Today we had our weekly meeting with the Second Life Non Profit group.

Things are starting to come together with the group. The sim is going to be ready for non-profits to start moving in very soon. The group of non-profits is highly diverse as are the members. They range from arts non-profits, like the one I work for, to medical non-profits.

The meeting updated folks on

• The status of the NPSL Web site, which we are building in Drupal
• Solidified a few additional volunteer roles
• Updated the group on the sim.

CompuMentor is one of the primary organizers of the group and have done a pretty terrific job of herding the cats that are non-profit administrators.

I'll be doing a fair bit of volunteer work for the project, helping finish the Web site covering the project, doing some of the tenant management, perhaps answering questions that people have about the project.

So, what value does this effort have to WESTAF? We're not really sure yet. But given I've been mandated to explore Web 2.0 as deeply as I can, knowing what SL can do is helpful. The networking has been enlightening as well. I've grown my Social Network significantly since participating in this project. Those connections are within the NP sphere, but go well beyond the arts. Connections like these enrich me as an Arts administrator as they widen my view of the Non Profit sector.

If you are curious to see pictures of our rag-tag group, quite a few have been posted on Flickr.

Has it been worth it so far? Without a doubt. I am very glad my friend Beth introduced me to the group.

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