Today, we had a great meeting in Parkside Exhibit Workshop to discuss progress of The Tech in SL and exhibit projects people are working on.

First, we discussed new and exciting changes to The Tech in SL:

• Open teleporting.  You can now open the map and click to go anywhere on The Tech island.  This is particularly useful if you have an exhibit in Parkside, as you can now create a landmark and SLurl directly to your project, which you can place on your project webpage.
• New classes and teacher.  Sera Wrigglesworth is now teaching intro to exhibit building classes on weekday evenings and on weekends.  Plus, we have added a vehicle workshop.  Contact Nina/Avi with requests for other workshops and or times.
• Teen grid.  We will soon have space on Teen SL with the Eye4You Alliance where teens can build their own exhibit prototypes.

• Help wanted/skills brokerage for Parkside Exhibit Workshop.  I will create free help wanted signs that people can post in front of their exhibit frames to indicate help needed with scripting, building, etc.
• Terms of Service for building in Parkside Hall.  I will draft a TOS that encourages people to share their exhibits with the group, collaborate, be respectful, etc.  We can discuss it next Friday and finalize at the meeting.
• More exhibits for the museum... working on it, trying to get some neat ones from the Gallery of Reflexive Architecture very soon.

• Musical Chairs - Garvie shared her basic concept for chairs that play sounds when you sit on them, and a way for an "audience" to choose the background music and tempo.  She is looking for help with more sound files if anyone wants to share.  Coming soon to Parkside...
• The Painter - Lydia discussed her progress.  This is a wonderful project and Lydia has been using both the web and SL to create an amazing experience.  She is looking for help with scripting animations plus sound clips if anyone wants to help.
• Avatar Mirror - We discussed going back to 01's original idea of a true RL to SL portal, potentially using volunteers to "staff" the portal whenever an RL visitor "calls."