02/08/23 Metaverse Standards Forum: Oversight

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Metaverse Standards Forum: Oversight
Wednesday, 8 February 2023 from 21:00-22:30 EST (02:00-03:30 UTC)

Agenda:
Domain Group Pipeline Updates

• Motion to approve 3D Asset Interoperability Using USD and glTF Working Group Charter
  • Circulated for review at Oversight 11 on 25 Jan 2023
• Motion to approve Real/Virtual World Integration Working Group Charter
  • Circulated for review on 27 Jan 2023
• Notice to Review Digital Asset Management Working Group Charter
  • Circulated on for review on 2 Feb 2023
• Motion to approve member review Technical Interoperability and End-User Troubleshooting Exploratory Group
  • Circulated for review at Oversight 11 on 25 Jan 2023

Working Group Election Process

• With Chair and Vice Chairs

Incorporation Update

• Draft Bylaws and Member Agreement review and feedback
• Dues proposal and financial forecast

Feedback on Discord

• User feedback?
• Issues with access outside US?

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Highlights:

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We had a productive convo about the 'no-dues criteria' (criteria being drafted which will allow some orgs to be exempt from the membership dues that are being proposed).

• We raised concern that the checklist being drafted was US-centric and slanted towards organizations formally structured as 501c3's, which would make it difficult for grass-roots communities and international orgs to participate.

• @JoyceBettencourt voiced her thoughts on same in support of OMI and another org Open AR Cloud, similar to OMI and based in Norway (Managing Director, Jan-Erik was in this meeting — good synergy there, @Avatarjoy invited him to OMI meeting).

• I (@funksoup had a chat w @evo the other day & she had a convo w Neil yesterday as well, voicing her concerns about the same as well as the lack of a clear path for individuals to contribute.

• I added language into the google doc that includes real world examples of communities who may be challenged by these criteria yet should still have an opportunity to participate in MSF. I suggested alternatives such as the option to include documentation of work that forwards the mission of MSF, so the evaluation wouldn’t be strictly based on a checklist. It opens up the criteria to include communities that aren’t formally structured yet are doing good work towards metaverse initiatives.

• Neil reassured everyone present at last night’s meeting that they intend on keeping their door open towards OMI due its work advancing metaverse initiatives; he further expressed support for writing inclusive language into documents.

IMO: We must keep making sure that inclusive language is written into policy. We can keep having convos, but if the effect is meant to be long-lasting, then it has to be written down into the criteria & bylaws & such. ✨

Draft of still-evolving criteria:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11qoQDDrTVnK4iVHIt9OSMolOQLcGEBlDxG6peECgxG8/edit?usp=sharing

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Note that after incorporation, members that don't execute a new membership agreement have a limited amount of time before termination at 6 months.

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