Minutes of the FUUCSL Leadership Group Meeting

April 25, 2013

Tee called the meeting to order at 5:33 SLT

Present: Sofia, Joan, Tee, Zyzzy, Darcy, Etaoin

Absent: Desire

Observing: Belovan

Old Business

Minutes – Zyzzy

Approval moved, seconded, and voted on

Treasurer’s Report – Sofia

Treasurer’s report March 31, 2013

Kiva – Joan

KIVA Report, April 2013

• # of members is 17 (no increase since last report)

• # of Loans is 211 (increase of 5)

• Loans/member 12.4 (increase of 0.3) (Average for KIVA lenders is 9)

• Total loans $ 5525 (increase of $ 125)

• No defaults since last report

UUtopia Report – Zyzzy

• 2048 and 1024 are available on Alcott, and there will be a 1024 (beachfront) available on UUtopia shortly. Bel is leaving her parcel, and Peter is taking 1/2 of it.

• We’re on a fairly even keel, but haven’t reached break-even, given the initial investment in the sims.

Outreach – Et

• 6-7 people here on Sundays. Mostly people that don’t show up on Thurs.

• Cloud Party is getting easier to use.

• Et may set up a sanctuary in Cloud Party.

• Inworldz was mentioned as a possibility. Et said he would revisit it.

• Open Sim was mentioned as a possibility. Still no one there.

Prairie Star Feedback- Darcy

• About 20 people attended in RL.

• Darcy’s DRE is interested in further involvement with their youth.

• Distance-meetings were appealing to the audience.

• A committee at Joan’s RL church is interested in meeting in SL.

• Et mentioned workshops on the GA study issues as a good topic for SL. Currently, dealing with them is a 3 year process.

LG Elections

• Joan is not going to continue on the LG.

• Everyone else is up for continuing.

• Peter and Bel were suggested as new candidates.

• Bel said she has a problem with internet access possibly not continuing.

New Business

Chapel- Desire

• Desire’s proposal (attached below) was moved, seconded and approved.

RFL Events- Tee

• Tee proposed allowing the Relay For Life, American Cancer Society to hold meetings in UUtopia. With the provision that it would have to be scheduled so that it doesn’t conflict with any other meetings (particularly Freda’s things), it was moved, seconded, and approved.

Calendar- From Freda

• In the next 7 days, there will be 17 public events in UUtopia, some The Garden, some at Baha’i Center, some in the Library, some in The Buddhist Park. I always send out a calendar each week, so I suppose you could share that with LG specifically though they should all have received it via group notices. I will be sending a new one today and will make sure you have it.

• I have posted info about SL10B to the UUtopia Friends page. Hopefully someone will discuss that. I have applied to do an individual performance there but have made no moves for FUUCSL or UUtopia. I figure that is up to LG to decide.

Library

Desire’s proposal

Moments at UUtopia: Venue for Celebration – Memorialization – Dedication

Purpose:

One of the important aspects of Second Life is capturing the moments of celebration and memorializing those connections that happen within the world. Sometimes those moments are recognizing real life, sometimes second life, sometimes a combination of both. This is a proposal to engage the UUFSL in providing a place and service for these moments. As a result, more people will become aware of our sims, our organization and the message we share about our purposes and principles and the path of Unitarian Universalism.

Plan:

This is a venue and service provided by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Second Life. It is manned by Desire Jacques and members of the congregation who choose to participate as celebrants. There will be weddings, memorial services and child dedications primarily with other customized events as come about to service the SL community. There will be suggested donations of $1000L which will be shared between the celebrant and the fellowship.

Service:

Venue: The venue is created to be non denominational or specifically religious and is not meant to yield specific religious affiliation. It is also supposed to be open to different types of celebrations. Visitors can currently notice that while the venue is set up for a typical wedding, in the corners of the venue are objects that are available for use for memorial and child dedication services.

Celebrants: Currently, Desire is available to perform as a celebrant. I have generic services available and will work with clients on customizing or personalizing t heir service if they so choose. I am inviting the congregation to join me in becoming celebrants to the venue. If you would like to use your own generic services or utilize the ones I have, I would be glad to share. Having other celebrants will make sure that the venue is always available to the community. I would give any celebrant editing permissions so that they can move objects as necessary around the parcel.

Celebrations: Currently I have found a need in the community for the following services that this type of venue would be suited to:

1. Weddings
2. Memorial Services
3. Child Dedications (which could include the dedication of a pixel baby or an adoption of a child avatar)

Protocol:

Currently there are several easels with note cards on the parcel that indicate that potential clients contact me for more information. I would like to post their event on a calendar on my Google account or on the UUFSL calendar or both. Along with the calendar listing would be the celebrant.

It will be reasonable to remind some clients of the rules of the Uutopia sim, such as the fact that this is a G rated sim therefore no nudity or adult behavior allowed.

Clients should pay for services before the service begins and the donation to the congregation made after the service is over. That will take care of any issues or problems that could possibly occur that would warrant refunding the client. Celebrants are at total discretion in the matter of refunds.

Marketing:

This service will be advertised in the SL forums, on Desire’s Facebook page, and in any free advertising offered by vendors of celebration products such as graphic equipment, furnishings, photographers, fashion designers and the like. We do not want to host advertising. I invite congregants who become celebrants to make Moments one of the Picks on their profile. Other marketing ideas are welcomed.