[Owasp-portland] FLOSSHack Details and Potential Targets [Caution: Suspicious Link]
Matthew Lapworth
matthewl at bit-shift.net
Fri May 11 18:42:14 UTC 2012
Hey David
That would be a great setup. What kind of insurance are they looking for
(theft, fire, attacks by foreign governments)?
Matt
On May 11, 2012 11:36 AM, "David Pirolo" <webmaster at warnerpacific.edu>
wrote:
> I'm checking into using a classroom at our college. Got the blessing
> from IT and they would be willing to setup a dedicated 10MB circuit for
> this. I just need facilities to give the OK.
>
> One question I was asked is if we have insurance.
>
> -D
>
>
> On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 08:02 -0700, Matthew Lapworth wrote:
> > Later in June would actually work better for me, like the weekend of
> > June 23rd. FreeGeek sounds like a good place to start and I like the
> > suggestion about being spread out a little so you can go heads down on
> > a problem. If FreeGeek doesn't work out, I might be able to get work
> > to sponsor a monthly session but I'll have to check on that after the
> > start of the fiscal year next month. I'm with Tim that funding the
> > chapter OPB style would not be ideal this early. Might be my naive
> > thinking, but given the start-up/venture capital scene in Portland,
> > getting a few companies to pony up a few bucks a month shouldn't be
> > that hard. Maybe in return we could hold brown-bag sessions to talk
> > about things we learned at a high level.
> >
> >
> > I'm planning on working on getting the VM up and running this weekend
> > as it's my first free time in a long while.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Matt
> >
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Wil Clouser <clouserw at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > I didn't know we had a meeting scheduled for the 10th. Maybe
> > we could
> > use that meeting to remind people about this and do the
> > FLOSSHack a
> > couple weeks afterwards (giving time for people to set up the
> > VM). I
> > scheduled it close in just because otherwise it might get put
> > off
> > forever but bumping to mid-late June could be a good idea.
> >
> > Wil
> >
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Timothy D. Morgan
> > <tmorgan-owasp at vsecurity.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Wil,
> > >
> > >
> > >> The options they were looking at to allow groups to use the
> > space in
> > >> the evenings/weekends for a reduced rate didn't pass the
> > board vote so
> > >> that is out. As a member, I can sponsor 2 hours of meeting
> > time this
> > >> month for the OWASP meeting, anything over that hits the
> > regular
> > >> $35/hour rate.
> > >
> > > That's great to know about for future meetings with
> > Collective Agency. Thanks
> > > for following up with that. We could either find a sponsor
> > for the meeting to
> > > extend it to 4 hours for a very reasonable $70, or just have
> > it elsewhere.
> > > Anyone think their company would jump at the chance to
> > sponsor it?
> > >
> > >
> > >> I know we were talking about a longer get together so
> > >> I'm not sure if that'll work or not. Timothy, did you
> > investigate
> > >> getting any funds from OWASP?
> > >
> > > I did read up on chapter funding, and besides the method
> > we've been using so far
> > > (having sponsors for individual meetings) it looks like we
> > can either start
> > > encouraging paid memberships or looking for local companies
> > to sponsor us on an
> > > annual basis. I could probably ask the OWASP board for
> > "start up" funds of some
> > > sort, since we're a young chapter, but chances are they're
> > going to come back at
> > > some point with strong with encouragement to start asking
> > people to join as
> > > $50/year members. (Going this route doesn't mean everyone
> > must pay to join
> > > meetings. It just means we'd be pestering you all the time,
> > OPB-style, to pony
> > > up. =) If you guys are cool with that, I'm fine with it as
> > well, but I had
> > > initially hoped to establish a strong attendance and regular
> > meetings before
> > > going there.
> > >
> > >
> > > For FLOSSHack, I'm kind of interested in trying out
> > FreeGeek. We haven't had a
> > > meeting there yet, and it seems it could accommodate quite a
> > few people, even if
> > > folks do get a bit spread out through the building. (That
> > may actually be OK
> > > for this kind of event, as folks might want to be heads-down
> > hacking now and
> > > then with less interruption.)
> > >
> > >
> > >> Regarding Ushahidi, it sounds like they've been making
> > progress with
> > >> their security group. Some details are at
> > >> http://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Security+Working
> > +Group including
> > >> the submission process (emailing them). Security issues
> > are published
> > >> publicly at http://security.ushahidi.com/
> > >
> > > Great! I'm glad they are getting organized about their
> > security posture. Makes
> > > reporting issues much easier.
> > >
> > >
> > >> I'm still figuring out if they'd like to be present (live
> > or virtual)
> > >> at our meeting but I think the next steps here are to
> > determine where
> > >> and when we want to do this and how many people will show
> > up. Towards
> > >> that end, I think scheduling online last time had good
> > feedback, so I
> > >> made a link we can schedule with:
> > >> http://www.doodle.com/mu3486diwmrarpb4
> > >
> > > Great. I wanted to do this, but hadn't got around to it. I
> > think based on the
> > > replies I received to the "weeknight vs. weekend" question,
> > the majority of
> > > people preferred doing it on a weekend.
> > >
> > > The most important consideration, though, is scheduling with
> > our venue. If we
> > > do go with FreeGeek, Sundays would probably be best based on
> > what Paul told me
> > > off-list. Collective Agency probably has a bit more
> > flexibility on this.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately my schedule this month has become totally
> > crazy and I will be out
> > > of town for a lot of it. I've added the weekend days I can
> > do to the doodle
> > > page (which are May 19 & 20, or June 2 & 3). Doing the 2nd
> > and 3rd is probably
> > > safest from a planning perspective, but I also don't want to
> > steal any thunder
> > > from the meeting we have on the 10th.
> > >
> > >
> > >> It's tough to find a good day so I threw some variety in
> > there but
> > >> it's by no means official - if everyone can find another
> > good day or
> > >> you want me to add one to the list just let me know, I just
> > wanted to
> > >> get the ball rolling. We talked about meeting for 2-4
> > hours in an
> > >> evening, so figure 6pm or so on whatever day?
> > >
> > > I'm fine with doing it later in the day on the weekend, but
> > earlier works too.
> > > Earlier might be better on a Sunday.
> > >
> > >> Also, did anyone else play with the virtual machine? Any
> > trouble
> > >> getting it up and running?
> > >
> > > No time yet. =( I'm sure it won't be too tough to throw
> > together though.
> > >
> > > Thanks for keeping the ball rolling!
> > > tim
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> > --
> > Matthew Lapworth
> > http://www.bit-shift.net
> >
> > We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a
> > habit.
> > - Aristotle
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