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@everyone @followers @friends #OSFest2026 Theme Voting is closed, results are posted here for the top five themes. https://rcv.imatalks.com/results/10 Top 5 are: 1
Tied in First Place - Science Fiction and Fantasy
Third Place - Music: The Universal Language
Fourth Place - Past, Present, and Future (find your own moment in time)
Fifth - Place Into the Past
Congratulations to everyone who voted! You are making this your OSFest! Make it fun, I can't wait to see this year's creativity. The event calendar will be live as soon as I finish bug fixes from last year. Stay tuned as you start planning for October 12-26, 2026. Remember you can host an event on your own grid or on the OSFest grid via exhibit or store space, or both! More to come soon.

@everyone @followers OSFest 2026 Theme voting closes on the 31st! If you haven't voted yet, now is the time. You can rank 1 or more up to 18 choices to help us narrow the choices! https://rcv.imatalks.com/vote/10

OSFest 2026 Themes - Community Voting
At OSFest in 2025, we saw avatars attend from over 150 different grids including Kitely, OSGrid, Digiworldz, Craft-World, Wolf Territories, Bridgemere, OSCC, and many more - no matter the grid size or location. For #OSFest2026, there were 18 suggestions from the Hypergrid community for exhibit themes. This is our Ranked Consensus Voting page for participants and attendees to rank these suggestions. The result will show a composite, voter-derived, consensus ranking. We support 16 languages and various accessibility features so everyone can vote! Use text hints on the page or our AI-assisted Election Helper on the page using voice or text to rank the suggestions and cast your vote before the election ends! This is the link https://rcv.imatalks.com/vote/10

We've put RCBot's OSFest 2026 Dates poll in the polling channel on the OSFest Discord server. If you are not on Discord and want to vote we can vote as your proxy. The choices are Aug 17-31, 2026 or Oct 12-26, 2026 - here to help if needed! Most OSFest Events will be on different grids scheduled via the updated OSFest Calendar application. The poll will be up for the remainder of April 2026 so everyone has a chance to vote.

@everyone 2026 has begun and its time to get to planning OSFest 2026 - yes we are starting early 😉 Tentative dates are October 9, 2026 thru October 24, 2026. Our primary goal is to have 65% events on other grids and 35% on the OSFest grid.

Choosing our theme is the next step so I created a ranked choice bot we can use to narrow choices without people "bandwagoning" or seeing spoilers. Each poll we vote on is limited to 5 choices so we will be running more than one ranked choice poll to help us rank suggested themes. When you vote, (ranking your choices), assign a number from 1 to 5 to each choice where the best choice is 5 and the worst choice is 1. So far we have the following suggestions:

Into the Future
Into the Past
Alternate Timelines
Change the World
Ancient Myths
Nautical
Ships (Air, Land, and Sea)
Architecture
Science Fiction
Futuristic Living
Fantasy
Supernatural
Mysteries and Monsters
Color (Single color per exhibit)
Physically based rendering (PBR)

Do we want to have more than one theme? Are there any more suggestions before I create the polls in the polling-channel?

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 23 Oct 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

A fun way to share your events, voice your thoughts, and help others in the HG community! Q&A Session (reverse webinar) hosted by Infinite Metaverse Alliance (IMA) weekly.

Video, audio, and chat may be captured for those who cannot attend.

To learn more about IMA and participate in various projects
https://discord.gg/kACNcnanes

@everyone #OSFest2024 BURN Party!
It's day 17 filled with powerhouse performers counting down to the BURN. What is it? In the style of Burning Man, at the Closing BURN Party we have 8 hours of non-stop performances then gather in the Event and Burn regions for two hours of fun in-world "burns" backed by great music. We "burn it all down" so we are ready to start anew next year. Spread the word!

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 2 Oct 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

Topic is the upcoming OSFest on Friday so if you have questions be sure to attend. Fashion Show being organized. Stores and exhibits remain available!

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 25 Sep 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

Topic is the upcoming OSFest so if you have questions be sure to attend. A fun way to share your events, voice your thoughts, and help others in the HG community!