[Owasp-leaders] Notice of Board Action

[Castle, Dale (dc9pc)]

I agree with Jason’s comment. We have open standards and open elections, but I don’t think it’s necessary to publicly embarrass volunteers.

Dale Castle
OWASP Charlottesville Chapter Founder and Leader

From: owasp-leaders-bounces at lists.owasp.org [mailto:owasp-leaders-bounces at lists.owasp.org] On Behalf Of Jason Alexander
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:22 AM
To: daniel.cuthbert at owasp.org; eoin.keary at owasp.org
Cc: owasp-leaders at lists.owasp.org
Subject: Re: [Owasp-leaders] Notice of Board Action

I think some decorum is required. Ask yourself if knowing the details will be a benefit to you and your owasp chapter/project etc.


Jason Alexander
OWASP Chapter Founder And Leader
Twitter: 0wasp
Sent From My Samsung Droid Phone



daniel cuthbert <daniel.cuthbert at owasp.org<mailto:daniel.cuthbert at owasp.org>> wrote:


So if that's the case, surely the "we've done something that we wanted you to all know but won't mention who/what in order to keep privacy" approach wasn't really fitting.

I'm confused.


On 7 February 2012 11:50, Eoin <eoin.keary at owasp.org<mailto:eoin.keary at owasp.org>> wrote:
Hi Dinis,

Should we not respect peoples privacy?
I don't think it is fair to name the individual(s) involved.

Point to be made is that we (the board) are trying to maintain OWASP as a fun organisation to work with and we can not tolerate activities which may upset or offend other members of the organisation. We are open, but also sensitive to life outside of OWASP.

-ek



On 7 February 2012 10:00, dinis cruz <dinis.cruz at owasp.org<mailto:dinis.cruz at owasp.org>> wrote:
Humm, who is this for?

Can you provide more details on what happened?

Since we are an open organization, all details about issues like this must be published in our wiki. Is there a page I'm missing?

Dinis Cruz

On 6 February 2012 21:06, Michael Coates <michael.coates at owasp.org<mailto:michael.coates at owasp.org>> wrote:
OWASP Leaders,

OWASP is open open organization that values the time and contributions of all of our volunteers.  As your elected board it is our goal and responsibility to foster the community and OWASP platform upon which we all pursue the OWASP mission.

At times it is necessary for the board to evaluate specific situations and make difficult decisions that are necessary to uphold the values of our organization.  In the spirit of our open organization, today I am writing all leaders to make you aware of a recent board decision to revoke the membership of an individual.  This is not a decision we take lightly and have given it significant consideration.

The following actions were taken:
1. Per OWASP ByLaws section 4.03 the board voted and passed the measure with the required two-thirds vote
2. The individual was notified and offered an opportunity to appeal the board's decision
3. The appeal was scheduled and all board members participated along with the individual
4. The board held a second vote based upon the material presented during the appeal and concluded that the original measure to revoke membership would be upheld


This matter is being brought to the attention of the leaders list as we believe it is important to be open in all actions of the organization.  On that same token, I also encourage people to handle this issue with the appropriate level of sensitivity and respect for those involved.



Michael Coates
OWASP
michael.coates at owasp.org<mailto:michael.coates at owasp.org>



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