| 14:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Tamarynd |
| 14:44 |
Tamarynd |
[14:41] COU Deans' Q&A Sign (90 minute kill) owned by Wordsmith Jarvinen gave you 'COU Quixote Hall' ( Caledon Oxbridge (75,140,29) ). |
| 14:45 |
Tamarynd |
I got this from the sign in the lecture hall |
| 14:45 |
Ember (emberell) |
Hm, wrong landmark? |
| 14:45 |
Tamarynd |
notice that the coordinates are for the lecture hall, not here |
| 14:46 |
Ember (emberell) |
this seems to go to the right place in this sign... |
| 14:46 |
Ember (emberell) |
I'll double check the one on campus |
| 14:47 |
Tamarynd |
because the sign is here? |
| 14:47 |
lovejoy2199 |
Greetings everyone |
| 14:47 |
Ember (emberell) |
that one sends me here, also |
| 14:47 |
Ember (emberell) |
Hello, Lovejoy, welcome! |
| 14:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I just checked the one I put out in the door to the lecture hall. It has the LM for here |
| 14:48 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 14:48 |
[Second Life |
COU Deans' Q&A Sign (90 minute kill) owned by Wordsmith Jarvinen gave you 'COU Quixote Hall' ( Caledon Oxbridge Village (15,193,2002) ).] |
| 14:48 |
Tamarynd |
I got 'COU Quixote Hall' ( Caledon Oxbridge (75,140,29) ). |
| 14:48 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's odd, because the one there does not give that landmark out |
| 14:49 |
Tamarynd |
that's not a skybox in Oxbridge Village |
| 14:49 |
Ember (emberell) |
You may have mistaken the landmark for another |
| 14:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Lovejoy |
| 14:51 |
Tamarynd |
The sign said 'click for a landmark to Quixote Hall, and it gave me what I showed you in chat earlier |
| 14:51 |
Ember (emberell) |
Oh, I see what happened, Tamarynd |
| 14:51 |
Ember (emberell) |
when a scripted object gives you something, it shows you where the object is, too, in local chat |
| 14:52 |
Ember (emberell) |
It isn't speaking the landmark it's handing out - rather, it's telling you what and where is giving you the contents |
| 14:52 |
Ember (emberell) |
So local chat looks like COU Deans' Q&A Sign (90 minute kill) owned by Wordsmith Jarvinen gave you 'COU Quixote Hall' ( Caledon Oxbridge (75,140,29) ), but what it gives you (the landmark in your inventory) is correct |
| 14:52 |
Tamarynd |
Well, to a naive scholar, such as myself, it certainly looks as if it's giving me a landmark. |
| 14:53 |
Ember (emberell) |
It did give you the landmark - it's in your inventory |
| 14:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Gronk :) |
| 14:54 |
Gronk Seriman |
Greetings Wordsmith, everybody! |
| 14:54 |
Tamarynd |
Well, it gave that to me silently, and the incorrect landmark with some fanfare |
| 14:54 |
Ember (emberell) |
If you're wanting to complain about the object telling you its coordinates - that's something to complain to LL about. That's default behavior for objects that dispense contents. |
| 14:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But SL also unavoidably tells you in chat the location of the object that gave you the LM, a LM not being expressible directly in chat. |
| 14:55 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 14:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hello, Shae. Welcome |
| 14:55 |
Tamarynd |
I'm not complaining about it, I'm pointing out that its very misleading. Is there a way to override that default behavior? |
| 14:55 |
Gronk Seriman |
That has confused me and other people in the past. |
| 14:55 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Not much we can do about it. |
| 14:56 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) finally finds the chair and sits on her paws. *tosses popcorn at Wordsmith* "Greetings to all and sundry!" |
| 14:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yeah, it's something we have to specify. Beyond making the script put out the SLURL and not give out an LM, there wouldn't be an easy fix |
| 14:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
Fortunately we also have guidance in our orientation about what an LM is and where to look for it. |
| 14:56 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) shoots a spitwad at Elfbiter to see if there's a writers' prompt |
| 14:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Chris |
| 14:57 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
Hi everyong. Thank you, Wordsmith |
| 14:57 |
Jan Stroikavskoi |
Hello everyone :) |
| 14:57 |
Tamarynd |
I know scripts can send messages to local chat. Can they not also reroute default messages to the bit bucket? |
| 14:58 |
Ember (emberell) |
I don't think so, since that's something your viewer shows on receiving the object. |
| 14:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Jan |
| 14:58 |
Ember (emberell) |
or landmark, or notecard. |
| 14:58 |
Jan Stroikavskoi |
Thanks Word |
| 14:58 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Rodrigo, AdeShine |
| 14:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Rodrigo and AdeShine |
| 14:58 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Hello :) |
| 14:59 |
AdeShine |
Hello :) Thank you |
| 14:59 |
Ember (emberell) |
Just like a script can't read an IM - if it's not something posted in a way the script can read, it can't intercept it. |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Katie, Andrea |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Katie, and Agatha, |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Agatha |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Glad to see you, Andrea |
| 15:01 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Good evening! |
| 15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and the clock has struck the hour, |
| 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 |
What might you have for us from the Commons, Ember? |
| 15:02 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Thankee Wordsmith! |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ember? |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
A lot of my spare time has gone to updating the Faculty Kit - and I'm happy to say that I've finally finished (as much as constantly changing notecards, landmarks, and information can be finished) it to a point where I am going to send a proper update to the Oxbridge staff group. Expect that later today, hopefully |
| 15:04 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Yay |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
If anyone DOEs find notecards or information that's outdated, needs work, or other further updates (whether staff, or students handed information) please reach out to me and let me know. I'll do my best to keep it updated - and I often keep the dispenser on campus updated with the smaller changes I make |
| 15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Besides that, campus has been fairly quiet. As always, Oxbridge is looking for new tutors and help staff - for those interested in getting involved with Oxbridge, please always do feel free to reach out to me, tutors, or other staff here for more information. |
| 15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's all from me today |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you Ember, for all of that |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea? |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
After many delays, we will have the fundraiser today after the Q&A |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
It is in a arena, theme is rock and roll and battle |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
you do not have to participate in the combat |
| 15:07 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
YAY!!!! |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
which is mainly using temp throwers |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ducks, frogs, etc |
| 15:08 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ooo! |
| 15:08 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
mayhem! |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
one side of the build and the upper level is for those that do not want things thrown at them |
| 15:08 |
Gronk Seriman |
Dogs and cats LIVING together! |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Somewhere in my inventory is a couch bazooka. |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the other has a pow sign and is for those wanting to throw stuff |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
there is an invisible wall between them at the ground level. |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
so no particle weapons please |
| 15:09 |
Harperlass |
Will this be offered long term as an in world stress reliever? |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
they tend to shoot through |
| 15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We had an event where some were targeted after asking to not be. So This is one of those solutions |
| 15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Harper, I may install a zombie shooting place again if that is needed |
| 15:10 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
☻ |
| 15:10 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
just don't throw _up_ :-) |
| 15:10 |
Harperlass |
:) |
| 15:11 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) blushes |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
yes please keep the throwers g rated |
| 15:11 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
right Elf hehehe |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(and welcome Harper, KayKay, and Valerie) |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Tuesday night we will be having keeba and the tiny maniacs\ |
| 15:11 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
thank you |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
see notices |
| 15:11 |
Tamarynd |
is there a banana creme pie thrower? |
| 15:11 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Yay Keeba! |
| 15:11 |
KayKay1Mckay |
!!ollǝH ❤ ђεℓℓ๏ l Every one ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
| 15:11 |
Harperlass |
umm pie |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i loaded some throwers into a box to give out |
| 15:12 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
what a good waste of pie! |
| 15:12 |
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Gronk Seriman sadly misses perforating the krakken at Iron Cloud. |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
yes so many places we miss in the ever shrinking Caledon |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
back to you word |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you, Andrea |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Instructor stipends are paid to date. |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll be paying next quarters tier on 6 July |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks to Andrea's efforts, we are solidly in the black, financially. |
| 15:14 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yay! |
| 15:14 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) cheers! |
| 15:14 |
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Agatha Macbeth applauds |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Our current problems isn't as much funds as newbies. |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've submitted a COU specific destination guide request to LL |
| 15:15 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) paw toes crossed |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll be seeing Madori Linden on the 6th also and see what she might be able to do to get as a portal on Welcome Island. (Lindal said she went to Welcome Island 2 passing out Oxbridge brochures). |
| 15:17 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
It seems you have mentioned asking LL for various ways to get traffic here. Have they been implemented? |
| 15:17 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
oh that's a great idea |
| 15:17 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
There has not been huge influx of newcomers lately but there have been bit more at least in my watch |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If you wear Oxbridge Scholar tags places it might also help to increase interest. |
| 15:17 |
Gronk Seriman |
I'd hate to suggest leaching on other people's help areas, but if we were to want to go help AND direct people to here, are there good places to do that? |
| 15:18 |
Ember (emberell) |
A lot of the referrals I make are out exploring, like at the birthday event. I've told a few folk about Oxbridge and what we offer there |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well we already have a portal at the education reserve, so as that ramps up it should help |
| 15:19 |
Harperlass |
Perhaps exchange classes? We might generate interest with visiting instructors? |
| 15:19 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
will you ever have these brochures or notecards with links here maybe we can pass out, I am always running into new people that want help, I do my best |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
I have a few of those notecards in the kit, let me see |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I have updated the map for the reserve in the last few days. |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
I've sent you a copy of that, Valerie |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
CDS are the 6 yellow sims to the west of the orange sim |
| 15:21 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Woot |
| 15:21 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
thank you so much this is wonderful information |
| 15:21 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) holds up a sign reading |
Two ways to always share into are by including a profile 'Pick" and to visit locations within the area and leave posts on profile feeds. Folks do read them. |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Agatha is on the CDS representative assembly this term |
| 15:22 |
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Agatha Macbeth flutters |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The other change is the vertical line of 3 green sims one click to the left and below the orange sim. |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Sorry what is CDS? |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Top to bottom, those are STEM Island, Science Circle, and Chemistry World |
| 15:23 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Confederation of Democratic Simulators |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Confederation of Democratic Simulators |
| 15:23 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Indeed |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Thankee! |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Actually a misnomer, since the simulators are hardware running programs, but the people are running a true democracy on those regions |
| 15:24 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
CDS is a self-governed community with a European theme. |
| 15:24 |
Agatha Macbeth |
https://cdsdemocracy.org |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I mentioned portals, and have been working on a multi destination portal, now partly functional |
| 15:25 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
I was going to ask about the portals.... |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've got teleporting by opening a map implemented, next is to work on using a experience to be able to TP someone directly |
| 15:28 |
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Rodrigo (panther155) raises his hand |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Rodrigo? |
| 15:29 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
so that's the portal that teleports newcomers to COU? |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not currently, but likely will be in the future |
| 15:29 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
It seems you have mentioned asking LL for various ways to get traffic here. Have they been implemented? |
| 15:29 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Ok thanks Wordsmith |
| 15:30 |
lovejoy2199 |
Will that be at VWEC? |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not yet, Finished the Destination Guide request this morning ... Graphic plus 400 characters of text. |
| 15:31 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Let's hope once it is finished it will help us to have more visitors |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I checked that we do show up under a place search, btw |
| 15:32 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
that's good :) |
| 15:32 |
Harperlass |
have we considered second generation students? Student that might return for additional more advanced topics? |
| 15:32 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
thats a good question |
| 15:33 |
Ember (emberell) |
Those are actually a large percentage of students - a few of the things I put together help direct people to places where they can continue their education or further it in one way or another |
| 15:33 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
That requires more teachers |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Look at the topmost graph on the right side. This age histogram of those in our classes. |
| 15:33 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Would more teachers be attracted if they felt they wouldn't be teaching the same class over and over weekly? |
| 15:33 |
Harperlass |
This was why I asked earlier if we had considered visiting instructors? |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Also that most of our visitors aren't newbies |
| 15:34 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
(not a diss -- however, I return for the advanced building and sometimes Ember's class because I still don't have some things down pat) |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've mentioned before that I am quite open to seminar proposals |
| 15:35 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) nods. "Repetition is beneficial." *grins and tosses popcorn* |
| 15:35 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
The Photo Salon gets into advanced topics. |
| 15:35 |
Tamarynd |
London city claims to be part of an 'official community gateway program' and tout their big freebie shop. they're also the first that shows up on the 'newcomer friendly' destinations |
| 15:36 |
Gronk Seriman |
Personally, I've always seen Oxbridge as a place to get started. We do that well, I think. Then we hand off students to places with more advanced training. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Definitely |
| 15:36 |
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Agatha Macbeth nods |
| 15:36 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And a number of newcomers have come here with London group tag on. |
| 15:36 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
I think Oxbridge is very professional and informative |
| 15:36 |
Harperlass |
Well if we have a decline in students, offering a place to train here would increase our student interest. |
| 15:36 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
London city was the first place I wa at when I was a newcomer.. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Linda, two weeks ago I believe, mentioned working on avatar appearance classes |
| 15:37 |
Ember (emberell) |
But yeah, we are always open to new instructors coming in, offering classes, one offs, more. They do need to reach out to us, however. |
| 15:37 |
Ember (emberell) |
We can't help people get involved if we do not know they are there |
| 15:37 |
Tamarynd |
Did you learn anything there, Rodrigo? |
| 15:37 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Honestly no Tamarynd.... |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And a reason I'm hanging out in the weekly fireside chats at the VWEC welcome sim in the reserve |
| 15:38 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
In fact I got overwhelmed until I found COU and Elf guided me |
| 15:38 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
me cheers for Elfbiter |
| 15:38 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
I will never forget that Elf |
| 15:38 |
Tamarynd |
I didn't think so. The only thing they seem to be expert in is in keeping people from leaving |
| 15:38 |
Harperlass |
applauds Elf |
| 15:39 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Yes Tamarynd |
| 15:39 |
Harperlass |
Can you say more about that Tamarynd? How do you mean? |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And from what I hear, Tora has successfully taken over the inventory class |
| 15:40 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yay! |
| 15:40 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) claps |
| 15:40 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I try |
| 15:40 |
Ember (emberell) |
Her class is going well. She's been learning how to teach, but it can be an adjustment at first |
| 15:40 |
Ember (emberell) |
She clearly has good experience teaching before |
| 15:40 |
Tamarynd |
London City has a number of 'mentors' who basically try to shut down any conversations about other sims. They also support a large number of bots to keep their traffic numbers high |
| 15:41 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Oh do they have helpers there? |
| 15:41 |
Harperlass |
that's sad |
| 15:41 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Didn't know that |
| 15:41 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
Sorry to interrupt...real life is calling me, thank you for the cards Ember , thank you everyone, next Q&A I will be here |
| 15:41 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:41 |
Ember (emberell) |
There are official help staff there, as well as an orientation. Their orientation is only for very young avatars |
| 15:41 |
Tamarynd |
They call themselves helpers. I'm not sure they are in the business of helping anyone but London City |
| 15:41 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you so much for your donation, Valerie! Take care! |
| 15:41 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
thanks |
| 15:41 |
Ember (emberell) |
But this really isn't the place to talk ill of other folk or sims. |
| 15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
tc, Valerie. Thanks for dropping in. |
| 15:42 |
ღ Valerie ღ (valerie.atheria) |
thank you |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
be well |
| 15:42 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
If they are,,, they aren't doing well their job, if not I wouldn't be overwhelmed when I was a newcomer... |
| 15:44 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
They may be impatient |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, if you notice, the portal I rezzed has randomly reset the destination to Happy Hippo. COU takes a collaborative approach, not an exclusionary one. |
| 15:44 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
I noticed |
| 15:44 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yes - we do our best to work with other learning places. SL works best as a united effort |
| 15:45 |
Ember (emberell) |
Different places in SL have different offerings and aproaches |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If someone wants to sit on the dais, select a destination (out of two) and TP, feel free |
| 15:45 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
do you mean the portal you put? |
| 15:45 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yes, this one here |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The one rezzed on the stage yes. |
| 15:45 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
I'm gonna try |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It should open a map to the destination with a TP option |
| 15:46 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) cheers Rodrigo! |
| 15:46 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Yay Rodrigo! |
| 15:46 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Yay I see the map |
| 15:46 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
the COU map |
| 15:47 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Beam me up Scotty |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And he's off |
| 15:47 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Successful transport! |
| 15:47 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Whoot! |
| 15:47 |
Gronk Seriman |
Another satisfied customer! |
| 15:47 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Whoo-hoo Rodrigo! |
| 15:47 |
Harperlass |
he's back! |
| 15:47 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
it worked |
| 15:47 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
woot! |
| 15:48 |
Harperlass |
Of course you now have an evil doppleganger in a parallel universe...but that is a different issue :) kidding |
| 15:48 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
hehehe |
| 15:48 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) znorkz at Harperlass |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And my vision is to have separate portals for different categories of destinations. |
| 15:49 |
Ember (emberell) |
Do you think you'll put those up on campus somewhere? |
| 15:49 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
in my opinion is that when the map appears.... newcomers see the people are there, maybe is they don't see a lot of people.. they could be discouraged |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That could be up to my Dean of Commons |
| 15:50 |
Ember (emberell) |
I'd be more than happy to help facilitate that :-) |
| 15:51 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
Generally, I think a lot of new folks are looking *for* people, not for solitude. |
| 15:51 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yeah, a lot of people are looking for a social experience. |
| 15:51 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
that's why I think they could be discouraged to visit us |
| 15:51 |
Harperlass |
You raise a good point, I was and still am sometimes disheartened by the vacant nature of the place |
| 15:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm planning on adding one more prim to it, a round info prim that gives a notecard about the destinations. Making it a separate prim allows the sight limited to use it, along with putting in chat commands as an alternative to the buttons |
| 15:52 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
maybe if there isn't a map, we could get more visitors |
| 15:53 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
if anyone that needs a LM for the dance. let me know |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That's something I'm planning to implement Rodrigo, but avoiding the map can only be done as part of an SL experience, which requires an experience key and for the avatar to accept the experience. |
| 15:53 |
Gronk Seriman |
I would like to propose a movement of sorts. "Populate the Plaza". If you have nothing better to do, hang out in the Plaza. With the understanding that all witty puns stop, and help is given when somebody appears. |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, any other topics? |
| 15:54 |
Harperlass |
I was very leery of experiences as a newcomer I will say that |
| 15:54 |
Chris (chrismillernhs) |
Perhaps the prim notecard could include information about the active social life available in Caledon. We may not have many visitors, but there are certainly lots of ways to meet people in this community. |
| 15:55 |
Ember (emberell) |
It is part of what the tutors do help to do. But it can help to have people actually there helping, very much so. I've added a fair few people ot the Caledonian nights groups, and the like, to help them get involved in the community at large |
| 15:55 |
Ember (emberell) |
Oxbridge is a learning place first, though - not just a social one, so it can take some adjusting for guests |
| 15:55 |
Gronk Seriman |
Some COU leadership in the past discouraged using the Plaza as a social place. I disagreed then and now. A lively place that can stop the idle chat and help people would be powerful. |
| 15:55 |
Tamarynd |
Too much information can also be overwhelming |
| 15:56 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
like real-life student unions |
| 15:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
I don't discourage it as a social place honestly, I just encourage people to remember it is for helping people first |
| 15:56 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Exactly Tamarynd |
| 15:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
A lot of people end up discouraged when they are reminded of that. |
| 15:56 |
Gronk Seriman |
Exactly, Ember! |
| 15:56 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the second chat circle can used for that |
| 15:57 |
Ember (emberell) |
And yes, the second chat circle is there precisely to offer a place for very open socializing where that won't cause an issue. |
| 15:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, it is first a place for helping, so that gets priority, and as a homestead we are limited to 20 avatars max. |
| 15:57 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
I find the mention of the plaza confusing -- is there a limit on people allowed in whatever area you are talking about? I always "run" a full paw speed to get out of what I have been taught is the "New arrival" area and tutorial because there is limited space for avatars. So would setting up the more social area be doable at the "home place area" sorry for lack of identifiable names, that's not my forte |
| 15:57 |
Ember (emberell) |
Apologies, I have elderly family needing aid |
| 15:57 |
Ember (emberell) |
I need to go |
| 15:57 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
bye |
| 15:57 |
Gronk Seriman |
Not a problem, lately. *smirks* |
| 15:57 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
see you soon |
| 15:57 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
tc Ember! |
| 15:58 |
Agatha Macbeth |
TC Ember |
| 15:58 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Oh bye Ember |
| 15:58 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Be well Ember |
| 15:58 |
Ember (emberell) |
as always feel free to reach out to me if I can be a help |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It doesn't mean you can't hang out there, but may have to move during classes, for example |
| 15:58 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) nods. ty for the clarification |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Anyone else want to try the portal before I take it back? |
| 15:59 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
It was mostly problem if Lindal's class filled the region :-) |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yep |
| 15:59 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Sometimes Avatar Safety Class attracted the whole Lindal Crowd |
| 15:59 |
Gronk Seriman |
That's what the outer chat circle is for. Move there to continue chatting when the campus is getting busy. |
| 15:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I need to poof to the dance. i hope to see you there. |
| 16:00 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
It happened once when Lindal came back |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
tc Andrea |
| 16:00 |
Harperlass |
Thank you all |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And our hour is up, so ... |
| 16:00 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankees everyone! |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Adjourned. |
| 16:00 |
Gronk Seriman |
That clock loves the bong. |
| 16:00 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) grinz and makes ready to pounce for the cannon |
| 16:00 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
♩♪♫♬ APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬ |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank your all for coming and participating |
| 16:00 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 16:01 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Wow this hour has passed fast |
| 16:01 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
see you at the fundraiser! |
| 16:01 |
AdeShine |
Thank you :) |
| 16:01 |
Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) |
Grammercy! Y'all be well now. |
| 16:01 |
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Jan Stroikavskoi nods... bye all. |
| 16:01 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
see you Lovejoy! |
| 16:01 |
Tamarynd |
thank you |
| 16:01 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Bye!!!! |
| 16:01 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Going to bed now. Tired and, well, bit depressed as well. |
| 16:01 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Count sheep Elf :) |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
tc Elf |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 16:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Will do |
| 16:02 |
Tamarynd |
want a hug, elfbiter? |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
ty |
| 16:02 |
Rodrigo (panther155) |
Okay I have to go, take care everyone |
| 16:02 |
AdeShine |
Bye Bye to all :) |
| 16:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |