September 2025 Videoconference

Meeting Details

  • Date: 23 September 2025
  • Time: 0900 AM US EDT, UTC 1300 convert
  • Location: Remote
  • Call-in: Zoom Meeting

Agenda

CALL TO ORDER

Board Members

  • Ricardo Griffith
  • Steve Springett
  • Harold Blankenship
  • Sam Stepanyan
  • Ashwini Siddhi
  • Avi Douglen
  • Diego Silva Martins

Guests

  • Andrew van der Stock
  • Dawn Aitken
  • Lauren Thomas
  • Hayden Corry
  • Starr Brown
  • Christian Capellan
  • Heather Kennedy
  • Chris Barbeau
  • Leea Hudson-Wilson
  • Gesmer Laywers

CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ANTI-TRUST STATEMENT

As the Board consists of individuals from many competing organizations, OWASP and its Board shall abide by all applicable anti-trust and competition laws. To avoid any perceived or actual conflict of interest, or anti-trust concerns under US federal, state, or regulations, only the published agenda shall be discussed or voted upon, or amended as below. If there are any conflicts of interest, Board members are expected to disclose the conflict of interest and must recuse themselves from discussion and voting.

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

Changes to the agenda - unless otherwise prohibited by anti-trust or competition laws - including adding, altering, or tabling of motions is permitted by following Roberts Rules of Order (RONR 12th Ed) 41:63, which requires an affirmative two-thirds vote.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

PRE-READING MATERIAL

NEW BUSINESS

Discussion on the OWASP Commercial Entity with Gesmer Lawyers

Background Gesmer partners will be joining to discuss / answer questions on the formation of a commercial entity for OWASP.

Motion to optimize the Community Review Policy process

Background The Community Review Policy process gives 21 days for public comment and a subsequent 30 days for the Policy Review Team to consider the comments and make a recommendation to the Board. This can lead to a long delay in approving policies. This amendment would parallelize the public comment period and the Policy Review Team review period, reducing the overall time to approve policies.

Motion: “Resolved, that the Community Review Policy be amended to conduct the public policy review period and the Policy Review Team review period concurrently.”

Sponsor: Ricardo Griffith Second: Avi Douglen

Discussion chapter leader orientation course

Background Sam Stepanyan will discuss the chapter leader orientation course and training, with a view to starting a Working Group to create the course.

Executive Session

Background The Board will go into executive session to discuss sensitive matters.

COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

Adjournment motion

The next general Board meeting is on October 28 2025, at 9 am US Eastern Time.

“It is moved, and seconded to adjourn. Those in favor, say “aye””

Sponsor: Chair Second: TBA

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