Seattle Chapter business PPT

1. CHAPTER BUSINESS: LEGAL
ENTITY RECOMMENDATIONS
Cloud Security Alliance – Seattle Chapter

2. Chapter Status Requirements
(Per the CSA Launch Guide)
• 20 members – must be established CSA members
(LinkedIn group)
• Board: 5 to 15 members
• It is NOT required that a chapter be a legal entity
– If it is, By-Laws must indicate compliance with CSA Global By-
Laws & MOU must document relationship with CSA Global
• Must select “Area of Interest” – i.e. Virtualization,
Regional Law, etc – may look to Research areas…
• Must meet a minimum of 6 times annually – minimum of
1 event open to non-members as well as members
• Certified annually to operate – requires Annual Report
of Activities
• Chapter logos MUST be approved by CSA Global
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3. Getting Started
• Define geographic boundary of Chapter
• Sign up 20 members based within boundary
(we’ll need to provide name, e-mail address,
and LinkedIn URL (if available – contact CSA
Global for an alternative))
• Select a Board of Directors
• Select a Chapter Name (format Cloud Security
Alliance, Seattle Chapter OR Cloud Security
Alliance, Evergreen Chapter etc.)
• Send application to chapter-
startup@cloudsecurityalliance.org
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4. Post Application
• Chapter will be created as a sub-group to CSA
Global on LinkedIn
• Provisional Board of Directors will meet with a CSA
Global designee to review the application
• The provisional Chapter will document its area of
interest
• If available, the provisional Chapter logo will be
submitted to CSA Global
• CSA Global will act to approve or deny the
application
• If approved, CSA will list the CSA Chapter at the CSA
Chapter Registry with an official starting date
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5. Annual Report
• Within 2 months of the Chapter Anniversary
we must file an Annual Report with CSA Global
– Document Chapter meetings
– Document annual non-member event
– Document activities conducted in support of area
of interest declared with application
– Document changes to the chapter’s charter for the
coming year (change of area of interest, change of
boundaries, changes in legal status, changes in the
Board of Directors, etc.)
• Re-certification with approval from CSA Global
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6. My Recommendation
• Avoid becoming a legal entity
• However, This Is A Conversation – Not A
Mike Gets To Choose ;-)
– There are pluses and minuses
• Administrative overhead and the Who Will Do It
question
• More flexibility
• Has challenges
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