Open Music 2019 Members Meeting: Thank You!

Thank you to all the members who came out for a packed meeting in New York on November 13, 2019. We appreciate the many guests who joined us: Susan Whitehead, Board Chair for Berklee College of Music and Life Member of the MIT Corporation; Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences and Director of MIT Connection Science; John R. Riley, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office; panelists Carlotta De Ninni, CEO, Creative Passport, Jessica Sobhraj, CEO & Founder, Cosynd and Daniel Dewar, CEO & Founder, Paperchain, and our guests from Lesley University, Matthew Nash, Chair, Digital Filmmaking and Heather Shaw, Chair, Graphic, Interactive and User Experience Design. It was incredibly inspiring and rewarding to see the mix of many familiar faces and new members coalescing around the mission of Open Music and giving valuable feedback on the Berklee/MIT technical prototype.

The meeting ended with an overwhelmingly positive vote of confidence for Open Music to become a standalone, member-supported organization. We would like to give a very heartfelt thank you and congratulations to the many members who helped move this conversation forward and who gave their support!

Next steps will include:

• Calls for engagement in the Berklee / MIT technical project.

• Date and location for the 2020 member meeting, which will include Open Music board elections.

• Full schedule of proposed member dues.

For more information on governance, including a answers to a set of Frequently Asked Questions, see here.

Enjoy this recap of highlights from the meeting and stay tuned for more detailed updates.

Members gather and greet each other before the meeting.

Susan Whitehead, Chair of the Berklee Board of Trustees and Life Member of the MIT Corporation, welcomes members.

Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences and Director of MIT Connection Science, shares the work of MIT Connection Science with Open Music.

Daniel Dewar of Paperchain, Jessica Sobhraj of Cosynd and Carlotta De Ninni of Creative Passport discuss metadata practices with Nicole d'Avis, Open Music Senior Director.

Nicole d'Avis introduces the Berklee / MIT technical prototype.

George Howard, Open Music Lead Researcher and Berklee Professor, and Thomas Hardjono, CTO of MIT Connection Science, discuss the Berklee / MIT prototype.

Open Music developers Meghan Gaudet, a Berklee Graduate Fellow, and Justin Anderson, Senior Software Engineer at MIT Connection Science, do a demo of the Berklee / MIT prototype.

George Howard and Thomas Hardjono hear member feedback and questions on the Berklee / MIT prototype.

Lunch discussion of the technical details of the prototype.

Meetings ends with a discussion and successful vote of confidence for Open Music's new governance structure.