[Global_membership_committee] OWASP on Linkedin - Subgroup "Official OWASP Member"

[Helen Gao]

Hi Michael,

I will let you know after the committee discuss this in the meeting next
Wednesday.

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Michael Coates <michael.coates at owasp.org>wrote:

> Helen,
>
> Your thoughts from the membership committee perspective?  If this is
> inline with the goals of the membership committee then I think we're good
> to give it a try.
>
> Kelly and Kate believe the workload to handle requests is manageable.
>  I've also addressed the concern of "close vs open" below e.g. its a
> digital membership card, not a discussion forum.
>
> Also, here are the stats of the primary OWASP linked in group. This group
> is totally open and a good place to grow OWASP's visibility.  I wonder if
> we can tie the OWASP_feed into news posts on our linkedin group?
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/groups?groupDashboard=&gid=36874
>
>
>
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> Michael Coates | OWASP
> michael.coates at owasp.org | @_mwc
>
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Kelly Santalucia wrote:
>
> The idea is good and the work should not be unmanageable.
> Thanks,
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael Coates <michael.coates at owasp.org>wrote:
>
>> This group won't have a discussion forum or limit access to any data.
>> It's the same ideas as a membership card (which is members only). This is
>> just the digital equivalent.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Michael Coates | OWASP
>> michael.coates at owasp.org | @_mwc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Kate Hartmann wrote:
>>
>> > The maintenance would be manageable.  As long as no one sees any
>> conflict
>> > with the Openness of OWASP in having a "members only" partition.  The
>> idea
>> > of having a "members only" partition to the wiki was voted down as
>> being too
>> > exclusionary.
>> >
>> > Kate Hartmann
>> > Operations Director
>> > 301-275-9403
>> > www.owasp.org
>> > Skype:  Kate.hartmann1
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Michael Coates [mailto:michael.coates at owasp.org]
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 1:42 PM
>> > To: global_membership_committee at lists.owasp.org
>> > Cc: OWASP Foundation Board List; Kate Hartmann; Kelly Santalucia; Sarah
>> Baso
>> > Subject: OWASP on Linkedin - Subgroup "Official OWASP Member"
>> >
>> > Well,
>> > It's only been a few hours and I've already received a request to join
>> the
>> > "OWASP Official Member" subgroup.
>> >
>> > The request included the member's name and membership number.
>> >
>> > Seems like there is some interest here. Before I accept it (and commit
>> to
>> > this idea), what are people's thoughts?
>> >
>> > Membership committee - Do you like this idea?
>> > Board - Just a heads up
>> > Kate & Kelly - This would require someone to manage the inbound
>> requests to
>> > verify membership and also a monthly purge of expired members.  I'm
>> guessing
>> > not too much work and potentially a good perk for membership. Thoughts?
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> > Michael Coates | OWASP
>> > michael.coates at owasp.org | @_mwc
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mar 7, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Michael Coates wrote:
>> >
>> >> Here's another idea, we can do a subgroup that is for official members.
>> >>
>> >> I've created the subgroup and we can explore / discuss if this is the
>> > right approach.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4342746&trk=anet_ug_hm
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------
>> >> Michael Coates | OWASP
>> >> michael.coates at owasp.org | @_mwc
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mar 7, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Michael Coates wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Membership Committee,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'd be very interested to hear your recommendations on how we should
>> > handle the OWASP linked in group
>> >>> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Global-OWASP-Foundation-36874
>> >>>
>> >>> Is this a good way to reach out to new people?
>> >>> How do we handle the stream of discussions there?
>> >>> Should the ability to become a "member" of the OWASP linked in group
>> be a
>> > benefit of OWASP membership?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> >>> Michael Coates | OWASP
>> >>> michael.coates at owasp.org | @_mwc
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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