Did you know that some of us have been around (albeit on and off!) since 2006??? Our history is rich and varied... Pics to follow soon, but first, have a read...! Comments always welcome!
** Some dates are ball park, so if anyone knows better, let me know**
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2006
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December 2006 - Venus Beach Club for Women opens at Plush Northlake, with a 1/4 sim, under the leadership of Lapis Lynin and Rhea Riel.
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2007
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April 2007, Laura Garmes and Tiffani Tripsa promoted to Archangel status
July 2007, Tiffani and Laura marry.
September 2007: Laura and Tiffani now jointly own VB with Lapis and Rhea.
September 2007: 7 Archangels and 4 Goddesses (Owners)
July 2007, Venus Beach club extends to the rest of the Plush Northlake sim
October 2007, Laura and Tiffani purchase VB from Lapis and Rhea, who go create 'Venus Mons' which lanches around Christmas 2007.
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2008
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February 2008, Laura purchases a 1/4 neighbouring sim, and Pivot builds a mall on it. Venus Beach Club for women is now takes in 1.25 sims.
March 2008, membership peaks at 535.
June 1, 2008 Owner Tiffani Tripsa divorces co-owner Laura Garmes. Laura leaves VB soon after for a break.
June 17, 2008, Laura sells her share to Regan Gaffer
Summer 2008 - Tiffani marries Regan
Late Northern summer / Fall 2008 - "The Troubles". Huge split in VB after Tiffani's divorce/remarriage. Among other happenings:
Archangel BeteNoir Aabye pays Regan $25L, and tells her to divorce Tiff. When Regan refuses, BeteNoir evicts her from sim. BeteNoir subsequently banned.
Long-time member and former partial owner Pivot Pinion banned.
Archangels powers reduced sharply, turning them into hostesses, after one arch returns a bunch of Regan's items.
Regan and Tiffani retitle themselves "Supreme Goddesses" and institute new class of "Goddesses" to help manage sim.
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2009
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Late 2008/early 2009 - Move from Plush Northlake to Redonda
Late spring of 2009 - Influx of new members
Northern Summer of 2009 - Many archangels who are no longer active removed from positions, and newer, active members promoted to those slots
Northern Summer of 2009 - Early dance parties - 9 AM SLT Tuesday and Thursday, 8 AM Saturday and Sunday, dj'd by Zoanne Zanzibar - become popular.
Early Northern Fall 2009 - Member Angelin LittleBoots becomes very active and is promoted to Archangel.
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2010
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January 2010 - Officers Angelin LittleBoots, Avion Luminos, and Beathag McMahon
begin organizing regular events. Angelin is the dj, and Avion begins building sets. These include the Sunday 4 PM event, as well as a weekday 4 PM event. The weekday event moves around before finally settling on Tuesday as Techno Toosday. This later becomes Tiki Toosday with DJ Avion at the helm.
Late 2010 - Traffic numbers begin to fall. The Managers unable to be in world often.
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2011
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Early 2011 - Zoanne is unable to continue dj'ing, and Avion begins dj'ing her dance parties
March 2011 - Laura makes fresh contact with Tiffani Tripsa and Beathag.
and soon after, Tiffani excepts Laura's offer to buy back in to Venus Beach Club for Women. Laura is shocked at the state of the beach, and the way it has been left to slowly die, mainly due to the two managers unable to be there cos of their RL's. Tiffani asks Laura 'To make it like AWT' (A Womens' Touch)
May 2011 - Laura formally returns and assumes day-to-day management, Tiffani and Regan are unable to do be there each day, due to their RL commitment.
Laura provides Regan and Tiffani with a plan to stimulate the beach and sets upon the plan. Membership is at 414.
June 2011 - upgrade completed, membership is up to 444, ad traffic up 500%.
Not everyone is happy, and Laura is told off for not seeking joint permission from the other owners.
Frustrated and dumbfounded by their views, Laura decides to break away and form Venus Beach, stating that the views each other have are different, and in order not to die, we must move with the times. Laura chooses to save the VB brand, rather than see it wither and become static, and has the full support of key middle level staffers.
July 2011 - Venus Beach II opens for business with a clear model for success. Laura appoints Avion Luminos the co-owner, and abolishes the Supreme Goddess Role.
All arch's formal powers returned. Archs given autonomy to run their own events.
August 2011 - Old members, excluded from Venus Beach Club for Women, return, and are offered Archangel tags where they where stripped of them. Venus Beach II's core value is that of community and not that of a 'club'
September 2011 - Venus Beach II extends to two sims and offers rentals.
November 2011 - Avion and Laura partner.
November 2011 - DJ Moon starts a Thursday event
December 2011 - a new build is planned to cement our identity as separate from Venus Beach Club for Women.
December 25, 2011.... 100th member.
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2012
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February 2012 - New build complete, membership grows steeply. Venus Beach II to have a new build on an annual basis.
February 2012 - new partnerships with groups to cross-promote our events. Events listed as well on the Linden Search
March 2012 - Venus Beach II's blog launched.
March 2012 - traffic begins to exceed A Womens' Touch
March 2012 - Laura writes to Venus Beach Club For Women seeking to settle differences - no response.
April 2012 - Laura writes again to Venus Beach Club for Women.
April 2012 - 140th member joins.
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