Chilbo community rejoice!
Hi all! Just wanted to let you know the good news, Route 9 has been paved! The paving runs through all Greater Chilbo sims, starting at in Ungyo sim to the west, and ending at Jsindo sim to the east. Congrats to all who have land around the road and many thanks to everyone who voted for the proposal – a great example of what we can do as a community!
All the best, – Fleep
Check it out!
Take a field trip with the ISTE Newcomer’s Committee! Join us for a dance party and outdoor cafe at the Educator’s Resource Room in Greater Chilbo on the Mainland. Hosted by Maggie Larimore of the Newcomer’s Committee and ISTE Member Josain Zsun, the Chair of the Chilbo Education Committee. The Educator’s Resource Room is full of great freebies and other resources for educators. So come and dance, snack and “shop” with us!
ISTE Newcomer Social
Thursday, February 18th, 2010, from 5-6pm, SLT
Until recently, Kuwol’s Northeast quadrant laid bare. Separated by Kuwol Commons to the West, the area flanked by a tri-level clothing store owned by member Lace Hansome, and a massive stone and metal arch structure, remained unused.
Until recently, the area East of Kuwol Commons laid bare.
That all changed last month, when Chilbo community leader, Fleep Tuque, picked up several large parcels in the area that went on sale. She set about creating a new residential location to accommodate the rapid growth of the community, which, as she put it, “is bursting at the seams.” Nicknamed, Kuwol Place, half a dozen residential lofts were added into the mix, with one unit already rented out.
One of several residential lofts available for rent to the Chilbo community.
The success of this newly created residential area helped further the physical boundaries of the community, so much so that nearby Hudson Park owners used the same sidewalk textures when they redid their landscaping for the Spring. Kuwol land owner Riall Caproni, also agreed to place sidewalks on her property to help maintain the connection. Her agreement to add in sidewalks is a key element in the expansion, and made it possible to introduce direct pedestrian paths from Kuwol into Route 10 and Chilbo.
Aerial view of Kuwol Place
New Chilbo member Maddog Easterling, who moved into the area not long ago says, “This area is so nice at night.” Easterling who owns a parcel, nestled between the new rental units and the park, said of his garden view, “…it’s like I have extra landscape prims.”
Kuwol homeowner Maddog Easterling shows off his garden view.
Kuwol Place: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kuwol/133/137/93
Fleep Tuque completes the Chilbo Annual Resident Census for 2010
It’s that time of year again! The annual census is when we do an official headcount of our active members and get feedback about community services and facilities.
All members of the Chilbo Community must complete the census to remain in good standing in the group. Those who do not complete the census will be placed on inactive status, and eventually removed from the group altogether!
The survey only takes about 5 minutes to complete, and we use the information gathered to ensure that Chilbo is meeting the needs of our members.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PX5NTQ6
We hope to have the numbers crunched and data analyzed in time for the annual State of the Community address at the February Town Hall meeting.
Yesterday, the Chilbo community played host to a benefit concert and block party in an effort to raise funds for the victims of the January 13 earthquake in Haiti. The benefit raised over L$130,000 in funds with some 500 individual contributions made to the cause.
Ictus Belford plays to a crowd during the live music portion of the fund raiser.
The four-hour event was held at the Madhupak sandbox next to the Chilbo Museum, and was organized by MS Hawker, Chilbo Events Co-chair and Germelshausen Coffeehouse owner, with logistics by Chilbo Residential & Commercial Chair, Kristine Kristan. Kristine also owns Mad Wax Records and K2 Gallery in Madhupak. The Chilbo Road Press provided signage, and will oversee the transferring of funds to the organizations.
The first half featured music acts Kellee Blaylock, Ictus Belford, Avatar Quinzet, Untolerable “Bo” Bohemian and Johnny99 Gumshoe who performed 30 minute sets. DJ Chingy Chun of the Blackhearts Cafe played popular 80’s rock tunes for the second half. In addition to donating their time, all of the performers added their own contributions to the fund. Artist Tegan Jenvieve created a one-of-a-kind auction art piece that garnered additional money.
Artist Tegan Jenvieve creates auction art piece while Untolerable “Bo” Bohemian performs his set.
Several extremely generous contributions were made that ranged up to L$6,000, with event-goers continuously donating throughout the event. The set goal of L$100,000 was reached during the DJed portion of the event, and with 30 minutes left, supporters dug deep and came through with an additional L$29K, easily surpassing the $L100,000 mark. Additional amounts were also donated after the event.
The L$100,000 goal was surpassed by the end of the show.
The donation heart will be left at the sandbox for the remainder of the long weekend and will be available for donations until Tuesday, January 19, when it will be moved to the Chilbo Road Press office for ongoing contributions. Those who would like to make donations can contact the organizations directly, or visit one of the many benefits that are being held this and next weekend around the grid.
All proceeds collected for the benefit will be split between the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders organizations. For the sake of transparency, documentation of fund transfers will be made available at the Chilbo Road Press office.
The Chilbo community and the Chilbo Road Press is looking for original and celebrated works of poetry for The Chilbo Poetry Bench Project. The Chilbo Poetry Bench Project is a public installation that combines art and poetry within the confines of a public bench.
The project exists to serve two functions:
1) to encourage visitors to engage themselves with, and to explore the community of Chilbo
2) to celebrate poetry in a new medium, within a virtual community
One of the two benches already installed in Chilbo. Have a seat & read a poem!
Currently, there are two benches already installed within Chilbo. In the coming month, there will be more benches installed throughout the Chilbo sim and surrounding sims.
There is a $20L submission fee, which goes towards sim maintenance and artwork upload for the project. Poets who would like to submit their original poems are encouraged to do so. Poetry fans are also encouraged to submit their favorite poems for this project. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit the Chilbo Road Press office: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chilbo/140/220/118 or contact Chibi Lexenstar for more details.
The Chilbo Community welcomes three new members and their businesses to Route 10!
Cinematize, featuring distinctive Southern California Photography on display. Contact Sydney Etoile to purchase some of her works!
Riall’s Emporium has Art, Flowers and Homes for sale, all created by Riall Caproni.
Foxglove’s Finest, where you can find some lovely dresses by Foxglove Foyston, including stunning gowns in time for all the upcoming holiday parties.
So next time you are looking for some of these items, or just have the urge for some retail therapy, please visit these and the other businesses on Route 10 in Chilbo!
On Saturday, October 17, 2009, we held a special Chilbo Town Hall meeting to discuss whether or not the Chilbo Community should submit a proposal to participate in Linden Lab’s new Community Partnership program. [A full transcript is available in world at the Town Hall.]
The idea was discussed briefly at the October 10th Chilbo Town Hall meeting, and at that time we decided to table the discussion until the following week when we’d all had time to read the program guidelines and the comments and guidance provided by Blondin Linden on the official blog post about this topic.
It is Fleep’s sense that the general feeling in the community is a mixture of confusion, concern, and scepticism, but a general willingness to give it a try if we think it might benefit the community. During our discussions about the program, various concerns surfaced:
- How would the program benefit Chilbo? What would we have to do in return for participating?
- There seems to be some backlash about this program, would participating damage Chilbo’s reputation as an independent, free thinking, and open community?
- Linden Lab is somewhat notorious for starting new programs and initiatives that fizzle out, is it worth jumping through a bunch of hoops if this program continues in that vein?
- Would we lose any rights by participating?
Others expresed the sentiment “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” and the consensus seemed to be to move forward with as much openness and transparency as possible with the intention to submit a proposal IF we have broad community consensus to do so and IF we can craft a proposal that clearly benefits our community.
Why would Chilbo want to participate in the first place? Fleep tried to summarize by saying, “Chilbo is a well established community, we’re good community citizens, we want to participate in helping new AND existing residents become more connected and we’re willing to teach and share in exchange for some official recognition of what we do.” How best to formalize such an arrangement with Linden Lab is the question, and as always, the devil would be in the details.
During the discussion, we talked about structuring a potential proposal around two questions: What do we want from Linden Lab? and What are we offering in return?
In the “What do we want from Linden Lab?” category, many ideas were floated, including:
- A new “Communities” listing in the Showcase page, official recognition of Chilbo in the list
- Better reclamation process for the abandoned parcels and ad farm squares, and better management of the Governor Linden owned roadways that intersect our community.
- We have established community standards, but no way to enforce them if someone breaks their agreement with us (no covenant or reclamation process if we “sell” community land).
- We spend a lot on tier for infrastructure, sidewalks, bridges, green spaces – the very things that help make the “community cohesion” we have visible, perhaps Linden Lab could help with that.
- We are experiencing a ton of lag in some sims, any way for Linden Lab to help us pinpoint problem scripts and troubleshoot the lag problem?
- The Hanja Welcome Area is just a few sims north east of Greater Chilbo, and it seems pretty darned underutilized with just a handful of the typical Linden Lab signage, but nothing that helps visitors to the Welcome Area connect to any of the sims or communities nearby. Perhaps Chilbo could volunteer to build/manage/staff the Welcome Area to help visitors move beyond a cursory visit and connect with the communities around it?
In the “What are we offering in return?” category:
- We offer a well established, long term model community, one that has arisen organically in the mainland, and seems to work well for our members. We can teach others how to start their own communities based on the Chilbo model.
- We are an example of a community _without_ a roleplaying or other distinctive theme – more akin to an actual community from real life, with residents having many different interests. We believe this diversity strengthens our community and makes us both more viable and perhaps more representative of a broader cross section of Second Life residents than some communities.
- We provide free or extremely cheap land, housing, and project space to Second Life residents who want to explore projects that benefit the public good. We have an excellent track record of privately funding education, the arts, public health, and other projects of this nature that contribute to civic life on the Mainland. As participants in the program, we would continue to focus on this “public and community service” model in all of our endeavors related with the Community Partnership program.
- Our residents have expertise in Second Life – everything from event planning to scripting to building to avatar creation and machinima, we offer our expertise in exchange for participation.
- Our community is large enough and diverse enough to staff events and manage projects with a high level of quality and professionalism.
So, that’s where we are in the discussion at this point. What are YOUR thoughts? Which ideas do you like best? Do you have other suggestions? Something you think we should NOT do? Other concerns?
We invite feedback especially from Chilbo residents, but readers of the Chilbo Road Press are also invited to participate. Is your community thinking of participating in this program? What would be your concerns with the ideas we’ve proposed so far?
We will reconvene in the Chilbo Town Hall next Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 11AM SLT to discuss feedback received on the blog and to determine whether or not to move ahead with submitting a proposal.
Thanks for your feedback on this issue!
If you walk by the charming adobe building in northwest Madhupak, you’ll likely be drawn in by the comfortable looking seating area, the delectable edibles displayed in the bakery, or by the friendly face of MS Hawker herself, on barista duty at the espresso bar. Germelshausen Coffeehouse and Bakery is a relaxing comfortable hangout whether you’re a Chilbo local or a weary traveler from the grid. If you come by on a Tuesday or Thursday, you might be surprised to suddenly hear some great live music…but where is it coming from? Here’s a hint: JOIN US ON THE ROOF!
AMFORTE Clarity rocking the roof at The Haus
Every week, the rooftop at Germelshausen AKA “The Haus” has been drawing big crowds to see great live music in a realistic comfortable setting right here in Chilbo. Both performers and patrons enjoy the comfy cozy atmosphere, quality dances, and the friendly vibe created by your enthusiastic hostess, MS Hawker. The Haus has hosted popular acts strum Diesel, PM Bookmite, Alex Parsons, Kelvinblue Oh, Engrama and AMFORTE Clarity – all of which will definitely be back in the future.
All week long, Germeshausen is a great place to meet new friends and old, have a cuppa and a nice chat. The Haus also has a new webcafe, and is Tiny Friendly!
Artists scheduled for the first week of October include Kelvinblue Oh, and Avatar Quinzet. Get notified of upcoming events (including something very special and fun planned for the end of October!), and the release of MS’s upcoming line of delicious scripted bakery goods, join The Haus’ SL Group, or subscribe list by touching one of the boards downstairs by the bar or up on the roof.
The Chilbo Community welcomes Maggie Larimore and Rodolfo Mirabella and The Alvarado Zingrone Institute.
The AZIRE held open house on Sunday the 20th.
The AZIRE Learning Center was set up to introduce the SL Public to the psychology of experience and to the scientific study of psychic phenomena.
Spread over two store fronts in Madhupak, the Learning Center includes a slideshow on the university research and education units in the field, organizations and societies in Europe and the US and Australia, another that introduces you to the types of phenomena studied by scientists and academics in the field, as well as introduces you to our history and to the researchers who are active now. A YouTube viewer contains video of Dr. Dean Radin, the Senior Scientist of the Institute for Noetic Sciences. There are also books and articles and notecards for more information.
ISTE Newcomers Social: Party at the Educator’s Resource Room in Greater Chilbo
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Resident Census – Last Chance to Stay Active in Chilbo Group!
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Should Chilbo Participate in the Linden Lab Community Partnership Program? Your Feedback Needed!
Monday, October 19th, 2009Germelshausen Coffeehouse & Bakery bringing the best of SL music to Chilbo
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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