| 14:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hi, Lovejoy. Welcome |
| 14:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Eva |
| 14:56 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
TP crash... |
| 14:56 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
hello, Words |
| 14:56 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
greetings ladies and gentleman |
| 14:58 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
these benches always make fun of my face |
| 14:58 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
but I'm always in a good mood |
| 14:58 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
so I don't care |
| 14:58 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Okay, I'm here. When does the Q and A start? |
| 14:58 |
Phrynne |
At the top of the hour |
| 14:58 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Right, so 2 more minutes, yes? |
| 14:58 |
Phrynne |
We have reports first, then open Q&A |
| 14:59 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Sounds good. I'm glad I was brought here. :-) |
| 15:00 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
waves at rainy |
| 15:00 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
hello dear. |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Henry and Miss Gronk |
| 15:01 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Thank you, Sir. |
| 15:01 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
hello, Brenda! |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Rainy and Brenda |
| 15:02 |
Brenda (brendaharden) |
Hello, Eva |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And welcome badger in the back. ;) |
| 15:02 |
badgerofzen |
hullo |
| 15:02 |
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Phrynne waves a paw to everyone |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting; |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner. |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion. |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:02 |
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Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) gladly waves back. |
| 15:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And back transcripts are linked from http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:04 |
lovejoy2199 |
Back. Greetings everyone |
| 15:05 |
RainyDayRecess |
wb Lovejoy ;) |
| 15:05 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Rainy |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Before asking Phrynne for her report, I want to note that I've appointed her to be Consul General to Jadida Mondrago. |
| 15:06 |
lovejoy2199 |
Congrats |
| 15:06 |
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Brenda (brendaharden) claps |
| 15:06 |
RainyDayRecess |
Yay!! Congratulations! |
| 15:06 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Very nice, but who or what is this Jadida Mondrago? |
| 15:06 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ooo! Congrats! |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Both to foster continuing good relations with Mondrago and to create a flow of information. |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne, go with anything you had for this week and a bit about Mondrago. |
| 15:07 |
Phrynne |
I have three things of note: |
| 15:07 |
Phrynne |
I've added a few more flowers here and there, and a few more bunnies. We may see more of them soon. The very large ones that are not blue can be climbed on and sat upon. The big blue one by the apple tree is a little more dignified and doesn't allow climbing. But they are all reasonably friendly. |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
I've also been reorganizing the gifts from past Advent Calendars. You'd be surprised how confusing it can get after five years, with anywhere from 25 to 50 gifts a year. |
| 15:08 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
oh congratulations, Phrynne |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
thank you |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
Jadida Mondrago is a Mediterranean-based Steamland, Henry. |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
Work continues on setting up the Oxbridge Consulate in Jadida Mondrago. The date for the official opening has not been set -- it's possible that a general diplomatic Open House may be scheduled, since there are several consulates and embassies there, but I have not been told a date yet. |
| 15:09 |
Phrynne |
The consulate there has a selection of books available to all from the Oxbridge Library, largely about Steampunk and about travels in the Mediterranean, Africa and the Middle East during the Victorian era, all of which are likely to be of interest to Mondragans. I also have a schedule kiosk there, and information on special events here. |
| 15:10 |
Phrynne |
And that is it for now. |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Great |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea can't make it today -- a bit of a virus or other malady. |
| 15:11 |
RainyDayRecess |
;( |
| 15:11 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Ahh, I see. Thank you for this information, Phrynne. |
| 15:11 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
mostly people that know you knows how much you appreciate this place. I hope the consider words indication, if they won't they are missing a good opportunity to choose a great leader. |
| 15:12 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
or better I say "a great monarch " |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We got an Oxbridge exhibit up at VWBPE that seemed well received. |
| 15:12 |
RainyDayRecess |
Nice work Word ;) |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne and I staffed it Friday afternoon while there were tours being led by hosts. |
| 15:14 |
Phrynne |
We had a good number of visitors. |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I haven't received notice to take it down, so it's still up at VWBPE Central 3 (32,214,37) |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Lady Aev and her group have their exhibit two sites down; Look for a Stonehenge replica. |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I paid tier for the next quarter with about a 25k $L surplus. Down about 10k $L from the start of the year, but this is RFL fund-raising season and we planned for that this time around. |
| 15:18 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Phrynne gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And I've caught up on instructor stipends and working on a financial report in more detail. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, that's our current state for today. Open for questions and comments. |
| 15:20 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Still hosting the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 AM |
| 15:20 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Okay, thank you. Anyway...I have been wanting someone to create a custom weapon, based on an original design I came up with a long time ago. But since I haven't been on as much, I haven't had a chance to figure out how. Now since I'm considering it, I can't seem to find out who to contact. I am by no means a practical builder, here, so I cannot make it myself. But I do have a blue-print or mock-up drawing of the weapon. What should I do? |
| 15:20 |
Phrynne |
what sort of weapon? |
| 15:21 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
It would be a melee weapon, which should be compatible with at least the regular Linden Damage System. Other combat system compatibilities can be discussed, if possible. |
| 15:21 |
Phrynne |
Sword, gun, bomb, particle exploder? |
| 15:22 |
Phrynne |
There may be different skills needed for each of those. |
| 15:22 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
It'd be kind-of like a double-bladed sword, I guess. But not shaped like a traditional sword. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ISC would connect with builders in Caledon |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It would be worth search groups for combat groups with a reasonable number of members. |
| 15:23 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Okay...What is ISC? And it would be part of a promotion for my book series, of which I currently have 5 parts written and published. I can share the Facebook and semi-official web-sites for it if you'd like to see it. |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Independent State of Caledon; The main Caledon chat group. |
| 15:24 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
I see. I should have thought of this. My mistake. |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sometimes identifiable under the comment "ISC just went weird tonight." |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Are you in that group Henry? |
| 15:26 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Hmm...No, I don't believe I am yet, Wordsmith. |
| 15:26 |
Gronk Seriman |
Henry, have you thought of shopping the Marketplace and contacting successful-seeming Creators of similar weapons? |
| 15:27 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Well, kind-of, Gronk. But I'm not up to speed on who the most active or current weapon-creators are in SL. |
| 15:27 |
RainyDayRecess |
Maybe try the classifieds? |
| 15:28 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Thank you for the invite. |
| 15:28 |
Phrynne |
it seems to me that what you are looking for is someone who is a good mesh creator and a good scripter. |
| 15:28 |
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Wordsmith Jarvinen quietly drops beneath the surface of the stage.... |
| 15:29 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Yup. I'd even be willing to pay for the full perm rights to sell the final product. |
| 15:29 |
Gronk Seriman |
If you sort your Marketplace search by Most Recent, you can see who is currently active. And numbers of reviews on an item can show you popularity. |
| 15:29 |
Phrynne |
I don't know about the 'combat system' weapons, but it's possible that the scripts for those are somewhere out on the Marketplace, available, to be put into a sword. |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other items and announcements? |
| 15:29 |
Henry Crawford (henrycrawford) |
Hmm...Okay. I probably could have thought of this to. |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's okay. We don't mind joggling thinking. |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Sandie. Have a seat. |
| 15:31 |
Sandie Harbour |
smiles |
| 15:31 |
Eva Gaelle (jucastt) |
hello, miss sunshine |
| 15:31 |
Phrynne |
Occasionally we have a race with thinking, but jogging works too. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And welcome, Agatha, even though you sat in the back rather than your normal place. ;) |
| 15:31 |
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Agatha Macbeth grins like an idiot |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Any other issues? (Elf still holds his Thurs 11am writing workshop) |
| 15:33 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Oh, slaps forehead, I have one. The CVL-Caledon sci-fi short story discussion is this Thursday at 5pm. The story is "The Thing in the Wall wants your small Change". I'll post the notice on ISC and COUG groups. |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And a bit of info Phrynne checked out from "The Cellar" jazz club. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You want to comment on that Phrynne? |
| 15:36 |
Phrynne |
As many of you know, I keep a notecard of General-rated places that anyone can go to... |
| 15:37 |
Phrynne |
I have had to take some places off that list because they are human-avatar-only. Anyone who doesn't look human is kicked out... |
| 15:37 |
Phrynne |
I am happy to say that I have spoken with the owner of The Cellar, and everyone is welcome, regardless of avatar, as long as they are wearing clothes and behave themselves. |
| 15:37 |
Phrynne |
so I will be adding it to that notecard. |
| 15:38 |
Phrynne |
Kings Stone (223,151,21) |
| 15:38 |
Phrynne |
<--The Cellar Jazz Club |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
I know that some of our Tiny and Furry friends have had trouble with other establishments. I wanted you to know you should not have a problem there -- and if you do, please let me know. |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
(that's all) |
| 15:39 |
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Dee Sandalwood (delonestranger) raises her hand |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
I would mention, however, that it does not have a large dance floor... |
| 15:40 |
Phrynne |
do not wear your Giant or Big Dragon avi, as it won't fit into the room. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not all that crowded necessary and they do have a dance balcony. |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dee? |
| 15:41 |
Dee Sandalwood (delonestranger) |
May I add to what dean Phrynne said by saying they have theme nights that are great fun. |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You may! ;) |
| 15:41 |
Dee Sandalwood (delonestranger) |
Sock hop and USO dances |
| 15:41 |
Phrynne |
:) |
| 15:42 |
Phrynne |
Their specialty is jazz -- of all kinds. |
| 15:43 |
Phrynne |
Does anyone have any other Questions? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hearing nothing more .... |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We are |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
adjourned. |
| 15:44 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans ;) |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming and participating. |
| 15:44 |
Phrynne |
Thank you all for being here |
| 15:44 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Bedtime for me. |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It would be a lonely afternoon of bad puns without you. |
| 15:45 |
RainyDayRecess |
Sleep well Elfbiter ;) |
| 15:45 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort |
| 15:45 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:45 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |