Attending:

Alan
Mike Aratow
Nich Polys
Peter

Rita


Khronos Liason

upcoming Cambridge meeting this week
MedWG TATRC grant review
   showing at siggraph chapter nov 15
   rsna 
   mmv paper accepted
   write next grant proposal
   TATRC: Kevin Mongomery
      Ken Curley - Chief Scientist
   
   
2006 tax wrap up
   need to sync with Rita/Mike on getting taxes 

Running Web3D list
   Yearly schedule of items that must be done
   
Rita's architecture diagram

Virtual Worlds involvement
SIGGRAPH web page
   1 plugin?
   rotating
      - can this be done via javascript to switch out plugins offered
      - what would the classid be, assume they installed the plugin offered?  
   attend Showcase meetings to discuss and execute this
   
What's wrong with X3D?  FAQ addressing recurrent issues
   floating point - 
      attribute
      element
      base64
      
   how do I achieve the highest precision in X3D:
      x3d specification about floating point accuracy
         how does this differ from other specs
         I think collada allows arbitrary precision?
         
      ifs / NURBS
      Geospatial Double precision
            
   broken dom
      peter stromburg
         do not conform to a w3c dom
         
   
Multi-user worlds
   peter - vision paper like metaverse statement
   alan - pull out technical requirements from x3d earth that align with this
   
Succession planning for Rita's imminent departure
How do we reverse the 10% of the membership doing 90% of the work problem in the Consortium?
Policy for temporary professional membership for those employees of large companies whose business is related to 3D on the web.

agenda:  would like clearance to send my vw strategy to various companies
to encourage membership.  note sent on this early Sunday.