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.
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.
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 was supplied based on this snapshot of this page. Current page with further edits is at Read Ahead Material, pre-call, Apache Software Foundation (ASF):
Meeting is in Washington, DC, USA, and will be attended in person by David Nalley. Mark Cox and Sam Ruby will attend remotely. Written materials were provided.