The island is very much a work in progress, but the facilities are generally in place, even if we're still building some of the conferencing functionality (e.g. video and audio streaming, in conference blogging, and chat logging). I've instructed the development team to have some very basic functionality in place by next week's IGF meeting in Greece, where we'll run some beta tests, and to have full conferencing functionality in place by the December ICANN meetings in Sao Paulo. Be patient with us as we build out this space.To the greatest extent possible, I'm trying to duplicate the in person ICANN experience in world at Second Life. By the time of Sao Paulo, we'll have desks at the conference center where you can collect and read all of the background material, and you should be able to make comments to the ICANN comment boards directly from inside Second Life. I'll be both at the meeting in Sao Paulo and in world on Ninca Island, and I'll try to act as a bridge between the two worlds. Sponsors at the Sao Paulo meeting, or anyone else for that matter, also will be able to have (for free) a table on Ninca Island where they can distribute their promotional materials.
If you're new to Second Life, I'm starting to put some background information on the ICANNWiki. In world, I'm "Lex Flagstaff." You'll also be able to recognize me because I'm probably the only guy in Second Life wearing a suit and tie.
And, finally, just like at the Wellington meetings, we have "an ICANN bar" on Ninca Island. I tend bar on Friday afternoons, so drop by for a virtual beer.
