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!

New video about joining Chilbo posted on YouTube and playing in the Town Hall Annex! If you have friends who are curious about how to join Chilbo, point them to this resource! If they’re still interested, they can click the “Join the Community” link on our website to complete the Membership Application.

Thanks to all the residents of Chilbo who appeared in the video (in order of appearance): Rachel Corleone, Babel Ballinger, Fumon Kubo, GrandmasterFoo Woodget, Wainbrave Bernal, Scalar Tardis, Taffy Taliagferro, Ra Deemster, Tara Yeats, Zanthany Tuppakaka, Cosimo Urbanowicz, Emru Rau, Lizzette Zenovka, Telmea Story, Alleara Snoodle, Monarchy Republic, Malburns Writer, Tommy Brouwer, and Corcosman Voom!

(If I missed someone, let me know!)

In Attendance:   Fleep Tuque, Cosimo Urbanowicz, Monarchy Republic, Malburns Writer, Corcosman Voom, Tommy Brouwer, Emru Rau, Gem Blue, Tara Yeats, Gann McGann, Ra Deemster, Kim Link, Ryan Snook, Felicity Parx

-=  ACTION ITEMS  =-

1.  Send a friend request to anyone listed above who isn’t already connected to you!

2.  If your profile is not yet included on the Chilbo blog at http://www.chilbo.org/blog/residents/ – please contact Fleep asap to be included.  All active members of the community are asked to participate, as this helps new residents and visitors get to know us and find people who share common interests.

3.  If you can make it to Tampa, FL for the Second Life Community Convention, Fleep and Wainbrave will be in attandance and want to meet other Chilbo residents!   Register at:  http://slconvention.org

4.  If you have artistic items you’d like you sell, contact Emru Rau.

5.  If you have other items you’ve created that you’d be willing to sell, please set up a stall in the Chilbo Farmers Market so it gets more use/traffic!

6.  Visit the new Chilbo Planning Wiki to see how you can help contribute to the Chilbo Summer Fair, August 16 – 31st.  http://chilbo.wikispaces.com (Also linked from the main Chilbo website at http://chilbo.org)

7.  Residents with pictures and snapshots of Chilbo or activities in Chilbo, please contact Tommy Brouwer and Malburns Writer, they need images for an “Illustrated History of Chilbo” project they are working on.

8.  A new automated Bike Tour has been set up in front of the Chilbo Town Hall plaza.  Please send feedback to Fleep Tuque, she’ll be working on an improved version soon.

NEXT TOWN HALL:   SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2008  @  11:30AM  SLT

-= Town Hall Summary =-

1.  Introductions – Welcome new members!

2.  Community Reports

- ARTISTS:  Corcosman reported on the Art scene in Chilbo, suggests visiting Chilbo resident Douglas Story’s installation “EVil Nemesis” at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chi/118/36/22

- BUSINESS:  Emru Rau is interested in seeing more commercial activity from residents in the sim.  Discussed the use of the Farmers Market stalls, residents should include more things they’ve created for sale there, possibly opening another store on Chilbo Main Street for selling our things?  Emru would like to display artistic items for sale by his garden in Mujigae.

- EDUCATION:  Several classes have used the GUILD Academy in Chilbo for courses, and the Second Life Education Community Conference has used Chilbo as a temporary Headquarters leading up to the SL Community Convention in Tampa, FL this year.

- NONPROFITS:  Liz wasn’t at the meeting, not sure how the SL HIV Center is doing, hope to get an update at the next meeting.

3.  Donating Tier to Chilbo

- To donate tier to Chilbo, you must have a Premium account which you can sign up for at the main SL website http://secondlife.com.   In your account information, choose the level of “tier” you wish to have and select that option on the website.

- Then come into Second Life and go to Edit – Groups – Chilbo Community Building Project – Info button – Land tab – and type in the amount of tier you wish to donate (it will show you your maximum amount).

- IMPORTANT!!  If you ever wish to remove your tier contribution, please give us as much advance notice as possible so we can be sure to cover it if it is being used to support land we own.  Thanks!

4.  Chilbo Summer Fair

- Fleep has had some personal obligations come up preventing her from doing a good job organizing the Fair.  She asked for someone(s?) to volunteer to take over the organization.

- A wiki site has been created to allow the community to collaboratively plan for the fair.  The major building is mostly done down in Madhupak.

- The dates of the Fair were pushed back to August 16 – 31

5.  Chilbo in Other Virtual Worlds?

- A place on the Chilbo website will be created to include links or pointers to Chilbo residents/places in other virtual worlds.

6.  Communication on the Blog/Community Notices

- Chilbo residents can request an account on the blog and/or the ability to send Group Notices.  All communications through these methods should be a) spell checked  b) professional language (nothing inappropriate for work) and c) used to communicate things of interest to the community in moderation (an announcement and one reminder, for example).  We want to avoid spamming the community or sending/writing communications that don’t reflect well on the community, so professionalism is encouraged.

7.  Other/Announcements?

- Tommy Brouwer and Malburns Writer both are looking for images of Chilbo to include in some future community projects.  If you have pictures, snapshots etc. of Chilbo or activities in Chilbo, please contact them to see how you can help out.

- Monarchy Republic discovered that Chilbo means “seven treasures” in Korean, we’d like to figure out how to work that theme into the community in some way.  Any ideas?

8.  Meeting Adjourned, all took the new automated Bike Tour that is sitting in front of the Chilbo Town Hall plaza.   Send feedback about the ride to Fleep Tuque!

NEXT TOWN HALL:   SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2008  @  11:30AM  SLT

A full transcript of the meeting is available in the Town Hall.

-= Chilbo Town Hall Agenda – July 2008 =-

What:  Town Hall Meeting
When: Sunday, 7/13/08 @ 11:30AM  to 1:00PM SLT (PST)
Format: Text chat
Moderator: Fleep Tuque
Where: Chilbo Town Hall  SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chilbo/112/230/121

1.  Welcome New Residents – Friend Exchange!
2.  Community Updates:
-  Art in Chilbo (report from artists)
-  Business in Chilbo (report from business owners)
-  Education in Chilbo (report from educators)
-  Non-Profits in Chilbo (report from non-profits)
3.  Chilbo’s recent land expansions, auctions, and prim use
4.  Chilbo Community on the Web and in other virtual worlds
5.  Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, FL and in SL
6.  Announcements?  Other?

Following the regular meeting, a 30 minute planning session will be held for the Chilbo Community Fair scheduled for July 20 – 26, 2008.

In order to provide information for those who cannot attend, a transcript will be made of the Town Hall proceedings and distributed via group notice and an archive stored in the Town Hall.  If you do not wish to have your contribution included in the transcript, please IM Fleep Tuque to have your comments removed.  Openness is encouraged, however, as the Town Halls are considered public events.

Please send questions, comments, or additional agenda item suggestions to Fleep Tuque prior to the meeting.

See you there!

- Fleep

Fleep Tuque
Land Steward, Chilbo Community Building Project
Chilbo Landowners Association

http://chilbo.org

fleep.tuque@gmail.com

The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity as we clean up the sim in preparation for the Chilbo Summer Faire. The Faire will take place on July 20th through July 26th, and we hope you’ll help us get ready! But first, news from the sims…

Sidewalk Repaving Completed, New Lamps/TP posts

In order to conserve on the number of prims used for infrastructure in the community, a massive re-paving project was undertaken in the past few weeks. A pleasant brick-like path way was chosen and Scalar Tardis developed a ribbon-like lamp post with an illuminated column to replace the hodge podge of lamps around the sim. The old black and blue Teleport to Town Hall posts were also removed and incorporated into a banner that teleports the user to Town Hall upon left-clicking. Together these efforts saved over 380 prims in the combined sims!

Residents may want to check their plots to see how the sidewalk now connects. Some minor discrepancies may need to be fixed, since megaprims are much less flexible and difficult to work with. Please contact Fleep Tuque or Rachel Corleone if you need minor terraforming or adjustments at your place!

Banking & Exchange Kiosk

Situated just in front of the Town Hall, a new kiosk with terminals for Linden dollar transactions and the popular web-based Second Life shopping exchanges SLExchange and OnRez is now available for our residents’ convenience.

New Information & Events Kiosk Area

A new plaza was created south of the Shrubbery Amphitheatre & Park to display notices and information about live entertainment events in Chilbo or elsewhere. Residents, be sure to use low prim displays!

New Bridges in Madhupak

We’ve taken advantage of megaprims to attempt to connect the sidewalks on either side of the Madhupak road. If anyone can build a better bridge that’s more aesthetically pleasing, Fleep would love to know about it! Have a walk down south and check them out.

Chilbo Summer Faire – Fairgrounds going up!

Planning and development has commenced for the Chilbo Summer Faire, scheduled for July 20 – 26th. The Faire will showcase the many talents of our residents, have live events and performances, as well as games and exhibits. Come join us for a virtual summer faire celebrating community! If you would like to showcase a project or help with the planning, contact Fleep Tuque or Rachel Corleone.