Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A for 2023-09-10
| 14:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi Andrea |
| 14:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I emailed you the spreadsheet workbook and summary of financials earlier today. |
| 14:49 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty. I've been in the yard today and in pain. I will look at it this week. I'm done with burning man |
| 14:49 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | so time is freed up |
| 14:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and Tuesday night is set |
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | kk |
| 14:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | mr Broek |
| 14:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | waves |
| 14:50 | Ember (emberell) | Welcoem, Edmund! |
| 14:51 | Edmund Broek | Dean Jones. Dean Ember. |
| 14:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i was cutting up trees off the ground and chain on the chain saw popped off. managed to get it back on quikly. then realized i had put it on backwards |
| 14:52 | Edmund Broek bows | |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Ahhh. Then yuo have to get it off again and on again correctly |
| 14:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yeah, it flipped on me |
| 14:52 | Edmund Broek | And greetings, Chancellor. |
| 14:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Phrynne |
| 14:53 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Phrynne |
| 14:53 | Phrynne waves | |
| 14:53 | Phrynne | /wave |
| 14:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | it's electric so easy really |
| 14:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | to use, |
| 14:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | but i was tired so it ws time to stop |
| 14:53 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 14:55 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Kyoko |
| 14:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Frigid |
| 14:56 | Frigid Cryotank | Hello Wordsmith. |
| 14:56 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | Thank you Wordsmoth |
| 14:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Elfbiter |
| 14:59 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings everyone |
| 14:59 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hihi |
| 14:59 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) shouts | hi rainy |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Lovejoy |
| 14:59 | Ember (emberell) | Rainy, welcome! |
| 15:00 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Chancellor |
| 15:00 | RainyDayRecess | Hello everyone ;) |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Rainy |
| 15:00 | lovejoy2199 | Hoe Down !! |
| 15:00 | Phrynne | hi Rainy |
| 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. |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion. |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:00 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome in Spike |
| 15:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi Spike |
| 15:01 | Spike (spike.bloodrose) | hi hi! |
| 15:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nice avatar |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The clock having struck three but missed the others |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | What do you have for us from the Commons this week, Ember? |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | In preparation for my upcoming time away from SL, I took a busier few weeks to do a few updates. I've touched up several of the most-used notecards in the faculty kit (available for all staff in the break room on campus!), as well as redecorating the campus for the fall season. |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | Besides that, I have had a few people interested in becoming tutors - but we're always looking for more folk interested in helping out ,whether as tutors, or otherwise. For those interested please reach out to me, or any of the other staff here and we can figure out how to get you involve at Oxbridge |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | That's all from me this week |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | OH, well, that and, I will be gone from the 11th to the 30th. So I won't be around unless in case of emergency |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Ember, and enjoy your time away |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | It's Funk Sunday with Dj Sasha at the Caledon Oxbridge Beach! Come and join us as Dj Sasha spins the theme of Funk at 4 Pm to 6! It's a little stage on the sand where we will dance and party! All proceeds to the house goes to the operational expenses for the University. Dress is funk!. Caledon Oxbridge Village (38,211,27) |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Also |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I have worked with Mint on a new project. Sales vendors have been installed at the Cou store. these vender's currently sell no copy shoulder pets. Each vendor has a picture of the pet being sold |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | once the vendor sells out it says that in hover text |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and it will be replaced with a new item |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the current provider of the pets has authorized us to resell them as a fundraiser item. |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I hope over time to find providers for other items that we can sell |
| 15:07 | Ember (emberell) | Wonderful, Andrea! Thank you! |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Now for some sad news. |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The Caledonian Nights group will be closing the doors soon. |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Events will continue |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | That we have been doing. |
| 15:08 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Thank goodness nobody died. |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | But the group itself will shut down |
| 15:09 | RainyDayRecess | ;( |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I recommend anyone just in that group should join the ISC group |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | for future notices |
| 15:09 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And the Access group? |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the access group is shutting down. |
| 15:10 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Well, that reduces the groups I use to 9 |
| 15:10 | Ember (emberell) | Will there be future groups that have open invitations? I recall it takes some doing to get into the ISC |
| 15:10 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | For notices, that is |
| 15:10 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | That is one reason. |
| 15:10 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Keep your Caledonian nights group. you need that for the land |
| 15:11 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | but there will no longer be a second public access group |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I may start a new group soon. |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | But I will let folks know in The ISC |
| 15:11 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | ISC requires invitation |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Maybe the access group |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hmm |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ok. |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I'll IM you soon with solution mr Eb |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back to you Word |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | An invitation to ISC isn't hard to get. Ability to post notices, a notecard to Des would likely do it if there's a valid need. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you Andrea |
| 15:14 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Some members also have invitation rights |
| 15:14 | Phrynne | Anyone who is a peer of Caledon can invite |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, invitation rights aren't that uncommon, I can do invites, for example |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | that is true. I just wanted to get the word out. I get sad thinking on it. but it's time to cut the cord |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I may make a new group |
| 15:15 | RainyDayRecess | hugs |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and send out the join it now notices |
| 15:15 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Sasha |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi Sasha |
| 15:16 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Hi ya's |
| 15:16 | Katie (katie.canningham) | SASHA! |
| 15:16 | Katie (katie.canningham) runs up and Sasha then scampers back to her seat | |
| 15:16 | Katie (katie.canningham) | *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*Hugs!!!!*:-.,_,.-:*'``'* |
| 15:16 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) hugs Katie | |
| 15:16 | Katie (katie.canningham) | me runs up and hugs! Sasha |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | changes for the party |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oxbridge remains in good financial shape with a healthy surplus to get us through harder times. The last two weeks we only lost 242 $L from the surplus, down from several thousand the two weeks before that. |
| 15:17 | Katie (katie.canningham) | I gotta change that gesture |
| 15:17 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | That's great word!! |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Oh and it's movie night in Steelhead Bay this coming Wednesday night. See group notices |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The education reserve, map behind me, has had one major update, although it didn't follow protocal (which I notified Elli about). Anyway, the AMAIAS sims have been added, a set of open space sims have been added between AMAAIS and CDS, and they extend almost o Etopia to the north. Etopia will likely add a sim to connect, creating a sort of mini continent |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'll show that with a laser pointer on the map |
| 15:20 | Katie (katie.canningham) | oh my! |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | CDS are the yellow sims in the south |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | AMIAIS are the four geen sims to the left |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And the vertical green sims are openspace, likely for sailing |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Etopia is the clump of sims immediately to the north |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Here's a bit on the AMAIAS sims: https://vp-arc.org/2022/06/13/preserving-culture-of-ancient-village-through-virtual-simulation/ |
| 15:22 | Katie (katie.canningham) | AMIAS = Association of Members of the Institue for Advanced Study? |
| 15:22 | Katie (katie.canningham) | *Institute |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's a region in Portugal |
| 15:23 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Oh, AmAias, not AMIAS |
| 15:23 | Katie (katie.canningham) | sorry |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | ADmirable Marshmallow Insect Accessory Supplication? |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Above the Education Reserve map, I have the Oxbridge Visitor timeline. |
| 15:24 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Admiral Marshmallow Intoxication Adrenaline Support? ha ha |
| 15:24 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) giggles | |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Something knocked my script out of functioning a couple of times, hence the data outages, and the SL Drivers' staged an event starting in Oxbridge last May, creating the visitor spike. |
| 15:26 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Thunderstorms & outages? |
| 15:26 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yup, some of those Drivers actually came multiple times |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I also have the statistics on our webpage up to date. |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | https://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
| 15:27 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | I told a few people in RL about this place |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks Sasha. As one can see from the graph, we aren't getting the newbies we once did, but still have a fair share of visitors. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And that's it from me, so open to general announcements, comments, questions, etc.... |
| 15:29 | Ember (emberell) | (admiral announcement is on leave) |
| 15:29 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | I have a Caledon Oxbridge link in my profile |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And private announcement knows better than to say anything. |
| 15:30 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | I will update it to encourage coughing up lindens for COU |
| 15:30 | lovejoy2199 | Yes. Is the newbie number coming to SL the same? |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You can see that in the gold and blue bits in the timeline graphs, and also in the age histogram of class attendence |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We do have a portal to Oxbridge at the newbie landing point in the education reserve, BTW |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | wb katie |
| 15:32 | lovejoy2199 | in other words, is it greater, or smaller? Is our percentage still the same? |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | no idea why you could not get back |
| 15:33 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I think there is more competition for newbies and paths that don't lead to us |
| 15:33 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Oh I have a question |
| 15:33 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | CDS has a portal to EDuverse which lands in front of several portals, one to COU Gateway, the other to CDS |
| 15:33 | Ember (emberell) | The number of Newbies isn't down massively from my understanding - places like the new welcome hub are quite busy with them |
| 15:34 | Ember (emberell) | but, fewer places link directly here from there |
| 15:34 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Do we have any speakeasy's in Caledon? |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I did improve our link in the destination guide a while back, BTW |
| 15:35 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | Word, Does Madori send the newbies to COU Gateway from her API? |
| 15:35 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | You could try to create a speakeasy :-) |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Text readers? I made for available for Oxbridge use, also a lecture display screen |
| 15:35 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | I may do that |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea has a pub just over the line in Oxbridge Village, btw |
| 15:36 | lovejoy2199 | Knock...knock. Elf sent me. |
| 15:36 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Yes |
| 15:37 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | :) |
| 15:37 | Ember (emberell) | Andrea's pub welcomes all guests (as long as they're behaved) |
| 15:37 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | There's a pub and biergarten opposite Tam 11 BTW |
| 15:37 | Phrynne | I don't think a speakeasy could be made *at* Oxbridge. I remember the kerfuffle from just having the possibility of virtual wine and beer in the library. |
| 15:37 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) laughs | |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | True, which is the advantage of having a pub just over the line to Village |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | well the COU. no it's a G-rated theme |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Hopefully it will survive the reorganization |
| 15:38 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | nods |
| 15:38 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | well if I up my house, it'll be in Caledon II |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | sounds good |
| 15:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And a homestead sim to boot, but here in Village, it's moderate |
| 15:39 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | We Caledonians drink everywhere ;) |
| 15:39 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | For sure! |
| 15:39 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | try CDS on for size though |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Phrynne is right, there have been battles over Oxbridge as it is. |
| 15:40 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | I think we have more pubs and wine bars than art galleries |
| 15:40 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | cd? |
| 15:40 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | Sorry must have been in the beginning of the meeting? |
| 15:40 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | confederation of Democratic Sims |
| 15:40 | Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) | and what's the pricing? |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Simulators |
| 15:41 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | picky pick Word |
| 15:41 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Specifics are important ("Jack Reacher") |
| 15:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any other topics or questions? (don't be shy) |
| 15:43 | Kyoko Järvinen-Barzane (samara.barzane) | yep the working democracy with an educational fetish that knows how to party (i.e. drink |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elf still has a writng workshop Thursdays at 11am, BTW |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And hearing nothing else.... |
| 15:44 | Ember (emberell) | I have a small notecard of Caledonian events if anyone wants a copy, too |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty, Ember |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We are adjourned |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | see you downstairs |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you all for coming and participating |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | if you teleport down |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | look toward southend |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the party is there |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | at the small sand pit i made |
| 15:46 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Deans ;) |
| 15:46 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) shouts | let me know if you need a teleport offer| |
| 15:46 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Okay, attempted bedtime |