On Tuesday, August 14th, SL will see the Grand Opening of the Nonprofit Commons, a space that features nonprofits only, on land donated by Anshe Chung. Some 32 nonprofit organizations strong, this will be a mixed-reality event, taking place simultaneously both in-world and in the RL offices of NetSquared. Speakers will include Susan Tenby of TechSoup, and Jeska Linden. Festivities begin at 7 PM, so make your reservations soon, as the space will fill!
On a note of personal interest, the referring press release has this bit in it: '"We welcome all who wish to join us as partners or supporters," said Glitteractica Cookie, avatar for Susan Tenby ... ' Note it didn't say 'Susan Tenby said', or even 'Said Susan Tenby, in her SL avatar Glitteractica Cookie'. It seems to hew closer to the pre-SL definition of 'avatar' as 'the incarnation of a deity in human or animal form', where the deity itself is not present, but a separate embodiment is. Ms. Tenby didn't say it; her avatar did. Wonderful!
(Thanks, Rik!)
