Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative

opening

Richard Dwi: thank god I'm not late!!!!
Mariel Voyunicef: Hey Kremski, all :)
Tabitha GKid: please sit so we can start
Tabitha GKid: great mariel is here!!!
Aesop Thatch: Made it Rafi
Kremski Switchblade: Mariel is popular
Rafi GKid: I'd love for everyone to have a seat as we get started.
Gabriel Moller: Oh Aseop U want my seat?
Aesop Thatch: This is a LOT of people for a sim
Rafi GKid: Plenty of room for all, we promise.
Tabitha GKid welcomes everyone and asks everyone to take a seat as we are getting started.....
Vewy Cuddihy: yeagh, if you run out of chairs, theres even this bar here!
Tabitha GKid: is there a rep from each team?
Atte Aderdeen: Porot is here, 2 on scene, and i'm keeping Jontte updated with
Tabitha GKid: as long as 1 person is here from each team
Tabitha GKid: this is our first time hosting the event
Richard Dwi: soup for everyone!
Rafi GKid: calm your bones folks, calm your bones. : )
UFO Tuppakaka shouts: yeah thats right calm your bones!
Vewy Cuddihy: rafi always comes up with the best things to quote
Tabitha GKid: so please let me have the mic for now
Richard Dwi offers award soup to everyone

introductions and overview

Tabitha GKid: THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO TODAY'S AWARD CEREMONY
Tabitha GKid: thakn you for dropping in everyone
Tabitha GKid: today
Tabitha GKid: i am very thrilled, and proud
Tabitha GKid: to announce the end of the UNICEF World Fit for Children Festival
Aquamarine Nori cheers.
Tabitha GKid: let me tell you who we are
Tabitha GKid: before we get started
Tabitha GKid: for those that are not familar iwth Global Kids
Tabitha GKid: and also
Tabitha GKid: as you are here
Tabitha GKid: feel free to take snapshots
Tabitha GKid: and send to Barry Gkid
Barry Gkid: me! Me!
Tabitha GKid: he will reimburse you for your snapshots as you attend the ceremony
Aquamarine Nori cheers some more because her dad is a professional photagrapher & also a member of the Adult Second life Grid.
Tabitha GKid: so all of you are here for the contest
Tabitha GKid: and to find out who the winners are
Tabitha GKid: Global Kids is a non for profit organization
Tabitha GKid: we are based in new york city
Barry Gkid: http:///www.HolyMEatballs.org
Tabitha GKid: and we have been running leadership programs for the last 18 years
Tabitha GKid: we started in TSL about a year ago
Tabitha GKid: and we are happy to be here to meet all of you and help you think globally
Tabitha GKid: we engage teens in global issues in efforts to raise global awareness on things that matter
UFO Tuppakaka: do you know the winner?
Tabitha GKid: over the past few weeks, Rafi gkid and i have been hosting workshops
Tabitha GKid: we thank you all for attending
Barry Gkid: We will announce the winners over the course of the ceremony
Tabitha GKid: and without all of you here, this festival would not be as successful as it is

UNICEF

Tabitha GKid: This is the first time Global Kids has hosted an event with UNICEF
Aquamarine Nori claps but is careful not to interuppt Tabby.
Tabitha GKid: do u know who UNICEF is?
Rafi GKid steals the mic from Tabitha. : )
Trextron Sukra: yes
Ian Merrienboer thinks
Aquamarine Nori: No tabby
DRafi GKid: Some of you might have heard of UNICEF, which is the United Nations Children's Fund.
DH Burks shouts: thats wat im talkin about
Rafi GKid: For those that are wondering about the acronym, it used to be known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
Rafi GKid: They changed the name but the acronym stuck.
Rafi GKid: Unicef is the largest multilateral organization in the world that works to improve the lives of children everywhere.
Rafi GKid: That means you guys! (and gals!)
Kremski Switchblade: O_o

Rafi GKid: And I do believe that we have someone here that's been highly involved with Unicef for a number of years.....
UFO Tuppakaka: psssst nafiza sit down
Kremski Switchblade: Mariel?
Rafi GKid: Mariel?
Kremski Switchblade: MARIEL VOYUNICEF!
Kremski Switchblade: everyone clap your hands for Mariel
Vewy Cuddihy: /clap
UFO Tuppakaka claps
Gabriel Moller: *claps*
Ian Merrienboer claps
Vivian Vacirca: Yay!
Vewy Cuddihy claps
Barry Gkid: clap clap clap
Alyson Arliss: yay!
Aesop Thatch claps
Trextron Sukra claps
Mariel Voyunicef loves all :D
Tabitha GKid: Mariel, please coem on down
Tabitha GKid: Mariel, please tell us a bit about VOY
Mariel Voyunicef: Well, Voices of Youth is an online community on unicef.org for youth from all over the World
Mariel Voyunicef: I don't think I've learned as much about the viewpoints of people from other countries elsewhere as I have in VOY
Rafi GKid: Thanks Mariel!
Mariel Voyunicef: :D

Thanking Lindens and volunteers

Tabitha GKid: so without furthere adue
Tabitha GKid: let me thank everyone that made this event possible
Barry Gkid: patience, patience
Tabitha GKid: first, the lindens!!!
Richard Dwi: WOOOO LINDENS
Vewy Cuddihy: woo
Aquamarine Nori: woooooooo!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: they have made the grid wide announcements on our behalf
Richard Dwi: HUZZAH
Tabitha GKid: and really helped us spread the word out
Richard Dwi: LINDENS ROCK
Trextron Sukra: woo!
Tabitha GKid: so thank you lindens
Vewy Cuddihy: LINDENS ROLL
Tabitha GKid: second, the volunteers!!
Richard Dwi: msg: LINDENS ARE HARDCORE
Aquamarine Nori cheers loudly but is still careful not to interrupt Tabby.
Tabitha GKid: a lot of what you see now are built by our UNICEF building group teens
Rafi GKid: woohoo volunteers!
Richard Dwi: YAY VOLENTEERS
Aquamarine Nori: volunteers ROCK!
Tabitha GKid: Alpha Zaius, Katharine Barry, MerchantVendor Vega, Mercury Metropolitan, and Aesop Thatch
Tabitha GKid: thank you all for the wonderful builds
Vivian Vacirca: WOOO AESOP!
Rafi GKid: Thanks so much to all of you, this would not have been possible without your help!
Tabitha GKid: particularly - alpha made the stonehenges, aesop made the workshop room, katharine made the scavenger hunt, mercury with all the banners, and vega with trophy and the stand u see to my left
Tabitha GKid: so lets give them a big round of apple sauce!
Dolus Naumova apple sauces Thatch.
Vewy Cuddihy passes around some apple sauce
Aquamarine Nori: wooo!
Richard Dwi: msg: EVERYONE GIVE THEM SOME APPLESAUCE

Introducing teen judges

Tabitha GKid: please return to ur seats now
Tabitha GKid: and allow me to introduce the judges!
Aquamarine Nori: yay1
Tabitha GKid: so as u know
Richard Dwi: JUDGES ROCK
Tabitha GKid: the builds were judged on thursday
Tabitha GKid: unfortunately not all the judges can attend today's ceremony
Aquamarine Nori: boo hoo
Tabitha GKid: Mariel is here
Tabitha GKid: Nafiza Gkid is here
Tabitha GKid: please come on down Nafiza
Sanuk Click: yay! naf!
Vewy Cuddihy: woo!
Mariel Voyunicef: Yay Nafi
Tabitha GKid: also alpha
Tabitha GKid: helped us judge
Nafiza GKid: sorry~ I am haveing some technical difficulkties
Nafiza GKid: grr..lag
Tabitha GKid: also the other judges who are not here
Tabitha GKid: nafiza, do u want to say a few words?
Tabitha GKid: and introduce urself
Nafiza GKid: about the judging? ^^;; okies
Nafiza GKid: Hello everyone, I am Nafiza~ ^^ and I was honored to be a judge here...and it was a difficult job judging everyone since they were all so great...and I myself dont have much experience~ you guys all did a wonderful job~
Nafiza GKid: and I cant wait until the next contest~ ^^
Aquamarine Nori: sit by me lol
Richard Dwi: awesome
Tabitha GKid: we are moving on

Tabitha GKid: we want to thank the judges for their time
Tabitha GKid: and hard work
Tabitha GKid: as well as all of the teams here
Tabitha GKid: you all did a fantastic job
Tabitha GKid: so once again, i want to really congratulate all of you on ur hard work
Vewy Cuddihy: ooh, the suspence is killing me
sam Doigts: wants to know who won
Trextron Sukra cant see as there is a light infron of him
Tabitha GKid: now, will 1 member from each team please come to stage
Tabitha GKid: just 1 member please
Tabitha GKid: please stand in front of me
IM: Nafiza GKid: do I take a seat? lol
Tabitha GKid: so we can take a photo
Quert Donaldo: NOOO.. NOT THE LAMP.. NOT THE LAMP!
Vernon Davison: but but... this is my look.. O_O
Vernon Davison: i am... da lamp O_O
Richard Dwi: lamp is awesome
Aquamarine Nori smiles a very CHEESEY smile.

GK's teen intern

Richard Dwi: MERCURY
Tabitha GKid: please come on down
Richard Dwi: YAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYA
Tabitha GKid: and introduce ureslf to theaudience
Tabitha GKid: u are the one of the pl we thanked
Sadie Meadowbrook: i didnt get a photo
Tabitha GKid: please say something
Tabitha GKid: as a judge and ur experience
Tabitha GKid: and anything u would like to say to the biulders
Mercury Metropolitan: Hello everyone!
Mercury Metropolitan: Please bear with me, as I'm lagging currently.
^^
Mercury Metropolitan: I am a remote TEEN intern currently working for Global Kids, as well as a judge for this building contest.
Mercury Metropolitan: I just want to say, everyone who took part did a WONDERFUL job.
Richard Dwi: WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Richard Dwi: YAY MERCURY
Mercury Metropolitan: Most likely, if you were involved, you might have seen me flying around over your builds and subdividing, land, renaming it, etc.
Aquamarine Nori: go mercury!
Vewy Cuddihy: w00t
Tabitha GKid: great thanks mercury!!
Sadie Meadowbrook: woot woot
Mariel Voyunicef: Yay Merc
Trextron Sukra shouts: woooo!
Richard Dwi: GO MERCURY
Mercury Metropolitan: :)

group's explain the issues behind their entries

Tabitha GKid: so can i have 1 member from each team
Tabitha GKid: just 1 member
Vewy Cuddihy: my turn
Tabitha GKid: to come down and just stand in front of me
Tabitha GKid: but not for pictures
Tabitha GKid: ladies first, so vivian, please tell us briefly what ur project was about, and what was ur experience doing it =)
Richard Dwi: I am team leader vewy
Vivian Vacirca: Okay. Please hold on aa second, all, I don't get to pre-type, so this will take a bit.
Aesop Thatch shouts: Go Vivian!
Sadie Meadowbrook: yummmmmmm soup
Gabriel Moller shouts: VIVIAN ROCKS@@@!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aquamarine Nori would give some soup to Sadie, but it's no copy-soup.
Vivian Vacirca: \Our build was a combinaation of a School and an orphanage. We chose such a build to represent the UNICEF priomise of a "Safe, Secure and Healthy environment for children."
Sadie Meadowbrook awwww
Aquamarine Nori's soup is very yummy soup.
Vivian Vacirca: Please, one mic.
Tabitha GKid: thank u vivian, u may sit down
Tabitha GKid: okay next rep!
Tabitha GKid: atte please go next
Atte Aderdeen: We made a school and told about education in poor countries. We also had some facts about other issues too, like the lack of clean water. We aimed for interactivity, so there are lots of interactive parts. It was great fun building it too! :D
Tabitha GKid: great atte!! thank u
Tabitha GKid: next, richard
Richard Dwi: WOO
Richard Dwi: Our build was promoting the idea of healthy lives by having a clinic for shots, and promoting the knowledge of such suffering
Tabitha GKid: thank u very much richard!!
Tabitha GKid: next, Ben clancy
Richard Dwi: because alot of people die of simple diseses that can be cured
Ben Clancy: typing...
Ben Clancy: well
Sadie Meadowbrook shouts: yay ben
Ben Clancy: ours was to increase the awareness about the kids and lives that are less fortunate and cannot recieve a proper education
Ben Clancy: and our build is what we can achieve
Tabitha GKid: thank u so much ben!!!
Tabitha GKid: is that all the team reps we have here?
Trextron Sukra: Hey everyone, our building thingy was about interactive learning we used poseballs and notecards so u can "interact" with the things we made
Tabitha GKid: thank u so much trextno

Special award

Tabitha GKid: oaky so now that we have heard from most groups
Tabitha GKid: unfortunately not everyone can be here
Tabitha GKid: due to TIME ZONE diffs
Tabitha GKid: but most of u made it
Tabitha GKid: and i am thrilled that we can be here to announce the winners
Rafi GKid: and we shout out all the other great builds as well!
Tabitha GKid: so who's ready for the grand announcement!!!
Kremski Switchblade: ME!
Kremski Switchblade: FINALLY!
Vivian Vacirca: YESSSS!
Vewy Cuddihy: meeeee!
Gabriel Moller: me!
Richard Dwi: ME
Vewy Cuddihy shouts: woo!
Aesop Thatch shouts: WOOOHOOOOO
Richard Dwi: MEMEMEME
Aesop Thatch shouts: GO Vivian
Calade Lamington: start from 3rd place
Richard Dwi: msg: ME
Aquamarine Nori: mee!!!!
Dolus Naumova shouts: I'M NOT WAIT WAIT WAIT
Barry Gkid: Me!
Nafiza GKid: lol ^^;;
Mariel Voyunicef: Yay
Tabitha GKid feels that even tho the other teams are not here but they're here in spirit. and probably in their dreams =)
Alyson Arliss: YAY
Trextron Sukra shouts: ME!!!!
Barry Gkid: (oh wait, I know already...)
Dolus Naumova shouts: DELAY IT FURTHER
Trextron Sukra shouts: lol
Sadie Meadowbrook: You're so fun-ny
Tabitha GKid: GREAT!!!
Tabitha GKid: so..;
Aquamarine Nori: yay
Gabriel Moller: VIVAN
Tabitha GKid: let me walk to the podium
Kremski Switchblade: Start from 3rd place
Sadie Meadowbrook: yay
Sadie Meadowbrook shouts: yay
Tabitha GKid: okay this is good enough
Tabitha GKid: can the last row hear me?
Tabitha GKid: or read me?
Tabitha GKid shouts: can u guys hear me in the last row??
Gabriel Moller: yes!
Trextron Sukra shouts: YEAH!!!!!!!!!
Aesop Thatch shouts: Sure thing
Aquamarine Nori comments to Sadie that the podium looks like 3 tupperware containers half full of soup.
Tabitha GKid: so we have 2 extra special prizes
Tabitha GKid: on top of the 3 top prizes
Barry Gkid: yummy, what sort of soup?
Tabitha GKid: first, the MOST REALISTIC BUILD OF ALL
Aquamarine Nori: chicken
Tabitha GKid: THE AWARD GOES TO.......
Tabitha GKid: THE AWU TEAM!!!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: PLEASE COME ON DOWN!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: the winner of this category will receive $1KL per member
Jay Clostermann: am I too late?
Richard Dwi: the award ceramony was 2 days ago
Mariel Voyunicef: Shh.
Kremski Switchblade: Lmao
Ben Clancy poops himself
Jay Clostermann claps
Aesop Thatch claps.
Barry Gkid: congratulations!
Aesop Thatch: Good job.
Richard Dwi shouts: YAY
Alyson Arliss: claps
Sanuk Click: lol
Vernon Davison: gratz
Sadie Meadowbrook: yay
Kremski Switchblade: Congrats!
Aquamarine Nori: WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gabriel Moller: good job
Tabitha GKid: BEN CLANCY, INSANITY AN, MOOGLE HANSEN
Sanuk Click: YIFFY! ^.^ ben!
Tabitha GKid: PLEASE COME ON DOWN!!!
Mariel Voyunicef: Wooo
Trextron Sukra shouts: WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rafi GKid: come on down!
Alyson Arliss: YAY
Tabitha GKid: each of you will receive $1000L
Aquamarine Nori: wooo go Ben!
Sadie Meadowbrook shouts: congrats
Richard Dwi: oh snap
Sadie Meadowbrook: goooo ben
Richard Dwi: that's alot
Ian Merrienboer shouts: wow!
Jay Clostermann: Great Job!
Tabitha GKid says yay and congratulaions is okay
Aquamarine Nori: that is a lot!
Dolus Naumova: L$1000? Hardly. >_>
Richard Dwi: it's alot to poor avatars!
Ian Merrienboer shouts: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most popular build award

Tabitha GKid: I WILL ANNOUNCE
Tabitha GKid: THE MOST POPULAR BUILD OF THE WEEK
Tabitha GKid: THE AWARD GOES TO...
Kremski Switchblade: O_o
Rafi GKid: Voted by you guys!
Barry Gkid: Voted by all of you
Tabitha GKid: TEAM POROT!!!!!!!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: COME ON DOWN!!!!!!
Atte Aderdeen: Yay!
Mariel Voyunicef: Woo Porot
Barry Gkid: Congratulations
Dolus Naumova: I THINK YOU MISPELLED PARROT.
Jay Clostermann claps like craazy
Tabitha GKid: winner of this category will win $2000L per member
Trextron Sukra claps!!!!
Vivian Vacirca: yay!
Kremski Switchblade: O_o
Tabitha GKid: CONGRATULATIONS TEAM POROT!!
sam Doigts: woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo0o0o0o0ooo00000000t
Tabitha GKid: u have won the highest votes all week
Atte Aderdeen: Yay!
Ian Merrienboer: W00T
Aquamarine Nori: OMG THATS A LOT!

Third prize winner

Tabitha GKid: NEXT WINNER
Tabitha GKid: FOR THE UNICEF WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN CONTEST
Rafi GKid: Okay.... onto the 3,rd, 2nd, and 1st place winners!
Dolus Naumova: WINNER THAT IS NEXT
Tabitha GKid: THIS IS THE THIRD PRIZE
Kremski Switchblade: W00T
Sadie Meadowbrook shouts: woot
Dolus Naumova: PRIZE OF THRID
Richard Dwi shouts: w00t
Dolus Naumova: THIRD
Gabriel Moller: winner
Dolus Naumova: Thrid? XD
Tabitha GKid: drum rolls please
Barry Gkid: Third place
Rafi GKid: This was a super tough decision on the part of the judges... and we do have a tie for third!
Dolus Naumova: ROLL THE DRUMS.
Barry Gkid: A tie!
Tabitha GKid: yes it was a difficult decision
Dolus Naumova: THE WINNER GETS A TIE
Richard Dwi: TIE IS TIED
Tabitha GKid: 3rd prize goes to ZEN!!!!!!!!!
Rafi GKid: The two teams that won third place are, Team Zen and Teh Sexy Sploders!
Tabitha GKid: TEAM ZEN!!!!! PLEASE COME ON DOWN!!!
Dolus Naumova: THE WINNER OF THIRD PLACES GETS A TIE
Mariel Voyunicef: WOOO ZEN!
MerchantVendor Vega: lol."I would like to thanks God and all his wisdom for voting me for this place of honor"
Dolus Naumova: YAY YOU GUYS GOT TIES
Ian Merrienboer shouts: yyaaaahhhhh!
Barry Gkid: Congratulations
Tabitha GKid: will both teams come on down
Mariel Voyunicef: WOOO SEXIES! xD
Tabitha GKid: please stand on the 3rd prize podium
Tabitha GKid: and as u get on the podium, rafi wil give you the crown
Sadie Meadowbrook shouts: congrates to all the teams
Tabitha GKid: the winner of the 3rd prize
Tabitha GKid: receives $50 US

Second prize winner

Tabitha GKid: THE SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Richard Dwi is extremely nervous
Tabitha GKid: TEAM F&V!!!!!!! U ARE SECOND PRIZE!!!!!!
Kremski Switchblade: YES!!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: YOUR TEAM HAS WON $100 US DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mariel Voyunicef: WOOOOOO F&V!!!!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: congratulations!!!!!!!
Kremski Switchblade: YEAH BABY!!!
Ian Merrienboer: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vernon Davison: w00t! XD
Ian Merrienboer: HOLLY CRAP!!!!!
Tabitha GKid: vernon davison, kremski switchblade, lucas whittlesea, and UFO tuppakaka
Tabitha GKid: please stand on the 2nd place

Grand prize winner

Tabitha GKid: now before we reach teh grand prize winner
Tabitha GKid: $200US dollars
Tabitha GKid: to be split even among the team
Tabitha GKid: i would like to take this moment
MerchantVendor Vega: to thank god
Tabitha GKid: to tell everyone that this was a decion made by majority
Tabitha GKid: so the winner of the grand prize team
Tabitha GKid: DRUM ROLLS...
Dolus Naumova rolls his drum.
Vewy Cuddihy rolls a drum
Alpha Zaius: lets take a break
Vewy Cuddihy: ;-;
Tabitha GKid: TEAM POROT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spunky Pinkdot is Offline
Alpha Zaius: /clap
Atte Aderdeen: YAY!!
Dolus Naumova: Alpha I'm going to kill you.
Tabitha GKid: please come on down Atte and Calade
Tabitha GKid: and stand on first prize podium
Richard Dwi shouts: porot won twice!
Ian Merrienboer: YYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dolus Naumova: "Let's take a break!"
Tabitha GKid: congratulations to all of the teams
Mariel Voyunicef: Yay Porot
Mariel Voyunicef: Congratulations everyone

Tabitha GKid: 3rd team won $50 US
Tabitha GKid: 2nd team won $100 US
Tabitha GKid: and 1st team won $200 US
Ian Merrienboer: WO!!!!!
Ian Merrienboer: WOW!!!
Tabitha GKid: to be split among the team evenly
Tabitha GKid: we have seen ur hard work, your peers have voted
UFO Tuppakaka: WEE WIN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!?!?!?
Tabitha GKid: lets give urselves a big round of apple sauce =)
Tabitha GKid: applause!!!!!!!
Ian Merrienboer: lol
Vewy Cuddihy passes around the sauce
Alpha Zaius shouts: congrats everyone!!!
MerchantVendor Vega: apple sauce for everyone!~
Kremski Switchblade: I'd like to thank all the GKids for making this possible, and for all the competition
Kremski Switchblade: Thanks so much!
Vernon Davison: party XD
Mariel Voyunicef: Yay GKIDS!!!!!!

Discussion of what was learned

Rafi GKid: Winners, you have anything yo want to share?
Kremski Switchblade: Yes, all the GKids absolutely rock
Rafi GKid: any winners have anything they want to say?
Tabitha GKid: plese stop all animation
Kremski Switchblade: GKids absolutely rock
Atte Aderdeen does: THANKS YOU EVERYONE
Tabitha GKid: please share a bit of what ur feeling was
Tabitha GKid: what did u learn and what was this whole experience for u like? (and fee freel to pre-type)
Davy Maltz: We learned alot of statistics abotu world hunger, and i learned how to script, make realistic water, and write good descriptions.
Davy Maltz: Plus it helped that i was learning the same thing at the time in global studies class o:
Davy Maltz: It was fun, though.
Tabitha GKid: okay tahnk u davy
Tabitha GKid: u guys did a great job
Davy Maltz: Welcome.
Vivian Vacirca: This was a challenge. I'm glad that Sanuk's and my hard work paid off, and we have a prize to show for it. Thanks, GK for this wonderful experience.
Sanuk Click: planing an idea is hard, building it takes time
Vivian Vacirca: I learned some scripting, and that It takes more work than I'm used to to do this sort of thing. ^^
INSANITY An: ive been building for like 6 months now and ive never built a school so it was pretty new
Ben Clancy: because some countries dont have that many
Ben Clancy: and yeah
Ben Clancy: it was fun building
Ben Clancy: slow and frustrating but it was worth it
INSANITY An: and so many kids without books and learning materials
Ben Clancy: yeah
INSANITY An: its... INSANITY :OOOO
Tabitha GKid is very glad to see that everyone has learned something
Vernon Davison: We had alot of fun with our build =) We Learned so many amazing facts that we shared with everyone and really would like to thank everyone =)
Kremski Switchblade: Within this all, we have learned about more off the issues in the world. For example, I didn't know much about competing in this competetion, but when I joined, and saw all the pictures our group put up, it was a bit of a shock, and now I won't forget any of it. I want to thank all the GKids, especially Barry, Rafi, and Tabitha for being such good sports, and allowing this competition to be such a big success!
Atte Aderdeen: This whole thing was extremely fun! And I also learned a lot about the issues during the build. I just want to thank everyone who voted for us and to the people organizing the event! :)
Calade Lamington: This was very... rewarding ^^ And I learned those statistics and stuff too. I think. And of course, I enjoyed it. Learned a few new building tricks too.
UFO Tuppakaka: my crown wont go on :( my bodys messed up...
Mariel Voyunicef: http://www.unicef.org/voy/discussions/showthread.php?t=6774 - this is our thread in Voices of Youth
Rafi GKid: So did all the team members catch that URL?
Kremski Switchblade wants to hug Tabitha, Rafi, and Barry, but feels it will be a little too much
Barry Gkid: HUG back-- virtually
Vernon Davison: vIRTUAL HUGS! YAY! XD
Barry Gkid: Now, that we have come to the end of this amazing festival, that YOU all turned into somethign so inspiring
Barry Gkid: you might be wondering...
Barry Gkid: what can I do now?
Barry Gkid: Well...
Barry Gkid: We JUST launched today
Barry Gkid: on a web site
Barry Gkid: those flat things with text and pictures
Barry Gkid: online
Barry Gkid: a question
Barry Gkid: that might interest you
Barry Gkid: Should Global Kids leave Teen Second Life?
Kremski Switchblade: UFO
Vernon Davison: NOO!
UFO Tuppakaka: yes
Barry Gkid: Or, more specifically: What role should adults play, or not play, within online teen spaces?
Barry Gkid: Global Kids has taken the question to four TSL residents - Mariel Voyunicef, Cheesepuff Barnard, Lucky Figtree, Relk Akula - and begun an online discussion, to last one week, at http://tinyurl.com/yhwp3m
Barry Gkid: We have reason to believe that Lindens will be watching (and perhaps posting). Please go NOW to read their comments and post your own.
Barry Gkid: What can adults offer to teen spaces? What does their presence take away? Make your voice heard!
Barry Gkid: It will run starting today for one week, and we would LOVE to know your opinions
Kremski Switchblade: No one better take away the GKid adults
Barry Gkid: you can be honest - we're tough
Barry Gkid: and PLEASE tell your other friends online, outside SL, who are in other youth communities, so that it is not all about SL
Barry Gkid: Please shout out some other online youth spaces where you spend your time
Barry Gkid: We look forward to seeing your provocative thoughts there
Barry Gkid: Thank you all so much for everything
Barry Gkid: Have happy holidays
Barry Gkid: And for those returning in 2007, we look forward to seeing you there
Vernon Davison: i got till July tho XD!
Barry Gkid: and for those graduating to the teen grid: look for Globalkids Bixby!
Vewy Cuddihy shouts: maybe vernon can be an approved adult here next year!!!
Barry Gkid: and big shout out to Tabitha for running such an amazing festival and Rafi as well
Barry Gkid: Over and out!
Jamesy Lopez: over
Kremski Switchblade: I'm wearing this crown with pride