January 23 10am

1. Discussion if Wayne would be assisting with either OWASP Asia 2009 conference or Taipei Conference 2009 - Is there an issue if the conference is around the same date as the US conference? - Wayne mentions that having speakers near the same time as another conference, it's better for the "freshness" of the content - Potentially in October/November 2009

2. Given the current economic climate, does it make sense to partner with another organization (eg. ISSA) to host a conference? - OWASP usually has certain requirements (use the OWASP template, etc.) - Can give OWASP more exposure to a different audience - Can bring different types of speakers - OWASP should have some guidelines regarding partnerships

3. It's important that OWASP come up with some financial / revenue goals for conferences

4. The 2009 Goals are approved by the committee by EOD 01/23/09 - Approval from Wayne and Dhruv pending. - To establish standard guidelines for conference chairs to follow when planning events. - Identify budget guidelines for conference chairs to follow. - Create a sponsorship package. - Map our conferences plan for 2009. - Create "speaker pool" with availability and location. - Examine current conference planning tool (Cvent) and determine plan for 2010.

5. Mark Bristow is now an approved member of the Committee.

6. Tentative date / time set for next meeting is 02/06/2009 10am Eastern time. Wayne requests after 2pm Eastern on Fridays, does that conflict with Dhruv's schedule?