Chilbo Town Hall – January Meeting
In attendance: Fleep Tuque, Ryan Snook, Alleara Snoodle, Rachel Corleone, Lizette Zenovka, Corcosman Voom, Gann McGann, Margarette Fouroux, Tara Yeats, Skyeranger Pinion, Olando7 Decosta, Emru Rau, Tommy Brouwer, Valentino Tendaze, Gem Blue, Ra Deemster, and Jeff Kurka
New attendees: Johnfx Falta, Andabata Mandelbrot, Zil Lutrova, Rubaiyat Shatner, Celestiall Nightfire, Vrider Dancer, Violetta LeShelle
Welcome new members!
Please send a friend request and introduce yourself to some of Chilbo’s newest residents: Johnfx Falta, Andabata Mandelbrot, Zil Lutrova, Rubaiyat Shatner, Celestiall Nightfire, Vrider Dancer, Violetta LeShelle, Peter Rojyo, Annie Pond, and Bud Budan. (Whew, lots of new folks!)
Great Twitter Experiment
The Twitter experiment continues with much success, many folks are now using the Chilbo Public Twitter stations to report on news from around the sim. To use, it’s very simple! Just type “/285 <your message>” when you’re near a Twitter station in Chilbo, and your message gets automatically posted to the Chilbo Road Press and to the Chilbo Twitter account! If you want a station installed near your location, please let Fleep know and she’ll set one up for you.
New Resident Welcome – Celestiall Nightfire
Please welcome Celestiall Nightfire, who recently won an auction on a plot down in Madhupak, just south of the laboratories. Celestiall already has a gorgeous home up and is interested in learning more about OpenSim and other projects in the community.
Education Village Officially Opens
Education chair Gann McGann is now ready to open up the newly revamped Education Village in the south of Madhupak (replaces the Connectivism Village/old fair grounds). The intent is to cluster people and projects involved in education to help folks get to know each other better and collaborate where possible. Homes, offices, and project space is available, please contact Gann McGann for more info or complete the Chilbo Land Use Application if you’ve found spot you want!
Chilbo Has a Bot! Meet Chilbo Sweetwater
If you’ve visited the Town Hall Plaza lately, you might have noticed our town mascot, Chilbo Sweetwater, hopping around waving a Chilbo flag. (Thanks for the flag Tara!) Fleep is attempting to learn more about how bots work and invites anyone who is interested in playing with the bot to let her know. We have a first test use-case planned – an exhibit of Ryan Snook’s amazing avatar work! Douglas Story will be working with Ryan to coordinate an exhibit planned for the future (spring? summer?) and resident Wainbrave Bernal is interested in teaming up with the group to do some sort of cryptid-zoology hunt. What’s that? Ask Wainbrave for more info! It will tie in with the opening of his new Lab & Grill down in the Education Village.
Chilbo OpenSim Project
Fleep Tuque and several other residents are interested in learning more about the OpenSim software and emerging grids. There is a workshop/class being offered about OpenSim on January 22nd, anyone who is interested in OpenSim is invited to attend! Rubaiyat Shatner already has an OpenSim installation going with Ars Virtua, and you can fill out an application to check out their sim. More info to come on the Chilbo OpenSim initiative as we get this ball rolling…
Chilbo Expands to Noru Sim
Residents Olando7 Decosta and Violetta LeShelle have recently purchased a large plot of land on the north end of the Noru sim – two sims north of Chilbo! This effectively expands the borders of the Chilbo Community by quite a lot! Congrats to Olando and Violetta, we’ll all look forward to visiting your new space when it’s ready.
SL HIV Education & Prevention Center Continues to Draw Traffic
Resident Lizzette Zenovka reports that the SL HIV Center continues to draw good traffic down in the Madhupak sim. She’s also continuing to work on her recent expansion into other sims to help spread the word and good public health information about HIV prevention to Second Life residents. Great job Liz!
Chilbo Community Home Opens
Resident Alleara Snoodle reports on the creation of the new Chilbo Community Home. This new residence will be available for any member of the Chilbo group to set their home location, and is envisioned to be a great place for new residents to start out in Chilbo until they decide where to settle longer-term. In addition, folks who have claimed a newbie home but seem to log in rarely will be offered the opportunity to relocate their home location to the new Community Home so they can continue to have a Chilbo home base. Alleara will be organizing a party to deck the place out and decorate, so stay tuned!
The Crash House Jazz/Indie/Live Music Venue To Open in Chilbo
New resident Johnfx Falta is bringing live music to Chilbo! He’s been searching for a good place to locate his new music venture, and after searching Second Life for a new home, he discovered Chilbo and felt like it had a good vibe for the kinds of music he hopes to bring to SL residents. The Crash House will feature an eclectic mix of modern jazz, latin, bossa nova, DJs, vocals, pop, folk, and more! John hopes it will become a comfortable place for musicians to hang out, noodle around, and for Second Life residents to hear great tunes. Welcome to Chilbo, John! Looking forward to the opening!
Policy Question: Height Zoning Regulations?
Neighbor Peter Rojyo brought up the topic of regulating the height of buildings in the community, and a brief discussion was held. There seemed to be a general consensus that two stories fit well into the community aesthetic, but taller buildings might need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. This topic was tabled for more discussion at the next Town Hall, if anyone has thoughts or concerns, we hope to hear them at the next meeting!
New Art Gallery Comes to Chilbo – Louisiana Style!
Resident Margarette Fouroux recently expanded her project space on the west side of Chilbo and has opened a new art gallery and studio featuring artists from Louisiana and the surrounding area. Artistes de la Louisiane dans Chilbo! is now open to the public, the current exhibit features the work of by Dan Johnston from Covington, LA. Please stop by to visit and congratulations to Margarette on the opening!
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Following a visit to the new locations, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30PM SLT. Full transcript of the meeting is available in the Chilbo Town Hall.
Next Town Hall meeting: Saturday, February 14th at 11AM SLT
