Press Release: Team Diabetes Of Second Life Returns For Fourth Season

Great news to share is that Team Diabetes of Second Life will be returning for a fourth season in Second Life starting from 1st November 2018 through until 31st December 2018. It’s going to be another amazing season helping to raise awareness for diabetes in Second Life.

For the full details, see the press release below.

TEAM DIABETES OF SL TO RETURN FOR A FOURTH SEASON

DATE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

WEBSITE: www.teamdiabetessl.org

SLURL:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Non%20Profit%20Commons/221/30/26

We are pleased to announce the fourth season of Team Diabetes of Second Life! Team Diabetes of Second Life is an official and authorized team of The American Diabetes Association. The mission of Team Diabetes of Second Life is to raise awareness, tolerance, and funds for diabetes in the virtual world of Second Life. According to the World Health Organization (2016): 422 million adults in the world have diabetes and 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes each year.

The official Team Diabetes of Second Life’s season will take place from October 2018 to December 2018, with the following events scheduled to take place:

Off Season Event – October 19 to October 27 – Scare Me Silly Event & Autumn Art Show
November 1, 2018- Team Diabetes of Second Life’s Season Begins
November 1 to 30 – The Red Hunt
November 1 to 30 – National Diabetes Month
November 3, 2018- The Red Ball
November 14, 2018-World Diabetes Day
November 30 to December 9 – Winter Showcase & Winter Art Show
December 31, 2018 – Team Diabetes of Second Life’s Season Ends

In addition to the events mentioned above, individuals, businesses, and organizations are encouraged to hold fundraising events in support of Team Diabetes of Second Life!  The official 2017 fundraising season toolkit will be available to the second life public on October 1, 2018, at the organization’s office in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

About The American Diabetes Association:

The American Diabetes Association’s mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. The American Diabetes Association leads the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fights for those affected by diabetes by funding research to prevent, cure, and manage diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association delivers services to hundreds of communities and provides objective and credible information and resources about diabetes.

Free resources are available in English and Spanish at http://www.diabetes.org and 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2382).

For More Information:
Team Diabetes of Second Life’s American Diabetes Association Page:
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?px=11304578&fr_id=12466&pg=personal

Team Diabetes of Second Life’s Website:
www.teamdiabetessl.org

American Diabetes Association Page:

www.diabetes.org

International Diabetes Federation Page:
http://www.idf.org/membership/meet-our-members

Linden Lab Public User Group Meetings Are Still Happening

Linden Village – Simon Linden user group location

For many years Linden Lab have run weekly public user group meetings (office hours) in Second Life with the community to chat about the latest developments, server changes, latest bugs, web updates and much more. 

The good news still is that they are still happening on a weekly basis for anyone that didn’t know they were still going on. The user group meetings are very interesting and they are worth going to if you have not been before.

About User Groups…

User groups are product or community focused and each one is led by the product manager or community manager. Our goals are to make it easier for you to find the user group, or groups, that you want to participate in and for us to listen more closely to your needs and ideas. The user group program is about opening up more lines of communication. Most user groups are public and include inworld meetings, JIRA sections, and sometimes a Twitter feed, an SL Forum, or an SL email list. It’s up to the user group lead and the core Resident team how they want to communicate with one another. The discussions will be open, direct, and focus more on your needs, new features, and be more forward-looking.

Hippotropolis – Oz Linden user group location

As of 3rd October 2018 here are the current weekly Linden Lab Public User Group meetings sorted chronologically by day of the week.

All times below are PDT/SLT.

User Group	Description	User Group Leader	Frequency	Days of Week	Time (PT)	Location (SLurl)
Server/Sim/Scripting	Simulator issues and technology.	Simon Linden	Weekly	Tuesday	12:00-13:00	SLurl
Open Development	Open discussion of SL development, including open source contributions.	Oz Linden	Weekly	Wednesday	07:00-08:00	Oz’s RaftD or IETF Island (180, 210, 22)D
Server Beta	Anything pertaining to server changes and public beta testing.	Caleb Linden	Weekly	Thursday	15:00-16:00	On Aditi: SLurl
Content Creation	Discussion of SL content creation including avatars, animations, and other meshes. (Supersedes the Bento user group.)	Vir Linden	Weekly	Thursday	13:00-14:00	Hippotropolis Campfire CircleD
Governance	Discussion & education of issues involving Governance such as in-world abuse, Abuse Reports, Forum Reports, Marketplace Reports, etc	Kristin Linden	Bi-weekly	Tuesday	13:00-14:00	HavenhurstD
Concierge & Land	Discussion & education of SL topics such as current known issues and bugs, project viewers and new features, and general Mainland issues.	Theresa Linden	Every 2nd and 4th Thursday	Thursday	12:00-13:00	Linden Estate Services4D
Web	Discussion of issues around Web properties such as Marketplace, Profiles, Place Pages, Search, etc.	Grumpity Linden & Alexa Linden	Monthly	Wednesday	14:00	DenbyD

Please spread the word about Linden Lab public user group meetings.