Chilbo Town Hall August 2010
In Attendance: Kristine Kristan, Fleep Tuque, Josain Zsun, Rachel Corleone, Polenth Yue, Maddog Easterling, Tara Yeats, Malburns Writer, Corcosman Voom, Chibi Lexenstar, MS Hawker, Rah Rehula
First Time Attendees (please friend!): LilTank Thibedeau
Chilbo Contributes to SLCC10 in a Big Way!
Chilbo residents Olando7 Decosta, Tomkin Euler, and Fleep Tuque at SLCC10.
Image used with permission from Gray Beam. All rights reserved.
Chilbo residents made a significant contribution to the success of the the Second Life Community Convention 2010 in Boston, MA on August 13-15th – we organized, attended, sponsored, built, moderated, and presented in true community fashion! Fleep Tuque, Olando7 Decosta, Aquiel Aero, and Tomkin Euler attended in person, and in April, Fleep Tuque helped form the Board of Directors of AvaCon, Inc., the nonprofit organization that organized the 2010 convention. Kristine Kristan also played a key role in this year’s convention by helping moderate and oversee the in-world portion of the conference, and JB Hancroft and Memorial Dae assisted with the in-world building and construction.
In addition to helping organize and run the event, the Chilbo Community at large also contributed funds to sponsor the convention with a 1/4 page ad in the printed program (PDF, pg 27) , and ink pens with the Chilbo logo that were included in the conference goodie bags. Many thanks to the Chilbo residents who donated to fund the sponsorship, including: Toster Oh, Kristine Kristan, MS Hawker, Sunhi Mistwalker, Douglas Story, Chibi Lexenstar, Riall Caprioni, JB Hancroft, Baker Bloch, Lizette Zenovka, Preston Exonar, Tara Yeats, Herne Diker, Gann McGann, JW Steampunk, SkyeRanger Pinion, Fleep Tuque, and Morse Dillon.
Want a Chilbo pen of your very own? Send your RL mailing address to Fleep Tuque and she’ll send one out via postal mail!
Chilbo Town Hall Remodel & Route 10 Renovation Project
Chilbo Residents – Click here to take the Survey!
Answer 5 short questions to provide your feedback about the new Town Hall and Route 10 Shopping experience!
We’ve been discussing how our community has changed and grown over time and based on feedback from the 2009 Chilbo Census and other conversations, we think it’s time the Chilbo Town Hall and Main Street (Route 10) got some attention. The Chilbo Town Hall building was plunked down sometime in early 2007. The structure was created as an apartment building, and it happened to be the largest structure Fleep had in her inventory at the time, but after gutting the inside and doing the best we could with something that was never designed to be used as a Town Hall, it is perhaps time to create something that better meets our needs.
Chilbo Town Hall circa 2008.
Comments from the meeting included the need to reduce the number of textures required to load, reducing overall visual clutter, moving some of the information currently in the Town Hall to other locations (library? new places), the need for the new design to be as accessible and tiny friendly as possible, and making the Town Hall more useful both for new people looking for information about the community and existing residents.
Chilbo Main Street (Route 10) circa 2008.
In addition to the Town Hall building itself, the Main Street of Chilbo on Route 10 has many cute stores and shops, but they cater largely to newbies and visitors rather than meeting the needs of our own citizens. We are discussing 1) evicting the stores that are owned by folks who no longer really participate in the Chilbo Community, 2) moving the newbie stores down Route 10 into the Mindulle sim, which is a target for new zoning and newbie engagement and 3) replacing the newbie stores with shopping that meets the needs of our current residents as well as our visitors. This may include higher end brands and known stores (revenue generation from rent) or shops run by Chilbo residents that meet a high standard for quality.
Comments from the meeting include being sure to enforce prim limits and charge rent based on fair market prices, a suggestion to survey Chilbo residents about their current shopping patterns and needs, and a discussion about which structures should stay or go.
To add your voice to the discussion take the quick 5 question survey and make contributions to the Town Hall Remodeling & Main Street Revitalization project page on the Chilbo wiki.
Fleep provided an example of a classic civic building as something
perhaps to model the new Chilbo Town Hall after…
Following the meeting, we went down to the Mad Sandbox to look at potential Town Hall models. Fleep provided an example of a classic government building structure and we decided to brainstorm along these lines.
Fancy That Furniture
Fancy That Furniture & Accessories has gorgeous, low prim home and office furnishings…
Chilbo residents Chibi Lexenstar and Kellee Blaylock have opened a new furniture store to serve as an anchor in the budding commercial area in the Mindulle sim on Route 10. Fancy That Furniture & Accessories features low prim furniture with professional textures and animations, and a whole lot of style! SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mindulle/95/52/117
WTNK New Radio Station in Chilbo
WTNK Internet Community Radio moves to the Madhupak sim in Chilbo..
Chilbo welcomes new resident LilTank Thibedeau and WTNK Radio to the community! Located in the Madhupak sim, the WTNK Radio HQ broadcasts online 27/7. From the WTNK website: “Our emphasis is to bring together the community through music and news. Bringing you the best in Soul and house music online and from various virtual worlds.” Sounds like a perfect fit for Chilbo! Welcome Tank! SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/61/191/89
RedCat Ink Writing & Editing Services
The RedCat Ink office opened recently in the Madhupak sim.
New resident Maximillian Adderstein (Maxi for short) recently established a new office in the Madhupak sim. RedCat Ink offers Editing & Formatting services, such as advertisements, book editing, copyediting, and proofreading, as well as other writing services such as business letters and memos, eNewsletters and eblasts, manuals, presentations, and proposals. Be sure to say hi to Maxi and stop by the office for all your writing and editing needs! SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/116/153/75
El Roto Exhibit & Social Center Opens
The El Roto Exhibit & Social Center features cartoon artist Andres Rabago Garcia.
The El Roto Exhibit & Social Center recently opened in the Chilbo sim. Managed by new Chilbo resident Mia Denneny, the exhibit features the work of Andres Rabago Garcia, also known as “Ops” and “El Roto”, a cartoonist and artist born in Madrid, Spain in 1947. SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/232/15/92
Announcements & Other
Malburns Writer mentioned a new Second Life profile service called 2ndHub that provides space to connect with other Second Life residents. From their website: “2ndhub™ provides central place for discovering, connecting and sharing your Second Life© world experience with your friends and associates. We provide multple profile types, fun social networking, quality group & business tools, along with a directory for SL people and businesses!”
The meeting adjourned at 12:24pm. The next Chilbo Town Hall is scheduled for 11AM SLT on September 11th. Full transcript available in the Chilbo Town Hall.
4 Comments to “Chilbo Town Hall August 2010”
Wow! Great job guys! Everything is very exciting! I was really happy to see the prim counters in the rental units. I’ve been keeping spreadsheets on my builds and now I don’t have to; I can just click the counter!
How cool is this! I just visited all the new spots! Congratulations everyone! So many great new places in Chilbo!
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