The Chilbo Road Press

The Chilbo Summer Faire, a week-long celebration of communities and partnerships in Second Life, will kick off July 4 and run through July 11 — and everyone’s invited!

The Faire will feature daily events and special week-long exhibits to be held in Chilbo, a vibrant, diverse community of individuals engaged in activities and communities all over the grid.

“The notion of a fair began a couple of years ago when we were brainstorming ideas for something fun and summery to do,” says Chilbo founder Fleep Tuque. “What better way to celebrate and showcase all the great things in the community than to have a big community fair?”

All Second Life residents are invited to participate in the festivities, which will include rides and games, workshops, storytellers, live music, tours, builds and exhibits — even a parade.

Communities are encouraged to host an event during the week to showcase their Second Life sims or groups.

“Everyone enjoys some solitude to build or work on projects or be creative,” Tuque says, “but the best thing about Second Life is sharing the things you care about or the things you’ve made with others — and that’s really what the Summer Faire is all about. It’s an opportunity for us to invite our friends and neighbors to come see what we’ve made and to invite them to bring their own creations and show off their great stuff, too.”

The Faire will culminate in the first annual Main Street Parade & Best Float Contest, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. SLT on Sunday, July 11. The parade floats will be judged by the parade’s Grand Marshall and members of the Chilbo Executive Committee.

Communities are invited to participate in the Best Float Contest with a “wearable” float that best represents their community or organizational focus. Each float must contain a notecard that provides parade-goers with information about the organization and/or sim represented.

Following the parade, awards will be presented in a number of categories, including:

• Best Community Representation
• Most Creative Float
• Viewer’s Choice

Winning floats will be on display for the remainder of the day.

“Our theme for the fair this year is Community Partnerships,” Tuque notes, “because we all recognize that Chilbo wouldn’t be what it is without the networks of friends and communities we interact with and learn from every day.”

And how will this year’s fair differ from its predecessor — the first Chilbo fair held in 2008?

“We’ve had a terrific growth spurt since then,” Tuque says, “so we have much more to see and do than ever before. We’ve also improved much of the infrastructure in the community, so it should be easier to get around and find things.”

Communities interested in hosting an event during the Summer Faire should contact Calissa Leclerc.

All other questions should be directed to the Faire’s director, Chibi Lexenstar.

The website for the 6th Annual Second Life Community Convention is now live! The convention will take place at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers on August 13-15, 2010. 50 Early Bird discount tickets have been set aside for those who register early. SL residents are encouraged to submit a proposal or volunteer.

For more details, visit the Second Life Community Convention website at http://www.slconvention.org

Earlier this week, the Chilbo Community was profiled by reporter Bixyl Shuftan in the SL Newspaper, and the story is an interesting overview of our community from another perspective.  Bixyl interviewed Chilbo resident Alleara Snoodle and also joined us for a rousing blues set with Von Johin at MS Hawker’s Germelhausen Coffeehouse.

Be sure to check out the story and thanks to Alleara and others who helped show Bixyl around!

The Renaissance Gallery was recently featured in the Second Life Destination Guide as a “must-see” for art lovers. Curated by Chilbo resident, Rachel Corleone, the gallery is home to a small collection of  paintings from the late middle ages. The gallery also has coffee shop and an olive grove.

Rachel commented that the art from this period often “presented of both Christian and pagan scenes,” as well as “the enhanced perspective that started to be used during this period.” When asked about her favorite piece, she picks Sandro Botticelli’s Venus and Mars, a painting dating back to 1483 for its apparent humor and composition.

Renaissance Gallery owner and curator, Rachel Corlene, in front of her favorite painting.

The Renaissance Gallery is located East of the Chilbo Town Hall on Route 10. Stop on by for an arts fix!
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chilbo/154/211/117

Chilbo resident Tara Yeats was one of 50 machinima artists taking part in the mixed reality event MMIF 2010. Her entry Torn Fields-war poets 1914-1918  Torn Fields on You Tube documents the very moving Frideswide sim in Second Life, an immersive exhibit by the First World War Poetry Virtual Archive, University of Oxford. This sim offers an amazing virtual experience of the Western Front trenches and British encampments of the Great War, and poetry inspired by the war. The machinima and the sim incorporate materials from The First World War Poetry Virtual Archive, University of Oxford, under the JISC Model Licence for educational use.

The MMIF 2010 MaMachinima International Festival took place on Feb. 20th , 2010 at the MMIF sims in Second Life and Planetart in Amsterdam. MMIF 2010 was the second edition of an annual film festival in 3D cyberspace with a screening in physical space. MMIF is a celebration of machinima, a new cinematic art form, created with virtual worlds and video games. On 3D Internet platforms like Second Life, any kind of movie set can be build for very low cost. The MMIF aims to bring machinima to a wider audience, online – and offline. Machinima artists from all over the world were present in real time at the virtual MMIF Theatre. The audience in Amsterdam followed the MMIF event projected live on a big screen at the Planetart Medialab Artspace. MMIF is a volunteer-run non-profit collaboration of MaMachinima with Planetart, UrbanResort, Meta.Live.Nu, Pop Art Lab, VMax, Ystreams.TV, Metaworld Broadcasting, MetaMeets, Gallery Fermate, and many volunteers. MMIF 2010 is financed by donations and gifts. Virtual land sponsored by Linden Lab. The MMIF was initiated by the Dutch Film maker Chantal Harvey.

A friendly reminder that there is a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 13 at 11am slt. All Chilbo members are highly encouraged to attend as there is a lot to discuss!

SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/111/226/121

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!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Madhupak/128/112/2

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

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Madhupak/128/48/2

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

Chilbo Community Annual Resident Census 2010

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.

To take the survey on the web, see:

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.