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.

Elvis lives!!!

the pelvis shook all over the main thouroughfare of Chilbo community last night, will the King grace our lands again ?, Yes

The week has gone by with a blink of an eye! Today, Chilbo celebrates the closing of the Summer Faire with a Main Street Parade on Route 10 and a Fund-Raising Block Party at the Community Sandbox in Madhupak immediately following. The Main Street Parade will feature distinguished members of the Chilbo community, as well as participants from the Community Showcase.

Scheduled Line Up:

Yokohama Marching Band
Fleep Tuque - Chilbo Community Building Project & Second Life Community Convention
Memorial Dae – Noru Sim, Parade Grand Marshall
Monarchy Republic & Alleara Snoodle – Homecoming Queen, Madhupak Sim
Kristine Kristan – Madhupak Sim, Mad Wax Records, K2 Gallery
Corcosman Voom – Chilbo Sim, Corcosmia Gallery
Calissa Leclerc – Kuwol Sim
Maggie Larimore - Soyeonpyeongdo Sim, Azire, Greater Chilbo Zoo
The Lyrical Poets Cafe
Leah Shim – NCI Building Blitz Winner
RacerX Gullwing & the Snail Racing Community

The parade starts around 10am slt on Route 10 and ends with a party in Madhupak. Festivities will run until 12noon.

In partnership with Operation Squeegee, Chilbo will host an Faire-Well Fund-Raising Block Party to help raise funds towards clean up efforts in the Gulf Coast. The Party starts immediately after the parade. Donation buckets have been set up at the entrance of the party tent. Please feel free to invite your friends as we celebrate the end of a wonderful week in Chilbo!

To watch the parade, viewers can head over to the Chilbo Town Hall and walk out onto Route 10. The parade route runs from Mangyeong to Mindulle.

Chilbo Town Hall: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/112/230/121

Faire-Well Block Party Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/122/239/90

All right snail racing fans! It’s time to come out of your shells! RacerX Gullwing’s famous Giant Snail Race will be happening live right here in town. From 11am-12pm, Chilbo, Madhupak and Kuwol will be transformed into an out-and-back race course full of snails, slugging it out for first place in the 3-sim road race. Winner gets bragging rights. Loser gets served with garlic and parsley. (Kidding!) Just watch out for the giant yellow mushrooms on the road!

Want to join in on the action? Head to the Giant Snail Race showcase and pick up your free gastropod gear!

Starting/Ending location:

Community Showcase Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/14/81/89

Some choice viewing areas:

Chilbo Town Hall (and along Route 10): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/115/182/118

Mad Wax: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/39/218/97

Germelhausen Coffeehouse & Bakery: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/25/221/97

Madhupak Community Sandbox: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/125/220/89

K2 Gallery: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/184/210/91

TT Sports have set up a volleyball and basketball court for the duration of the Summer Faire. There’s also a bumper car track set up nearby to get your road rage out, so grab your buddies and get physical!

General Sports Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/228/213/90

If you’d rather enjoy the calm ocean breeze, the East River Community will be hosting free sailing classes throughout the day from 9am – 8pm. Just head over to their Community Showcase to pick up your free boat and gear, and a LM to the sailing location.

Community Showcase Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/14/99/94

Tonight, there will be a live performance at the Storytellers Stage by Kikas & Marmaduke, also brought to you by the lovely folks of East River. Show starts at 7pm.

Storytellers Stage: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/82/53/103

Looking for something a little less strenuous? Then exercise your right to vote for your favorite photo taken in the Chilbo area. The Beauty in Chilbo Photography Contest brings a new opportunity to see Chilbo through residents’ unique lens. Voting ends tonight at 9pm, so on over to the Photo Contest Area and click on the most artistic photo. Top three winners receive a prize.

Photo Contest  Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/21/234/110

The scheduled line-up:

2:00pm    Opening with Kristine Kristan
2:15pm    Hazideon Zarco
3:00pm    Escape Unplugged
3:15pm    Beth Odets
4:00pm    Matthew Perreault
4:45pm    Crap Mariner
5:00pm    Starflower Orbit
5:45pm    Chibi Lexenstar
6:00pm    strum Diesel
6:45pm    Mary Wickentower
7:00pm    LANCE Rembrandt
7:45pm    Winston Dufaux

Storytellers Stage Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/78/42/103

Time flies when you’re having fun! We’ve got plenty more events and activities through Sunday, so stop on by!

Today, the awesome NCI crew will be hosting a toob race over at the Noru fairgrounds at 11:30am-12:30pm. Challenge your digital dexterity by racing through a sky course while fighting lag!

Tonight, Eternity Sims will host a 3-hour event. The joust will run from 6pm-8pm. Everyone is welcome to participate or spectate. Eternity members will roleplay the joust as they would on their home SIM of Eternity. They will be in full attire and be on hand answer any questions on jousting, combat in general and RP in a medieval Celtic community.

After the joust a beginners joust class will be hosted by Eternity. This will be open to anyone interested in learning more about jousting. This class will begin at approximately 8pm. Visit the Eternity Medieval Market to pick up your free horse and joust for the class, then head on over to the Noru Fairground to get your jousting on!

Eternity Medieval Market:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tir%20na%20Lor/191/192/25

Noru Fairground:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noru/100/18/138

For a full schedule of events at the Chilbo Summer Faire, click here.

Got some postcards to share with us? Send it over (chibilexenstar [at] gmail [dot] com) and we’ll post it here!