Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2020-09-13
| 14:36 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, Larky. ❤ |
| 14:37 | Larky (larkylouz) cracks up at Ember's avatar! "That is too perfect!" | |
| 14:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not a bad feeling, knowing a dragon's got my back. ;) |
| 14:37 | Ember (emberell) beams. | |
| 14:38 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi everyone |
| 14:38 | Ember (emberell) | You've got my support, of course. Maybe it'll help people think twice about causing trouble. |
| 14:39 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Lovejoy. |
| 14:39 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings again, Ember |
| 14:40 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Chancellor |
| 14:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I still need to update the admin web page Ember and also raise your status in the commonwealth group, but haven't forgotten. |
| 14:42 | lovejoy2199 | Tea time. brb |
| 14:42 | Ember (emberell) | Oh, yes, I do need to join the commonwealth group, too. But I know you're working on it, Word. |
| 14:46 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Just sent an invite. That will put you into the group then I can raise your status |
| 14:47 | Ember (emberell) nods, "I've got it. Thanks!" | |
| 14:51 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, dean Jones. Welcome ❤ |
| 14:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Good to see you, Andrea |
| 14:52 | Ember (emberell) | Sandie, welcome! |
| 14:52 | Sandie Harbour | smiles |
| 14:52 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, Carl. Welcome. |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Carl |
| 14:52 | Carl Metropolitan | Hello |
| 14:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Hi Ember Wordsmith |
| 14:56 | lovejoy2199 | back |
| 14:58 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Soup. |
| 14:58 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, Cychwynn, Zaida! Welcome. |
| 14:59 | lovejoy2199 | Soup!!!! |
| 14:59 | Soup Jonson | Lovejoy!! |
| 14:59 | Cychwynn | Good evening all |
| 14:59 | Soup Jonson | You are a kind fella. |
| 14:59 | Soup Jonson | Stormhold is here. |
| 15:00 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | STORMHOLD RULES!! |
| 15:00 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | Hoooo! |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, Soup, it is |
| 15:00 | Soup Jonson | Word is a Stormholder Zaida! |
| 15:00 | Cychwynn | Whooo stormhold is best! |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hello, Agatha. Nice to see you back again |
| 15:01 | Sandie Harbour | I will leave so you can be safe |
| 15:01 | Agatha Macbeth | Herr Wortschmitt :) |
| 15:01 | Soup Jonson | Greetings Sandie! |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting; |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Normally, I d start by passing to Ember and then Andrea for their reports, but today will be a bit different. |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | As most of you know, Ember is our new Dean of Commons, and Phrynne has steeped down to being an emeritus dean. She is still planning to do landscaping, at least at this time, and is continuing to work with me on multi-language kiosks (English, Spanish, French). |
| 15:05 | Agatha Macbeth | Oh...Dean Ember wow |
| 15:05 | Soup Jonson | Congrats again to Dean Ember! |
| 15:06 | Cychwynn | Yes, Congrats :) |
| 15:06 | Ember (emberell) waves her tail! | |
| 15:06 | Agatha Macbeth | Best of luck finding a chair big enough... |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | In fact, Phrynne has been the person who has pushed the multi-language tutorial program along. Without her persistence and work in getting people to translate the posters, it wouldn't have happened. We now have the new kiosks out in the entry building. |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Sssh. |
| 15:07 | Ember (emberell) | I had a pillow... Word said it was too big. |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | For any who have not seen the new kiosks, here is one that Phrynne has not reviewed. It is a kiosk of her own, and I will be giving her a copy. It is fully functional, in three languages, with the help of Jorge and Stereo. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The English version reads: |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | To Phrynne: With deep appreciation for your years of dedicated service in support of Caledon Oxbridge University. May peace, joy, and merriment accompany you in your new adventures. |
| 15:11 | A kiosk of her own | Spanish selected |
| 15:11 | Cychwynn | Oh, that is nice! |
| 15:11 | Soup Jonson | Oh that is sweet. |
| 15:11 | A kiosk of her own | French selected |
| 15:12 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's modifiable, so she can shrink a copy down and put it on a mantel, if she so desire. |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It seemed a fitting award |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Since she isn't present now, wish her good journeys when you see her. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Now, on the Ember. Anything to report or say? |
| 15:14 | Ember (emberell) | Not to downplay the contributions of all the tutors and staff who have been of help in getting the translation project where it is today. I've been very thankful to see so many people take an interest in helping with it over the years. |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, I'm just the graphics horse in this. |
| 15:15 | Ember (emberell) | I've been getting up to speed on my new position - reading through the paperwork and guidance that Phrynne has left me. There is.. .a rather lot to go through, but I am learning. I want to do my best to help Oxbridge as best I can, as Dean. |
| 15:16 | Ember (emberell) | So if there are ways the staff or others feel I can help make Oxbridge better, I do want to invite communication on the matter. I have a lot to learn, I know, and big shoes to fill. |
| 15:16 | Ember (emberell) | I don't have much else to report besides that. Campus life has been fairly quiet recently. |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Please welcome our new Dean and wish her well. |
| 15:17 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | welcome |
| 15:17 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | /applause |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The notice for the next bi-weekly fund-raiser for the COU will be going out in the next day or so. Please keep an eye out for the notice. Not much else going on right now. I understand based on my last financial update that we are holding our heads above water. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | More on that later |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Mr Elfbiter is away from home right now. |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | But we may see him on a hotel connection some days |
| 15:19 | Ember (emberell) | We will hold the fort while he is away, as ever. |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Other than that. nothing else to report. |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back to Wordsmith |
| 15:20 | Larky (larkylouz) cheers Ember on. | |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Andrea. |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Yes, congrats ember |
| 15:21 | Soup Jonson misses Elfbiter already. Hurry home. | |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Right now, we are running about a 57k $L surplus for the year. |
| 15:21 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | what does that mean? |
| 15:21 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | is that a deficit? or are we in the black? |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Tier is due on 30 Sep. This time will be slightly different in that I'll be paying 14 weeks tier rather than 13. We slip about 5 days every 4 years, using 13 week quarters. |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We are well into the black |
| 15:23 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | excellent |
| 15:23 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:24 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Thank you zaida |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Zaida |
| 15:24 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you, Zaida! |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The translation graphics work will continue to divert much of what would have been my inworld time, but I'm often summonable by an IM. Ember and Larky and I stay in regular contact. |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And that's it for me today. Questions? |
| 15:26 | Soup Jonson | I have a question about my land in sl. |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Soup? |
| 15:27 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | he's typing |
| 15:27 | Soup Jonson | I have a farm plot for prims. How Do I make it so a friend can change the stream? |
| 15:27 | Soup Jonson | Or is that something only I can do?? |
| 15:27 | Soup Jonson | And TY. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You basically have to deed the land to a group. Then you can give the friend group powers sufficient to strange the stream. |
| 15:28 | Ember (emberell) | They may need to enable that group while changing the stream, but that should allow them to do so as long as they're in the place. |
| 15:28 | Soup Jonson | TY |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We ran into that issue with the library parcel. JJ created a management group and gave several of us group powers, but since the parcel wasn't deeded to the group, that came to no avail. |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Then we are adjourned |
| 15:31 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | thank you |
| 15:31 | Cychwynn | Thank you for your time Deans :) |
| 15:31 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | Hoooo! |
| 15:31 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | i used to live in steelhead can you tell? |
| 15:31 | Larky (larkylouz) | thank you, Deans. Take care, all. |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And can catch the last half of the hammered dulcimer concert if Mieville. |
| 15:31 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | a hammered dulcimer concert??? |
| 15:32 | Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) | i want to go to that |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | bye all |
| 15:32 | Ember (emberell) | Take care, dean Jones. |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yoiu too |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Mieville Shelley (137,215,23) |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the location |
| 15:33 | Agatha Macbeth pulls Ember's tail | |
| 15:34 | Soup Jonson | Thanks all! |
| 15:34 | Larky (larkylouz) laughs and hands Ember a TailTaser | |
| 15:34 | Carl Metropolitan | Goodnight. |