[Owasp-board] OWASP board pres

Mon Jun 30 23:48:53 UTC 2014

On 25/06/14 14:44, Jim Manico wrote:
> > It doesn't really matter if it's 15 minutes or 15 hours, the
> perception is that you've taken time to point out to everyone how
> special you think the Board is.
>
> That is not even remotely what happened. Please review the video when
> it's published.

In case anyone has doubts about the 15-min presentation Eoin and I gave
at AppSec EU, you can watch it on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ydi0_i70nA
It starts at time index 1:23:00.

As said, the goal was to give info about OWASP and motivate people and
inspire them to join our community.

If people feel that such a mini-talk should not happen at an AppSec,
feel free to post your criticism here or via email to me in private.

Best wishes, Tobias

>
> > My personal believe is that this time should be spent talking about
> the conference, the cool stuff there, highlighting the vendors,
> recognizing the volunteers for their efforts, etc. 
>
> Surely, that happens as well.
>
> > Realize that the vast majority of the people attending the
> conference really don't care who the Board is because they are there
> for an education and no personal rapport will ever come from your 15
> minutes on stage.
>
> Again, our focus was to celebrate the community and staff.
>
> >  If you want to get personal with the community, then take the time
> to attend a Projects Workshop, a Chapter Leader Workshop, etc.  Those
> are the people who actually care who you are because you have the
> ability to help them succeed (or hurt their efforts).
>
> Almost all of us do that as well.
>
> - Jim
>>
>> Just my $0.02 from having been on the other side of the fence.  Not
>> intending to change things for AppSecEU, but something to think about.
>>
>> ~josh
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Jim Manico <jim.manico at owasp.org
>> <mailto:jim.manico at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Josh,
>>
>>     I do not feel any current board members are doing this in a self
>>     serving way. It's important to have personal report with the
>>     community. If anyone gets "vendorish" on stage then shame on
>>     them. This is also why I'm suggesting .all. board members and
>>     staff present get on stage, not just one. Again, this is 15 minutes.
>>
>>     I politely disagree with your concern here, but respect your
>>     decision to do something different at LASCON.
>>
>>     --
>>     Jim Manico
>>     @Manicode
>>     (808) 652-3805 <tel:%28808%29%20652-3805>
>>
>>     On Jun 24, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Josh Sokol <josh.sokol at owasp.org
>>     <mailto:josh.sokol at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>>     I understand the intent, but maybe it just gets lost in
>>>     translation.  I've only been to a couple (NYC and DC), but I
>>>     remember Jeff Williams and Dave Wichers droning on and on about
>>>     projects, chapters, money, etc.  As an attendee there for the
>>>     learning experience, it came across as extremely self-serving. 
>>>     At AppSec in Austin we make the intentional decision not to have
>>>     the traditional Board Keynote and instead made it a general
>>>     conference session figuring that attendees would vote with their
>>>     feet.  Not sure if we ever went back to analyze the result of
>>>     that decision, honestly.
>>>
>>>     ~josh
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Jim Manico
>>>     <jim.manico at owasp.org <mailto:jim.manico at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         It's more than that, Josh.
>>>
>>>         It's a chance for the board to introduce ourselves to new
>>>         members of the community in person and to make ourselves
>>>         known early in the conference in case folks who only know us
>>>         by name want to ask questions to us later in the conference.
>>>
>>>         I think this .is. important and that staff should be
>>>         included. In person is almost always better than email or
>>>         other virtual communication.
>>>
>>>         Respectfully,
>>>         --
>>>         Jim Manico
>>>         @Manicode
>>>         (808) 652-3805 <tel:%28808%29%20652-3805>
>>>
>>>         On Jun 24, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Josh Sokol
>>>         <josh.sokol at owasp.org <mailto:josh.sokol at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>         My personal opinion is that the "Board" talks have
>>>>         historically been of little value to the conference.  It's
>>>>         a lot of tooting our own horn and singing to the choir. 
>>>>         Time that's better spent doing other things.  I won't be
>>>>         there, so it doesn't matter much to me personally, but if
>>>>         you're going to give a talk you should ask yourself what
>>>>         the value is to the attendees, realizing that attendees
>>>>         include more than just our volunteers and leaders.  If you
>>>>         have trouble answering, then perhaps the "Board" talk
>>>>         should just be a Q&A session outside of the standard
>>>>         conference schedule rather than a keynote or similar as
>>>>         I've seen done in the past.  Snooze fest.
>>>>
>>>>         ~josh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jim Manico
>>>>         <jim.manico at owasp.org <mailto:jim.manico at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Agreed, Tom.
>>>>
>>>>             I'd like to see the entire board up front instead of
>>>>             just one member. Recent trends are to have one member
>>>>             give "the talk" which I do not think is best for us.
>>>>             Together we stand...
>>>>
>>>>             If we must only have only one board member on stage,
>>>>             then please share that award. It's definitely an award.
>>>>             Tobias had the chance to give "the talk" in Japan and
>>>>             I'd like to see someone else do it for the EU
>>>>             conference, or better yet, let's all be on stage together.
>>>>
>>>>             Respectfully,
>>>>             Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             On 6/24/14, 4:51 PM, Tom Brennan - OWASP wrote:
>>>>>             All board members in attendance are always welcomed
>>>>>             and encouraged to delivery the welcome as a group as
>>>>>             we always have. It should also include the staff on
>>>>>             stage as well as core local organizers in attendance
>>>>>             as well to raise visibility, support for the hard work
>>>>>             of the local team that did the heavy lifting.  
>>>>>
>>>>>             Board meeting should be held before AppSec events so
>>>>>             that the most current data can be relayed to those in
>>>>>             attendance and the board is actually in sync for
>>>>>             anything presented on stage recapping the "since last
>>>>>             year we accomplished together"
>>>>>
>>>>>             Tom Brennan
>>>>>             973-202-0122 <tel:973-202-0122>
>>>>>
>>>>>             On Jun 24, 2014, at 11:39 AM, Michael Coates
>>>>>             <michael.coates at owasp.org
>>>>>             <mailto:michael.coates at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>             Yes. I'll be at appsecusa and happy to do so. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             On Jun 24, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Tobias
>>>>>>             <tobias.gondrom at owasp.org
>>>>>>             <mailto:tobias.gondrom at owasp.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             On 24/06/14 16:34, Eoin Keary wrote:
>>>>>>>>             Who is doing the board presentation?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>             Eoin Keary
>>>>>>>>             Owasp Global Board
>>>>>>>>             +353 87 977 2988 <tel:%2B353%2087%20977%202988>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>             You mean for AppSecEU in Cambridge?
>>>>>>>             That would be me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             For AppSecUS? I would assume Michael?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             Best regards, Tobias
>>>>>>>
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