SL5B
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General Information
Welcome to the official central resource for information related to Second Life's 5th Birthday! The event is being coordinated by the SL5B Committee, which is made up of Resident Volunteers and Lindens.
This year's birthday celebration is a 2-week event. The first week, June 23 to June 29, will be kicked off by speeches from Philip Linden and M Linden. Themes for that week will feature exhibits from cultures past and present, arts, fashion, machinima, and music. For these exhibits, we’ve extended the deadline to Thursday, June 5 at 6pm PDT. Applications are now closed.
The second week, from June 30 to July 7, will feature exhibits from business, education, health care and nonprofits. We’ll close with a ceremony including a special guest speaker with a very important announcement. The deadline for the business, education, health care and nonprofit exhibits was Tuesday, June 10 at 6pm PDT. Applications are now closed.
New information will be added here as we are able to make it available, to keep our fellow residents of Second Life informed on the progress of our 5th Birthday Event. Information in English is the most updated.
Second Life's 5th Birthday Event begins June 23, 2008 9:00 am (Monday) to July 7, 2008 11:59 pm (Monday)
Useful Forms
- Live Music/DJ Availability Form
- This form will assist performers/DJ's in showing their available time slots.
- Availability Form, Click Here
- Signup Form for Linguists, Greeters, and Volunteers
- Linguists and Greeters help event attendees and exhibitors find exhibits and assist in translation.
- [Signup Form, Click Here]
Other Useful Links
SL5B Places of Interest
Click here to see some of the SL5B places of interest, that people have posted on this forum thread.
General Exhibitor Events
A calendar of general events held by exhibitors can be found here. For exhibitors to have their events listed here they must email sl5b.events@googlemail.com with full event details. It is suggested that the event details are emailed 24 hours before the event starts.
Event Recordings
Missed attending and wanna catch up?
These are also available on our Podcast. Also learn how to play media.
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Week 2 - Confirmed
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Week_2_Confirmed
Official Flickr - Image Sharing
Share your Second Life Birthday Images at http://flickr.com/groups/secondlifebirthday/
Even if you don't have images join! You can view share and discuss the event on Flickr with others! : D
If you don't have a Flickr account go to http://flickr.com/ and sign up then visit the Event link to join the Second Life Birthday Event Flickr Pool.
Event staff / Coordinators please join and contact an Admin once you have joined the group!
SL5B Stage Coordinates
Center Stage - Main Stage (at confluence of 4 sims, approach by any of the following SLURLs)
- SW side(Second Life Birthday/226/228/25)
- SE side(SL5B Physical/29/230/25)
- NE side(SL5B Phantom/33/38/25)
- NW side(SL5B Hippos/223/23/25)
Other Attractions
Bayjou Machinima Theater (SL5B, original at Bay City)
The website to get informed about the DJ's & other performers during the SL5B! http://194.105.128.108/SL5B/html
Guidelines/Policies for SL5B
Exhibit / Building Guidelines
- No Mega Prims
- No use of temp-on-rezzers to create permanent structures
- All Exhibits must be PG, if an Exhibit contains Mature Content this content may be Returned by a Coordinator
- No commercial advertising or objects for sale
- No Tip Jars
Under the definition of PG some of but not limited to the following will be prohibited: Nudity: Exhibits must not contain Mature content, if you are unsure of the rating of some of your content please contact a Coordinator. Ropes and Chains, graphic images or exhibits showing someone being bound will not be allowed, this also includes other content that may represent someone being bound in a sexual way.
Group Chat Guidelines
Follow the Second Life Community Standards when talking in Group Chat. Please Do Not spam. Please Do Not advertise in Group Chat. Don't be abusive towards other exhibitors or event staff in Group Chat. If you have a private dispute take it to Instant Message with that person, if you have a general Event Dispute please contact a Coordinator.
We all enjoy general chit chat, as it helps boost moral and awareness between exhibitors but please be respectful.
Griefing
If you come across a griefer (Anything or anyone that is in breach of the Second Life ToS and / or Community Standards) please file an Abuse Report by going to 'Help' and 'Report Abuse...' and also contact a Coordinator.
If you come across griefing objects such as particle spammers please file an Abuse Report and contact a Coordinator to return the object. Please do not aggravate the situation in any way.
If you're found to be griefing you will be Reported and banned from the Event and SL5B Sims. Anything that breaches the Second Life ToS and / or Community Standards and makes a Residents Second Life Experience less enjoyable is griefing and will not be accepted or tolerated.
Please don't be abusive towards SL5B Staff, we're here to do a job and make the event enjoyable for all so help us to help you. : D
Here's the Second Life ToS and Community Standards
Staff List / Event Contacts
- Long hours, late nights, true dedication and commitment. That sums up the monumental task our staff has in preparing and organizing this birthday. But we do it all for you -- the amazing and creative residents of Second Life. And that makes it all worth it. We hope you enjoy the event as much as we have in our path to get to the finish line.
Main Organisers:
(previously SignpostMarv Martin)
(previously Trinity Coulter)
Coordinators
Meghan Dench: General Coordinator
Sim Coordinators:
Dusty Linden: SL5B Edit, SL5B Linked, SL5B Rotate, SL5B Stretch
Evie Fairchild: SL5B Rebake, SL5B Ruthed, SL5B Hippos, SL5B Prim
Kit Maitland: SL5B Phantom, SL5B Second Life Birthday, SL5B Physical, SL5B Move, SL5B Copy
Katier Reitveld: SL5B Dwell, SL5B Avatar, SL5B Delegoose, SL5B Rezzed
Shoshana Epsilon: SL5B Flexi, SL5B Sculpty, SL5B Render (Aided by Taff Nouvelle)
Lindens | Linden Event Liason:
Dusty Linden - Main Event Liason
Music and Live Performance Team:
jewelkicker spearmann, Co-Team Lead
Roxi Bingyi, Live Music Coordinator
For Live Music Enquiries please contact Roxi Bingyi, Live Music Coordinator.
For DJ Enquiries please contact Chel Norfolk, Live Performance Coordinator.
LSL Infrastructure Team:
Building Coordinators:
Layout | Infrastructure Layout:
Evie Fairchild (previously Pyrii Akula)
Art Exhibits Team:
Exhibition Coordinators:
Atashi Yue: first contact for Exhibitors
Terraform Artists:
Architecture:
Chief Baker:
[to be updated]
Linguists:
How to get involved!
If you'd like to Volunteer to Get Involved and Translate for the SL5B Event please fill in this Form!
Note to Linguists
Please list in your In-World Second Life Profile the languages you speak and are available to translate into, as well as any other useful information about your availability.
Linguists
Sandor Balczo (Italian and Linguists Coordinator until June 22, 2008)
Marianne Levasseur (French, English)
Orlandoo Habercom (German, English)
Dhyana Writer (French, Spanish)
Poid Mahovlich (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian)
Second Life Birthday Groups
SL Birthday Exhibitors
For staff and Exhibitors and others who may wish to join. This is the main group.
Second Life Birthday Staff
For Event Staff only.
SL Birthday Performers
For exhibitors, staff and Event Performers including DJs : D
Calendar of Events
- See the General Exhibits Calendar Link at the top of this page.
- Opening Event/Keynote
- Music/Parties
- Live Performances
- Second Life Cultural Events
- Industry Roundtables, Tours, Talks
- Closing Presentations
Event News
- Notice: all times are in US Pacific time
Update: SL5B Places of Interest' (June 26th)
I've noticed on the Forums that some people are not happy with the fact that not all Plots are listed in Search and that there's no quick guide to find interesting exhibits. So we've made one which can be found here. Not all of the Exhibits will be there, but the ones posted on this forum thread which is created by SL5B Visitors, will be. If your Exhibit isn't listed there and you want it to be please post a reply on that Forum Thread, at present that is where the locations info is coming from for the wiki page mentioned in this update. I hope you're all enjoying the event! : D ~ Meghan Dench
Update on Events Listing (25th June)
If you have an event or will be holding one but can't list it for any reason please email sl5b.events@googlemail.com with the full event details, we'll try our best to have it listed Here. All listing will appear there. To see about getting your parcel listing in Place Search In World please contact a Coordinator. I can't stress to you enough how important it is for exhibitors to email there events to this address asap for it to be listed, I suggest doing it at least 24 hours before the event in order for it to be listed in time. Other questions on this? email dench.meghan@googlemail.com or see the forums and create a response on one of the STICKY SL5B Threads. We're sorry for the inconvenience, please enjoy the event! : D ~ Meghan Dench
Event has started! (24th June by Meg)
The Event has kicked off! We'll be updating Wiki shortly and posting updates here! Have a great time at the Event! : D
June 22, 2008 7:45 PM PDT - PLEASE DISSEMINATE):
Tomorrow we will be closing the entire estate in the interest of preperation for the launch. The Sims will be down from 7am until 9:45am PDT. Space to attend Philip and M Linden's opening speeches will be incredibly limited. We will be providing external links for residents to listen and/or watch the events remotely from private parcels around the grid. Thanks for understanding. ~ Phaylen Fairchild
Latest news (June 22, 2008):
Sims have returned to standard Linden time, with the sun rising and setting as expected. The sims will open to the public Monday, June 23, 2008 at 9 am PDT. Have a great time! ~ Shoshana Epsilon
Latest news (June 16, 2008):
This event has grown from one week to two, and some people are confused about how long they will be allowed to exhibit. If you are part of the arts and culture sections, you should be ready to exhibit and start doing your fine tuning on June 20, 2008. The gates open on June 23, 2008. You are welcome to exhibit for the whole two weeks of the event, and we hope you will! Beginning on week 2 (June 30), we will begin to shift focus a bit and add more events and exhibits in the Education, Business Solutions and Nonprofit categories. These folks have an extra week to prepare (until June 27, 2008), and are located on the regions called Edit, Linked, Rotate and Stretched. However, if they can complete their exhibits on time for the opening on June 23, they should! They will get far more visibility on their exhibits if they too can be open for the full two weeks. But no one will pressure them to be ready by June 23, since they are getting a late start. ~ Dusty Linden
Feedback Survey
- (To be added)