Town Hall Meeting Minutes – March 2010
In Attendance: Alleara Snoodle, Fleep Tuque, Maggie Larimore, Kristine Kristan, Tomkin Euler, Maddog Easterling, Gem Blue, Rachel Corleone, Corcosman Voom, SunHi Mistwalker, Zedd Zeplin, Chibi Lexenstar, Malburns Writer, SkyeRanger Pinion
First Time Attendees (please friend!): Jonn Luik, Dali Waverider
Tickets to Linden Lab on Chilbo’s Behalf & Chilbo Name in Groups
We recently had some issues with Linden Lab being confused about who is petitioning them for abandoned land on behalf of the Chilbo Community Building Project group, and mixing up the CCBP with other groups in the area that have similar names like the Greater Chilbo Landholding Group. Linden Lab asked us to have one person file support tickets on behalf of the group for land issues, and due to the confusion about groups, we discussed how to handle groups that want to show they are connected to Chilbo without getting them confused with the official Chilbo Community Building Project group that holds community lands.
We have a page on the wiki for posting about tickets to LL that might impact other Chilbo members, and folks are encouraged to use it so we know what’s being submitted to the Lab and can avoid confusion and mix-ups. Everyone has the right to file support tickets and negotiate with LL, and should!, but we determined that tickets filed on behalf of the CCBP group, and especially about abandoned land/ad farm issues, should be filed by a group owner to reduce potential mixups. A draft policy regarding this change is available for comment. Regarding the group names, it was suggested that ties to Chilbo could be indicated in the Group Charter area of the group info. Zedd Zeplin offered to change the name of his landholding/rentals group to minimize the confusion. Thanks Zedd!
Chilbo Road Press Seeks Writers
Editor-in-Chief Chibi Lexenstar is seeking more writers for the Chilbo Road Press! Some mentioned that they don’t know how to blog, but might be interested in writing stories. Chibi and Fleep Tuque offered to help folks new to blogging learn how to do it and we encourage members of the community to give it a try. It’s not that hard and it’s great to share our experiences and thoughts with the broader Second Life community as well as with each other. If the technology of blogging is putting you off, Chibi can also submit posts from notecards to the blog, just send her a notecard with full permissions images!
Viewer 2.0 – General Discusson & How Does it Affect Chilbo Community Content?
We had a lengthy discussion about the new beta viewer, discussing pros and cons. Builders were especially concerned that the new viewer seems difficult to use, though other features were seen as a big plus, including the TP history, browser like bar, and clothing options. And of course Shared Media! Fleep Tuque offered to schedule a “Tips & Tricks” session for the community to help folks adjust. We also discussed which content in the Town Hall and elsewhere in the community might need to be updated to take advantage of the new Shared Media capabilities (html-on-a-prim), and decided that it should save us a load of prims to remove some of the prim-heavy RSS feed readers we’re currently using.
Fleep suggests that people don’t just complain about the bugs and changes they don’t like in the beta viewer, be sure to actively document your concerns and bugs on the JIRA so we’re sure Linden Lab is getting good feedback from the experts – us! Click to see what’s already been filed as suggestions and bugs for the Viewer 2.0 beta on the JIRA – and vote for the ones you agree with or experience!
[Update: On March 23rd, Fleep gave a presentation to ISTE members about Viewer 2.0, sharing the slides here since they seem relevant - though these were not shown at the Town Hall!]
Changes to Chilbo Based on the 2009 Resident & Land Census
People either haven’t had a chance to look at the data or haven’t had enough time to grok all the implications, so we decided to put off serious discussion about that topic till the next Town Hall. For reference, reposting the results:
We’ve already made some immediate changes to how we communicate certain things to reflect the needs of the community, such as fewer group notices. Which brought up another topic..
Using the Chilbo Group Chat
Resident Gem Blue mentioned that she’s a member of other groups in Second Life that seem to use group chat more extensively for.. well, chatting. Some members expressed concern that group chat was spammy, though others pointed out that you can easily close the tab (v1) or session (v2) if the chat is bothering you. Several said they wished the group chat were more active, so we decided to give that a try and reassess how we feel about it if folks are finding it disruptive. In the mean time, feel free to start a conversation or share something with the group and let’s see where it takes us!
Updates on Community Partnerships Initiative
Resident Tomkin Euler is spearheading our efforts to partner with New Citizens Incorporated (NCI) by providing InfoHub space on land parcels off of both Route 10 in the Chilbo sim and Route 9 in the Madhupak sims. Tonmkin reported that he’s in touch with folks at NCI and they were working out designs, texture choices, and that sort of thing. Corcosman Voom began some initial conversations with NCI and helped scout out the potential locations, so as soon as the designs are formalized the partnership should be a go. Thanks Tomkin and Corcosman!
Tomkin Euler and Fleep Tuque discuss the NCI InfoNode on Route 1o in Chilbo.
Fleep Tuque reported on the partnership with Metanomics. Malburns Writer and Tara Yeats have been hosting live streams of the show for quite some time, making us a sort of “unofficial” event partner for the show, but in the interest of showing our support for other communities and projects that we feel benefit the grid, decided to make it official if they were willing. Fleep spoke with Jeanette Forager and it looks like it’s a go! Fleep will work with Jeanette to get the textures they need and other things to make the official event partnership a reality. Thanks to Malburns and Tara for helping move this along!
On the Linden Lab Community Partnership proposals, we wrote a response to Blondin Linden and he came through for us dealing with some abandoned land and getting Route 9 paved (thanks Blondin!!!). No other response to our letter, it looks like Chilbo wasn’t quite what they were looking for for the program, but we’re glad we went through the process all the same. In the course of the discussion, we decided we probably didn’t need to put bridges back in over Route 9, but would construct paths and connections to sidewalks leading down to the road.
Griefing Incident in Greater Chilbo
Kristine Kristan briefly reported on a major griefing attack on Greater Chilbo that lasted for over two hours. Kristine deputized Chibi Lexenstar to assist, and then Michael Linden answered the call for help and eventually all was put back in order. Many thanks to Kristine, Chibi, and Michael for dealing with this disruptive attack! (And to Michael for helping!)
New Sidewalk Texture
New sidewalk texture on the left, old texture on the right…
Kristine Kristan put a motion out to update the texture of the official Chilbo sidewalks. She took the existing texture and, well, texturized it to give it a more realistic look and feel, and baked in the color so we no longer have to do the additional step of coloring the prims. Awesome Kristine! Everyone loved the new texture and Kristine, Chibi, and others volunteered to help update existing sidewalks. The new texture was distributed through group notices and will also be added to the Chilbo Community Welcome Kit for landowners and available in the Chilbo Town Hall. Private landowners are encouraged to update their sidewalks too, but if you want help, give Kristine a ping.
Announcements? Other?
Fleep Tuque mentioned the EVOKE project as something that may interest folks in the community. Funded by the World Bank, the EVOKE game is a web based game about saving the world – the REAL world! She encouraged folks to check it out. Some may remember a previous game in this vein, the Superstruct game, that led to the birth of the Chilbo Community Garden in the nature preserve (currently being replanted in a new location TBA). Last year Fleep and Rachel Corleone made a video for the game filmed in Chilbo!
Alleara Snoodle announced that the American Cancer Society would be holding Relay for Life in Second Life again and asked how Chilbo would contribute this year. Several people are already committed to be on teams, so we decided that Alleara should put a kiosk for her team in the Chilbo Town Hall Plaza for those wishing to donate, and Chilbo would potentially organize an event to support the cause.
Gem Blue mentioned that she has land in the Soyeonpyeongdo sim that she would like to sell to community members. If you’re looking to upgrade or expand to new land, please ping Gem!
Myakka City is run by Jonn Luik in the Sunwi Do sim.
Jonn Luik invited members of the community to check out Myakka City. He recently moved into the neighborhood and bought nearly the entire sim of Sunwi Do. Congrats Jonn and welcome to the neighborhood!
Meeting was adjourned. Next meeting to be held on April 10th @ 11AM SLT.
