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30 July 2004 – Haney Linden Proposal
Apply for free land in the snow sims
Haney Linden
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Join date: 3 Oct 2002
Posts: 990
07-30-2004 18:28
In order to preserve and enhance the snow sims, Linden is looking for groups who would like to receive a lease on land in the snow sims in exchange for covering the land fees and staying in the snow theme. There is no upfront cost for the land but the lease is for a limited duration. Please read this thread and post your interest in land to the thread or send an email to [email]land@lindenlab.com[/email].
2004 – 2005 Anzere
In the beginning there was Anzere …
Anzere was the sim for Neualtenburg Projekt from August 2004 to May 2005.
Around August 2004, Linden Lab was worried about the way snow sims were “misused”–residents simply ignored the “theme” and built whatever they wanted–even outdoor swimming pools. Very quickly, there was no real difference between a snow sim and a tropical sim in terms of building, and it was too late to “enforce” new rules.
Instead, LL proposed a “contest for the preservation of the snow sims”, where part of Anzere (1/2 sim–the rest would be kept as “protected land”) would be leased for 4 months–but people would need to gather up tier to support it) for the best project who presented a thematic build and a means to mantain it.
The Neualtenburg Projekt, lead by Ulrika Zugzwang, was the winner of the contest, proposing to recreate a medieval Bavarian village (based upon the RL town of Rothenburg) with some post-modern adaptations.
As a means for mantaining the village, an elected government would be in charge of keeping it operational, changing and adapting the structures, holding events, promoting a financially sound operation (where the income generated by the city would be used to pay for tier), and generally keeping the city operational even when some of the residents left Second Life by electing new people for the government–unlike groups based on selected individuals, which usually fall apart when the “leader” of the project leaves SL.
This project has always been a source of discussion and argument since it’s a counterpoint to the “corporatist oligarchy” mantained by the Lindens on the mainland sims. In Neualtenburg, residents elect their own governments, which mantain order as they see fit–there are rules, organization, planning, discussing, and, of course, enforcement of certain standards.
After the lease expired, Neualtenburg moved to its own sim, currently renamed to Neufreistadt.
Copied from Anzere on Wikia
September 12 2004 Proposal Approved
September 20 2004 Land in Anzere
November 14 2004 Provisional Government
January 15-16 2005 First Elections
January 30 2005 First RA Meeting
April 21 2005 Private sim online
August 7 2005 Guild Master Kendra Bancroft calls Guild general strike
June 18 2006 Name Change to Neufreistadt
October 15 2006 Second Sim, Colonia Nova, opens
November 22 2007 Third Sim, Alpine Meadow, online
August 2 2008 Fourth Sim, Locus Amoenus, online
July 22 2009 Merger with Al Andaluz complete. Landmass now includes eleven sims