Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2023-01-29
| 15:01 | Ember (emberell) | And, there is the bell. Welcome everyone, to the Oxbridge general Q&A! Where you all can ask us questions - about Oxbridge, Caledon, or SL at large. Or otherwise generally appropriate questions! If you're unsure about your question, or would rather ask in private, please do feel free to send me an IM. I don't bite :-) |
| 15:01 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Katie, Lauren. |
| 15:01 | Ember (emberell) | First things first, I'm going to start off with the usual brief community announcements, then we'll open for questions. |
| 15:01 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Kyle |
| 15:01 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Hi! Thankee! |
| 15:02 | KyleS64 | Hi thank you Ember. |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | As usual, Elfbiter continues to host his writer's meeting every Thursday at 11:00 am. No need to be a writer to join in on the literary discussions. |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | Prof. Florian continues to host buildarama every Saturday at 6:30pm SLT. Builders of all skill levels welcome, to watch or participate. |
| 15:02 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Writing prompts given:-) |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | MGB hosts his radio drama hour every Monday at 7:30pm SLT, all welcome to tune in |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | Mr. Ormstein hosts his campfire event on Tuesdays at 11, as well as other events he welcomes visitors of all kinds to join him for. |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | And Lady Farshore shows a movie at the goblin cavern theater every Sunday at 6:00pm SLT. |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | Andrea, announcements on your end? |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | COU Fundraiser with DJ Sasha is at 4. Theme is your favorite TV Character. SO get dressed up and cme join us. or not, your choice. Come and enjoy 2 hours of great fun and dancing. Your donations go to keeping the doors open at the university. Dj Sasha, who built the skybox, takes requests. Land provided by the Caledonian Nights group. |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Caledon Oxbridge Village (78,69,2995) |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | It's going to be quite fun! The theme is optional, as long as you're decent, all are welcome. :-) |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Due to my current illness, I'll be there, but not as active as usual |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | We're wishing you well, Andrea. |
| 15:05 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Kimberly |
| 15:05 | Katie (katie.canningham) | yes! |
| 15:05 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | here here. |
| 15:05 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | get well soon! |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | if you need a quiet place to rest at burning man. my rest stop Burning Man- Deep Hole (125,159,25) |
| 15:06 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:06 | Katie (katie.canningham) | WHen is the actual burning? |
| 15:06 | Ember (emberell) | I do quite recommend it. There are some fantastic builds there. |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back to you Ember |
| 15:06 | Ember (emberell) | With that, I believe we are open for questions. So please! Don't hold back, ask us anything that may come to mind. The first being, when is the actual burning! |
| 15:06 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | ...burn baby burn, disco inferno.... |
| 15:06 | Ember (emberell) | I believe it has already occurred, however? |
| 15:06 | Katie (katie.canningham) | ah. |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | well still has music |
| 15:07 | Katie (katie.canningham) | very good music! |
| 15:07 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | BURN2 is essentially that 'burning man' event that California has right? or..was it Nevada? |
| 15:07 | Ember (emberell) | Earlier today in fact. |
| 15:07 | Ember (emberell) | But yes, Spike, that's accurate. IT's one of the oldest running events in SL |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh and |
| 15:07 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | not far off the coast of the mainland too I see. thank you. |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | we have Sigurd Tuesday night DJing. |
| 15:08 | Ember (emberell) | Oh, that'll be lovely. |
| 15:08 | Katie (katie.canningham) | really?? woot! |
| 15:08 | Ember (emberell) | But yes. Other questions? The floor is open ❤ |
| 15:08 | Brun (swyk) | I'm am quite lost I'm afraid . Could someone direct me to the Fabulous Bashful Peacock party? My landmark did not work |
| 15:09 | Larky (larkylouz) | Just a sec, Brun |
| 15:09 | Brun (swyk) | perfect place to tp into when lost , and what timing |
| 15:09 | Ember (emberell) | Jadida Mondrago (54,197,110) |
| 15:09 | Ember (emberell) | This should be where it's at, Brun |
| 15:09 | Ember (emberell) | Tell them we say hello! |
| 15:09 | Brun (swyk) | Thank you very much ! |
| 15:09 | Brun (swyk) | I will do that! |
| 15:09 | Ember (emberell) | Enjoy :-) |
| 15:09 | Ember (emberell) | They're good friends of Oxbridge, there. |
| 15:10 | Ember (emberell) | Other questions? |
| 15:10 | Larky (larkylouz) is somewhat mesmerized by Ember's tail | |
| 15:10 | Brun (swyk) | bye |
| 15:10 | Ember (emberell) wags faster. | |
| 15:10 | Katie (katie.canningham) | What time is Sig DJing? |
| 15:11 | Katie (katie.canningham) | =^.^= CUTE DRAGON |
| 15:11 | Ember (emberell) | I believe the usual time - 6:00 SLT |
| 15:11 | Katie (katie.canningham) | ossm! |
| 15:11 | Ember (emberell) | Andrea can correct me if that's wrong, though ❤ |
| 15:11 | Katie (katie.canningham) | thankee! |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yes 6 |
| 15:11 | Ember (emberell) | Other questions? ♥ |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | should be notices in groups. |
| 15:12 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:12 | Katie (katie.canningham) | ah! |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ISC, and the nights group |
| 15:12 | Ember (emberell) | Caledonian Nights Access |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | from last week |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) | If anyone is interested in posting events on the SL Event Calendar, and on Facebook and |
| 15:13 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Badger. |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) | Twitter, I'm looking to train someone to take that job over, or help out on it. No particular experience necessary. |
| 15:13 | badgerofzen | hullo Ember |
| 15:14 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:14 | Ember (emberell) | And in general, we're always open to folk who want to help out ❤ |
| 15:14 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you for your donation, Badger! |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty badger |
| 15:14 | badgerofzen | :) |
| 15:14 | Ember (emberell) | With that said, though, other questions? |
| 15:16 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | Anything new on the BonnieBots? |
| 15:16 | Ember (emberell) | Nothing new recently. Though we're putting in some measures to protect students at Oxbridge from them. |
| 15:16 | Ember (emberell) | As eve we want to ensure Oxbridge is a safe space for users new and old, so no one needs to worry about things as they learn. |
| 15:16 | KimberlyDworkas | What's a BonnieBot? |
| 15:17 | Ember (emberell) | A system of bots devised to crawl the grid and collect information about avatars and compile it. |
| 15:17 | Ember (emberell) | For more information |
| 15:17 | Larky (larkylouz) | https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/495596-heres-how-to-opt-out-of-data-collection-and-display/ |
| 15:17 | lovejoy2199 | Ohhh. I thought it was from Scotland. |
| 15:18 | Katie (katie.canningham) | if only! |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | ...bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond.... |
| 15:19 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | what an odd project... |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Data mining |
| 15:19 | Ember (emberell) | Yes, exactly Elfbiter. |
| 15:20 | Katie (katie.canningham) | I gather a big part of the problem with them is what the makers are planning to publish on their website |
| 15:20 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Jenaea |
| 15:20 | Katie (katie.canningham) | or may already be publishing |
| 15:20 | Jenaea | thanks |
| 15:20 | Ember (emberell) | Yes, overall, and it violates several UK privacy laws as well |
| 15:20 | Katie (katie.canningham) nods | |
| 15:20 | Ember (emberell) | So there is likely to be more on the matter as that develops. |
| 15:21 | Ember (emberell) | For now, Oxbridge is taking care to make sure that the campus is not to be a place where users can scrape information from students, for whatever purpose. |
| 15:21 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Is there anything we can do as individuals? |
| 15:21 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | Supposedly the information the bots gather is all "public knowledge", but it's still very intrusive |
| 15:21 | Ember (emberell) | For now you can message Discord (bonniebelle86) and say "opt-out" to opt out |
| 15:21 | Ember (emberell) | if you don't' do that, they will continue to use and display everything they know about you. |
| 15:21 | Larky (larkylouz) | see the link I posted above. Gives information about how to opt out |
| 15:21 | Larky (larkylouz) | https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/495596-heres-how-to-opt-out-of-data-collection-and-display/ |
| 15:21 | Katie (katie.canningham) | ~*~* EEEEEEEEK! *~*~ |
| 15:22 | Ember (emberell) | And, well, inform your friends of this also, who may wish to opt out. |
| 15:22 | Spike Rose (spike.bloodrose) | eesh. much appreciated for that information. |
| 15:22 | Katie (katie.canningham) | That was easy! |
| 15:23 | Ember (emberell) nods | |
| 15:23 | Ember (emberell) | With that said, are there any other questions? ❤ |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I got messages like this: |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | "Understood. We have received your request to opt-out of the Avatar Search and Top Merchants features on https://www.bonniebots.com/. Note all other information is already anonymized. Please allow 24-48 hours for the new setting to take effect. If you would like to be re-added simply respond at any time with "opt-in." " |
| 15:23 | Ember (emberell) | Yes, it seems to all be automated. |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Granted, I am not a merchant |
| 15:26 | Ember (emberell) | Hearing no further questions - I'm tempted to wrap up early for the day. Anyone? |
| 15:26 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | Well, I just opted out, I'll pass the word to others |
| 15:26 | Ember (emberell) | Thanks, Liska |
| 15:27 | Ember (emberell) | With no further questions, I'm going to go ahead and call today's Q&A adjourned. Thank you, everyone, for being here! I'll linger in case any last minute questions occur. ❤ |
| 15:28 | Ember (emberell) | don't forget about the fundraiser this evening - all are welcome to attend should they want to ❤ |
| 15:28 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Many thanks Ember and Andrea! |
| 15:28 | Larky (larkylouz) | Take care, Andrea and feel better. Thanks Ember and Andrea. Be well and safe, all |