Difference between revisions of "New Citizens Incorporated"
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* {{SLWorld|group|d1bc51b5-ca67-c090-14bb-d9cf4407b0de|NCI Alumni Association}} - | * {{SLWorld|group|d1bc51b5-ca67-c090-14bb-d9cf4407b0de|NCI Alumni Association}} - 784 | ||
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NCI’s offers an extensive schedule of classes and events (over 60 a week), held at our campuses, and at venues of partner companies. NCI classes include basic and advanced building and texturing, clothing and accessory creation, scripting, and land ownership. We also hold other basic SL classes, such as Intro to SL, Using the Search Menu and Maps, Avatar Makeover, and SL Consumer Skills. NCI events include Show & Tells, Parties, Blitz Building contests, New Player Q&A, and our longest running event—our weekly Newbie Salsa. | NCI’s offers an extensive schedule of classes and events (over 60 a week), held at our campuses, and at venues of partner companies. NCI classes include basic and advanced building and texturing, clothing and accessory creation, scripting, and land ownership. We also hold other basic SL classes, such as Intro to SL, Using the Search Menu and Maps, Avatar Makeover, and SL Consumer Skills. NCI events include Show & Tells, Parties, Blitz Building contests, New Player Q&A, and our longest running event—our weekly Newbie Salsa. | ||
NCI operates four Second Life campuses: NCI Kuula (the original and largest NCI location), NCI South (at Hamnida, directly adjacent to the South Welcome Area), NCI Beach (by the sea in the Class 5 Fishermans Cove sim) and our newest location NCI Caledon at the Duchy of Nova Civis Caledon (our first entire sim). NCI also manages | NCI operates four Second Life campuses: NCI Kuula (the original and largest NCI location), NCI South (at Hamnida, directly adjacent to the South Welcome Area), NCI Beach (by the sea in the Class 5 Fishermans Cove sim) and our newest location NCI Caledon at the Duchy of Nova Civis Caledon (our first entire sim). NCI also manages thirteen NCI InfoNodes, located near or adjacent to Linden InfoHubs. InfoNodes serve as "mini-NCIs" with information, freebies, landmarks, maps, and schedules, providing information to new residents where they first rez, when they first rez. | ||
''NCI classes, events, and resources are free and open to all.'' | ''NCI classes, events, and resources are free and open to all.'' | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 6 October 2008
Group Name
NCI/New Citizens Incorporated Groups
- New Citizens Inc.
- NCI Alumni Association
- NCI Land Holdings
- NCI Board of Directors
This Document Is Current As Of
10/05/2008
Founder's Second Life Name
Brace Coral
(Brace Coral is no longer involved in management of NCI. Carl Metropolitan is Executive Director of NCI/New Citizens Incorporated, and has been since September 2005. Please contact him about any issues concerning the NCI groups.)
Total Group Members
- New Citizens Inc. - 5022
- NCI Alumni Association - 784
- NCI Land Holdings - 118
- NCI Board of Directors - 15
Group Charter
NCI /New Citizens Incorporated is a portal to the Second Life® virtual world.
Designed primarily for new residents, but open to all, NCI offers in-person advice from our team of NCI Helpers and NCI Land Officers classes, contests and social events, interactive tutorials, freebies, help notecards and landmarks, sandboxes for building, a new residents mall, Ginny Gremlin park, games, and newsstands with free in-world publications.
NCI’s offers an extensive schedule of classes and events (over 60 a week), held at our campuses, and at venues of partner companies. NCI classes include basic and advanced building and texturing, clothing and accessory creation, scripting, and land ownership. We also hold other basic SL classes, such as Intro to SL, Using the Search Menu and Maps, Avatar Makeover, and SL Consumer Skills. NCI events include Show & Tells, Parties, Blitz Building contests, New Player Q&A, and our longest running event—our weekly Newbie Salsa.
NCI operates four Second Life campuses: NCI Kuula (the original and largest NCI location), NCI South (at Hamnida, directly adjacent to the South Welcome Area), NCI Beach (by the sea in the Class 5 Fishermans Cove sim) and our newest location NCI Caledon at the Duchy of Nova Civis Caledon (our first entire sim). NCI also manages thirteen NCI InfoNodes, located near or adjacent to Linden InfoHubs. InfoNodes serve as "mini-NCIs" with information, freebies, landmarks, maps, and schedules, providing information to new residents where they first rez, when they first rez.
NCI classes, events, and resources are free and open to all.
NCI is entirely resident-run and financed and is unaffiliated with Linden Lab. Land and tier for NCI’s four campuses has been purchased by NCI or donated by NCI members and supporters. NCI continues to pay its instructors, even after Linden Lab abandoned class funding in December 2006. NCI is not-for-profit and is funded via through individual donations, sponsored advertising, and by RL and in-world businesses that we conduct NCI-branded classes and events for.
The Tao of NCI
- Help people.
- Don't be an "A"hole.
Mission Focus & Statement
- Main Focus: Help, Education, and Support for New Residents
Best Practices:
- Campus Locations
- NCI Kuula
- Kuula Sim - NCI Main Campus
- NCI South
- Hamnida Sim - Adjacent to South Welcome Area
- NCI Beach
- Fishermans Cove Sim
- NCI Caledon
- Nova Civis Caledon Sim - Full Openspace Sim
- NCI Caledon Annex
- Caledon Highlands Sim - InfoNode and Classroom
- InfoNode Locations
- Ambat, Baileya/Hyles, Braunworth, Chief/Bear, Hanson, Istar/Iris, Ominor/Helfell, Mahulu, Muse Village, Ross, and Warmouth.
- Resources
- Helpers, Classes, Events, Tutorials, InfoNodes, NCI Blog, NCI Website, SL Info Networked Help Card Vendors, FreebieNode Networked Freebie Vendors, Sandboxes (1000 prims at Kuula, Caledon, and Hamnida), "Live Help" via New Citizens Inc. Group Channel, SL Maps, Games, Newsstands, NCI Mall (free vendor space for new residents), Home Spots (places where new residents can set "Home" to at each NCI campus), Associated Special Interest Groups (such as NCI Scripters and NCI Business Forum).
- Management Team
- Executive Director - Carl Metropolitan
- Deputy Director - Tateru Nino
- Deputy Director & IT Coordinator - Garn Conover
- Education Director - Afon Shepherd
- Events Director - Gramma Fiddlesticks
- AdNode Director - Eric Boyer
- Freebies Director - Nardok Corimal
- Web Hosting Director - Yukiko Omegamu
- InfoNode Project Director - Yumi Murakami
- Director & Senior Land Officer - Linda Coffee
- Director & Senior Land Officer - Beverly Montgomery
- Director-at-Large - Shawk Pertwee
- Director-at-Large - Zi Ree
- Director Emeritus - Brace Coral
Coordinators
- Carl Metropolitan
- Tateru Nino
- Garn Conover
Group Documentarians
- Garn Conover
- Carl Metropolitan
- Blu Laszlo
Requirements to Join
- New Citizens Inc. - Open enrollment
- NCI Alumni Association - Open enrollment
- NCI Land Holdings - Officer group; by invitation only.
- NCI Board of Directors - Executive group; by invitation only.