The following decisions were taken on Friday October 8th, 2004, during the final session of the first League of Worlds conference.

  1. It was agreed that we had discovered sufficient common interests to form an organised body to engage in joint activities, publish an e-journal, and organise regular conferences.
  2. This body will be called the League of Worlds: the international conference on exploring virtuality
  3. Our mission is "to stimulate and disseminate research, analysis, theory, technical and curricular developments in the creative, educational, training-based and social use of role-playing, simulations and virtual worlds; and to contribute towards the development of coherent frameworks for their advancement, application and assessment".
  4. Our primary areas of interest include:
    1. a. theoretical analysis
    2. b. the development of practical applications
    3. c. the documentatlon of framework projects and case studies
  5. The League of Worlds will initially consist of its founding members: all those who were at the LoW1 symposium.
  6. It was decided that we would not benefit from having a membership fee, since this would require us to obtain a legal status that would impose legal and financial burdens that are simply not necessary at this stage.
  7. Instead we will institute membership by performance. If you are invited to do something for the League of Worlds then you will, in effect, have been invited to become a member.
  8. Anybody who is interested in furthering our mission can become an associate by registering at the web site and making a contribution to the discussion there.
  9. It was agreed that:
    1. At the end of a conference the chief organiser will become president until the next one.
    2. The vice-presidents will be the organiser of the next conference and one other.
    3. The president will advlse the vice-president, seek out candidates to organise the next-but-one conference, and act as the postal address and public contact for the League.
  10. The following offices and responsibilities were agreed:
    1. a. president: Owen
    2. vice-presidents: Camie & Roni
    3. call for papers for 2005 conference: Greg & Steve
    4. webmaster: Owen
    5. e-journal:
      • editors: Greg & Steve
      • call for papers: Heffe, Rob, Roma
    6. scenario developers: Albert, Heffe, Niki, Owen, Roni
    7. annual documentary:
      • producer: Camie
      • editorial team: Alexander, Bettina, Lanre, Naghmeh

The following was also agreed in terms of our future activities:

  1. It was agreed that articles for the journal, and papers for future conferences, would be peer reviewed. All founding members may be called on to join the peer review group.
  2. The next conference will be held in November 2005 in Melbourne. Roni Linser will take the lead in organising it.