[Owasp-leaders] OWASP American? [was: OWASP and WikiLeaks]

Tue Dec 7 16:00:29 EST 2010

Best thing – we can all discuss international issues over beers at the
Summit in Portugal!

I'll be there and I'll bring all my ASCII hatred.

If you haven't blocked February 8-11 in you calendar do so. (Then join the
session I'm chairing which is "Browser Security"
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Working_Sessions_Browser_Working_Group)

   /J

2010/12/7 Kate Hartmann <kate.hartmann at owasp.org>

> OWASP is without a doubt an international organization.  In 2008, the
> Global Committees were created to help us make decisions that will be
> applicable to all regions of the Globe.  If you look at the Committee pages,
> you will see that many of the committees are US heavy.
> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Global_Committee_Pages If there are area of
> concern, specific to your region, please take this email as an invitation to
> join a Committee and help the Foundation grow Globally.
>
>
>
> One region that has stepped up and is working with their local government
> to overcome many of the challenges that we all (global community) face is
> Brazil.  Congratulations to this group for collectively working on resolving
> some fairly significant hurdles (finance, taxes, language, etc) to bring
> OWASP into their country!  They have now placed several chapter
> leaders/participants on many of the global committees to help us continue to
> overcome international challenges.  For example, Gustavo Barbato has just
> been approved for the Global Chapter Committee.  In communicating with
> Gustavo, he has told me that part of his purpose for joining this committee
> is to help the foundation overcome international obstacles.
>
>
>
> One note that I think Mark touched on and I sent a message out last week on
> the registrations…we are transitioning to a new vendor that will allow any
> time zone and any language to be displayed for your local meetings.  So,
> this should resolve the language barriers on a local level.  If you need
> help getting set up or using the system, please send me an email and I will
> work with you.  So far we have the Malaysia, Alaska, Dublin, Atlanta,
> Chennai, and the Orange County chapter leaders set up.  I would like to see
> 100% of our chapter leaders able to use this system.
>
>
>
> Yes, John, the Swedish, German, and Portuguese nametags are tough.  J
>
>
>
> Kate Hartmann
>
> Operations Director
>
> 301-275-9403
>
> www.owasp.org
>
> Skype:  Kate.hartmann1
>
>
>
> *From:* owasp-leaders-bounces at lists.owasp.org [mailto:
> owasp-leaders-bounces at lists.owasp.org] *On Behalf Of *John Wilander
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:09 PM
> *To:* owasp-leaders at lists.owasp.org
> *Subject:* [Owasp-leaders] OWASP American? [was: OWASP and WikiLeaks]
>
>
>
> Hi Daniel and all other leaders!
>
>
>
> (Arturo, I decide to continue this discussion but change to the much more
> interesting subject of OWASP and internationalization)
>
>
>
> 2010/12/7 daniel cuthbert <daniel.cuthbert at owasp.org>
>
> "OWASP is American"
>
>
>
> Excuse me????, I take offense at that remark. Many foreign people like
> myself have been around since the start to make this project what it is
> today and to class this project as American is both technically incorrect
> and also offensive to the likes of us.
>
>
>
> Sorry if I offended you, Daniel. I of course meant the *foundation* is
> American since my thoughts were around liability and the US discussion
> around the WikiLeaks non-profit organization. This is exactly what Jason
> wrote. The wiki about OWASP: "The OWASP Foundation came online on December
> 1st 2001 it was established as a not-for-profit charitable organization in
> the United States on April 21, 2004"
>
>
>
> The *project* is much more international but still suffers from several
> issues of internationalization. I'm Swedish myself and lead the Swedish
> chapter so I notice how important things in the project remain
> English/American.
>
>
>
> Examples:
>
>    - You can't register for an OWASP AppSec conference with non-ASCII
>    letters. Loads of Swedish, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Danish etc attendees
>    got their names crippled during registration for this summer's AppSec ... in
>    Sweden. Kate was really considerate and tried hard to minimize the problems
>    though.
>    - The OWASP jobs page has been discussed at length and I constantly
>    fail to convey that moving 500 km in Europe often means moving to another
>    country, another culture, another language, another tax system, another
>    currency etc. That is totally different to moving 500 km in the US.
>    Therefore "The single OWASP jobs page to rule them all" only serves people
>    who want to find work in the US in my opinion. We need to serve regions and
>    countries. Just look at the current list of offerings.
>    - "OWASP AppSec USA" is often shortened "OWASP AppSec" as if all the
>    other AppSecs are minor. I definitely don't think this is done to harm
>    anyone. But still, AppSec EU, AppSec Brasil or AppSec Asia would never skip
>    their national/regional names. Not that I know at least :).
>    - All money transfers go through the US which for instance meant we
>    couldn't benefit from being a non-profit organization when renting a
>    conference venue in Sweden. We had to pay 25 % VAT since the European and
>    American systems have not agreed on how to handle tax exempts. Should OWASP
>    exist as a European non-profit organization a lot of money could be saved
>    and used for better things.
>
> Just to be clear: 1) *I'm impressed and deeply respect all the work
> Americans have put into OWASP*, 2) I'm not against anyone or any part of
> the world. I just want to help make OWASP *more* internationally
> compatible.
>
>
>
> So, while my statement "OWASP is American" was about the foundation and
> legal issues, I still think there's much of an American flavor to our
> project. For better or worse ;).
>
>
>
>    Med vänliga hälsningar, John
>
>
> --
> John Wilander, https://twitter.com/johnwilander
> Chapter co-leader OWASP Sweden, http://owaspsweden.blogspot.com
>
> Co-organizer Global Summit, http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Summit_2011
>
> Conf Comm, http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Global_Conferences_Committee
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John Wilander, https://twitter.com/johnwilander
Chapter co-leader OWASP Sweden, http://owaspsweden.blogspot.com
<http://owaspsweden.blogspot.com>Co-organizer Global Summit,
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Summit_2011
<http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Summit_2011>Conf Comm,
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Global_Conferences_Committee
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