TRACK+COLLAB*MASHUP+EVENTS

Brainstorm #1: **Community Building Pane l **

I think it would be a value event to attendees, yes?? Presenters on panel = successful community builders and a specific series of topics to discuss. . so attendees know what will be covered. Organize topics to build on each preceding topic, so attendees hear a "from inception to success" set of concepts/guidelines that apply to any type of sl community

I (Pebbles / Mary Ellen) think this is a great idea. There has been some discussion in the SLED list and elsewhere about the extent to which SLCC allows in world participation, and I wonder if this isn't an opportunity to do that. Maybe there could be in world tours of the comunities being discussed in the panel before or after the panel and they could be scheduled at times when even those in Boston could go (i.e., during breaks between sesions, in the evening, on the Friday, etc.). It sems like tours could enhance the description of how community was built in each situation, but also encourage interaction among people in different communities within SL.

Liking this. . .anyone else?? We DO have time constraints and in-world mixed reality is tech/resource challenge. . thoughts??

Maybe schedule the tours for Friday afternoon (but the panel during the regular times on Saturday or Sunday)? That would get around the scheduling issues and give people who arrive early something to do and people who are not coming to Boston a sense of involvement? Also people who go on the tours would probably get more out of the actual panel discussion over the weekend.

Brainstorm #2: ** Session on Connections Between RL and SL ** One possible area for collaboration between business and other tracks would be looking at connections between RL and SL. For example, between now and SLCC my company (Market Truths) will be releasing new reports on the SL entertainment and wearables markets which look at -- among other things -- how people's RL and SL preferences and behaviors regarding clothes and entertainment relate to one another (or not). I'm wondering if that sort of thing is of interest to the people in the entertainment and fashion tracks and also if there is interest in general discussion about connections between RL and SL. This is obviously sort of a version of the immersion versus augmentation debate, but I guess what I have in mind is something more practical and less philosophical. For example, last year in the business track, there was a show of hands vote and nearly everyone there wanted a (voluntary) way to tie their RL and SL identities together to make it easier to find colleagues, keep existing connections straight, etc. I suspect different communities within SL might feel very differently about that, but I think it would be interesting to talk about where connections between RL and SL already exist (and the implications of that), where they would be beneficial, and where people really would not want them.

Excellent idea re: Friday tours and rlsl connections. . . more tomorrow traveling and battery low:) (from Joyce - I might say these tours could even be used as networking prior to SLCC events in advance of the conference week itself even. Meaning in the weeks leading up to SL, we hold a community tour, get to know various SL communities & info on SLCC, etc. - from Joyce/Rhiannon)

OK can we generate a list of communities - we can solicit from other track leaders. . . I was thinking a slide show for each that runs continuously in a general lounge room (as per Ham -providing a place to hang is sessions do not interest you or on Fridays good place for rl folks to see communities that are being tiured.) The slide show could be available on website also.

Related websites http://www.sltriptips.com/communities

**Community Suggestions (need help with this folks:)**
Four Bridges Avilion Cookie Island (see Jilly & Thinkerer)


 * Role Play & Themed sims:**
 * StarFleet
 * Elf Circle (there is an entire fantasy continent, also includes Dragon sims and other like minded estates). This includes many roleplay and fantasy themed. Forcythia Wishbringer is head of the Elf Circle community.
 * Caledon and Babbage (key steampunk sims and both have long term, established communities), Caledon is run by Desmond Shang & one of their viceroy's are attending SLCC (Kamileigh Hauptmann)
 * Luskwood & Darkwood - the very first LL experiments in community in SL based around a theme. Both are older mainland communities started as winning entries of a 2003 SL resident contest on what would be good theme communities. Luskwood when launched becomes the first Furry themed sim and Darkwood a medieval/roleplay/fantasy themed sim. (I own and caretake a lot of Darkwood as a btw - Joyce/Rhiannon)
 * ?Western Role Play
 * ?Medieval role play (16 sims?)


 * SL Citizen and SL Government focused communities:**
 * Chilbo (a long term mainland residents community - see Fleep Tuque on this since she is a org of that)
 * Confederation of Democratic Simulators


 * Non-Profit/Gov/Philanthropic/Cause-based focused Communities:**
 * Non Profit Commons sims - run by the online community TechSoup - most cohesive community group focused around nonprofits in SL
 * Ecotopia


 * Art Focused Communities:**
 * Caelorn - one of many artist focuseed communities - run by local Boston area artists and professors as an FYI
 * Woodstock
 * Artropolis


 * Music Focused communities:**
 * Broadway Live Islands
 * Dublin
 * Molasky's Pub
 * Gwampa's (with permission only)


 * Education & Research focused communities**
 * ISTE
 * Rockliffe
 * NMC (New Media Consortium)
 * Alliance Library
 * Montclair edu lands

Question do we include communities that allow murder/rape play and slavery or?? (I would say no on this, partly because of time and partly because of questionable content and even if we present provocative points/info, we should steer away from being graphic per se and am not sure that is possible in an actual community tour of some things...certainly not when we get to ones based on simulated violence (rape, etc.. Although, there may be some Gorean communities that could be tourable that aren't as extreme, as an example of such.) I (Pebbles / Mary Ellen) also think this should be avoided. This is the sort of thing that is bound to catch the attention of the media leading to yet another story suggesting that this sort of thing is the only thing or the main thing that goes on in SL. The last thing SL needs at this point is bad publicity, and drawing attention to this type of thing is particularly problematic for people in the business and education communities who are trying to convince bosses, deans, etc. of the value of SL.