Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A for 2022-09-11
| 14:40 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, Word, welcome! |
| 14:41 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Provost Emeritus |
| 14:41 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi Ember and Lovejoy |
| 14:41 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (grins) |
| 14:42 | lovejoy2199 | Given how busy you are, maybe you need a Provost. |
| 14:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's looking that way |
| 14:44 | Ember (emberell) | Oh, Word - Andrea mentioned she may not be able to make it. She's got some rl issues she needs to tend to |
| 14:44 | Ember (emberell) | She left me what she's working on |
| 14:46 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | btw, I'm leaving for a conference in Germany Saturday morning |
| 14:47 | Ember (emberell) | How long is the conference? |
| 14:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I fly back on the 24th. |
| 14:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So fly out on the 17th and back on the 24th |
| 14:49 | lovejoy2199 | Ohhh. I thought you were already there. |
| 14:50 | Ember (emberell) | Oh, I see |
| 14:50 | lovejoy2199 | I had not seen you at VWEC the last 2 weeks. |
| 14:50 | Ember (emberell) | Do you want me to plan to host a general Q&A that day? |
| 14:50 | Ember (emberell) | Er, on Sunday, the day after you return |
| 14:51 | Ember (emberell) | Andrea! Glad you could make it ❤ |
| 14:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hiyas |
| 14:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hiya, Andrea |
| 14:51 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Dean Jones. Yes, Andrea, it is Q&A. *smile* |
| 14:52 | Ember (emberell) | Phrynne, welcome |
| 14:52 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Phrynne |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Phrynne |
| 14:53 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Elf. |
| 14:53 | Phrynne | hello everyone |
| 14:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Elf |
| 14:53 | Ember (emberell) | Hello, Valisilwen, welcome! |
| 14:53 | Valisilwen (mikilp) | Hello |
| 14:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It might be best to plan on doing a General Q&A on the 25th, Ember |
| 14:54 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 14:54 | Ember (emberell) | that'll give you a day to recover, too |
| 14:54 | Ember (emberell) | I'll plan on that |
| 14:55 | Ember (emberell) | You can let me know if you want to do something different |
| 14:55 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Samuel |
| 14:55 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I may be fairly totaled |
| 14:55 | SamuelPeixe | Thank you |
| 14:55 | Ember (emberell) | Yeah, especially after such an interesting trip |
| 14:55 | Ember (emberell) | I don't mind at all |
| 14:55 | SamuelPeixe | hello all |
| 14:55 | Ember (emberell) | Rainy, welcome! |
| 14:56 | RainyDayRecess | Hello everyone! :D |
| 14:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi rainy |
| 14:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Good to see you, Rainy |
| 14:57 | RainyDayRecess | You too ;) |
| 14:57 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And there is no private, corporal and ensign Q&As |
| 14:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, BadgerofZen |
| 14:58 | badgerofzen | hullo |
| 14:58 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | Badger Of Zen! |
| 14:58 | badgerofzen | hullo |
| 14:58 | Ember (emberell) | Badger, welcome ❤ |
| 14:58 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Ommm........ |
| 14:58 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | hehe |
| 14:58 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | hi everybody! |
| 14:58 | Ember (emberell) | And Katie! Welcome to you too! |
| 14:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Maybe an occasional major Q&A, Elf? |
| 14:58 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | Hi Lovejoy! |
| 14:58 | badgerofzen | hullo |
| 14:59 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Greetings, Kimberly |
| 15:00 | lovejoy2199 | Hey!!! We have a 'BA' sighting. |
| 15:00 | lovejoy2199 | Bell rings. Time to turn down thw music stream. |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting; |
| 15:00 | 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 | Ember (emberell) | Agatha, Kimberly, welcome |
| 15:01 | KimberlyDworkas | thank you |
| 15:01 | Agatha Macbeth | Hello! |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | What do you have for us this week, Ember? |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | Thanks to a bit of impromptu RL, I'm a bit behind decorating the campus for autumn. I'll be starting that this week and hopefully have the season changed before too long. |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | As always, Oxbridge is looking for new tutors and staff willing to help - for those interested in helping out at Oxbridge, pelase always feel free to reach out to me, or any of the other staff here, they can point you to some resources for how to get involved |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | That's all from me this week. |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks Ember. And the actual start of Fall should be coming up on the 21st or 22nd. |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | So |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Autumnal equinox |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | with any luck I'll have it changed over by then ❤ |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Hi all, Click my hat for a cuppa tea. So after a brief pause we will be having our next COU fundraiser on the 18th of the month at 4 |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the theme is 007 james bond a formal attire event |
| 15:06 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Females with one swimsuits? |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I have a notecard for the event with details and it was just sent to the groups. |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | This is a COU event so modest attire is requested |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The nights group will be having a semi nude event soon for those tha wish to attend |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | But held in a moderate location, Andrea. |
| 15:07 | TEACUP Holiday | Delicious! |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | That event will be later in the month possibly |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | But it will not be a COU event. That is a Caledonian Nights group event |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | More on that later |
| 15:08 | TEACUP Holiday | Delicious! |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The royale club is primarily a grey scale build |
| 15:08 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | thankee for da tea! |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | so colors in clothes will stand out |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | your welkies |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | So i thnk that will be it for me. If you want the notecard. please IM me. And feel free to share the info |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back to you Wordsmith |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Andrea |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | welkies |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And I don't believe you turn people away for being non-formal as long a reasonably dressed. |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh no theme is not required |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | will update the notecard for that |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and resend tomorrow |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | or Tuesday |
| 15:11 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) stirs his cocktail | |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not a lot from me this week. |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Sorry for missing the last scheduled Dean's Q&A, We had two transformers blow on the nearby street corner the Saturday before. Seven hour power outage with the repair crews in hearing range until almost 2am. My mind was spacing the next day. |
| 15:13 | SamuelPeixe | I have a question what are we going to learn today? |
| 15:13 | SamuelPeixe | (( sorry error chat hehehe )) |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's not a class as such, Samuel. A few reports and then questions and discussion. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The only update on the graphs behind me is on the Education Reserve map. Three sims added in the upper left. |
| 15:15 | SamuelPeixe | yes thank you for answering please continue :) |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We seem to be getting an increase in traffic up from almost zero. Larky has been doing some social media posts for us. |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Our financial situation, however is excellent. |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Days into current quarter: 67 All instructor stipends paid to date. Balance: 683,324 $L Tier Liability: 55,036 $L Sponsor Liability: 17,500 $L Reserve: 225,000 $L Total Liability: 297,536 $L Surplus: 385,788 $L |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's getting newbies that we are working on |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's it from me, other than I'll be at a conference in Germany from the 17th and returning on the 24th. I'll still have email, and IMs to me go to my email |
| 15:19 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | oo safe journey! |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With that open for general questions, announcements, and such |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yes , be safe |
| 15:20 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Still hosting the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays |
| 15:20 | Ember (emberell) | We welcome any and all questions on Oxbridge, Caledon, or SL, as long as they're generally appropriate. If anyone isn't sure about their question, feel free to IM it also ❤ |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Tuesday nights we have a dance in Caledon |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | As to the conference: https://ecmtb2022.org/ |
| 15:21 | lovejoy2199 | Thursday Night Movie, Andrea? |
| 15:22 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | should be. no idea what yet. will see about it later today |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | is fighting a sinus infection |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | No fun |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i'm thinking about starting a trilogy |
| 15:23 | Ember (emberell) | Wishing you well, Andrea |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | maybe first of three movies |
| 15:23 | lovejoy2199 | A series |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nods |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | will look into it |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Three Colors? :-) |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Probably not available... |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Other questions or topics? |
| 15:25 | lovejoy2199 | Godfather !,2,3 |
| 15:25 | lovejoy2199 | 1 |
| 15:25 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | those are too long |
| 15:25 | Ember (emberell) | A small announcement, if I may? |
| 15:25 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i try to keep the movies to 2 hours |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | looks at ember |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Ember? |
| 15:27 | Ember (emberell) | For those of you here who use firestorm - Its most recent update has massively increased its performance for a lot of folk. A lot of people are seeing quite impressive leaps in FPS and responsiveness, so this may be one those using firestorm may not want to wait on |
| 15:27 | Agatha Macbeth | I heard there were one or two bugs as well |
| 15:27 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:28 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Oh yes. Any idea of whether Event Promotion class is coming back? Some people already asked for it. |
| 15:28 | Ember (emberell) | I think the consensus from the folk I knew was the performance upgrade was worth the bugs, but it's always the case they have a few to splat. |
| 15:28 | Agatha Macbeth | I'll see what Inara thinks of it |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'll ping Nance about it. |
| 15:28 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | how bad are the bugs? |
| 15:28 | Larky (larkylouz) | Wordsmith, how are we doing on traffic, etc? |
| 15:29 | Ember (emberell) | Agatha: https://modemworld.me/2022/09/09/firestorm-6-6-3-performance-improvements/ |
| 15:29 | Agatha Macbeth | Cheers x |
| 15:29 | Ember (emberell) | ❤ |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | tc Agatha |
| 15:29 | Agatha Macbeth | I haven't gone yet... |
| 15:29 | RainyDayRecess | ;) |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Marion's stats show an increase in newbies Larky. I'll take a look at total recent traffic. |
| 15:30 | SamuelPeixe | what is the best viewer? |
| 15:31 | Ember (emberell) | That is a very subjective question, Samuel. It can depend on yoru preferences and what you want most out of a viewer |
| 15:31 | SamuelPeixe | think everyone has bugs? |
| 15:31 | Ember (emberell) | And, Larky - We're seeing a rise in traffic! |
| 15:31 | Agatha Macbeth | I'd say firestorm but I don't really know any others |
| 15:31 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have seen some increase of both returnees and newcomers |
| 15:31 | Valisilwen (mikilp) | CoolVL user here |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | But that is personal observation |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Here's Marion's newbie stats for last week, Larky: Newcomer traffic was up last week compared to the prior week. The First Day traffic rose 30% to 13 from 10, while the broader First Week traffic count was up 37% to 22 from 16. |
| 15:32 | Ember (emberell) | It's a significant increase from weeks prior |
| 15:34 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thanks. I get Marion's emails, but wondered if you had other related updates. |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I've downloaded the visitor stat files to date, I'll see if I can get the into up before I leave on Sat. |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any other topics? |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | If not..... |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | then we are ..... |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | adjourned |
| 15:37 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Deans ;) |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you for coming and participating |
| 15:37 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | ♩♪♫♬ APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬ |
| 15:37 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you. Take care, all |
| 15:37 | Agatha Macbeth | Thanks :) |
| 15:37 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | thankee Andrea and Wordsmith and Ember! |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | yvw Katie |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | most welcome |
| 15:38 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | TC and be well! |
| 15:38 | lovejoy2199 turns up the music stream. | |
| 15:38 | Ember (emberell) | Speaking more on viewers, Samuel, the most popular tend to be Firestorm, or the default viewer |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | we appreciate your support and the support of our donors. |
| 15:38 | Katie the Scamp (katie.canningham) | Andrea feel better soon! |