[Owasp-board] AppSecUSA 2016 - Discussion

Mon Jun 29 19:54:06 UTC 2015

This seems straight forward; I'm ready to vote yes on this when (and if) necessary.

Thanks Mike,
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Jim Manico
Global Board Member
OWASP Foundation
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> On Jun 29, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Michael Coates <michael.coates at owasp.org> wrote:
> 
> Board,
> 
> I'd like to suggest the following for discussion and information gathering.
> 
> Motion to move full responsibility of planning and execution of the AppSecUSA 2016 conference to the OWASP Foundation.
> 
> 
> Current Situation
> - Open call for hosts conducted and conference is awarded to the most qualified submission
> - No submissions for AppSecUSA were submitted during first or second call (took place December and January 2014/2015)
> - A third call was recently announced by Laura just a few weeks ago.
> 
> Reality
> - Conference planning needs 18 months. Planning within 12 months is possible, but much more difficult
> - If we don't make a decision to invest this to the full time resources of the foundation, we won't have AppSecUSA 2016
> - This would lead to a significant impact on foundation resources
> 
> Opening for discussion. Thanks for your thoughts.
> 
> 
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> Michael Coates | @_mwc
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