Dash Industry Forum

“The organization delegates the majority of operations secretariat duties to the management company, vital technical marketing, inc. Including but not limited to administration of the majority of meetings, assistance with membership duties and all financial duties.”

“There shall be three classes of members: charter members, contributor members, and associate members. The board of directors (referred to herein individually as "directors") may add or eliminate classes of at any time. Except as expressly provided in or authorized by the applicable member agreement, the certificate of incorporation, the bylaws of this corporation, or provisions of law, members shall have the rights, privileges, restrictions, and conditions established by resolution of a supermajority of all the directors in office. Among the benefits generally to be afforded to all members are the right to attend meetings of the general members of the corporation, access to corporation deliverables and other materials as may be approved by the board of directors, access to the general member portions of the corporation's web site, and the right to license any trademark or logos adopted by the corporation in products implementing final deliverables.”

“Charter members and contributor members may elect seven (9) representatives for board of director positions.”

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon written request.”

“The corporation shall be a business league not organized for profit within the meaning of section 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "code"), or any successor provision, for purposes including, but not limited to the following: 2.1) promoting the utilization of mpeg-dash in various standards organizations and consortia; 2.2) aligning, harmonizing and coordination of mpeg-dash standard development and related standard developments in various standard organizations and consortia; 2.3) assisting in avoiding fragmentation of the multimedia http streaming market by creating and promoting careful and limited profiling of the mpeg-dash standard and by promoting the use of common profiles across industry, consortia and various standard organizations; 2.4) facilitating interoperability tests and plug-fests to demonstrate the usability and comprehensiveness of the dash standard; and 2.5) promoting the adoption and use of mpeg-dash standards in the industry. In addition to the above, the corporation may enable internal or external certification and testing programs, develop white papers, develop interoperability guidelines to enable interoperability in instances where other groups or bodies are unwilling or unable to develop such guidelines in a timely and proficient manner and interface with other groups or bodies developing complementary standards and specifications.”

“Officers and board of directors.”