October 10, 2011 SB Report

Sarah Baso - Activity for August and September 2011 (Prepared for October 10, 2011 Board Meeting)

Chapters Committee
General Committee Info
 * Committee Membership: Matthew Chalmers resigned, Josh Sokol joined
 * August Committee Meeting Minutes: 22 & 23 August 2011
 * September Committee Meeting Minutes: 12 & 13 September 2011
 * Committee Meeting Attendance Record
 * 2011 Chapters Committee Budget - $27,456.25 of $50,000 remaining ($22,543.75 spent). Note: $10,000 allocated to "Student Chapters" in remaining chapter funds is available for use by GEC for student/university chapters initiative.

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):
 * Continued revision Chapter Activity Matrix - used to inventory and manage information on local chapter activities and current leadership (ongoing maintenance required)
 * Work with Kate Hartmann to ensure that chapter-related requests on "OWASP website Global Feedback Form" are addressed in a timely fashion.
 * Planning, attending, and follow up of  Chapter Leader Workshop at AppSec USA (Meeting Minutes) and [[AppSecLatam2011 chapters workshop agenda|AppSec Latam in Brasil (Oct.)]
 * Setting up new chapters -- @owasp.org email accounts, wiki page, mailing list, add to leader mailing list, and ensure chapter appears on regonline chapter list.
 * Respond to various chapter leader questions/requests via email
 * Manage OWASP merchandise requests via google doc, in Sept. made Business Card templates with varying layouts for chapter leaders to choose and request via the form.
 * Assisting Chapters Committee with revisions to the Chapter Handbook.
 * Arrange travel for chapter-related activities such as Chapters Workshops and Chapter Nurturing.

Basic Chapter Metrics:
 * 139 Combined Active & New Chapters - need further review of activity (Have they held a meeting in the last year? Have they agreed to the terms of the Chapter Handbook? Etc.)

New Chapters in August & September:
 * Fortaleza, Brazil - lead by Davi di Cavalcanti Sampaio and Luiz Gonzaga Mota Barbosa
 * Albany, NY - lead by Susanna Bezold.
 * Mansoura, Egypt - lead by Ahmed Neil.
 * Orlando, FL - lead by Tony Turner.

Pending New Chapters and Chapter Restarts:
 * Nigeria - lead by Tim Akano.
 * Pending new chapter in Honduras

Conferences Committee
General Committee Info
 * Committee Membership: Neil Matatall resigned
 * August Committee Meeting Minutes: 12 August 2011
 * September Committee Meeting Minutes: 16 September 2011
 * Committee Meeting Attendance Record
 * Global Conferences Committee Budget - as of 2-October-2011: $19,316.92 of $38,000 remaining ($18,683.08 spent). Note the Board approved an additional $5,000 for the Global Conference Committee - Conference Support line item at their in person meeting on Sept. 22, 2011.

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):
 * Updated and monitored google form for tracking schwag requests and monitor OCMS for events that have requested schwag but not entered request into google form.
 * Work with Konik, Kate, Rocksport, Zazzle, Lulu, and other misc. vendors to fulfull merchandise and conference requests.
 * Assisting with RegOnline requests from event planners and answering questions as needed. Following up with conference registrants with registration questions and invoicing.
 * Inventorying Conference Supplies and Equipment, setting up a scalable system to checkin/checkout items, researching inventory management system (with bar codes?)
 * Assisting Conference Committee Members and others receiving funding from the committee for their travel in booking flights and hotels.

Other

 * Providing administrative support for the Los Angeles Local Chapter -- updating wiki, creating meeting registration on eventbrite, posting meeting info on various social media.
 * Creating and editing graphics for OWASP Merchandise (including business cards).
 * Volunteer: Planning, implementing, and follow up for AppSec USA -- this has all been unpaid work (outside of my responsibilities with the Chapters & Conferences Committees).