Mental Mentors

Concept Behind the Mental Mentors Group Page

It is hoped that this will be the place where the Mental Members visit to find SL related information that they can use in their individual Mentoring capacities.

Wiki is a great research and information resource if you have the time to use it. I have found that time is not always on your side when Mentoring.

Additional resources have been created to facilitate the answering of mentoring related by the VTeam, and I encourage all mentors to join up for the new mentors Q & A Test Group

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mentor_Q%26A_Test_Group

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Mental Mentors History

Mental Mentors is a group created by Mentors for Mentors.

Mentals is the brain child of JayJay Talamasca, Kai Sachertorte and a group of Mentors who worked together on what was then one of only two Help Islands.

In truth the group came about largely due to our frustration at the limitations placed on the main mentor IM channel due to its size and the necessity of its strict guidelines.

So Mentals was born, They decided they needed a channel of their own where they could ask questions offer help and generally talk about whatever.. and spam, to vent, joke and share ideas and problems above and beyond mentor issues.

Within months they had grown to have over 200 members, now it is closer to 700 and still growing with the influx of newly trained volunteers.

New Co-owner added to MM

On Friday 4th Janaury 2008, Rails Bailey was made a co-owner of the Mental Mentors Group, reason being, Jayjay could no longer give the group his total commitment due to Real Life commitments.

A formal charter for Mental Mentors was introduced and the number of the officer stream was reduced from 71 to approximately 25.

Some tweaking took place during the course of the reorganisation of the group.

Noticeable changes were made to the group, such as : Retired Mentors will be allowed to stay in Mental Mentors, as a form of recognition for their invaluable help to the SL community at large, and as a extensive knowledge base for the mentals group.

Additional Co-owner added to MM

On the 10th January 2008, an additional co-owner was added to the Management Team.

Doctor Gascoigne became the third co-owner. This was deemed necessary for many reasons, such as:

• Coverage of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
• Unavoidable SL abscence through RL issues.
• System glitches that may prevent an owner from logging in to SL

History Created MM Has Its Own Bear

A competition was held to design a Mental Mentors bear to be sold as part of the MMCF (Mental Mentors Charities Foundation) charity drives.

Several entries were recieved and voting took place via a web based voting system. Ten percent of MM voted.

The winning bear was designed by Celadori Sakai

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Mental Mentors Information Kiosk

A MM Information Kiosk has been established opposite the SLVHI tp in point.

The following information is available:

• MM Group Charter.
• MM Staff Officer List.
• MM Group History.
• MM Suggestion Box.
• MM Useful Notecards for Mentors.
• A New Mentors Starter Kit

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SL Language

You are in second life, we have a language of our own. Below is a list of abbreviations and what they mean

• OI - Orientation Island (P) - Public
• HI - Help Island (P) - Public
• Prim - Primitive - usually associated with building
• Sim - Simulator - you are in one now.
• Newb - New Resident
• Noob - New Resident
• Newfie - New Resident
• AO - Animation Over-rider
• Rez - To make appear
• TP - Teleport
• Ruthed - System turns you into a female
• Borked - Broken
• HUD - Head Up Display
• AR - Abuse Report
• AV - Age Verification (done by Linden Labs)
• LM - Landmark

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SL URL's

Mental Mentors Common Room

Located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL%20Volunteer%20Island/219/123/23Large dance floor, chill out area, three levels of de-stressing shooting ranges.

Pooley Stage

Pooley Stage

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Humour

We all need a laugh now and again.

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Linden's Office Hours

Amber Linden

Current Events & Communication

• See Featured Events

Communication channels:

• Community Resources Portal

About Second Life User Groups

User groups are product or community focused and each one is led by the product manager or community manager. Our goals are to make it easier for you to find the user group, or groups, that you want to participate in and for us to listen more closely to your needs and ideas. The user group program is about opening up more lines of communication. Most user groups are public and include inworld meetings, JIRA sections, and sometimes a Twitter feed, an SL Forum, or an SL email list. It's up to the user group lead and the core Resident team how they want to communicate with one another. The discussions will be open, direct, and focus more on your needs, new features, and be more forward-looking.

All Residents who join user groups must comply with the new Community Participation Guidelines, in addition to our Terms of Service. These guidelines ensure that all conversations are constructive, courteous, respectful, and in the spirit of collaboration.

Note: User groups aren't for support help. Instead, use the Support Portal.

Public User Group Meetings

For information on dates and times of user group meetings, see the user groups meeting schedule. And, each User Group has an individual page where agendas and archives reside. The program is still getting up to speed, so give each User Group leader time to fill in their content. Check back often!

All times listed are Pacific Time.

NOTE: By default, the table below is sorted chronologically by day of the week. To sort alphabetically on any other column, click the icon in the column heading.

User Group	Description	User Group Leader	Frequency	Days of Week	Time (PT)	Location (SLurl)
Server/Sim/Scripting	Simulator issues and technology.	Simon Linden	Weekly	Tuesday	12:00-13:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/217/45/32
Open Development	Open discussion of SL development, including open source contributions.	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly	Wednesday	07:00-08:00	Oz's Raft🖈 or Hippo Hollow (182, 49, 44)🖈
Content Creation	Discussion of SL content creation including avatars, animations, and other meshes. (Supersedes the Bento user group.)	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays	Thursday	13:00-14:00	Hippotropolis Campfire Circle🖈
Concierge & Land	Discussion & education of SL topics such as current known issues and bugs, project viewers and new features, and general Mainland issues.	Wendi Linden & Vix Linden	Every 4th Wednesday	Wednesday	12:00-13:00	Linden Estate Services4 228,16,28
Web	Discussion of issues around Web properties such as Marketplace, Profiles, Place Pages, Search, etc.	Sntax Linden	Monthly	Wednesday	14:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/73/78/25
Skill Gaming	Discussion of anything pertaining to the Skill Gaming Program. How to be part of the SLSG Program, questions about processes, and any known issues or concerns.	Corky Linden	Every 2nd Tuesday.	Tuesday	11:00 - 12:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Havenhurst/92/159/21
Governance	Discussion of topics relating to safety and security in Second Life. Please note this does not include the discussion of Reports anyone has filed, the outcome of investigations, or potential actions taken on abuse, DMCA or copyright issues.

George Linden

Current Events & Communication

• See Featured Events

Communication channels:

• Community Resources Portal

About Second Life User Groups

User groups are product or community focused and each one is led by the product manager or community manager. Our goals are to make it easier for you to find the user group, or groups, that you want to participate in and for us to listen more closely to your needs and ideas. The user group program is about opening up more lines of communication. Most user groups are public and include inworld meetings, JIRA sections, and sometimes a Twitter feed, an SL Forum, or an SL email list. It's up to the user group lead and the core Resident team how they want to communicate with one another. The discussions will be open, direct, and focus more on your needs, new features, and be more forward-looking.

All Residents who join user groups must comply with the new Community Participation Guidelines, in addition to our Terms of Service. These guidelines ensure that all conversations are constructive, courteous, respectful, and in the spirit of collaboration.

Note: User groups aren't for support help. Instead, use the Support Portal.

Public User Group Meetings

For information on dates and times of user group meetings, see the user groups meeting schedule. And, each User Group has an individual page where agendas and archives reside. The program is still getting up to speed, so give each User Group leader time to fill in their content. Check back often!

All times listed are Pacific Time.

NOTE: By default, the table below is sorted chronologically by day of the week. To sort alphabetically on any other column, click the icon in the column heading.

User Group	Description	User Group Leader	Frequency	Days of Week	Time (PT)	Location (SLurl)
Server/Sim/Scripting	Simulator issues and technology.	Simon Linden	Weekly	Tuesday	12:00-13:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/217/45/32
Open Development	Open discussion of SL development, including open source contributions.	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly	Wednesday	07:00-08:00	Oz's Raft🖈 or Hippo Hollow (182, 49, 44)🖈
Content Creation	Discussion of SL content creation including avatars, animations, and other meshes. (Supersedes the Bento user group.)	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays	Thursday	13:00-14:00	Hippotropolis Campfire Circle🖈
Concierge & Land	Discussion & education of SL topics such as current known issues and bugs, project viewers and new features, and general Mainland issues.	Wendi Linden & Vix Linden	Every 4th Wednesday	Wednesday	12:00-13:00	Linden Estate Services4 228,16,28
Web	Discussion of issues around Web properties such as Marketplace, Profiles, Place Pages, Search, etc.	Sntax Linden	Monthly	Wednesday	14:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/73/78/25
Skill Gaming	Discussion of anything pertaining to the Skill Gaming Program. How to be part of the SLSG Program, questions about processes, and any known issues or concerns.	Corky Linden	Every 2nd Tuesday.	Tuesday	11:00 - 12:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Havenhurst/92/159/21
Governance	Discussion of topics relating to safety and security in Second Life. Please note this does not include the discussion of Reports anyone has filed, the outcome of investigations, or potential actions taken on abuse, DMCA or copyright issues.

Lexie Linden

Current Events & Communication

• See Featured Events

Communication channels:

• Community Resources Portal

About Second Life User Groups

User groups are product or community focused and each one is led by the product manager or community manager. Our goals are to make it easier for you to find the user group, or groups, that you want to participate in and for us to listen more closely to your needs and ideas. The user group program is about opening up more lines of communication. Most user groups are public and include inworld meetings, JIRA sections, and sometimes a Twitter feed, an SL Forum, or an SL email list. It's up to the user group lead and the core Resident team how they want to communicate with one another. The discussions will be open, direct, and focus more on your needs, new features, and be more forward-looking.

All Residents who join user groups must comply with the new Community Participation Guidelines, in addition to our Terms of Service. These guidelines ensure that all conversations are constructive, courteous, respectful, and in the spirit of collaboration.

Note: User groups aren't for support help. Instead, use the Support Portal.

Public User Group Meetings

For information on dates and times of user group meetings, see the user groups meeting schedule. And, each User Group has an individual page where agendas and archives reside. The program is still getting up to speed, so give each User Group leader time to fill in their content. Check back often!

All times listed are Pacific Time.

NOTE: By default, the table below is sorted chronologically by day of the week. To sort alphabetically on any other column, click the icon in the column heading.

User Group	Description	User Group Leader	Frequency	Days of Week	Time (PT)	Location (SLurl)
Server/Sim/Scripting	Simulator issues and technology.	Simon Linden	Weekly	Tuesday	12:00-13:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/217/45/32
Open Development	Open discussion of SL development, including open source contributions.	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly	Wednesday	07:00-08:00	Oz's Raft🖈 or Hippo Hollow (182, 49, 44)🖈
Content Creation	Discussion of SL content creation including avatars, animations, and other meshes. (Supersedes the Bento user group.)	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays	Thursday	13:00-14:00	Hippotropolis Campfire Circle🖈
Concierge & Land	Discussion & education of SL topics such as current known issues and bugs, project viewers and new features, and general Mainland issues.	Wendi Linden & Vix Linden	Every 4th Wednesday	Wednesday	12:00-13:00	Linden Estate Services4 228,16,28
Web	Discussion of issues around Web properties such as Marketplace, Profiles, Place Pages, Search, etc.	Sntax Linden	Monthly	Wednesday	14:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/73/78/25
Skill Gaming	Discussion of anything pertaining to the Skill Gaming Program. How to be part of the SLSG Program, questions about processes, and any known issues or concerns.	Corky Linden	Every 2nd Tuesday.	Tuesday	11:00 - 12:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Havenhurst/92/159/21
Governance	Discussion of topics relating to safety and security in Second Life. Please note this does not include the discussion of Reports anyone has filed, the outcome of investigations, or potential actions taken on abuse, DMCA or copyright issues.

Pathfinder Linden

Current Events & Communication

• See Featured Events

Communication channels:

• Community Resources Portal

About Second Life User Groups

User groups are product or community focused and each one is led by the product manager or community manager. Our goals are to make it easier for you to find the user group, or groups, that you want to participate in and for us to listen more closely to your needs and ideas. The user group program is about opening up more lines of communication. Most user groups are public and include inworld meetings, JIRA sections, and sometimes a Twitter feed, an SL Forum, or an SL email list. It's up to the user group lead and the core Resident team how they want to communicate with one another. The discussions will be open, direct, and focus more on your needs, new features, and be more forward-looking.

All Residents who join user groups must comply with the new Community Participation Guidelines, in addition to our Terms of Service. These guidelines ensure that all conversations are constructive, courteous, respectful, and in the spirit of collaboration.

Note: User groups aren't for support help. Instead, use the Support Portal.

Public User Group Meetings

For information on dates and times of user group meetings, see the user groups meeting schedule. And, each User Group has an individual page where agendas and archives reside. The program is still getting up to speed, so give each User Group leader time to fill in their content. Check back often!

All times listed are Pacific Time.

NOTE: By default, the table below is sorted chronologically by day of the week. To sort alphabetically on any other column, click the icon in the column heading.

User Group	Description	User Group Leader	Frequency	Days of Week	Time (PT)	Location (SLurl)
Server/Sim/Scripting	Simulator issues and technology.	Simon Linden	Weekly	Tuesday	12:00-13:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/217/45/32
Open Development	Open discussion of SL development, including open source contributions.	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly	Wednesday	07:00-08:00	Oz's Raft🖈 or Hippo Hollow (182, 49, 44)🖈
Content Creation	Discussion of SL content creation including avatars, animations, and other meshes. (Supersedes the Bento user group.)	Vir Linden	Bi-Weekly 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays	Thursday	13:00-14:00	Hippotropolis Campfire Circle🖈
Concierge & Land	Discussion & education of SL topics such as current known issues and bugs, project viewers and new features, and general Mainland issues.	Wendi Linden & Vix Linden	Every 4th Wednesday	Wednesday	12:00-13:00	Linden Estate Services4 228,16,28
Web	Discussion of issues around Web properties such as Marketplace, Profiles, Place Pages, Search, etc.	Sntax Linden	Monthly	Wednesday	14:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Denby/73/78/25
Skill Gaming	Discussion of anything pertaining to the Skill Gaming Program. How to be part of the SLSG Program, questions about processes, and any known issues or concerns.	Corky Linden	Every 2nd Tuesday.	Tuesday	11:00 - 12:00	http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Havenhurst/92/159/21
Governance	Discussion of topics relating to safety and security in Second Life. Please note this does not include the discussion of Reports anyone has filed, the outcome of investigations, or potential actions taken on abuse, DMCA or copyright issues.

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Other Mental Mentor Pages

MM Group Charter

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Charter

Useful Information for Mental Mentors

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_2
2. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_2A

SL Land Guide

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_3

Useful Wiki Links

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_4

Useful Linden Lab Information

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_5

Useful Websites

1. redirect Mental_Mentors_Page_6