SP Board Meeting 02/16/2019 - Minutes Posted

To assist my dear sexy friend Cay (cayson.triellis) and my adorable husband Tomais, the minutes from the board meeting they attended and found bewildering, confusing or downright objectionable are now posted at the Second Pride website (url) under "Documents". This (url) is the direct link to the aforementioned document for the lazy buggers.

The minutes contain a lot of great news, here I will only mention a few select ones.

• Second Pride is applying to become an LGBT+ Gateway to SecondLife. If approved by Linden Lab the organization would save USD249 per month in tier and can reduce its costs - thereby being able to donate more to charitable LGBT+ causes in first life.
• Changes in the mission statement of the Bylaws accepted by the board, to be voted on by the Membership.
• Members are - as has been mentioned in a previous post - invited to contribute with their ideas on an updated logo for Second Pride, a theme for the Festival in June, and additional services they would like from Second Pride.
• The 15^th annual Second Pride Festival will take place between June 14^th and 23^rd, 2019.
• New and improved donation kiosks are now available.

Read all about it and more at greater length in the minutes!

P.S. The Build Director also promised Cay to consider reintroducing floats parade in the festival.

Pride 2015 - Day 2, The Pride Parade

Franny Dean had outdone herself again. There were something like 73 floats and balloons/blimps in this years Pride Parade, some improved from last year but many new ones too.

The parade is always a highpoint for me, I simply love them! This year there were some initial problems to get the floats and blimps to rez due to lag, but nothing major or unexpected considering the amount of avatars that had assembled on the East and Main sims.

Sadly enough many of the floats went on by empty, so finally I could not control myself anymore but had to jump on. I am a hands-on guy and cannot stand and watch. Please don't bash me for only showing mostly pictures of myself in this post. 

The dykes on bikes float

"It's raining men" with Helene

The marching band, with Helene and Garrett

The CanCan float with Franny & Helene

The Disco float, with Kahvy, & Butch

The Gay Meeting Point float, with Fordis, JJ, Hottie, OhioMike and Bambi
if I remember correctly...

Pride 2015 - Day 2, The McMillan Parade Ball

Dancing with Tomais in front of the beautiful Pride Globe
that Jak Calcutt has built for Second Pride

The second day of the Pride festival opened with the McMillan Parade Ball, an event sponsored by this blog, so of course I had to be there in my family tartan with my consort Tomais at my side.

DJ Kahvy with his host and spouse Garrett gave all of us who were there a wonderful time and a great warm-up for what was to come later in the day.

The photos above are by my friend Gigi Swansen, with whom I had the pleasure of dancing a couple of dances before she had to go off to work.

After Gigi left I asked my sweet Swedish friend Helene Dragoone for a few dances. She did me the honor of leading so I could just relax and enjoy the rest of the event.

I had a fabulous time and I hope all the others had as fun a time too.

SP Festival Events - Saturday June 20th

The festival continues with a full day of fun and entertainment.

You can find the complete festival schedule of events on the Second Pride website here. (Please note that the schedule is subject to change, so check it every day to make certain there haven't been any changes affecting your plans.)

8 - 10 AM SLT "The McMillan Parade Ball" at the main stage (SLurl) with DJ Kahvy and host Garrett (Formal dress, tartans are highly encouraged but not required.)
This event is sponsored by Bock in SecondLife

Don't have a tux? No worries, there is a sale on tuxes (non-mesh) at Vanbeek's (SLurl).

10 AM - 12 PM (noon) SLT "The Second Pride Parade" at the parade route (between the SP main sim and the East sim).
If you wish you are welcome to join me on my float "Saturday Night Fever", it seats 5-6 avatars.

12 PM (noon) - 2 PM SLT join DJ Antonio TooCool" at the main stage (see SLurl above).
This party is sponsored by Brook Hill Estates.

2 - 4 PM SLT join DJ Cupidity at the East stage. This event is sponsored by Awesome Breed Creations.

4 - 6 PM SLT "Elfwish" at the main stage (see SLurl above). This event is sponsored by Galadriel's Mirror.

6 - 8 PM SLT join DJ Hotboy and/or DJ Sarco at the main stage (see SLurl above). This event is sponsored by GMP.

8 - 10 PM SLT join DJRez at the main stage. This event is sponsored by Lakeside Estates.

It's Pride Week!

The Second Pride Festival starts today!

I will be there and to flaunt my pride and my colors, to meet old friends and new ones and to enjoy as many of the events as I possibly can - given the restrictions set by timezones. However, as I have wisely planned my vacation to start at the same time as the festival I should be able to be on later than usually.

You can find the festival schedule of events on the Second Pride website here. (Please note that the schedule is subject to change, so check it every day to make certain there haven't been any changes affecting your plans.)

The events of the first day include the opening ceremonies with
4-6 PM - DJ Wes at the main stage (SLurl)
6-8 PM - DJ Shep at the main stage (SLurl)
8-10 PM - DJ Regi at the main stage (SLurl)

Besides these scheduled events there are lots of other things to do and enjoy on the three sims.

The Second Pride Parade is tomorrow Saturday 10 AM-12 PM (noon).

The parade starts after one of the most important events of the Pride Festival, which of course is The McMillan Parade Ball, 8-10 AM at the main stage (SLurl) with The Smith Boys (DJ Kahvy and host Garrett).

This is a formal event so dress to your teeth! Tartans are highly encouraged, but not required. This event is sponsored by Bock in SecondLife.

My Parade Blunder

Remember how I have been going on about how much I have missed the opening parades at Second Pride? And how happy I was when I learned that we would have one at this years Second Pride?

Well, I managed to botch up my participation by going for a short nap four hours before the parade was going to start and then sleeping for five hours. This despite having set several wake-up calls both on my landline telephone and my cellphone, all for safety's sake as I could not imagine I would sleep that long.

Luckily my family members (hubby Tomais, son Guyke and son-in-law Garrett) were at the right place in the right time and could represent the McMillan colors.

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

According to the reports I have received from the Opening Parade it was a tremendous success, with more than 180 avatars taking part or watching from the adjacent sim. There were only a few problems, which were to be expected considering the amount of avatars there. I am so upset with myself for missing it.

Well, when I finally did wake up I logged in as fast as I could to calm my worried family and could get a feel of the parade anyhow as it runs 24/7 (except the short while the sim is restarted everyday). I went a little crazy and tried out many of the floats, as documented below by blogging buddies Jeff Ellsworth and Carl Paneer and my Tomais.

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Garrett & Guyke watching the Bock-parade
Photo by Carl Paneer

For more great pictures from Second Pride Festival, please visit my blog buddies Jeff Ellsworth; Jeff Ellsworth Witnessing A Second Life: Second Pride 2014 Live and Lively (live blogging) and Carl Paneer: NakedCarl Second Life.

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"

Second Pride: Float Sponsor Deadline June 1

If you are considering a Gold or Platinum Sponsorship in this years Second Pride Festival, these are the last few days to select your float and send your logos to the organizers. (So as not to overburden The Great Builder Jak Calcutt with trivial matters, I usually handle such things trough his sexy and really quite clever handyman and little helper Karl Kalchek.)

So, its high time to pull all your thumbs out and take the plunge, get your floats or balloons here: Second Pride: Parade Floats 2014.

I'm A SP2014 Sponsor, Why Aren't You?

During the weekend Bock in SecondLife became a Platinum Sponsor of Second Pride 2014.

It only costs L$20,000, which roughly converts to US$80. I did it mostly to show my support for Second Pride but also to be able to get the opportunity to choose a float for the parade. I chose the Rainbow Snoopy blimp.

The balloon I chose

I love and adore Pride-parades and have missed them dearly since "the debacle of the barges" at the opening of Second Pride 2010 or 2011. That was when Second Pride was held at a Venetian styled sim and the parade was to consist of barges on the canals between the sims. Unfortunately the brilliant and beautiful idea got drowned in lag and the barges started crashing and sinking after barely making it out on the first part of the canals.

This year there are several different sponsor packages ranging between L$2,500 to L$100,000 (or more), it would be quite easy for you - alone or together with some friends - to buy a sponsorship and get one of the awesome floats or balloons for the opening parade. 

After having seen them in action yesterday, I can honestly say they are even better than they look in the Parade Float Gallery. 

Some of the floats and ballons

If you should have a business there are also vendor packages. Both the vendor and sponsor packages come with a wide variety of promotions and ads, see the full options at the festival packages comparison chart.

As Bock in SecondLife is a non-commercial enterprise depending entirely and solely on the good will of the independently wealthy Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm etc., etc., I chose to donate all promotional and advertising to the Human Rights Campaign.

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."

Second Pride 2011 - Satisfaction Survey

The organizers are asking us to do a satisfaction survey on Second Pride 2011. Please click on the picture above to get to the survey!

I have a few views which I have already shared in doing the survey.

It was a great party and the DJ´s were awesome. I had a lot of fun and met old and new friends but

• I would have preferred if everything had taken place in the same area
• I missed the opening and closing ceremonies
• I missed the opening and closing parades
• I missed the live acts (below I mention a few that I am sure would have loved to be there)
• Bara Jonson
• Strum Diesel
• Jaynine Scarborough
• SOAR
• Junivers Stockholm and the Cardinals and
• DJ Elfay Pinkdot with her Coffee and Pajamas Jazz show