There are a number of communal items, purchased for the use of tenants of Linji and Peronaut, mainland rental sim communities.
A new item is available: Paradise Blanket, with all modules installed. It's basically a rezzer, that will rez (at high altitudes), themed settings, complete with furnishings and poses. If you would like to try them out, I've set up a pair of Paradise Blankets, one each in the major public parks of Peronaut sim.
Be aware that some of the theme settings require several hundred prims, so if you would like one installed on your parcel, you'll need to keep a couple hundred prims free or else you'll go over your prim allotment. Also, there's no way to restrict usage to group members, so be aware that they will be usable by all visitors.
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Friday, October 5, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Linji Haven Public Commons
There's been some more progress with the public spaces of Linji Haven. In addition to some better paths connecting all the stores, Linji now has a Public Commons, Linji (103, 99, 43), complete with a nice koi pond, courtesy of Sierra Mills (which, incidentally, she sells in her store, Simply Sierra's, in Linji).
Linji Haven has become quite the little commercial center, with a good number of really creative people. Here's a picture of the Linji Haven directory in the Commons.
Some residents haven't given me store logos yet, and some stores are still in progress, so not pictured are:
Since getting LinkRez out, I've had time to catch up on some small projects and other things that have been languishing on my To Do list. One was to take the public signboard that estate manager Sierra Mills created, and script the directory to be more useful. I wrote an "object giver" script and combined it with the public WarpPos() teleportation hack, and loaded up each of the shop logos in the directory.
If you click on a logo, you can:
Linji Haven has become quite the little commercial center, with a good number of really creative people. Here's a picture of the Linji Haven directory in the Commons.
Some residents haven't given me store logos yet, and some stores are still in progress, so not pictured are:
- Muse jewelry (Caliah Lyon)
- Image Health & Wellness (ImagineIt Lane)
- Taffy Apples (Taffy Allandale)
- D-Skin (DynamiteTanaka Payne)
- LUSH studio (Scarlet Singer)
Since getting LinkRez out, I've had time to catch up on some small projects and other things that have been languishing on my To Do list. One was to take the public signboard that estate manager Sierra Mills created, and script the directory to be more useful. I wrote an "object giver" script and combined it with the public WarpPos() teleportation hack, and loaded up each of the shop logos in the directory.
If you click on a logo, you can:
- "Get LM" (replaces "Touch") to have it give you a landmark to the store
- actually, it'll give you ALL notes, objects, and landmarks that are loaded in the prim
- "Teleport" (replaces "Sit") to have you instantaneously teleport to the landmark
- I plan to update the script, so that if there are multiple LM's in the logo prim, it'll pop up a Dialog window and let you choose which location you'd like to teleport to
Friday, June 1, 2007
Mainland Sim Rental Charters
Peronaut and Linji Sim Parcel Availability
--== Mainland Rental Sims ==--- parcel availability information, including pictures and landmarks, can be viewed at the Script Thingies store in Linji
- if you would like to rent a parcel
- pay the rent box on the parcel
- we will invite you to join the appropriate group, giving you the group abilities listed below
- if there's a delay adding you to the group, we'll increase the rental period paid for
- if no parcels are available, post a request to be added to a waiting list here, and you'll be notified in advance
Linji and Peronaut
Owner: Ged Larsen (ged(dot)larsen(a)gmail(dot)com)
Estate Manager: Sierra Mills
This is the charter of the Linji and Peronaut Sims (last updated 2007-June-1). The complete group abilities list and update history is also provided. Current status and parcel availability will also be posted on this page.
The goal of these mainland rental sims is to provide:
- an unthemed mixed-residential and low-impact commercial oasis on the Mainland
- a community of like-minded individuals who believe that the Mainland can still be a beautiful, wonderful, minimal lag place to enjoy Second Life
- the lowest price possible
ZONING GUIDELINES
Residential and low-impact commericial
Guidelines:
- be considerate
- low-impact commercial welcomed
- small events encouraged
- no Casinos, no Clubs, no Camping, and no Crap (ad farms, lag hogs, incredibly ugly builds)
- try to use efficiently-written scripts, without loads of listeners and scans
- try to use the minimum-sized texture that gives you good results
Really, if you're just being considerate of others, you don't need to read these details. If you are trying to use this list to find loopholes of what you can get away with, this community is probably not for you.
And, if you and ALL your neighbors are OK with it, bending the guidelines is fine too. Just see "Conflict Resolution".
- restrict build heights to twice the distance from the nearest neighbor's parcel boundary
- a 2:1 build height tool will be provided to you to help you determine whether you are within bounds
- IF you and your neighbor agree, you are free to violate this rule
- however, agreement should be obtained BEFORE building higher / closer than allowed
- try not to obstruct your neighbor's views
- no major eyesores
- no excessive particle effects
- no flashing / rotating / neon signs
- no banlines (banning specific avatars is fine)
- no walls or fences that completely close off your land
- skyboxes shouldn't be visible from ground level builds
- no non-consensual combat
- events should not be so large and frequent as to cause problems for other residents
COMMUNITY
Goal: it would be wonderful if instead of a bunch of separate carved out parcels, we had a community. Of course, this can never be something dictated, but all suggestions would be welcome.
To promote this:
- walking paths to encourage foot exploration, sitting areas, and parks will be constructed, as possible
- shared resources (e.g., pre-fab buildings, landscaping objects, resident creations, etc.)
- suggestions welcome for additional community purchases (copyable items)
- ALL new tenants will be offered the chance to ask for a COPYABLE item up to L$1,000 that I will purchase and make available to all tenants
- any other suggestions would be welcome!
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- I want to remain as absolutely hands-off as possible, hoping that the simple rule of being considerate towards others will minimize conflict. And, I hope that people will be as open-minded and accepting as possible of other people's tastes. But, conflicts happen.
- if 3 members of the community have a grievance against another member, and a Peronaut Estate Manager agrees, then the grievance must be addressed.
RENTING
- NO up-front "purchase price," "deposit," or joining fee
- depending on how often tenants let their leases lapse without giving me sufficient warning, this MAY be amended to a ONE week deposit that will be FULLY refundable, if I receive ONE week prior notice
- rental rate: L$390 per 1,024 square meters per week
- prim allotment: 234 prims per 1,024 square meters
- extra prim allotment, based on availability: L$195 per extra 117 prims per week
- rent to be paid weekly, in advance
- there will be no grace period for late rent
- if there are people on the waitlist when the rent expires, I may immediately reclaim the land and offer it to a new tenant
- full refunds of remaining rent, with no penalty, if one week advance notice is given
- otherwise, a maximum penalty of 1 week's rent will be assessed
- no plans to increase rent
- I may raise rent if LL's mainland tier prices increase
- I may raise rent if the US$ to L$ exchange rate changes dramatically
- If this were to happen, current tenants would have the option to cancel their leases with full refunds without penalty
- no requirement to be a Linden Labs "premium member"
- no support for sub-leasing
- you will be able to add others to the Peronaut Group, but they will be regular group "Members" without the "Resident" abilities that tenants will have (see below)
- however, on a case-by-case basis, estate managers can grant "Resident" abilities to multiple people who are sharing a parcel
- I've tried my best to make these rules as FAIR to you as possible
- NOT asking for deposits
- NOT asking for a minimum amount of initial renting time
- likewise, I would very much appreciate your consideration as well, especially being given as much advance warning as possible, even if you are just THINKING about leaving the Sim; advance warning is REALLY helpful for me, to give me time to try to identify other tenants, start planning parcel changes, etc.
GROUP ROLE ABILITIES FOR RESIDENTS
The group role abilities listed below are my attempt to give maximal flexibility to Peronaut Sim residents, while trying to keep inadvertent disasters to a minimum. They may be adjusted, as necessary.
Group Roles
- Owner (Ged Larsen)
- Estate Manager (Sierra Mills)
- Estate manager has all abilities EXCEPT:
- assign members to any roll
- assign and remove abilities in roles
- deed land and buy land for group (might be OK?)
- abandon land to Governor Linden
- set land for sale info
- pay group liabilities and receive group dividends - Resident
- this is the baseline role that ALL renters will get, listed below
- Regular Member
- residents can invite people to join the group, who can then set objects to the Peronaut group, avoiding auto-return
- they will NOT, however, have access to most other Resident abilities
Membership
- Invite People to this Group (ALL)
- non-owners can only invite people to the plain "member" status
- Eject Members from this Group (ALL)
- non-owners can only eject people who have plain "member" status
- Toggle 'Open Enrollment' and change 'Signup Fee' (OWNER)
- Create New Roles (OWNER)
- Delete Roles (OWNER)
- Change Role names, titles, and descriptions (OWNER)
- Assign Members to Assigner's Roles (OWNER)
- Assign Members to Any Role (OWNER)
- Remove Members from Roles (OWNER)
- Assign and Remove Abilities in Roles (OWNER)
- Change Charter, Insignia, 'Publish on the Web', and which members are publicly visible in Group Information (OWNER)
- Deed land and buy land for group (OWNER)
- Abandon land to Governor Linden (OWNER)
- Set land for sale info (OWNER)
- Subdivide and join parcels (OWNER)
- Toggle 'Show in Find Places' and set category (ALL)
- Change parcel name, description, and 'Publish on the Web' settings (ALL)
- Set landing point and set teleport routing (ALL)
- Change music & media settings (ALL)
- Toggle 'Edit Terrain' (OWNER)
- Toggle various About Land > Options settings (ALL? or ON REQUEST?)
- Always allow 'Edit Terrain' (ALL? or ON REQUEST?)
- Always allow 'Fly' (ALL)
- Always allow 'Create Objects' (ALL)
- Always allow 'Create Landmark' (ALL)
- Allow 'Set Home to Here' on group land (ALL, regular members)
- Manage parcel Access lists (OWNER; no general banlines allowed)
- Manage parcel Ban lists (ALL)
- Change parcel 'Sell passes...' settings (ALL)
- Eject and freeze Residents on parcels (ALL)
- Return objects owned by group (OWNER)
- Return objects set to group (OWNER)
- Return non-group objects (ALL)
- Landscaping using Linden plants (ALL)
- Deed objects to group (OWNER)
- Manipulate (move, copy, modify) group-owned objects (OWNER)
- Set group-owned objects for sale (OWNER)
- Pay group liabilities and receive group dividends (OWNER)
- Send Notices (ALL)
- Receive Notices and view past Notices (ALL, and regular members)
- Create Proposals (ALL)
- Vote on Proposals (ALL, and regular members)
Update history:
- 2007-June-1: consolidated from Linji Haven and Peronaut Sim Covenants, rental rate decreases, removed up-front fees, asked that I be notified as much in advance as possible if you are planning to let a lease expire, updated communal resources, removed information specific to sim (i.e., number of sq m set aside for parks)
Linji and Peronaut Sim rent rate drops
I am proposing a rent drop in the Linji and Peronaut Sims, that will affect all tenants having parcels smaller than 4,096 sq m. Since this affects the Covenants, I'd like to consolidate the two covenants (which are already very similar), into one covenant, for easier organization.
The original rental rate structure was based on a simple premise: match the US$ monthly mainland tier rate set by Linden Labs, converted to weekly L$ prices.
Because the mainland tier rates improve as you own larger amount of land, rental rates per square meter of land were dramatically better for tenants renting large parcels. Also, because the tier rates occurred in "steps," I needed to choose rental rate "steps" as well, which limited all rental parcels to increments of 1,024 sqm (i.e., 2048, 3072, and 4096 sq m). This made for reduced flexibility of carving out parcels.
Proposal: simplify the rate structure to a simple L$ per square meter per week, matching the "best rate" currently enjoyed by tenants holding 4,096 sq m parcels. The following table shows that rental rates will decrease by from 2% to 18%. The prim allowance will remain the same: standard 234 prims per 1,024 square meters.
With the rent drop, current tenants in both sims will have their "days remaining of paid rent" adjusted upwards proportionally, rounding UP by 1 day, and subsequent payments will be at the lower rates.
The simple ratio of L$390 per 1,024 sqm per week will make it easy to figure out rental rates for parcels that are not even multiples of 1,024 sqm as well. Rental rates of additional prims, as available, will remain the same (actually, a piddly 2% price drop), and be calculated at the same proportional rate: L$195/week for an additional 117 prims. And, as stated before in the covenant, I intend that there will be NO rent increases, unless Linden Labs raises the mainland land tier rates. (Actually, if the L$ to US$ exchange rate changes SIGNIFICANTLY, which is hasn't for months now, I'd also have to adjust rental rates, upwards OR downwards.)
For the smaller parcels, I think these rental rates will be amongst the best in Second Life. And for larger parcels, the rates are still competitive.
I'd like to consolidate the covenants for the two Sims as well. The covenants of the Linji and Peronaut Sims are identical, except that with Peronaut, the wording for build heights is that you have to obtain approval from your neighbors BEFORE you build beyond the 2:1 height limits. Strictly speaking, this is not a difference, because in cases of conflict in the Linji Sim, the build height rule would be used anyhow.
I will give everyone a few days (perhaps till Monday) to speak out with any objections. The new consolidated covenant will be posted here, too. Otherwise, I will go ahead as planned. Comments?
PS - if you are curious about the financial ramifications for me, the sim owner, and the future stability of the Sim: the rent drop WILL, obviously, decrease the "margin" that the sims can operate without generating losses. But, I've long ago decided that "profits," in order to recoup the sim auction costs, will not be achievable regardless, so, if I can operate without losses, I still want to provide these "clean" oases on the mainland.
And, I hope that these lower rates will keep occupancy both higher, and more stable. I don't like being a landlord, and I don't like scrambling to find tenants. I'd much prefer to live, and have my own shop, in Sims that have a stable and familiar set of faces :) This is more important to me than the fairly meager "profits" (pretty pathetic, actually) that the rental business can generate.
The original rental rate structure was based on a simple premise: match the US$ monthly mainland tier rate set by Linden Labs, converted to weekly L$ prices.
Because the mainland tier rates improve as you own larger amount of land, rental rates per square meter of land were dramatically better for tenants renting large parcels. Also, because the tier rates occurred in "steps," I needed to choose rental rate "steps" as well, which limited all rental parcels to increments of 1,024 sqm (i.e., 2048, 3072, and 4096 sq m). This made for reduced flexibility of carving out parcels.
Proposal: simplify the rate structure to a simple L$ per square meter per week, matching the "best rate" currently enjoyed by tenants holding 4,096 sq m parcels. The following table shows that rental rates will decrease by from 2% to 18%. The prim allowance will remain the same: standard 234 prims per 1,024 square meters.
With the rent drop, current tenants in both sims will have their "days remaining of paid rent" adjusted upwards proportionally, rounding UP by 1 day, and subsequent payments will be at the lower rates.
| Area (sqm) | Current L$/wk | Current L$/1024sqm/wk | New L$/1024sqm/wk | % rent drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,048 | L$954 | L$477 | L$390 | 18% |
| 3,072 | L$1,273 | L$424 | L$390 | 8% |
| 4,096 | L$1,592 | L$398 | L$390 | 2% |
The simple ratio of L$390 per 1,024 sqm per week will make it easy to figure out rental rates for parcels that are not even multiples of 1,024 sqm as well. Rental rates of additional prims, as available, will remain the same (actually, a piddly 2% price drop), and be calculated at the same proportional rate: L$195/week for an additional 117 prims. And, as stated before in the covenant, I intend that there will be NO rent increases, unless Linden Labs raises the mainland land tier rates. (Actually, if the L$ to US$ exchange rate changes SIGNIFICANTLY, which is hasn't for months now, I'd also have to adjust rental rates, upwards OR downwards.)
For the smaller parcels, I think these rental rates will be amongst the best in Second Life. And for larger parcels, the rates are still competitive.
I'd like to consolidate the covenants for the two Sims as well. The covenants of the Linji and Peronaut Sims are identical, except that with Peronaut, the wording for build heights is that you have to obtain approval from your neighbors BEFORE you build beyond the 2:1 height limits. Strictly speaking, this is not a difference, because in cases of conflict in the Linji Sim, the build height rule would be used anyhow.
I will give everyone a few days (perhaps till Monday) to speak out with any objections. The new consolidated covenant will be posted here, too. Otherwise, I will go ahead as planned. Comments?
PS - if you are curious about the financial ramifications for me, the sim owner, and the future stability of the Sim: the rent drop WILL, obviously, decrease the "margin" that the sims can operate without generating losses. But, I've long ago decided that "profits," in order to recoup the sim auction costs, will not be achievable regardless, so, if I can operate without losses, I still want to provide these "clean" oases on the mainland.
And, I hope that these lower rates will keep occupancy both higher, and more stable. I don't like being a landlord, and I don't like scrambling to find tenants. I'd much prefer to live, and have my own shop, in Sims that have a stable and familiar set of faces :) This is more important to me than the fairly meager "profits" (pretty pathetic, actually) that the rental business can generate.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Shared item: Siggy's Waterworks Animations
These are communal items, purchased for the use of Linji Haven and Peronaut Sim tenants.
Apparently, it's much harder to find COPY items than I had thought. Still, Sierra Mills chose a nice set of pool-side poses from Siggy's Waterworks for us all to share (although there are still some that we haven't gotten -- perhaps someone else might choose those).
From Siggy's Waterworks (Siggy Romulus) at WaterWorks (177, 39, 25), purchased 2007-05-21:
Apparently, it's much harder to find COPY items than I had thought. Still, Sierra Mills chose a nice set of pool-side poses from Siggy's Waterworks for us all to share (although there are still some that we haven't gotten -- perhaps someone else might choose those).
From Siggy's Waterworks (Siggy Romulus) at WaterWorks (177, 39, 25), purchased 2007-05-21:
- Chillin'
- Layin'
- Sunnin'
- Lay back
- Lazin'
- Relax
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Communal item shopping sprees
To help foster community in the the sister Linji Haven and Peronaut rental sims, I've always wanted to support shared items. To help this, I will maintain an updated list of shared communal items, which upon request, can be placed on a tenant's rental parcels.
To further promote this, I'd like to make an offer: for sims that are fully rented, each week one tenant will be asked to select ANY purchase up to L$1,000, for a communal item. I will purchase the item, and then make it available to all tenants, in either Sim, upon request.
Communal item requirements:
Tenants will be chosen in the order that they joined the community, once a week.
For the Linji Haven Sim, the order would be:
Once Peronaut Sim fills, the order will be:
Feel free to post comments to this page to suggest specific items that we all might be interested in checking out. Let the shopping begin!
To further promote this, I'd like to make an offer: for sims that are fully rented, each week one tenant will be asked to select ANY purchase up to L$1,000, for a communal item. I will purchase the item, and then make it available to all tenants, in either Sim, upon request.
Communal item requirements:
- items MUST have Copy permissions (otherwise, only a single resident could benefit from the purchase)
- they MUST NOT require significant configuration (i.e., no items that will require me to read documentation, edit configuration notecards, etc.)
- otherwise, anything goes, and I will almost certainly NOT exercise any sort of "veto power" (well, except against giant spinning particle-spewing advertisements). However, I think items that are likely to benefit as many people as possible (i.e., landscaping, furniture, etc.) would be best!
Tenants will be chosen in the order that they joined the community, once a week.
For the Linji Haven Sim, the order would be:
- Sierra Mills
- Taffy Allandale
- Gabriel Watanabe
- Eleanora Newell
- Stephen Bentham / Caliah Lyon
- camilla Yosuke
- Charron Marseille / Roslin Petion / Morgaine Maktoum
- Euterpe Zagoskin
- Shizuka Hayashida
- Tigress Jewell
- Crispin Cleanslate
- Tiy Ferraris
- Harriet Hallard
- JH + Jessie Gervasi
- Patric Rotunno + Theodote Carthage
- Anhayla Lycia
Once Peronaut Sim fills, the order will be:
- D3: Johanna Hyacinth
- D1: Lizbeth Saenz and Adriana Gustafson
- C3: Nefertiti Nefarious
- A4: Stuart Simonds
- B3: Gabriel Watanabe
- E2: Bodhisatva Paperclip
- E4: Cameron Yip
- C1: Kitten Sautereau
- B1: Sierra Mills
- E3: Axienne DeVaux
- C4: Lucien Franciosa
- E5: Shizuka Hayashida
- A2: Mic Mills
- E1b: Tigress Jewell
- A1: Beauty Rosca
Feel free to post comments to this page to suggest specific items that we all might be interested in checking out. Let the shopping begin!
Communal Items
As mentioned here, this is a list of Communal Items, available for placement on parcels in the Linji Haven and Peronaut mainland rental communities.
If you are a Linji Haven or Peronaut tenant and would like one of these objects for personal use, please contact Ged Larsen and specificy which object(s) and how many. A copy will be placed on your parcel, set to "Share with group," so that you can position and modify it (if permissions allow).
If you like these items, please support the creators by recommending their items or by purchasing their other products!
Buildings
Landscaping
Furniture
Poses / Animations
If you are a Linji Haven or Peronaut tenant and would like one of these objects for personal use, please contact Ged Larsen and specificy which object(s) and how many. A copy will be placed on your parcel, set to "Share with group," so that you can position and modify it (if permissions allow).
If you like these items, please support the creators by recommending their items or by purchasing their other products!
Buildings
- CHOC Modern Home (by Ace Albion)
- ENRA Modern Beach Home (by Ace Albion)
- "Larsen" Prefab Stores and Accessories (by Barnesworth Anubis)
- Lifestyle Prefab Villa #1 (by Myles Cooper)
- Paradise Blanket, fully loaded (by october brotherhood)
Landscaping
- Living Creek (by Zora Spoonhammer) (modifications by Ged Larsen, for standing pools)
Furniture
- (none purchased yet)
Poses / Animations
- Siggy's Waterworks Animations: Chillin', Layin', Sunnin', Lay back, Laazin', Relax (by Siggy Romulus, WaterWorks (177, 39, 25) ): chosen by Sierra Mills 2007-05-21
Suggestions for future purchases welcome!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Peronaut Sim, more tenants, and some ideas
A new tenant (and 2 "maybes")!
It was a pleasantly active night for the Peronaut mainland rental sim. Three people expressed interest, and one (Bodhisatva Paperclip) has decided to join the community! I got a chance to visit his previous home, and it was a lovely wooded grove, with streams, waterfalls, bridges, etc. I'm feeling really fortunate.
The two others (Axienne and Kitten) have mentioned which plots they're considering. We'll see!
How about another public park?
More and more, I think that what makes a pleasant sim is not only nice builds, but also nice parks. It's clear that the central Peronaut Park has driven up the "desirability" of the neighboring parcels. Sierra Mills did such a great job with the park, that I claimed parcel B2 for my new home, overlooking the pond.
I already think Peronaut is beautiful, but then I got to thinking tonight, even more public spaces would further improve it. I'm very seriously considering making B4 into another public park; sort of a little oasis, surrounded by a number of rental parcels. It's a flat parcel, unlike the central park, which should make for a nice contrast in styles.
And a boat launch?
Lastly, Bodhisatva mentioned in passing his hopes for a boat launch, and I realized that the corner parcel that I've been holding on to has fairly little "buildable land" (and I am completely unwilling to "pave over" the water), but a GOOD amount of water. Hmmm... I'm really liking the idea of a small public boat launch, especially if we get lucky enough to have the two neighboring sims keep some sort of waterway open.
I'm very excited with how Peronaut is shaping up. :)
It was a pleasantly active night for the Peronaut mainland rental sim. Three people expressed interest, and one (Bodhisatva Paperclip) has decided to join the community! I got a chance to visit his previous home, and it was a lovely wooded grove, with streams, waterfalls, bridges, etc. I'm feeling really fortunate.
The two others (Axienne and Kitten) have mentioned which plots they're considering. We'll see!
How about another public park?
More and more, I think that what makes a pleasant sim is not only nice builds, but also nice parks. It's clear that the central Peronaut Park has driven up the "desirability" of the neighboring parcels. Sierra Mills did such a great job with the park, that I claimed parcel B2 for my new home, overlooking the pond.
I already think Peronaut is beautiful, but then I got to thinking tonight, even more public spaces would further improve it. I'm very seriously considering making B4 into another public park; sort of a little oasis, surrounded by a number of rental parcels. It's a flat parcel, unlike the central park, which should make for a nice contrast in styles.
And a boat launch?
Lastly, Bodhisatva mentioned in passing his hopes for a boat launch, and I realized that the corner parcel that I've been holding on to has fairly little "buildable land" (and I am completely unwilling to "pave over" the water), but a GOOD amount of water. Hmmm... I'm really liking the idea of a small public boat launch, especially if we get lucky enough to have the two neighboring sims keep some sort of waterway open.
I'm very excited with how Peronaut is shaping up. :)
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Peronaut: new mainland rental sim
Peronaut, a mixed residential / commercial mainland rental sim without casinos, clubs, camping, or eyesores. Beautiful park, nice walking paths, and ocean views.
Read the Peronaut Sim Covenant.
17 parcels claimed
0 parcels reserved
6 parcels remaining
0 parcels reserved
6 parcels remaining
Parcels in Peronaut Sim AVAILABLE
After my very positive experiences with the Linji Haven mainland rental sim, I've decided to try another mainland rental sim -- the Peronaut Sim, with improvements (I think) from lessons learned.Again, it's an unthemed sim, with a generally sensible covenant that tries to keep it as pleasant as possible. The sim itself is beautiful, with both nice flat areas and rolling hills, as well as access to water.
Parcels are now available for rent. The Peronaut Covenant is very similar to that of Linji Sim. Some differences include:
- setting aside dedicated land for roads and paths, as well as a single large central park, rather than small protected parcels
- this park is shaping up REALLY nicely, with a pond at top, waterfall segments, and a wandering stream to the ocean
- pre-defined sizes and shapes of the available parcels, which are now all either 2,048 or 3,072 sq m
- "squaring off" the parcels, so that they are more usable, than the 32 x 64 m (2,048 sq m) parcels frequently found in Linji
- the covenant is changed to be a bit stricter about build heights, because that was occasionally an issue in Linji
Peronaut Public Park:
Parcels claimed:
- E1 / B2: Ged Larsen
- D3: Johanna Hyacinth
- D1: Lizbeth Saenz and Adriana Gustafson
- C3: Nefertiti Nefarious
- A4: Stuart Simonds
- B3: Gabriel Watanabe
- E2: Bodhisatva Paperclip
- E4: Cameron Yip
- C1: Kitten Sautereau
- B1: Sierra Mills
- E3: Axienne DeVaux
- C4: Lucien Franciosa / Caliae Jewell
- E5: Shizuka Hayashida
- A2: Mic Mills
- E1b: Tigress Jewell
- A1: Beauty Rosca
Parcels reserved (held for 3 days):
- (no current reservations)
Peronaut Sim
Please follow this link to the CURRENT updated and consolidated covenant for the Peronaut mainland rental sim.
The below information is being kept for archival purposes only.
This is the charter of the Peronaut Sim (last updated 2007-April-21). Whether you are interested in joining this community or not, questions, comments, and suggestions are very welcome.
The goal of the Peronaut Sim is to provide:
- an unthemed mixed-residential and low-impact commercial oasis on the Mainland
- a community of like-minded individuals who believe that the Mainland can still be a beautiful, wonderful, minimal lag place to enjoy Second Life
- the lowest price possible
ZONING GUIDELINES
Residential and low-impact commericial
Guidelines:
- be considerate
- low-impact commercial welcomed
- small events encouraged
- no Casinos, no Clubs, no Camping, and no Crap (ad farms, lag hogs, incredibly ugly builds)
- try to use efficiently-written scripts, without loads of listeners and scans
- try to use the minimum-sized texture that gives you good results
Really, if you're just being considerate of others, you don't need to read these details. If you are trying to use this list to find loopholes of what you can get away with, this community is probably not for you.
And, if you and ALL your neighbors are OK with it, bending the guidelines is fine too. Just see "Conflict Resolution".
- restrict build heights to twice the distance from the nearest neighbor's parcel boundary
- a 2:1 build height tool will be provided to you to help you determine whether you are within bounds
- IF you and your neighbor agree, you are free to violate this rule
- however, agreement should be obtained BEFORE building higher / closer than allowed
- try not to obstruct your neighbor's views
- no major eyesores
- no excessive particle effects
- no flashing / rotating / neon signs
- no banlines (banning specific avatars is fine)
- no walls or fences that completely close off your land
- skyboxes shouldn't be visible from ground level builds
- no non-consensual combat
- events should not be so large and frequent as to cause problems for other residents
COMMUNITY
Goal: it would be wonderful if instead of a bunch of separate carved out parcels, we had a community. Of course, this can never be something dictated, but I'd welcome ideas to help promote this.
To promote this:
- a central 4,928 sq m public park to provide a focus and meeting place for the community
- footpaths, small roads, and stopping areas (5,504 sq m) set aside, to encourage foot-exploration of the sim
- shared resources (e.g., pre-fab buildings, landscaping objects, resident creations, etc.)
- Barnesworth Anubis pre-fab buildings and landscaping
- "Living Creek" streams and waterfalls landscaping
- suggestions welcome for additional community purchases (copyable items)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- I want to remain as absolutely hands-off as possible, hoping that the simple rule of being considerate towards others will minimize conflict. And, I hope that people will be as open-minded and accepting as possible of other people's tastes. But, conflicts happen.
- if 3 members of the community have a grievance against another member, and a Peronaut Estate Manager agrees, then the grievance must be addressed.
RENTING
In addition to weekly rent, there may be an initial L$1 per sq m non-refundable joining fee, which will be used for community purchases and other expenses. This fee is waived for the founding members of the Sim.
Weekly rent will be closely tied to the Linden Lab Mainland Tier Schedule, recalculated in L$ per week at the current L$ sell exchange rate, correcting for the 3.5% LL exchange fee.
If the current L$ sell rate is L$267 per US$1 + 3.5% LL exchange fee:
- 2,048 sq m: US$15/month =~ L$4,145/month =~ L$951/week
- 3,072 sq m: US$20/month =~ L$5,527/month =~ L$1,268/week
- 4,096 sq m: US$25/month =~ L$6,908/month =~ L$1,586/week
- prim allotment: 234 prims per 1,024 sq m
- extra prim allotment may be rentable, based on availability. The rate will be based on the 4,096 sq m parcel rental rate; i.e., US$3.125/month for an extra 117 prims
- rent to be paid weekly, in advance
- there will be no grace period for late rent
- if there are people on the waitlist when the rent expires, it is possible that the parcel will be re-assigned to a new tenant
- full refunds of remaining rent, with no penalty, if one week advance notice is given
- otherwise, a maximum penalty of 1 week's rent will be assessed, and the remainder refunded
- no plans to increase rent
- the only reason I will raise rent would be if LL's mainland tier prices increase. If this were to happen, I would increase rental rates proportionally, and offer current tenants the option to cancel their leases with full refunds without penalty
- no support for sub-leasing
- you will be able to add others to the Peronaut Group, but they will be regular group "Members" without the "Resident" abilities that tenants will have (see below)
- however, on a case-by-case basis, estate managers can grant "Resident" abilities to multiple people who are sharing a parcel
GROUP ROLE ABILITIES FOR RESIDENTS
The group role abilities listed below are my attempt to give maximal flexibility to Peronaut Sim residents, while trying to keep inadvertent disasters to a minimum. They may be adjusted, as necessary.
Group Roles
- Owner (Ged Larsen) / Estate Manager
- Estate manager has all abilities EXCEPT:
- assign members to any roll
- assign and remove abilities in roles
- deed land and buy land for group (?)
- abandon land to governor lindon
- set land for sale info
- pay group liabilities and receive group dividends - Resident
- this is the baseline role that ALL renters will get
- Regular Member
- residents can invite people to join the group, who can then set objects to the Peronaut group, avoiding auto-return
- they will NOT, however, have access to most other Resident abilities
Membership
- Invite People to this Group (ALL)
- non-owners can only invite people to the plain "member" status
- Eject Members from this Group (ALL)
- non-owners can only eject people who have plain "member" status
- Toggle 'Open Enrollment' and change 'Signup Fee' (OWNER)
- Create New Roles (OWNER)
- Delete Roles (OWNER)
- Change Role names, titles, and descriptions (OWNER)
- Assign Members to Assigner's Roles (OWNER)
- Assign Members to Any Role (OWNER)
- Remove Members from Roles (OWNER)
- Assign and Remove Abilities in Roles (OWNER)
- Change Charter, Insignia, 'Publish on the Web', and which members are publicly visible in Group Information (OWNER)
- Deed land and buy land for group (OWNER)
- Abandon land to Governor Linden (OWNER)
- Set land for sale info (OWNER)
- Subdivide and join parcels (OWNER)
- Toggle 'Show in Find Places' and set category (ALL)
- Change parcel name, description, and 'Publish on the Web' settings (ALL)
- Set landing point and set teleport routing (ALL)
- Change music & media settings (ALL)
- Toggle 'Edit Terrain' (OWNER)
- Toggle various About Land > Options settings (ALL? or ON REQUEST?)
- Always allow 'Edit Terrain' (ALL? or ON REQUEST?)
- Always allow 'Fly' (ALL)
- Always allow 'Create Objects' (ALL)
- Always allow 'Create Landmark' (ALL)
- Allow 'Set Home to Here' on group land (ALL, regular members)
- Manage parcel Access lists (OWNER; no general banlines allowed)
- Manage parcel Ban lists (ALL)
- Change parcel 'Sell passes...' settings (ALL)
- Eject and freeze Residents on parcels (ALL)
- Return objects owned by group (OWNER)
- Return objects set to group (OWNER)
- Return non-group objects (ALL)
- Landscaping using Linden plants (ALL)
- Deed objects to group (OWNER)
- Manipulate (move, copy, modify) group-owned objects (OWNER)
- Set group-owned objects for sale (OWNER)
- Pay group liabilities and receive group dividends (OWNER)
- Send Notices (ALL)
- Receive Notices and view past Notices (ALL, and regular members)
- Create Proposals (ALL)
- Vote on Proposals (ALL, and regular members)
Monday, April 2, 2007
Linji, idea for shared prefabs
Caliah Lyon (who has excellent taste) suggested that I check out prefab builds by Barnesworth Anubis. And they ARE really really nice builds, for the residential as well as commercial work. Someday, I'd like to have a script thingie store, and one of these might work nicely.
But the above advertisement got me thinking -- if there was interest, I'd be willing to purchase the 11-store pack, and share them out on Linji Group-deeded land. They are "COPY/MOD" and I think it would be fair use, so long as they weren't "over-used".
I'd like to place that nice park bench, maybe a pair or two in each Linji Haven Protected Land area (even though I know they'll be a bit prim-expensive, they just look nice!). The table / umbrella / chairs might also be nice, if anyone felt inclined to build a cafe.
I'm more likely to go ahead with this if anybody else will get use out of a pre-fab store front, too. If it's just me, then I might as well just get things separately.
Any interest?
Edited to add: this collection has been purchased. All components are now available to any Linji Haven residents upon request.
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