{"id":1503,"date":"2014-05-18T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T10:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/?page_id=1503"},"modified":"2020-10-23T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T22:10:11","slug":"crowdfunder-campaign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2017\/sponsors\/crowdfunder-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfunder Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>OpenSimulator Community Conference 2017 Crowdfunder Campaign<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><code><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZM57m_zx5Q?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/center>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE CROWDFUNDER CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED!<br \/>\nTHANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE CONFERENCE!<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>THE GOAL<\/h3>\n<p>The goal of the OpenSimulator Community Conference is to bring together developers, grid administrators, users, and enthusiasts who share an interest in the future of\u00a0the metaverse to <strong>push the OpenSimulator platform forward<\/strong> and to <strong>strengthen the OpenSimulator community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>OPEN SOURCE = COMMUNITY SUPPORTED<\/h3>\n<p>As an <strong>open source<\/strong> project, OpenSimulator relies on the generosity of its developer community and user base to contribute towards its future growth, and the OpenSimulator Community Conference is a similarly crowdfunded endeavor.<\/p>\n<h3>WHERE THE MONEY GOES<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Donations\u00a0are used to cover the <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/archives-resources\/2013-conference-budget\/\">costs to run and produce the conference<\/a>, which includes grid and web server hosting and management costs, paid web services such as the online schedule service, ad-free streaming video services that we hope to offer this year, honoraria fees for keynote speakers, and AvaCon&#8217;s professional event management services. \u00a0Obviously some portion of the donations will also go to cover shipping and postage of physical items depending upon the level of donation or sponsorship selected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>THE BENEFITS<\/h3>\n<p>By supporting the conference, you can help <strong>improve the OpenSimulator software<\/strong>! \u00a0For example, there were a number of exciting outcomes as a result of last year&#8217;s OpenSimulator Community Conference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over <strong>1000+ <\/strong>code commits and patches were submitted to the OpenSimulator core code!<\/li>\n<li>Simulator load<strong> capacity and stability<\/strong> was substantially improved!<\/li>\n<li>OpenSimulator developers and <strong>viewer developers<\/strong> met together for the very first time!<\/li>\n<li>The dreaded <strong>&#8220;4096&#8221; bug<\/strong> that limited HyperGrid teleports was resolved!<\/li>\n<li>Over <strong>400 unique <\/strong>attendees, with HyperGrid visitors from <strong>45 different grids\u00a0<\/strong>participated in discussing how to improve OpenSimulator!<\/li>\n<li>Hours and hours of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 900; color: #579e00;\">archive videos<\/span>\u00a0were curated and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCd3qPenTQiaKSW9FfhYcn3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uploaded to YouTube<\/a>\u00a0for future viewing!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What will this year&#8217;s <strong>OpenSimulator Community Conference 2017<\/strong> bring to the community?<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:5px; font-size:35px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2 meta-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Thank Our Supporters<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><center>Many thanks to the OpenSimulator Community members who have supported\u00a0the conference!<\/center><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Lyr Lobo<br \/>\nSpiff Whitfield<br \/>\nVirtually Human<br \/>\n3DLES<br \/>\nMetaverse School GmbH<br \/>\nKayaker Magic<br \/>\nSUNY \u2013 Empire State College<br \/>\nTR Lifter<br \/>\nGhostraven Professional Attire<br \/>\nWarOfConquest.com<br \/>\nZhaoyu Wang<br \/>\nCheops Forlife<br \/>\nMB Technilog GmbH, Berlin<br \/>\nCam Starsider<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Butch Arnold<br \/>\nNoxluna Nightfire<br \/>\nGerald Stapleton<br \/>\nAgile Dimensions LLC<br \/>\nBrian Carroll<br \/>\nAnn Cudworth\/ Annabelle Fanshaw<br \/>\nNi Lemon<br \/>\nA Dimension Beyond Inc.<br \/>\nDavid Deeds<br \/>\nAlbert Landar<br \/>\nRoland Francis<br \/>\nJokay Wollongong<br \/>\nLori Landay<br \/>\nReggae Life by Rosa Alekseev<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>JJ Eatonverse-Drinkwater<br \/>\nLissena Wisdomseeker<br \/>\nApollo Manga<br \/>\nValen Voom<br \/>\nOSgrid Inc.<br \/>\nAi Austin<br \/>\nMichael Bailey<br \/>\nThe Vesuvius Group<br \/>\n2worlds2go<br \/>\nDabici Straulino<br \/>\nHeike Philp<br \/>\nLarysa Firehawk<br \/>\nEureka World<br \/>\nRubaiyat 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