Hi DrFran, just discovered your podcasts (I checked out your profile at the Farhaven dance last night and then found my way here). Great stuff! I was especially interested in this one, as I have found face-to-face real life meetings with folks I'm friendly with online or inworld to be a wonderful way to deepen connections. Of course, I'm a pretty kinaesthetic type anyway, so for me it really helps. I've been curious about how much less open to this possibility the folks in SL are than other venues from the past (alt groups, back in the earlier days of the internet, for example). But my partner (Balpien Hammerer) and I have already had one RL meeting with someone we'd met in SL, and it was indeed a good thing. Thanks for bringing this issue up! And see you in SL!

Ayla Nightfire