Hi Board,
I would normally wait for our monthly board meeting, but time is of the essence. We had a event debrief today, and a lot of the decisions about next year requires the Board to authorize one of two strategies:
* Two or three major events, likely to have more risk, more income, and there's a chance that sponsors could be hard to come by if a recession hits
* Twelve or so smaller events, with potentially just one Global AppSec in Australia, likely less risk, definitely lower cost, and consequently likely less income.
We need to get a decision for the events strategy, as we need to publish an events calendar, and it's already a bit too late to run a CFP / CFT for a February event. I need at least a quorum of 4, but I would prefer the full Board if possible, as this could potentially approving spending $300k of our ever decreasing operating budget with the potential to earn at least that much or hopefully, far more.
I have sent a Doodle to all of you, including the Board elects, who can observe but not vote, with the exception of Martin, who is obviously a continuing Board member and has full voting privileges.
thanks,
Andrew