Second Pride Opening Parade Instructions

I have so missed the opening parades at Second Pride ever since 2008 when we had the last parade that worked. This is going to be so fun!

If you are able please come and join in the fun. There are lots of free floats and balloons, you might even consider riding on Bock in SecondLife's Snoopy balloon.

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Here are some instructions that were sent out in the Second Pride Festival Group yesterday.

"Greetings Float Sponsors. The opening Parade will be at 10 AM SLT Saturday.  

There is a special area near where each float rezzes reserved so that Parade sponsors may put their people on the floats for the maiden run, Please have your people  nearby and watching - attached is the list with the parade order and approximate departures of each float. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOUR FLOAT Departure, please TP to the boarding area at the landmark below

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Second%20Pride%20East/222/204/22

The parade is about 80 minutes long - these times area GUESSES - please  be at the parade site to ensure you and your people are ready to board when your float rezes.

10:00   1     OPENING FLOAT

10:01   2     DUMMY INVISIBLE SPACER

10:02   3     MOTORCYCLES

10:03   4    PARADE MASTER

10:05   5    WE ARE FAMILY

10:06   6    KERMIT

10:07   7 ***    LION KING (sponsored santum)

10:08   8    KITTy BLIMP

10:08   9    CARNIVAL

10:09   10    Pride EAGLE

10:10   11***10   IT'S RAINING MEN (sponsored manshots)

10:11   12 BANNER MINE

10:12   13  BLUE MARCHING BAND

10:13   14 CYBERS PUG

10:14   15   CABARET

10:15   16   HUMAN RIGHTS PARADE BANNER

10:15   17   **** POSIEDON sponsored by Spad development

10:16   18 ***14  CRAWFISH (sponsored by vanbeeks )

10:17   19 DrAGON SHIP

10:18   20 BANNER HAPPY PRIDE WEEK

10:19   21****MERMAID - Sponsored - GMC

10:20   22  VOODOO TOP HAT

10:21   23 ***19  CAN CAN (sponsored  by 3 bears)

10:21   24 ****20  SNOOPY (sponsored Bock in SecondLife)

10:22   25***21  FLOWER GARDEN (sponsored greek gold resort)

10:23   26 ***22  MR POTATO HEAD (sponsored by vanbeeks)

10:24   27 ARTEMIS

10:25   28 CYBERS Medieval BALLOON

10:26   29***22C STARBUCKS CUSTOM TOWER (sponsors starbucks)

10:27   30 STONEWALL BANNER

10:28   31  M&MS DISCO FLOAT (sponsored dal riala)

10:28   32  BART SIMPSON

10:29   33  BETTY BOOP

10:30   34 ***26  POPEYE (sponsored second norway)

10:31   35 ***27  IN THE NAVY (sponsored vanbeeks)

10:32   36  GOODYEAR BALLOON

10:33   37 ***YMCA (sponsored twink nation)

10:34   38  FIREMAN

10:35   39  ****MACHO MAN

10:36   40  CYBERS LEATHER BEAR

10:37   41  ****TOP MODEL

10:38   42 MONOPLY MAN

10:39   43 ***  MOULIN ROUGE (sponsored briga/lesbian orchid)

10:40   44  STONEWALL BANNER

10:41   45  FROG CARRIAGE

10:42   46 TWEETY IN DRAG

10:43   47 CYBERS WEDDING CAKE

10:44   48  LOVELY LOLLYPOPS

10:44   49  DESERT HEARTS

10:45   50 CHARLIE BROWN TRANNY

10:46   51 ***  CYBERS PRICILLA FLOAT (sponsored sickly sweet)

10:47   52   CONDOM FLOAT

10:48   53   CIRCUS FLOAT

10:49   54   MR STAY PUFT

10:50   55 ***  CHINESE LUCK DRAGON FIRE ISLAND CUSTOM FLOAT (sponsored fire island)

10:51   56  HOT AIR BALLOON

10:51   57 ****WONDER WOMAN (sponsored vengeful threads)

10:52   58 AIDS  BANNER

10:53   59  SNAKE LADY

10:54   60 BANNER CELEBRATION OF LOVE

10:55   61  XENA FLOAT

10:56   62 DONATIONS BANNER

10:57   63  APHRODITE FLOAT

10:58   64 *** PEGASUS (Sponsored ryfie)

10:59   65 ***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM FLOAT (sponsored gor hub)

11:00   66***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM BALLOON (sponsored gor hub)

11:00   67  RED MARCHING BAND

11:01   68  CYBERS CATFISH BALLOON

11:02   69  MUPPETS

11:03   70  GONZO

11:04   71  ENERGIZER BUNNY

11:05   72 CYBERS DIVERSITY BEARS BALLOON

11:06   73 CYBERS CONSTRUCTION ZONE FLOAT

11:07   74  BANNER CYBERS ALL EQUAL

11:08   75 ***FLAMING FIRE TRUCK (sponsored n4rs)

11:08   76 I LOVE NY BALLOON

11:09   77 EAST SIDE WEST SIDE

11:10   78  RAINBOW SEAHORSE

11:11   79  WHITE MARCHING BAND

11:12   80  MR PEANUT FLOAT

11:13   81  BLOCK PARTY

11:14   82 BANNER HAPPY GAY PRIDE WEEK

11:15   83 STATUE OF LIBERTY ENDING FLOAT"

SP 2014: Parade Floats Disclosed

When I woke up this morning I found this offline notice in my email.

"Group Notice From: Second Pride Festival, Karl Kalchek 

This Sunday from 12-2, the creator of this years Second Pride Parade will be available to show potential sponsors the one of a kind floats that are parts of their packages! 

Platinum and  Patron Sponsors have until May 15th to reserve their floats. All Floats are first come first served for sponsorship. 

Floats can also be seen online in the Gallery on the Second Pride website. 

http://second-pride.com/103-2/2014-festival-packages/pride-float-information/parade-floats-2014/ 

Join us Sunday!"

I of course clicked the link to take a look at was offered. (Below you see the top third, follow the link to see even more of the prefabricated floats.)

I have always held the opinion that a parade and floats are more or less mandatory at a Pride celebration and I am extremely happy that both the parade and the floats are back! And these floats are more FABULOUS than ever!

I am almost certain I must have one of the prefabricated ones, but there is also the option - which I must consider carefully - of having a custom made one.

From the Second Pride website 2014 Festival Packages Side-by-Side, footnote #16: "Subject to availability, 12 - 15 floats are available for sponsorship on a first-come first-served basis. Sponsored Parade floats will include the Sponsor's Logo or graphics. Because there are a limited number of floats, Priority will be given to Platinum and Patron Sponsors until May 15th. After May 15th, Sponsorship will be made available to Gold Level vendors and Sponsors on any remaining floats. Please sign up for your package early!!! A limited number (6) custom built floats will also be custom designed and built for a fee of 15,0000L. Custom Designed Floats are not a part of the sponsor package (Platinum and Patron sponsors may custom design a float for 7500L in lieu of sponsoring an existing float if the have purchased their packages by the June 1st deadline and subject to availability). All custom designed floats must be ordered by June 1st. Deadlines apply. Please see sponsor Cards for additional details."

An Interesting Second Pride Board Meeting

Last Sunday morning, at 8AM SLT, was the first meeting of the SP2014 board after their installation.

Damian Tar

The agenda for the meeting contained items that can be classified as "potential dynamite" for those of us who are versed in reading such dreary documents. Among other things there was a proposal for changes in the roles of the chairperson and the treasurer. 

The meeting room was packed with mostly interested members and one member who mainly focused his attention on my allegedly puny, insignificant and uninteresting derriere, the sight of which caused him to blackout with boredom according to a post on said members blog.

Although there was a risk of this meeting getting out of hand I am proud to report that it was throughout conducted in a respectful and orderly fashion, much thanks to the competent leadership of the Chair Damian Tar, who was obviously well prepared and conducted the meeting in a calm, kind and responsive manner.

The directors (from left to right) Petr Hastings-Vanbeeck, Karl Kalchek,
Paul Gracemount (Mr. G), Gaius Tripsa, Damian Tar and Hotboy Skytower.

The complete minutes from the meeting are posted on the Second Pride website, SP Board Meeting September 8, 2013. I will however give you my subjective summary here.

The meeting was shocked and astonished to be informed of certain aspects of what had been going on within the board since the election.

It became clear to the assembled members (from the proposed bylaw amendments and the additional information received during the meeting) that the Treasurer had certain trust-issues which had lead him to refuse to, in direct contravention of the bylaws, share the password to the Second Pride Avatar (the treasure chest of the organisation) with the Chair and Co-Chair and to refuse to submit monthly financial reports to the board. The Treasurer had thereby also refused access to the Second Pride Avatar by the Auditing Committee. 

It was also apparent that the Treasurer - for unclear reasons - was at odds with the practice that had been established by the previous boards and had refused to share ownership of the Second Pride Festival Group with the Chair.

After these alarming issues had been discussed extensively the board (or a majority of it) directed the Treasurer to comply with the bylaws and established practices and share passwords and ownership with other members of the board.

I was filled with a great relief and much pride when I left the meeting. Relief  for the competent way the Chair and the board as a whole had handled the situation and pride that the serious topics had been discussed in such a respectful and thoughtful way despite the potentially inflammatory issues.

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After the board meeting I have learned that the Treasurer, has complied with or made arrangements for complying with all the boards decisions.

Following the board meeting Paul Gracemount (Mr. G), the Build Director, posted the following message on Facebook.

"To: Second Pride Membership and Board

This letter is to Inform the Second Pride membership and board that effective immediately, I resign the position of Second Pride Build Chair. I wish you good luck in the coming year but I do not have the time to put my best effort into Second Pride. If the Board would inform whomever they elect / select to fill the vacant position to contact me when they assume their duties to discuss the current Second Pride headquarters build.

Thank you all for your support in the past year,Mr Paul Gracemount"

I was extremely sad to read this notice as Mr. G is a levelheaded and charming man and an extremely talented builder who did a great job on the builds for this years festival and the beautiful new headquarters for Second Pride. He and his talents will be sorely missed.