| 14:37 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Chancellor |
| 14:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hello, Lovejoy. |
| 14:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hi, Larky |
| 14:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Kaitlin. |
| 14:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Phrynne |
| 14:46 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi Wordsmith |
| 14:47 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi all |
| 14:47 |
Kaitlin (jkaitlin) |
hello all |
| 14:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, BadgerofZen |
| 14:48 |
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Phrynne waves |
| 14:48 |
badgerofzen |
hullo Wordsmith |
| 14:49 |
badgerofzen |
hullo all |
| 14:49 |
badgerofzen |
¯¨'*·~-.¸¸,.-~*' Phrynne ¯¨'*·~-.¸¸,.-~*' |
| 14:49 |
Phrynne |
Badger Of Zen! |
| 14:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Ms Gronk |
| 14:51 |
Gronk Seriman |
Good evening, Chancellor Jarvinen, and everybody! |
| 14:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Elfbiter. :) |
| 14:54 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 14:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Did you fly here, Ms Gronk? |
| 14:56 |
Gronk Seriman |
No, I cheated and used the teleporter. |
| 14:57 |
Gronk Seriman |
It's a lot harder to flay up than dive-bomb down. |
| 14:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Andrea. You did make it for a bit. |
| 14:58 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi |
| 15:00 |
Ginn |
Apologies about my lateness. I am here. |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Ember |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
With the right name, even. |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You were before the bell. ;) |
| 15:01 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And right Ember :-) |
| 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 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(grins at Gronk) |
| 15:01 |
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Gronk Seriman smiles and bites her lips |
| 15:02 |
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Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) does not revert the neutron flow |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea, I'll start with you, since you likely will need to run off. |
| 15:02 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Sorry screen locked |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Sandy |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'm good. Ms Ember will be hosting the party after Q&A |
| 15:03 |
Sandy Burgess |
Good evening |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
It is our bi weekly and annual Halloween party rolled into one |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
So i hope to see you all there |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
There will be a random prize giver giving out shoulder Halloween pets |
| 15:04 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
hiya! |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(Welcome Katie and Tamarynd) |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Let me place the LM in chat |
| 15:04 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
hi! thnx! |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I had hoped to be done with my house stuff this week |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I can do that, Andrea: Caledon Oxbridge Village (163,223,2590) |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
but it looks like i have several more days of scrubbing walls and ceilings |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ember, what have thee? |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
thank you. I couldn't get it to paste |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
I finished updating the faculty information kit with various cards and resources for staff up to October. I've put that up in the faculty lounge on campus - and I'll be distributing it via notice again soon (hopefully tomorrow or so) |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Very good |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
Many thanks to LArky for her awesome work on the foreign language cards, which were a big piece of that update, though I've also taken to adding some details to other misc resource cards |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
Things have been quiet on campus, though we are always looking for new tutor staff. Anyone interested should contact me or one of the other tutors for the application and information. |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's all from me this week |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you, Ember. Short and to the point. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Behind me there's an up-to-date timeline of visitor numbers per week. Seems to be fairly level these last weeks, answering your question from two weeks ago, Gronk |
| 15:11 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yes, it does. But it's sad the icing on the top, the newest people gets thinner as time moves on. |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm open to suggestions on trying to reverse that, and yes. |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I also brought the web-based statistics up to date. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And I also have added a number of stories we read in 2020 to the CVL-Caledon sci-fi short-story archive. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/cvl_caledon/index.php |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
More to do on that, but it's a substantial addition. |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And that's about it for my updates during the last couple of weeks. |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Open to questions and other announcements. |
| 15:16 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Still hosting the Writers' Meeting every Thursday 11:00 AM SLT |
| 15:17 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Major General Badger still does the radio drama hour every Monday night at 7:30 |
| 15:18 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
oh and MS Dean Ember helped decorate for todays event |
| 15:18 |
Ember (emberell) |
So blame any odd decorations on me :-) |
| 15:18 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
At last week's Q&A, I promised to research the fate of the trains and the CATs. I have seen both of them active over the past week, so I don't think there's an issue with either one. I'm working on a notecard of Caledon Transportation that I'll post to COUG and put it in the Faculty Kit when I'm finished. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty, Larky |
| 15:19 |
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Larky (larkylouz) nods |
| 15:19 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Nods, many thanks |
| 15:20 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) claps happily |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Questions, concerns, comas? |
| 15:20 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Semicolons? |
| 15:20 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
! |
| 15:21 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ampersands? |
| 15:21 |
Sandy Burgess |
coma toes? |
| 15:21 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Dance today? |
| 15:21 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
:^) |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sandie? |
| 15:22 |
Sandie Harbour |
yes? |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A pun or anything new that you are teaching today? |
| 15:22 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) wide-eyed look of innocence over what was not at all a leading question hehe |
| 15:23 |
Sandie Harbour |
How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, something for everyone, a dance tonight. |
| 15:23 |
Sandie Harbour |
ten tickles |
| 15:23 |
Gronk Seriman |
I do have a question...is there any way to know where SL data comes from any more? Physically? I notice such wide-ranging performance from sim to sim. |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
LOL! |
| 15:23 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ha! |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Groans appreciatively. |
| 15:23 |
badgerofzen |
:) |
| 15:24 |
Sandie Harbour |
I tried a new class last week that seemed to be well received |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Not Ock Tickles... |
| 15:24 |
Sandie Harbour |
we make a simple flower out of prims |
| 15:24 |
Kaitlin (jkaitlin) |
I had fun, I tweaked mine |
| 15:24 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Will you do that again? |
| 15:24 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
simple but pretty |
| 15:25 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
teach that again I mean |
| 15:25 |
Sandy Burgess |
I saw the announcement but was too busy to come |
| 15:25 |
Sandie Harbour |
the instructions are a little rough yet |
| 15:25 |
Sandie Harbour |
still honing those |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If you want to switch to making something new, as per the schedule, just give me a class description. |
| 15:25 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I did change the calendars (not the Class Schedule grid one) to reflect the change. Let me know of others and I can update |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
anything else? |
| 15:26 |
Sandie Harbour |
I was also thinking about making a little candle. And maybe have it get shorter as it burns |
| 15:26 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
For clarification, Word maintains the class schedule grids on the web page and at various inworld locations. Like the one to my right. I maintain SL Events Calendar, Aetherchrononauts and and the Caledon google calendar that Beth Ghostraven has. |
| 15:27 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
cool! |
| 15:27 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hopefully not a candle burning in both ends? |
| 15:27 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
So both of us need to know of changes. |
| 15:27 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Ha! I want one of those, Elf! |
| 15:27 |
Sandie Harbour |
But I may be out the last few weeks of November. |
| 15:27 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
(There is even equivalent Finnish phrase) |
| 15:28 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
what is it? |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
May be? (I hope so) or may be gone? |
| 15:29 |
Sandy Burgess |
May be in May and not in the last weeks of November if things go right |
| 15:31 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I'm confused, Sandie and Sandy |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And what Larky said about notifying us if you know you can't make your class. We are trying to pull in more people by posting to more calendars, but it doesn't do that if we get a reputation of people coming to classes and no instructor. The kiosk calendars can take up to 2 hours to update, and they are scattered about a number of places in SL. |
| 15:31 |
Sandie Harbour |
I will change my name |
| 15:31 |
Sandie Harbour |
how about rocky harbour? |
| 15:31 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Ah, okay. |
| 15:31 |
Sandy Burgess |
Why do you want to change your name? |
| 15:31 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Deep Harbour? Salty Harbour? |
| 15:32 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Lovely Harbour? |
| 15:32 |
Sandie Harbour |
I just don't want to be a buoy |
| 15:32 |
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Larky (larkylouz) snickers |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Anything else? |
| 15:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
I blurted out a question /me grins |
| 15:32 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Yet never just one of the gulls |
| 15:32 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Well, usually it is the case of teacher coming and lacking students. Reverse is much more rare. |
| 15:33 |
Sandie Harbour |
it is discouraging when nobody shows up for weeks |
| 15:33 |
Sandie Harbour |
probably my fault |
| 15:33 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi Zaida |
| 15:34 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Welcome |
| 15:34 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
It happens to all of us, sometimes. And summer is notoriously slow |
| 15:34 |
Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) |
hello! |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I know, Elf. But Larky and I are trying to create conditions that encourage students to come. |
| 15:34 |
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Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) does queen wave as she makes her way to her seat |
| 15:34 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Hi! |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hello, Zaida. |
| 15:34 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi zaida |
| 15:34 |
Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) |
hello |
| 15:34 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I'm very concerned about the consistently falling visitor numbers! |
| 15:35 |
Gronk Seriman |
It's absolutely not your fault, Sandie. Everybody loves your class. Recruiting students is the problem. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Linden Lab has not provided educational tools allowing us to abduct people and drag them to class. |
| 15:36 |
Sandy Burgess |
Is the numbers a general SL problem or a problem specific to Oxbridge? |
| 15:36 |
Ember (emberell) |
SL sees a fair number of newcomers - the problem is getting them from the start to here |
| 15:36 |
Phrynne |
Also, the weather is decent (after some time being horrible), people are back at work or school, and not home as much. It's not unexpected. |
| 15:36 |
Ember (emberell) |
IT takes some SL knowhow to get to Oxbridge |
| 15:37 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
As far as I know, the number of newcomers have been falling all over, not only in Oxbridge. |
| 15:37 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Some weeks I meet more returnees than newcomers |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hence working the SL Calendar, although that's a pain. |
| 15:38 |
Gronk Seriman |
I have never liked that Oxbridge is not mentioned specifically in the Newcomer Friendly part of Destinations. We are mentioned as part of Caledon, confusing the issue. |
| 15:38 |
highlyadjective |
Is there any info on new users, actually new and not just alts? |
| 15:38 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
true |
| 15:39 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And many newcomers who have come here tell they were teleported here from the starting regions. |
| 15:39 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
but can they be differentiated? |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No way to separate new users from new alts. |
| 15:39 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
At least at the Firestorm Gateway, which cooperates and works extensively with LL, numbers are climbing. They have a portion of newbies channeled their way instead of the traditional Welcome Island bit. They have some people who download the FS viewer by default. and some who are general visitors channeled their way by LL. |
| 15:40 |
Sandy Burgess |
How does LL decide which places to cooperate with and which not? |
| 15:40 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Their Orientation Island usually has 5-10 newbies. And at the end of that orientation, they're fed directly to Social Island, which is more like Oxbridge. |
| 15:41 |
Tamarynd |
Firestorm has devs working for them. LL needs devs from time to time. |
| 15:41 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I believe it is as a result of a program that was started a few years ago that COU opted out of. Word, do you remember more details of that? |
| 15:41 |
CountRory |
What is a DEV? |
| 15:41 |
Tamarynd |
a developer |
| 15:41 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Developer - as in Software |
| 15:41 |
CountRory |
Ah thank you. |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's not a simple answer Sandy, and it changes with time and the whim of LL. |
| 15:42 |
Ember (emberell) |
The whims of LL change quicker than someone changing avatars to go to a costume party sometimes. |
| 15:42 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) looks innocent |
| 15:43 |
CountRory |
I'm a bit confused. |
| 15:43 |
CountRory |
Caledon and Oxbridge are not one? |
| 15:43 |
Sandy Burgess |
Simple answers are for children and conspiracy theory addicts |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Oxbridge is part of Caledon. |
| 15:43 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Oxbridge is one of several sims in the nation-state of Caledon. |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Larky, LL started a second gateway program after killing the first without much lead time. Oxbridge was part of the first, but not the second. The second requires having a full sim and not community attached. |
| 15:44 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
The other sims are more residential in nature, while Oxbridge consists of the campus |
| 15:44 |
CountRory |
Ah, thank you. |
| 15:44 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Ah, I hadn't remembered those conditions. Thank you. |
| 15:44 |
CountRory |
I use them interchangeably I see that will have to change. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You can still look them up. But for Oxbridge to join, it would no longer be Oxbridge. |
| 15:45 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
argh |
| 15:45 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Rory, there is also Oxbridge Village, which is NOT directly associated with campus, although our sandbox, Village Dressing rooms and chat circle are located in the Village. |
| 15:45 |
CountRory |
In my mind I say Oxford Cambridge and it just shortens |
| 15:46 |
CountRory |
Oh I see. |
| 15:46 |
Sandy Burgess |
Those names are a mere coincidence. |
| 15:46 |
CountRory |
Is Caledon the whole region then? |
| 15:46 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Yes, The Firestorm Gateway is very much in LL's back pocket. They have privileges we don't, and get more traffic. To oversimplify. |
| 15:46 |
Ember (emberell) |
Caledon is the continent. Victoria City and Oxbridge are pieces of that |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, if you see Carl, ask him about how LL just ended the first gateway program. |
| 15:47 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Yes, Rory. Then entire region is Caledon |
| 15:47 |
CountRory |
Thank you . |
| 15:48 |
CountRory |
So, no one rezzes here like I did at the FS gateway? |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Technically, COU is an independently run, tenant-organization, within Caledon. The sim is owned by Desmond Shang. Oxbridge pays tier to him. |
| 15:49 |
CountRory |
Ah, I see. |
| 15:49 |
Gronk Seriman |
Da Guvnah, Desmond Shang, rents all the sims that make up Caledon directly from SL. Then he parcels it all up into rentable places for people to live in. Even Oxbridge pays rent to Da Guvnah. |
| 15:49 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
And I dare to add please feel free to wander around our various sims! |
| 15:49 |
CountRory |
Like Ainsly Chung? is that her name> |
| 15:50 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Chung was more of a speculator, I think |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And I paid our tier to Desmond on 6 Oct and will pay again on 5 January. |
| 15:50 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
No one rezzes inworld the very first time. AFAIK, most people rez either at the Firestorm Gateway's Orientation Island or at the Welcome Islands most of us are familiar with. The area with the very long gold hallways. |
| 15:51 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Then you can Landmark places that you like and want to return to. |
| 15:51 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Des is an involved landlord, much more a part of the community than the various Chungs are, think. |
| 15:51 |
CountRory |
I saw a few when I did the quest. There were a lot. |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Any other topics? |
| 15:52 |
Sandy Burgess |
And I don't think he runs Oxbridge to make a living. |
| 15:52 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
he does not |
| 15:52 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
It's more a labor of love. |
| 15:52 |
CountRory |
Should we contribute then? |
| 15:52 |
Sandy Burgess |
That way my impression |
| 15:52 |
CountRory |
I mean those of us who have grown to like it here? |
| 15:53 |
Sandy Burgess |
Contributions to the community are always welcome |
| 15:53 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Well, I am sure Des would welcome tenants |
| 15:53 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Although there are rules |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well, we have a donation coin here and there are two at the dance venue |
| 15:53 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
We have spots open in Port Caledon |
| 15:53 |
Ember (emberell) |
Those who work at Oxbridge do so out of a want to help folk in SL find their way to the Second Lives they want to live. Whether by answering questions, offering resources, or otherwise... Every bit helps keep us running. |
| 15:53 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Nods your lindens keep the doors open |
| 15:53 |
CountRory |
So if I moved here my rent would help to pay the tier? |
| 15:53 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
And Oxbridge itself is dependent on donations to pay tier (rent) and other expenses that keep it running. |
| 15:54 |
Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) |
I would also point out that Caledon is a themed estate - steampunk Victorian. you can't just rent a parcel here and then put whatever down |
| 15:54 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
If you rent a parcel in Caledon, that helps out Caledon. To help Oxbridge financially, donate to the gold coins. |
| 15:55 |
CountRory |
Ah, excellent, thank you. |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With that, we've used up our hour and the dance / fundraiser will be starting. |
| 15:55 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yes, I should be heading up there |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, we are adjourned. |
| 15:56 |
Sandy Burgess |
Have fun with the dance, I will go to bed since it is already tomorrow |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming, listening, and participating. |
| 15:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
Rest well, Sandy, Elfbiter |
| 15:56 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:56 |
CountRory |
Thank you. |
| 15:56 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Okay, trying to get some sleep. |
| 15:56 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
see you at the dance thank you for coming |
| 15:56 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Today's transcript will be posted within the next day or so. |
| 15:56 |
Tamarynd |
Good night, Elfbiter |
| 15:56 |
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Gronk Seriman firmly grasps her bench |
| 15:56 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:57 |
lovejoy2199 |
Take care. And, stay safe, Elf. |
| 15:57 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 15:57 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thanks Word, Andrea, Ember. Take care everyone |
| 15:57 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
cheers! |