| 14:58 |
Strandwind |
Hello everybody! |
| 14:58 |
RainyDayRecess |
Hello everyone |
| 14:59 |
TomSTomson |
I think I just clicked on the sign, since it said 'click here' |
| 14:59 |
Ember (emberell) |
the lecture hall is a different parcel - it has no landing area |
| 14:59 |
Ember (emberell) |
So it is possible to accidentally teleport behind it |
| 14:59 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Kara! |
| 15:00 |
Kara2016 |
=^.^= |
| 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 |
| 15:01 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:01 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Kara ;) |
| 15:01 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you for your donation, Kara! ❤ |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And you're right , Gronk. Not a minute before |
| 15:01 |
Kara2016 |
Hugs Ember and Rainy. |
| 15:01 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ha! |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ember, do you have anything to report from commons? |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yes! though last month saw me very busy helping family and such, thanks to a bunch of help from Larky I've been steadily updating the faculty kit in the Staff Lounge room on campus. I do have a bit more work on that before I issue an update through the group notifications, but if anyone wants the most up to date version, it will always be available there. |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
Likewise, Oxbridge is always looking for new tutor/helping staff - for those interested please do reach out to me, or ask other tutors for applications. I'm happy to work with folk. |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's all from me here. |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks, Ember, including for taking all that on. |
| 15:05 |
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Ember (emberell) nods brightly. |
| 15:05 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you for your hard work Ember ;) and Larky |
| 15:06 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
:^) |
| 15:06 |
Kara2016 |
Smiles brightly. |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No Andrea, here, but I can report that I've paid Oxbridge's tier until 6 Oct, and we have a goodly surplus left in the account. That's partly from Andrea's fundraisers and partly from the decrease in the number of classes per week with Lindal's retirement and Red's RL death. |
| 15:09 |
Wendyslippers Charisma |
ohh |
| 15:09 |
Wendyslippers Charisma |
Red |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I also have gotten the manual kludge for scheduling classes on a very workable basis. There are two files on the website that contain the actual scheduling and locations for two weeks of classes, plus a file that contains all the lecture definitions. All three are in JSON format (Javascript object notation). This last week I coded a PHP script that merges those dynamically (on the fly) for the routines that create the schedule image, catalog, and notecard. |
| 15:11 |
RainyDayRecess |
Wow, thank you for knowing how to do that! |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It requires manually editing the schedule files and uploading, but that is manageable and buy me time for looking at what killed the scheduler on Google's app-engine. |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Larky and I talked with Sandy Burgess this last week about teaching scripting at EU friendly times. |
| 15:13 |
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Agatha Macbeth waves to Carl |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With the above done, I'm getting back to working on the 3-language kiosks. |
| 15:14 |
Ember (emberell) |
I've seen the kiosks getting some use here and there. |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Pretty much it for my report. Open for general questions, announcements, and the like. |
| 15:16 |
Gronk Seriman |
How has traffic through Oxbridge been lately? It was heavy during the enforced thumb-twiddling. But now it seems awfully slow. |
| 15:16 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Still hosting the Writers' Meeting. Thursdays 11:00 SLT |
| 15:16 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I've taken on editing the Foreign Language materials in the Faculty Kit. If you see needs, errors, wants, etc, please send me a notecard. |
| 15:16 |
Kara2016 |
*raises paw*.. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
From what I'm getting from Marion Questi, the first day traffic and first week traffic have been low. I'll be catching up on my broader visit monitoring and let you know when the monthly summaries are up Gronk. |
| 15:18 |
Ember (emberell) |
We have been seeing a fair number of returnees of various ages. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With fewer classes offered, there's also less draw for older avatars. |
| 15:19 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you. Just curious. |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
As am I. There are several specific classes that we need to focus on finding instructors for to recoup the loss of Lindal and Red. |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
Rainy, did you have a question? |
| 15:20 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Newcomer every couple of days in my watch. Whether they stay or not, I have no statistics |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Andrea, Phrynne |
| 15:20 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi |
| 15:20 |
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Phrynne waves |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've mentioned so far that finances are in good shape, tier is paid until October, and I've got a very workable kludge going for class scheduling. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Anything to announce, Andrea? |
| 15:22 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Still doing the bi-weekly dance events |
| 15:23 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
they still seem to be popular even going into summer |
| 15:23 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We will do one next Sunday |
| 15:23 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
No idea of the theme yet. |
| 15:23 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I will let everybody know |
| 15:24 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Still have a few special events for the COU in mind |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nods. You've got the spreadsheets for the last two (as well as the earlier ones this year) |
| 15:24 |
RainyDayRecess |
Sorry Ember, no I did not, thank you ;) |
| 15:24 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
just got through with setting up for burning man. so I can move on to other events |
| 15:24 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
back to you Wordsmith |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Gronk, from the last info that Marian sent to me, the first day count for the week was 25 and the first week count was 30. |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
I believe, miss Kara has a question? Please do ask if you do. |
| 15:26 |
Kara2016 |
i was wondering what an kioskNet IM Machine was |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
It sounds like a bot of some sort to receive IMs and potentially log them. I've seen a few similar set ups in stores to log customer questions &v |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
&c* |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
I don't know just on the name though. |
| 15:27 |
Kara2016 |
I got a note card this morning..it has a lot of number and fixed the owner of the note card was working on. |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sounds like a proprietary setup. |
| 15:27 |
Kara2016 |
i think i will delete it. |
| 15:28 |
Ember (emberell) |
If the notecard doesn't explain what it's for, that may be best so it doesn't confuse in the future. |
| 15:28 |
Ember (emberell) |
Some creators are notoriously bad at putting proper explanations in cards that go to people. |
| 15:29 |
Kara2016 |
yep. Thank you all. |
| 15:30 |
Strandwind |
May I ask a question about the Firestorm viewer? |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Here's a web page on kiosknet: https://sasun.info/ |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, since there are others here who use Firestorm. |
| 15:31 |
Kara2016 |
Thank you, WordSmith |
| 15:31 |
Strandwind |
Since some days I see in open Chat also all others of my chats (in grey colour). I find this very annoying. How can I fix it, that there are only the open chat messages again? |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There isn't a triangle to open and collapse what it shows? |
| 15:32 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's a preference that shows the group messages in local chat, if I understand what you're saying, Strandwind? |
| 15:33 |
Strandwind |
Yes Ember. |
| 15:33 |
Ember (emberell) |
Preferences -> Chat -> Notices |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The people active in local chat |
| 15:33 |
Ember (emberell) |
"Show IMS and Group chat in nearby chat window" |
| 15:33 |
Ember (emberell) |
Uncheck this option |
| 15:33 |
Ember (emberell) |
That should fix the issue. |
| 15:34 |
Ember (emberell) |
Firestorm has an issue sometimes tweaking what preferences are active. Sometimes they can be a bother to hunt down too. |
| 15:34 |
Lyn (lyn.navarita) |
Three check boxes in the Group Profiles. I uncheck as needed. |
| 15:34 |
Strandwind |
Thank you very much. I found it and unchecked it. |
| 15:34 |
Ember (emberell) |
:-) |
| 15:34 |
Strandwind |
Great relief! |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions and comments? |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Carl, anything more that you know of from recent general Q&As? |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No great confusions? induced comas? |
| 15:38 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:38 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Heat removes questions from your minds? |
| 15:38 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Not really. |
| 15:38 |
Ember (emberell) |
I had an induced comma, but it was in a place where it was needed. |
| 15:39 |
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Wendyslippers Charisma blinks |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Then, with nothing more raised, |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We are ... |
| 15:39 |
TomSTomson |
Is that similar to an Oxford comma? |
| 15:39 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
adjourned |
| 15:39 |
Ember (emberell) |
Sort of. It's an Oxbridge comma :-) |
| 15:39 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans! |
| 15:39 |
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Larky (larkylouz) giggles |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks you all for coming and participating |
| 15:40 |
Casdetra |
Thank you, Good session :) |
| 15:40 |
Kara2016 |
Have a wonderful evening everyone. |
| 15:40 |
Ember (emberell) |
Be well, friends ❤ |
| 15:40 |
RainyDayRecess |
You too Kara ;) |
| 15:40 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:40 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
bye all |
| 15:40 |
RainyDayRecess |
You too Ember ;) |
| 15:40 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) waves before vanishing |
| 15:40 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thanks you, all. |
| 15:40 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Take care |
| 15:40 |
Strandwind |
Thank you! Bye all and take care! |
| 15:40 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Attempted bedtime for me |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort |
| 15:41 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
night EB |
| 15:41 |
RainyDayRecess |
Sweet dreams EB |
| 15:41 |
Casdetra |
Sleep well Elfbiter, Hugs |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 15:41 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ni-night, EB. |
| 15:41 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
if you have time you should visit the burning man region |
| 15:41 |
Sandy Burgess |
I need to be in bed too - see you |
| 15:41 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
lots to see |
| 15:41 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
there is a hunt |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and freebies |
| 15:42 |
Gronk Seriman |
Is there a burn tonight? |
| 15:42 |
RainyDayRecess |
'night Sandy |
| 15:42 |
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lovejoy2199 in fort holding mode |