CHAPTER BUSINESS: LEGAL ENTITY RECOMMENDATIONS

Cloud Security Alliance – Seattle Chapter

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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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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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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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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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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