be executed by the local OWASP Chapters
 * Creation of the ‘OWASP Training Pack’ (book + pdf + dvd) with the materials developed by successful deliveries of OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events
 * Establishment of working relationships with ‘OWASP friendly’ Universities:
 * starting with the OWASP Chapter-lead training courses, but with a view to evolve those courses into OWASP ‘Academies’
 * Negotiate potential sponsorship opportunities for the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events
 * Logistical organization of OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training activities:
 * multiple individual OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training events
 * (try to) organize a ‘OWASP Tour’ of 20x training events in Oct/Nov 2010 (with US trainers)


 * Work closely with multiple OWASP Committees, namely on:
 * OWASP Chapters Committee: the ‘soft’ (for now) requirement to implement the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training courses
 * OWASP Education Committee namely: development and packaging of OWASP Training materials and the development of the ‘OWASP Academies concept’
 * OWASP Connections Committee: namely with its efforts to expose the development community to OWASP Training materials
 * OWASP Projects Committee: creating Training materials from Key OWASP Projects

Resources required:

Budget
 * 1x ‘Project Manager’ (to be responsible for the execution for the proposed activities)
 * Hired as an independent contractor
 * contract length: 3 months time
 * must be based in London or Lisbon
 * Operational capabilities
 * Materials Production (for example editing)
 * Marketing materials
 * travel expenses

Specifications
 * 15,000 USD
 * 9,000 USD : 3 months contract (3,000 USD/month)
 * 6:000 USD: Operational expenses

Additional notes: 
 * The human resource must have wiki edition experience
 * recommended experience
 * project management
 * education experience
 * deal making
 * customer relationships
 * ideally a senior employee
 * This resource will be directly managed by OWASP Board Member Dinis Cruz and reports directly to the OWASP Board.