<div><div dir="auto">I would like to be firm in our stance on contributing free software to these relationships (this goes for LocationTech and OGC as well). </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am open to the reciprocal support for organizations such as this one that are focused on having membership include a financial component.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">So if they would like to sponsor us we can turn around and take out a membership with that money. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We can also suggest a “guest membership” which is what we have with a LocationTech to formalize the relationship without a financial commitment.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do think it is important to meet organizations with the tools they are comfortable with (rather than turnning everything into a MOU).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:35 AM María Arias de Reyna <<a href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com">delawen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, <br></div><div><br></div><div>I received this news from OpenAR initiative, which is going forward. We signed a letter to support them and now they are asking us to be founding members. Membership appears to be a paid thing.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't know how you see this, but as this is still not part of OSGeo software, maybe we should not go further. I would say we should focus our budget inside, not outside.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, we can make it part of OSGeo as a requirement to be members and include the membership as part of the budget for those projects (in incubation, at first). Not so sure how this could evolve, or if this will be an unfair treatment with other projects.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jan-Erik Vinje</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan-erik.vinje@norkart.no" target="_blank">jan-erik.vinje@norkart.no</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 4:31 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: UPDATE: Open AR Cloud (OARC) is Ready for Liftoff!<br>To: María Arias de Reyna <<a href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" target="_blank">delawen@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<div style="direction:ltr"> We have the same mission and goals and hope that OSGeo.org will consider joining Norkart, Kartverket.no, Open Geospatial Consortium and the rest of the 16 current Founding Partners. Founding Partners have at least one year of free
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Open AR Cloud (OARC) is Ready for Liftoff!</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Join us in Münich, October 18 for the first official working group meetings in the history of OARC at 3pm
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We believe that an open and interoperable AR Cloud ecosystem is critical to the future of spatial computing.
We believe that a democratic and collaborative effort that upholds the values of privacy and freedom and balances the need for personal and public safety is essential. We believe NOW is the time to start designing, building and creating the AR Cloud...together.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Sign up now to become a Founding Member<i>before November 1st!</i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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universe! </span><a href="https://openarcloud.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">https://openarcloud/</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">If your organization would like to contribute to this effort and you support the mission of OARC, please
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We choose interoperability as a foundational principle for all our efforts</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The success and impact of web-technology rests in large part on the fact that it “just works” across a huge range of platforms
and devices. This is possible because the web allows anyone to build a browser, a web page or a powerful web app based on a shared set of standards and formats. Open AR Cloud is inspired by the interoperability of the web and will encourage the tech sector
to leave the walled gardens and silos behind to make interoperability a foundational principle of AR Cloud technology.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The Open AR Cloud Index + Shared Frame of Reference for GeoPose/Geo6Dof</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">There is going to be a real need for shared interoperable indices for the many layers of data that will provide
value in spatial computing. We expect many private and parallel indexes, and will work to ensure they are built on common protocols and accessible by all platforms.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We are planning to start designing and building<b>“The Open AR Cloud Index”</b>. We want to make it available
as a shared decentralized infrastructure, accountable and open for the whole world. To build this, we must establish a shared geospatial frame of reference for the position and orientation of all things, including xr-devices, digital, spatial and sensor data
and objects, vehicles, drones, robots and more. We are considering a distributed ledger of Geo6DOF/GeoPose references to AR Cloud datasets (including where they are hosted & and how they are consumed).</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We have drafted a<b>“Manifesto for AR Cloud Solutions”</b> that will be published during our official launch
on October 18th. This is an expression of a set of 7 principles that we believe every participant in the spatial computing sector should support. These are early days and much is unknown, so please join in the discussion and help us bring in a wider community
of stakeholders to this critical conversation.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333" lang="EN-GB">The plan is to get the manifesto codified as a version 1.0 early next year.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We are a non-profit organization with a mission to coordinate and drive the development of open and interoperable
AR Cloud technology, data and standards in order to connect the physical and digital worlds for the benefit of all. We offer membership for individuals and organizations who can participate in working groups and projects. We intent to design, create, build
and deploy an open, interoperable AR Cloud ecosystem for all of humanity.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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Immersive</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.perey.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">Perey</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.pointmedia.no" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">PointMedia</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.contextgrid.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">ContextGrid</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.moviemask.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">MovieMask</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.norkart.no" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">Norkart</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="http://www.superventures.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">SuperVentures</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://verses.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">Verses</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://xperiel.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">Xperiel</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://youar.io" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">YouAR</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://www.kartverket.no/en/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">Kartverket</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222" lang="EN-GB">,</span><a href="https://its-norway.no/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc" lang="EN-GB">ITS-Norway</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222" lang="EN-GB">,
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We have a great team working hard to make sure we can deliver on our vision and provide real, lasting value
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The OARC Governing board includes: Jan-Erik Vinje, Managing Director, Colin Steinman, CFO & Secretary, Christine
Perey, Steven Swanson, Arka Bala, Ori Inbar, Alex Hertel</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The OARC Advisory Board includes: Alex Chuang (chair), Dave Lorenzini and Tony Parisi, with other key industry
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222" lang="EN-GB">Our Deepest Thanks </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We remain enthusiastic and optimistic that the actions we take today will lay a proper foundation for the
world of possibilities ahead. Best regards from Jan-Erik Vinje and the rest of the OARC team and we hope to see you in Münic or at a future event!</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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