Concept Behind the Mental Mentors Group Page

It is hoped that this will be the place where the Mental Members and other Second Life Mentors 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.

So, it is hoped there will be a variety of information gathered here that ALL Mentors can use.

There will also be links to other MM related groups, such as the Mental Mentors Charities Foundation.

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, we decided we needed a channel of our own where we 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 we 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

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 Group Periodic Surveys drop box.
MM Periodic Position Application Drop Box.

Mental Mentors Common Room

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

Useful Information for All Mentors

Free Mystitool

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avendale/211/248/22
A useful HUD, full of useful tools that will asist you when mentoring. Remember, Movelock is your friend.

The Mentors TAO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ggsWBG5YA

Need Freebies to Hand Out

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL%20Volunteer%20Island/240/156/22

Orientation Islands Work Around

You may have noticed that you cannot build or unpack anything on Orientation Islands.
(there is one spot on each OI where u can unpack items, ask a senior mentor to show you where it is)
So, How do you give new residents clothes?
The soution or workaround is simple.
Create two folders in your inventory. One called Male Newb, the other Female Newb.
Drag male clothes, skin, shape, eyes etc into the male folder.
Repeat the process, using female items, for the female folder.
If new residents require clothes, or you wish to give them clothes at Orientation Islands, drag the appropriate folder from your inventory and drop the whole folder on the target.