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During a call with Chapter Leader Aaron Weaver, I asked him what are the things that he knows now that he wished he knew when he started the Philadelphia chapter. Here are two from that list and my answers:
(1) How do you get a reimbursement for a chapter expense?
First, make sure your expense is a valid one per the Chapter Handbook - ideally before you spend anything. Once you’ve made a valid expense, you’ll submit it to the OWASP Service Desk or OSD. There’s an established workflow for OSD requests and status + updates to your request are always available and emailed to keep you updated on its progress. Chapter expenses must be approved by a chapter leader (not the one that submitted - of course) and two leaders are required for expenses greater than $500 USD. (one reason why we suggest 3 leaders for a chapter) We’ve got all the details including step-by-step screenshots on the wiki here.
If you lose the link above, don’t worry, a quick Google of “OWASP reimburse” will get you there.
(2) Do I need to update the chapter wiki page if I’m part of the OWASP Foundation’s Meetup Pro account?
No - but that’s not entirely true.
You do have to update the wiki page once - to add the wiki tag that automagically keeps your chapter wiki page updated. After that, any meeting on your chapter Meetup page will be displayed on the chapter wiki page. ONE AND DONE!
To get this magic in your chapter life, you’ll need to do a couple of things:
(1) To have your chapter on the OWASP Foundation’s Meetup Pro account. If you don’t, submit a request to “Contact Us” and we can set that up for you.
(2) Add the wiki tag “ to your chapter’s wiki page
That’s it. If you want to see an example of this working, you can look at the OWASP Ottawa Chapter page and the wiki source for that page where you’ll see “” do its magic.
That’s all for July - look for more questions answered in future Connectors.
-- Matt Tesauro, Director of Community and Operations
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