Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2022-03-27

14:30 Ember (emberell) Welcome, Evil ❤
14:30 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Thank you!
14:32 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Trying to think what to have for dinner this evening
14:33 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I wish I didn't have to work this upcoming week. I am so weary of work. I know I shouldn't complain. I am very fortunate. But I need a va - ca!
14:33 Ember (emberell) I know that feeling. I hope you can get that downtime soon!
14:33 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Thank you ember
14:34 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I am way too old for the hours I am working. Grrrr!
14:35 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Ahhh yes.. I am getting crusty! Time to meditate today at least - breathing AND Cold Shower!
14:36 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Freezing cold showers are awesome!
14:37 Ember (emberell) I can't stand cold showers... Brr!
14:37 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) :)
14:38 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Looking at the stats on the board behind you.
14:38 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) So .. visits going down, class attendance seems to be going up!
14:38 Ember (emberell) Oh yes. Classes seem to be getting good attendance overall
14:38 Ember (emberell) I haven't had to cancel class as often lately
14:38 Wordsmith Jarvinen I need to update those again, should have that done by the 2nd Sunday in April
14:39 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) No worries Word
14:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen We have a portal at the welcome sim for the new educational reserve. That's opening on Tuesday at noon (soft open).
14:40 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Oh that is wonderful!
14:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen So I'm hoping that that will start getting us more referrals.
14:41 Ember (emberell) Good! It should help out traffic a little
14:41 Ember (emberell) I may take some time to nose at the reserve and talk to folk about Oxbridge if I can
14:41 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yes. I will do another class someday if I can.. right now, I am just too overtaxed
14:41 Ember (emberell) Take good care of yourself, Evil. We care about your wellbeing ❤
14:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen There will be some tours to there from the VWBPE conference 31 Mar to 2 April
14:43 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Classes here give people something to aspire to. SL is so free-form, it provides some structure and goals.
14:43 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Everyone likes that as long as it is not too heavy duty
14:43 Ember (emberell) Occasionally when I have more experienced people in my class, I help them understand more nuanced building techniques while making hats
14:44 Ember (emberell) But I think something that helps a lot is a lot of our classes cover good entry points into various facets of SL
14:44 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) yes very much so!
14:45 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Okay nice chatting to the both of you too! Thank you and I appreciate all you do. Sounds dumb like what my boss tells me, but I really mean it!
14:46 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I need to take off for awhile. Take care!
14:46 Ember (emberell) Ok, be well Evil!
14:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen tc Cymbal
14:46 Ember (emberell) Welcome, Elfbiter
14:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Elf :)
14:48 Ember (emberell) Welcome Soup! ❤
14:49 Ember (emberell) Welcome badger! ❤
14:49 badgerofzen hullo
14:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Soup and BadgerofZen
14:51 badgerofzen hullo
14:52 Ember (emberell) Welcome, Shaerken!
14:53 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) waves paws to Ember and all and sundry in greeting.
14:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi, Andrea
14:54 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hello
14:55 Ember (emberell) Andrea, welcome ❤
14:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen Did yesterday's griefing reach Oxbridge, Andrea?
14:55 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) no
14:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Agatha
14:55 Agatha Macbeth Good evening
14:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's weird, Andrea.
14:56 Ember (emberell) Agatha, welcome to you also ❤
14:56 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) was just in Caledon, Tammeroch, Moors and Downs
14:56 Ember (emberell) Oxbridge was not affected
14:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen Generally, we're the first target, not inland Caledon
14:57 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) the griefer was banned from Caledon before he got anywhere else
14:57 Ember (emberell) I had thought at first it was talk of the other griefer who had started in Oxbridge, but I think it was someone different
14:57 Ember (emberell) That was surprising to me
14:58 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) probably wasn't much of a griefer
14:58 Ember (emberell) Justine, welcome!
14:58 Ember (emberell) Rach, welcome to you also.
14:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Justine
14:59 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) inclines her head with a smile, "chancellor."
14:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Pavvla
14:59 rach (rachid1111) hi all
14:59 Ember (emberell) Gronk, welcome!
14:59 Pavvla Thank you.
14:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Gronk
14:59 Ember (emberell) Pavvla, welcome ❤
14:59 Pavvla ;)
14:59 Ember (emberell) And welcome, Lovejoy
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, rach
15:00 rach (rachid1111) welcome
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, lovejoy
15:00 lovejoy2199 Greetings everyone
15:00 lovejoy2199 Hello Chancellor
15:00 Ember (emberell) Welcome, Shadow!
15:01 lovejoy2199 Hello Ember
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen The clock having rung,
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 Ember, what have you got for today?
15:02 Ember (emberell) I've been working through the package of information that Larky left me with, Incorporating it into the faculty kit we use to help students new and old in Oxbridge. I'm making steady progress, though it hasn't been as fast as I'd like.
15:03 Ember (emberell) We are also always looking for new folk who may be willing to join us in the plaza and help out - as tutors or otherwise. If you're interested in becoming a tutor, please do reach out to me, or any of the other tutors or staff here - we all have resources we can give you to get involved with Oxbridge
15:03 Ember (emberell) That's all from me today
15:04 Ember (emberell) (though I will add, if anyone comes across any trouble on or around campus, please remember you are always safe reaching out to me or other staff here. We'll do our best to get it sorted and protect folk on campus)
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you, Ember
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea?
15:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Hi all
15:05 Agatha Macbeth waves
15:06 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) We had a good fundraiser last week. A benefactor matched what we raised in donations, putting us around 8000 $L.
15:06 Agatha Macbeth Woot
15:06 Gronk Seriman Yay!
15:06 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Next week we will have our biweekly dance, theme and location to be announced.
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Always welcome.
15:07 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I have spoken to Larky this week. She is settling back in RL.
15:07 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) and is well.
15:07 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) back to you Word
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Katie
15:07 Katie (katie.canningham) thankee
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen I don't have any specific Oxbridge updates for today, and the Education Reserve Welcome sim does a soft opening on Tuesday and will have tours from the VWBPE conference. We already have a portal from there to here.
15:09 Gronk Seriman Nice!
15:09 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) ooh, exciting.
15:09 Katie (katie.canningham) :)
15:10 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) thank you for all your hard work on that project
15:10 Agatha Macbeth nods
15:10 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) cheerz and whamps pawz.
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen My hope is that this will become a source of referrals for us. I also made a few slides, one for movement and two for camming. Dodge has those up in the new person center along with several portals
15:10 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) When is the hardcore opening?
15:11 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Does it require Adult rating?
15:11 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) shoots a rubber band at elf.
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hard opening is after the VWBPE conference, but no hardcore opening.
15:11 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) *ping*
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen The current map of the reserve is behind me. The little squares are each a sim.
15:12 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) ahhhh.
15:12 Agatha Macbeth cams in
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen There's one adult sim on the far left that will be moved out.
15:12 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) is Oxbridge going to be moving there?
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen The reddish area at the edges is a 2-sim wide border, isolating the reserve from the outside
15:13 Ember (emberell) So the adult sim is being removed? [yes]
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen No, Oxbridge is tied to being part of the Caledon community.
15:13 Ember (emberell) nods
15:13 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) nods. "good."
15:13 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) that is reassuring.
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, Ember. The reserve is limited to general and moderate sims
15:14 Ember (emberell) that's very reasonable
15:14 Gronk Seriman Why the need for the isolation?
15:14 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) So that entire area will be the reserve? and yes, what is the purpose of the isolation?
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any K-12 sim blocks will be entered by a reg-API and those students limited to their block.
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen That total reserve, not including the borders is 5029 sim slots. So this is huge.
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen The VWEC welcome center is the gold sim in the left center
15:17 Gronk Seriman Ah. SL is going after kids again. Git 'em while they're young!
15:17 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) boggles at the scale of the reserve.
15:17 Agatha Macbeth So every one of those squares is a sim? [yes]
15:17 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) it's enormous!
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen The sims to the right and above that are mostly University of Texas campuses.
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen The sim at the very top is Texas A&M
15:17 Gronk Seriman Oh, wow! Real schools!
15:17 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sounds like bigger version of EduFinland
15:17 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) huh. Texas. whodathunk?
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen The Mayo clinic is in there, as is NASA education, and the National Space Society
15:18 Agatha Macbeth Yay
15:18 Gronk Seriman Ooo!
15:18 Katie (katie.canningham) huzzah!
15:18 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) why are some of the sims restricted access? registered students only?
15:18 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) Wow. That is extremely slick!
15:19 Gronk Seriman Justine, to keep the kids corralled and protected.
15:19 Gronk Seriman Is my guess.
15:19 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) But restricted access means keeping people out, not kids in, right?
15:19 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) just like in RL schools these days. i used to be a school bus driver. buses were also very restricted
15:19 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) keeps griefer and inappropriate content out
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen they are restricted access because they limit access to those an a list. That's one way to avoid griefers and trolls.
15:20 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) ahhh, right!
15:20 Ember (emberell) nods
15:20 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) i would think it means keeping out the bad guys
15:20 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) got it. thank you.
15:20 Ember (emberell) It also lets them keep track of their visitors a bit better.
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi Tora.
15:20 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) howdy, word!
15:20 Ember (emberell) IT can be discouraging to people wanting to visit, but it is safer if you do not have a staff around to clean up messes as often
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen And I believe Tora will be taking over Inventory class as soon as I can do some minor updates and get the material to her.
15:21 Ember (emberell) Oh, that's wonderful news!
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen (with giving her a chance to go through it)
15:21 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) and you don't know what people could be saying to the kids, to lure them to private chat or something
15:21 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) whamps paws in the air
15:21 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) yup yup
15:21 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) i LOVE it when you whamp your paws, shaerken!! thanks!
15:21 Ember (emberell) If you'd like a beta class at some point, just let us know!
15:22 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) yay
15:22 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) i sure would! absolutely i will take you up on that
15:22 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) i was a corporate educator and a tech writer, but i've never taught an online class
15:23 Ember (emberell) It can be a little different, but we'll help you adjust. ❤
15:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen Spaceport Alpha is already in the reserve
15:23 Agatha Macbeth Great
15:23 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) thank you, Tora! you'll do great.
15:23 Katie (katie.canningham) Yay!
15:23 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) thanks everybody! i'm really pretty excited about teaching in SL. gonna be a blast! :-D
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Moving into the reserve for qualifying entities (with sims) is free
15:25 rach (rachid1111) I am ready to teach Arabic
15:25 Gronk Seriman What's wild is when students you long forgot come back 3 years later and thank you.
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phelan Corrmal has mentioned being willing to buy another sim for those having parcels on the mainland who would like to be included in the reserve.
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's really true Gronk.
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen Something to discuss, then, rach
15:26 rach (rachid1111) ok
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen Some my time should start freeing up soon. A few days for RL taxes. I've personally tried to visit every sim on the map (that's how I know about closed sims), recording info in a JSON files, from which I've plotted what you see using Python.
15:28 Agatha Macbeth Thank you
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'd also done the base topography for the welcome sim, since modified a bit by an involved architecture professor, and landscaped by Delia Lake (an environmentalist)
15:30 Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) mumbles apologies and slips out of the pew waving to friends and not-yet-friends.
15:30 Agatha Macbeth TC Justine
15:30 Gronk Seriman This all sounds like SL is saying to Meta, "We already have a world. You barely have existence."
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen tc, Justine
15:30 Katie (katie.canningham) waves back
15:30 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) bye Justine
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen With that open for comments, questions, announcements, comas.
15:30 Katie (katie.canningham) tc!
15:31 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) tosses popcorn, just cuz she can.
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen You popped it first?
15:32 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) grinz. "Popcorn surprise"
15:32 Gronk Seriman Anybody know about the griefer activity in Caledon the other night?
15:32 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) Along the lines of what Gronk just said, I've been thinking for a while that the whole Meta explosion is overrated when compared to what SL has been doing from the start
15:32 Katie (katie.canningham) oh noes!
15:33 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) Sounds like there's a real effort to get kids into virtual classrooms
15:33 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea? You were there earlier than I was.
15:33 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Was a small thing
15:33 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) the griefer left a sphere spawner
15:33 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) was rezzing large and small plywood spheres
15:34 lovejoy2199 But remember Gronk and Tora. They have many. many more members.
15:34 Agatha Macbeth People still do that?
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I have seen a lot worse
15:34 Agatha Macbeth How unimaginative
15:34 Katie (katie.canningham) sighs sadly
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Lady Aevelle was one and took care of it
15:34 Agatha Macbeth That's like 2007-level griefing
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) returned the spheres and banned the griefer estate wide
15:35 Gronk Seriman I stayed in the Plaza during the flurry to see if anything happened. All I know was in chat.
15:35 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) the issue was that she had to stop scripts in 2 or 3 regions
15:35 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) yah, you're right, lovejoy, but they don't offer much for grownups, right? Minecraft doesn't have teaching platforms
15:35 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Desmond had to come n and finish the repairs
15:35 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) that's what I'm impressed with
15:35 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) There _is_ teaching version of Minecraft
15:35 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) That was done later in the day.So no worries
15:35 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Only version with blackboard
15:35 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) But teaching what?
15:36 rach (rachid1111) ok bye all
15:36 Katie (katie.canningham) Bye!
15:36 Agatha Macbeth Bye
15:36 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) bye rach! take care
15:36 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) anything school wants to teach
15:36 rach (rachid1111) thank you
15:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen tc rach
15:36 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Some Swedish schools have virtual Minecraft classrooms
15:36 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) The regions affected was mostly homesteads privately owned
15:36 rach (rachid1111) ok
15:36 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) ok, apologies then. :-)
15:36 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) back to you Word
15:37 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Oh
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen Other questions, etc.?
15:37 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Movie nights on Thursday nights will be kept to shorter run-time movies. no more over 2 hour films
15:37 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Keep an eye on groups for notices
15:38 lovejoy2199 Dune was too long?
15:38 Gronk Seriman Heh!
15:38 TomSTomson So Doctor Zhivago is out?
15:38 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) seemed that way to me
15:38 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Which version of Dune?
15:38 Katie (katie.canningham) 1984
15:38 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) well it's a week night and people have to work the next day
15:38 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Well, no Warhol's movie,then
15:38 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) i'm working on a matinée time on Sunday maybe for the long run movies
15:39 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) We will have to play it by ear
15:39 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Or anything from Bollywood
15:39 Agatha Macbeth Yes!
15:39 Agatha Macbeth Hooray for Bollywood
15:39 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) might do some 2 hour movies. will see
15:39 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) Bollywood would rock
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Nor sure about Nollywood, those are often short
15:40 Katie (katie.canningham) Nollywood?
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Other questions, concerns, ....
15:41 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) whispers to Katie, *that's what happens when paws don't quite reach the b*
15:41 Gronk Seriman It's in The Netherlands.
15:41 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Nollywood - Nigerian movies
15:41 Katie (katie.canningham) ah!
15:41 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) put paws over mouth and grinz
15:41 Ember (emberell) SLollywood, meanwhile, is movies in Secondlife
15:41 Katie (katie.canningham) giggles
15:41 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) znortlez
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hearing nothing serious,
15:42 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Oxbridge regular Toms is dealing with Slollywood...
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen We are
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen adjourned.
15:42 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Well, still hosting the Writers' Meeting
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I will log off, i ate some of my own candy and am not feeling well
15:42 Katie (katie.canningham) ~*~ HUZZAH!!! ~*~
15:42 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) Yay! Y'all take care and be well!!
15:42 Agatha Macbeth Ooer
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank your all for coming and participating
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) pics of today to be posted soon
15:42 Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) scarpers!
15:42 Katie (katie.canningham) huzzah for the writers group
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) good to see you all
15:42 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) hehe
15:42 Gronk Seriman Thank you, Deans!
15:42 Katie (katie.canningham) not Andrea not feeling well
15:42 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) have a good rest of your Sunday, everybody
15:42 Agatha Macbeth waves
15:43 Katie (katie.canningham) Feel better soon Andrea!!
15:43 Tora the Explorer (toraona.thane) thanks, deans :-)
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) no all kinds of problems
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) diabetes is no fun
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) see you all soon
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I can relate
15:43 Katie (katie.canningham) thinking good thoughts at you!!!!
15:43 lovejoy2199 Ohhh, Chancellor. I thought you were going to say, We are...Penn State !!!
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) anyway, bedtime for me
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) sleep well mr skysmith
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Hold the fort
15:43 Katie (katie.canningham) Nini Elfbiter!
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Be seeing you
15:43 Katie (katie.canningham) and check your IMs!
15:44 Gronk Seriman G'might, Mr. Skysmith
15:44 Katie (katie.canningham) waves merrily at Soup
15:44 Katie (katie.canningham) Hi Soup!
15:44 Katie (katie.canningham) nini all!!