Tody’s Event! Building Bridges Between Cultures
Today, starting at 8Am SLT, Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, and Jonathan Franton, President of the MacArthur Foundation will meet to discuss how technology can help make the world a smaller place. Basically allowing better understanding between cultures. (philanthropy) Official Press Release Here
This event will be held on Annenberg Island (SLURL)
What’s key about this conversation is that it will be two-way — not a monologue, but a dialogue,” Fouts adds. “It won’t be a conversation to sell people on a brand, market a new product, or to make money on ideas, but a conversation to ask the residents of virtual worlds a fundamental question: What matters here?”
Audience members are expected to include residents who, in the real world, work in fields such as higher and secondary education, non-profit, philanthropy, journalism, gaming, diplomacy, and public broadcasting, states the press release.
Here is the schedule for the the event.
Pre-Event Mixer 8:00 AM SLT - 9:00 AM SLT
Live DJ Cher Harrington spins original SL music
* with Etherian Kamaboko, Hep Shepherd, Komuso Tokugawa, Rich Desoto, Ronnie Carr, Sarah Mac Band, Smily Raymaker, Virtual Live Band
* Free t-shirts and badges
* Information on MacArthur Foundation program areas and grantmaking
* Original SL music information displays
Event 9:00 AM SLT - 9:45 AM SLT
* Join Philip Rosedale and Jonathan Fanton for a conversation about philanthropy in virtual worlds
* Short recorded video presentation
* Welcome and introductions
* Live voice stream
* Questions from the SL audience
Post-Event Reception 9:45 AM SLT - 10:30 AM SLT
* Live musician Hep Shepherd
* Free t-shirts and badges
* Information on MacArthur Foundation program areas and grantmaking
* Original SL music information displays
June 22nd, 2007 • 
Weirdharold • 
comment | June 22, 2007 at 05:49 | individual comment-link
I wonder if this has to do with the money that gets “lost” during reboots and crashes. Seeing how they propose a economic base that is unstable. Philanthropy? What if you lose the huge donation? In the real world, the banks protect the money via FDIC. In SL, what guarantee is there that you can give anything away and it actually making it there? There isn’t.
Sounds to me like a huge PR spin. In my opinion, Linden needs to quit these things and get back to the basics. Fix the damn problems that keep people from making legitimate transactions. Sound annoying? Sure am. A reboot of the region last night that I was in made me lose L$659. Just suddenly goes into a limbo area. Lovely.