04/12/23 Metaverse Standards Forum: Oversight

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Metaverse Standards Forum: Oversight
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 from 21:00-22:30 EST (01:00-02:30 UTC)

The Forum is now an independent non-profit industry consortium!

• Why and how we incorporated
• Public announcement on Tuesday April 18th
• What it means to your membership

Outreach update

• Get involved in promoting the Forum (and your organization!)

Domain Pipeline updates

• Initiate, discover and engage with Exploratory and Working Groups that are relevant to your organization

New Member Orientations

• Find your way around the Forum and its resources

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The Forum is now incorporated as an independent non-profit industry consortium!

Dues structure and amounts have been based on user surveys done the past couple of months within the MSF community. (OMI had a big role in advocating for the inclusion of language that allows for smaller orgs, nonprofits, open source communities and individuals to join):

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Public Launch of the Forum Incorporation on April 18 at 6 AM PT - everyone is welcome to share on their socials
Draft press release and press briefing deck

Twitter card for social sharing:

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They are looking for a speaker to represent MSF at this virtual conference:

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At the end of the meeting, someone had asked a question in the Zoom text chat about how discussions would be held to include those in developing countries. Neil mentioned that they'll have multiple meeting options that take into consideration differing time zones (like the APAC & EMEA oversight meetings). I (Josephine) also mentioned that it's helpful to take into consideration different bandwidth capabilities, like when OMI does 'world hops' and we look at how accessible the experience is for different bandwidths and devices (can everyone log in? do settings need to be adjusted? is there a maximum number of users in one space before the experience starts to hiccup?). I also mentioned @madjin's upcoming world hop for MSF (date to come) and invited folks to come. This was an opportunity to plug OMI's mission towards interoperability, and the response was positively received.