Committees Update
Discussion on the status of various committees and key working groups, whether there is a need for additional volunteers or officers to make the committees or working groups functional.
Meeting Details
- Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
- Time: 5:00 PM PST – 6:30 PM
- Location: In person at Global Appsec USA 2026, San Francisco, CA, USA
Call to Order
Steve Springett - PRESENT
Ricardo Griffith - PRESENT
Harold Blankenship - PRESENT
Sam Stepanyan - PRESENT
Ashwini Siddhi - PRESENT
Marisa Fagan - PRESENT
Kelly Santalucia was absent, and gave apologies prior to the meeting to the Chair.
Board Members
- Ricardo Griffith — Remote
- Steve Springett
- Harold Blankenship
- Sam Stepanyan
- Ashwini Siddhi
- Marisa Fagan
Absent
- Kelly Santalucia — Apologies given prior to the meeting
The Board had quorum
Guests
- Andrew van der Stock — Remote
- Lori Meagher
- Chris Barbeau — Apologies - meeting is out of hours
- Leea Hudson-Wilson — Apologies - meeting is out of hours
- Michael Koppmann — Director-Elect. Remote
- Diego Silva Martins — Director-Elect. Remote
Conflict of Interest and Anti-Trust Statement
As the Board consists of individuals from many competing organizations, OWASP and its Board shall abide by all applicable anti-trust and competition laws. To avoid any perceived or actual conflict of interest, or anti-trust concerns under US federal, state, or regulations, only the published agenda shall be discussed or voted upon, or amended as below. If there are any conflicts of interest, Board members are expected to disclose the conflict of interest and must recuse themselves from discussion and voting.
No conflicts were declared
Changes to the Agenda
Changes to the agenda - unless otherwise prohibited by anti-trust or competition laws - including adding, altering, or tabling of motions is permitted by following Roberts Rules of Order (RONR 12th Ed) 41:63, which requires an affirmative two-thirds vote.
No changes to the agenda were made.
Approval of Minutes
Pre-reading Material
New Business
Policy Review Status Update
A status update on the following policies:
Community Review Process (Ricardo)
Committees Policy (Harold)
AI Policy (Andrew and Ashwini)
Social Media Policy (Ashwini)
Code of Conduct / Code of Ethics Policies (Marisa)
And any others from monday.com board
Sponsor: TBA · Second: TBA
DIscussion of Draft Budget
Presentation of the draft budget and follow-on discussion.
TBA: OCSD and WISP.
Slack and GlueUp spam and community moderation discussion
A quick discussion on current moderation challenges and opening the moderation of Slack to our community through the appointment of community moderators. Additionally, how to handle GlueUp community spam.
Meetup Sunset Discussion
A discussion on the status of Meetup.com migration and the new website, and any missing functionality and data migration.
Motion to rescind Events policy and events timeline policies
Currently, there are two policies around events. These are operational in nature. The 2027 Board will revisit to see if there are any policy elements are missing and should be addressed in a future policy.
Motion: Resolved that all events-related policies are rescinded in favor of an updated Events handbook and operational procedures.
Sponsor: Steve Springett · Second: Harold Blankenship
- Steve Springett: YES
- Ricardo Griffith: YES
- Harold Blankenship: YES
- Sam Stepanyan: YES
- Ashwini Siddhi: YES
- Marisa Fagan: YES
Vote: 6-0 Motion passed unanimously.
Kelly Santalucia was absent with apologies.
Rescinding and dissolving all Member Committees
The current committees under the Committee policy have not been delivering on strategic outcomes and in many cases have focused on operational deliverables, which could be handled more effectively by staff. Effective committees, such as the Events Committee and the newly reformed Chapter Committee, will be temporarily moved to working groups. All other active Committees are welcome to establish working groups until such time as a future Board can re-draft a new Committee policy.
Motion: Resolved that, effective immediately, the Committees policy is rescinded and all Member Committees are dissolved. This does not affect Board committees, such as the Audit Committee. The OWASP Foundation will stand up Events and Chapter working groups. Other active committees are welcome to establish working groups in accordance with the working group policy. "
Sponsor: Marisa Fagan · Second: Steve Springett
- Steve Springett: YES
- Ricardo Griffith: YES
- Harold Blankenship: YES
- Sam Stepanyan: YES
- Ashwini Siddhi: YES
- Marisa Fagan: YES
Vote: 6-0 Motion passed unanimously.
Kelly Santalucia was absent with apologies.
Comments, Announcements, and Other Business
Adjournment
Adjournment motion
The next general Board meeting is on November 24, 2026, at 12 pm US Eastern Time.
"It is moved, and seconded to adjourn. Those in favor, say "aye""
Sponsor: Chair Second: TBA
Sponsor: Steve Springett · Second: Ricardo Griffith
The next general Board meeting is next general Board meeting is on November 24, 2026, at 12 pm US Eastern Time..
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