Introduction

The Local Government Study Group is a group in the virtual world Second Life dedicated to the promotion of tools to facilitate local governance by those who inhabit that virtual world.

The Group aims to discuss the benefits of local governance, and to develop and refine detailed proposals for sophisticated governance tools to put before Second Life developers Linden Lab, in the hope of persuading them to adopt them. The potential benefits of virtual world government of the sort best achievable through governance tools include the prorogation of the rule of law and democracy, effective enforcement of rules, and the promotion of a healthy and stable commercial economy by such means as effective contract and intellectual property enforcement and dispute resolution. Details of the latest tools proposals and benefits of local governance arrangements can be found on the pages linked to the left, along with transcripts of past meetings.

Anybody interested in promoting local governance in Second Life is encouraged to join the Local Government Study Group within SecondLife, and attend some of our meetings. Notice of the meetings will be posted here and as notices in the group.

Anybody interested in contributing to this wiki should contact Mondrain Lykin, who is in charge of the wiki.

Next meeting

Details on the next meeting will follow.