[Owasp-board] OWASP Community Vote - Board Review

Wed Apr 2 09:41:44 UTC 2014

I tend to agree with Eoin on this point. We really need to limit any 
appearance of commercial activity.  I would support a rule where "no 
commercial spamming on OWASP lists" is the norm. We would have the make 
exceptions such as ads in the the newsletter and similar...

Before making this call I think we should talk to the other chapter 
leaders in regards to what they think about this.

- Jim

Commercial Activity and Charitable Tax Exemption
On 4/1/14, 8:57 AM, Eoin Keary wrote:
> We don't want to jeopardise out charity status by promoting commercial 
> activities. A rule helps prevent that. A community vote help establish 
> the rule.
> Just sayin...
>
> Eoin Keary
> Owasp Global Board
> +353 87 977 2988
>
>
> On 1 Apr 2014, at 19:04, Josh Sokol <josh.sokol at owasp.org 
> <mailto:josh.sokol at owasp.org>> wrote:
>
>> Sure.  But sometimes chapters only have one person at the helm.  And 
>> if the leader is being selective without a good reason, then 
>> hopefully that gets brought to the attention of our staff or the 
>> Board and we can handle it. I don't think this is an issue until it 
>> is an issue.
>>
>> ~josh
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Eoin Keary <eoin.keary at owasp.org 
>> <mailto:eoin.keary at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     There may be conflict of interest/bias at play if decision issue
>>     by 1 person.
>>
>>
>>     Eoin Keary
>>     Owasp Global Board
>>     +353 87 977 2988 <tel:%2B353%2087%20977%202988>
>>
>>
>>     On 1 Apr 2014, at 17:12, Josh Sokol <josh.sokol at owasp.org
>>     <mailto:josh.sokol at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>>     My personal feeling is that any advertisements should be sent to
>>>     the chapter leader and not to the list.  The chapter leader then
>>>     has the responsibility to decide if the offer is of value to the
>>>     members and whether to pass it along or not.
>>>
>>>     ~josh
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Fabio Cerullo
>>>     <fcerullo at owasp.org <mailto:fcerullo at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         hi there,
>>>
>>>         I'm going to submit a community vote to the leaders list
>>>         this Friday 4th April.
>>>
>>>         *OWASP "No-Advertising" Policy*
>>>
>>>         At present our rules are not clear on commercial advertising
>>>         through the OWASP mailing lists and some chapters allow this
>>>         and others don't.  It has been suggested to have a "no
>>>         advertising" policy on all of our mailing lists.  So then
>>>         the question is "what is advertising?"  Any commercial
>>>         activity such as training, consulting services, or paid
>>>         conferences. These activities have to be reviewed and
>>>         handled by OWASP HQ before posting them to the mailing lists.
>>>
>>>         https://docs.google.com/a/owasp.org/forms/d/1R_u0eRFsc5VQpmcWelUfck5hDuLPsmEpA_jDHKu87Qk/viewform
>>>
>>>         Your comments are welcome.
>>>
>>>         Thanks
>>>         Fabio
>>>
>>>
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