The content was developed on the security-discuss@community.apache.org mailing list, and perusing the archives there from late December 2021 to early January 2022 may provide important context. Everyone is invited to participate there, but be aware that posts to that mailing list are publicly archived.
Invitation
On December 23rd the "Chairman, ASF" received an invitation from the White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber & Emerging Technology for a one-day discussion, on January 13, 2022, to join a White House initiative to improve open source software security. More meeting details: White House national security adviser asks software companies to discuss cybersecurity.
Pre-Call
Mark Cox, David Nalley, Sam Ruby (and optionally Roy Fielding, Mark Thomas) are having a pre-call with NSC during the week starting 3rd January. Read-ahead material will be supplied based on this page: Read Ahead Material, pre-call, Apache Software Foundation (ASF):
Jan 13 Meeting
Meeting is in-person, Washington USA, and will be attended by David Nalley, Sam Ruby.