SL Stroke

A sad day is upon us.

On May 25th 2008 a little after midnight our beloved Sojourner passed away. There are no words to describe what a terrible loss this is for her family, friends and the communities she helped to build and contributed towards. Our hearts go out to her husband Don and her son, we cannot begin to imagine the pain you are going through, but our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Soj touched the hearts of many people, she was a mentor, a friend, a role model and our protector. If we were hurt she picked us up, dusted us down and wiped away the tears. She was always ready with a shoulder to cry on, to be our rock, to hold us all together. We will miss you so much, you brightened our lives with your presence and i know you'll be watching over us all.

Their Journey's Just Begun

Don't think of them as gone away,
their journey has just begun.
Life holds so many facets,
this earth is only one.

Just think of them as resting
from the sorrows and the tears,
in a place of warmth and comfort,
where there are no days and years.

Think of how they must be wishing
that we could know, today,
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of them as living
in the hearts of those they touched
for nothing loved is ever lost
and they were loved so much.

Anonymous

Dreams 3rd Annual Community Fair Opens

The 3rd Annual Dreams Fair opened on April 11th 2008 with over 50 health & support, education and arts groups participating. This years fair has been a real team effort, and we thank each and every one of you who has helped us to put it together. This years Fair offers information booths for various groups in Second Life, rides, games, freebies and lots lots more. We currently have over 75 events scheduled for this two week period and these include discussions, classes, competitions,live music performances and dance events.

The fair opened at 3.30pm PST with speeches from The Sojourner, SamBivalent Spork and myself followed by an awesome performance by Ideamen, a group that was formed in 2006, Ideamen brings to the table the vision of Tim Swanson and the talent of Mark Vasquez, Dave Solar, Phil Goodrich and Jeff Piekarczyk. These gentlemen are all experienced musicians and entertainers. Ideamen were followed by a 2 hour Dance for Life and health Event with DJ Ricken Flow who was representing Nyumba Rafiki LGBT Community Service group and gave us 10 top tips for staying healthy.

We had over 70 Avatars present for the opening night and even though there were a few delays a good time was had by all. Yesterday saw the first of our fair events begin, the events started at 8am PST with Kip Yellowjacket's What is SL English question and answer session which was followed at 12pm PST with Vlad Bjornson's class on sculptie prims. 2.30 PM PST brought us the Ouchies support meeting with Gemini Glitter and at 4pm PST we had Vlad Bjornson back again with his Overview of free sculpties tools. 5 PM PST brought us the Survivorship Discussion with Marymac Dougall and finishing off the events for April 12th was the Fibromyalgia and Arthritis Discussion with madddyyy Schnook.

View Photos of the fair and booths here.

For more information on whats coming up in the events visit out calendar page.

Visit the fair by clicking here

minxeh :)

Dreams Sandbox will Remain Public and Open (Summary of Meeting)

On February 27, 2008, the Dream Travelers met to discuss the results of a poll taken earlier in the week on whether or not to keep the sandbox open as a public sandbox. The feedback was to keep it open and public.

We also discussed the mechanics of monitoring the sandbox including who was to provide warnings in cases of rule-infringement, how that was to be done, and suggestions regarding how the sandbox could be maintained in a more efficient, less stressful manner.

Please see the meeting summary below for more information. Also, check the FAQ section for more information on group roles and the sandbox rules.