Alternatively why not take up the generous offers by many ISE CEOs to take some of the free plots offered to you months ago- they would probably build you an awesome exchange building too for free.

I personally am against any links with ACE.

I am an ISE diehard and I detest the WSE and I am totally against any links with ACE. I think the ISE does an outstanding job

I'm happy to provide land for a headquarters for ISE, but you're right, I don't have "themed" sims.

Why not think out of the box - the theme of the sim is unimportant - you could have a gorgeous urban themed sim that has no traffic.  Why not contemplate having a modest headquarters, and then renting a couple of spots in very busy commercial areas, to hold information, a landmark to the main office, and an ATM...  Something like a kiosk. or a booth, or small boutique store, like in many SL "malls".

The point is to generate interest from people that have never heard of the ISE, right?  Not just to give US all a place to go...

Just a thought...

dd

Last edited by DeliciousDemar (2009-09-27 03:42:22)

DeliciousDemar wrote:

I'm happy to provide land for a headquarters for ISE, but you're right, I don't have "themed" sims.

Why not think out of the box - the theme of the sim is unimportant - you could have a gorgeous urban themed sim that has no traffic.  Why not contemplate having a modest headquarters, and then renting a couple of spots in very busy commercial areas, to hold information, a landmark to the main office, and an ATM...  Something like a kiosk. or a booth, or small boutique store, like in many SL "malls".

The point is to generate interest from people that have never heard of the ISE, right?  Not just to give US all a place to go...

Just a thought...

dd

To garner some interest, perhaps the ISE could offer shares in exchange for a parcel of land. Run it by the shareholders of course. There's no guarantee the recipient wouldn't just dump the shares outright, but you never know.

I think ISE users would be happy with a small nook with just an ATM. In another post, Eliale talked about revitalizing the community. Maybe it's just me, but attracting new faces would help revitalize the community while also inspiring some evolution. The ongoing dialogue, though arguably stagnant, suffers from some ennui. Talking with newcomers about the platform would help remind us what brought us here as newcomers, and I think it'd put many things into perspective. In that way, it's like seeing the world from a child's eyes. Like always I'm not just talking about the ISE here, and I think newcomers could positively impact the platform more generally.

I tend to think that gamers would be fascinated by the exchanges, that is, if they knew the difference between virtual exchanges and banks (space reserved for cynics). "Did you know that the 20L$ you're putting into that zyngo machine would get you 10 DDE shares?" There used to be gaming companies listed on the exchanges. They attracted people from both markets: "Not only can you buy and play the games, but you can receive a piece of the profits as well."

I could go on forever. People on the ISE have been talking about outreach for some time.This might be an apt time to pursue that. An interesting place to start might be for people to disclose how they learned about the exchanges. For instance, I learned about the banks from gamers and the banks led me to the exchanges. Once you picked a few prime locations, perhaps a few ISE regulars could meet periodically in world. Not only would that strengthen the sense of community, it might just attract some newcomers.

Good post Delly,

KM

Happy to provide my lot for the ISE HQ on mainland for shares. (i'd still continue paying tier, but would receive ISE shares in accordance to the paid amount monthly). Check my picks for location.

Plus i have a few venues in other places, where i would be happy to put an ATM or otherwise promote the ISE.

And as a third topic - i am willing to work with a group of people to further the ISE. May it be then promotion, generation of future ideas or policies or something else. If there is interest a such small group could be formed. And if people think that i might be of any assistance of course

Cocky,

I can give you a large space on the same sim as CapEx

The sim has a large amphitheater for meetings and the sim name is generic

Since I also own a large block of ISE I do not see a conflict.

The space would be at no cost to ISE

Thank you,

Scott

ScottNestler wrote:

Cocky,

I can give you a large space on the same sim as CapEx

The sim has a large amphitheater for meetings and the sim name is generic

Since I also own a large block of ISE I do not see a conflict.

The space would be at no cost to ISE

Thank you,

Scott

I would not dislike to have a place where you can have the 3 exchanges of SL  ( ISE, Capex and Vstex).

It would concentrate a decent amount of investors together.

Of course, each exchange should have a separate HQ

I would be happy to have a seperate building for each exchange

-Scott

I totally agree Andy. Maybe, we, the ISE could ponder a move to the already existing CAPEX building and they could ponder if they would want us there. Combined efforts, nice building, shared costs, more marketing power etc. I would vote yes.

AndyGrant wrote:

One thing i don't understand is, what do exchanges use (or plan to use) their HQ's for ? (isn't that quiet huge waste of resources?)

It is not.  I mean, HQ does not have to be pretentious but should be a “safe area”.

What do I mean with that? You never know what could happen when you are a “guest” or even a paying guest….

An exchange should maintain an independent ATM place (HQ) where no one can dictate rules (better mainland).

For example, when I was banned from Rodders lands where ISE was located, it was very useful to have an independent place to go ruled by ISE only.

Still, having a place where we can find the 3 exchanges may attract other companies to have their office there and more people around…

I am still thinking about it and looking at land.