| 19:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And so we begin. |
| 19:02 |
Marion Questi |
I suppose we should begin... |
| 19:02 |
Marion Questi |
It's after 8 yet we only have two Deans.... |
| 19:03 |
Marion Questi |
But we must soldier on. |
| 19:03 |
Marion Questi |
This is an "open mic" Q&A which we hold at this time every week. We, the Deans of Oxbridge, assemble to answer questions from the attendees about Oxbridge, it's mission and operation, or about SL in general. |
| 19:03 |
Marion Questi |
Who would like to toss out the first question? |
| 19:05 |
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Gronk Seriman raises a hand. |
| 19:05 |
Marion Questi |
No one? This could be a dull evening indeed |
| 19:05 |
Larkylouz |
Aside from the L$ issues, has the new TOS created any other controversy? |
| 19:05 |
Marion Questi |
Yes Miss Seriman? |
| 19:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Gronk? |
| 19:06 |
Gronk Seriman |
I yeild the floor to Miss Larky. I want to hear about this. |
| 19:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
All I've seen so far is the SL blog comment about other exchanges. |
| 19:06 |
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Larkylouz nods in acknowledgment and apology to Gronk. |
| 19:07 |
Marion Questi |
The change is basically the exchange issue, right? Or did I mss somethingj? |
| 19:07 |
Larkylouz |
Dean Martini told me that young people under the age of 16 are no longer welcome in SL. |
| 19:07 |
Marion Questi |
Clearly LL don't want any competition in the Linden Exchange market. |
| 19:07 |
Larkylouz |
That is whhat I was referring to, Dean Questi. |
| 19:08 |
Marion Questi |
That may cause heartburn in some circles, but I think for the majority of SL residents, it is uncontroversial. |
| 19:08 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
Has Linden clarified that they will no longer be allowing third party exchanges of *any* sort? That seems to be the gist of what I've seen so far |
| 19:09 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
Rather than merely not getting involved in third party exchange disputes? |
| 19:09 |
Marion Questi |
That was my understanding Mr Transcendent. |
| 19:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Those under the age of 16 have for a good while only been allowed on specially authorized sims. |
| 19:09 |
Larkylouz |
I did not mean to say that the rule about young folks is controversial to me. I misspolke. |
| 19:09 |
Larkylouz |
missspoke. |
| 19:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
While those 16 and 17 had access to General sims like Oxbridge. |
| 19:10 |
Marion Questi |
I was referring to the Exchange issue. Most people will be indifferent. |
| 19:11 |
Marion Questi |
I daresay 99% of SL residents don't even know that third party exchanges exist. |
| 19:12 |
Gronk Seriman |
IT seems that LL is slowly clawing back from their Open Source attitude a few years ago. |
| 19:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And there could well be tax problems if LL let's $L's have external value -- i.e. more than just 'tokens' |
| 19:12 |
Larkylouz |
It seems that folks who do not have access to USA credit cards and such will be the most affected. |
| 19:14 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
I'd be interested to see if it evolves into some sort of exchange franchising arrangement with LL later on to address those kinds of issues, Miss Larky. A sort of LL-approved currency reserve system |
| 19:15 |
Marion Questi |
Perhaps, but it is surely not in LL's interest to hinder the flow of cash into SL, so they must have reasons for the restriction. |
| 19:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For any who haven't read the LL Blog: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Updated-Second-Life-Terms-of-Service/ba-p/1996185 |
| 19:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
One potential one is that currently SL income is only taxable when converted into external currency. |
| 19:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If $L's were considered to be of external value rather than as token's, that could change. |
| 19:17 |
Gronk Seriman |
I can see that point. |
| 19:17 |
Marion Questi |
I have also heard speculation that LL engages in currency manipulation, in which case it is not helpful to have other people playing arbitrage games...:) But all that is far beyond my ken. |
| 19:19 |
Niki Listern |
Raises hand |
| 19:19 |
Marion Questi |
Yes Miss Listern? |
| 19:19 |
Niki Listern |
what if some one asked me for L$ |
| 19:20 |
Marion Questi |
You mean begging here on campus? |
| 19:20 |
Niki Listern |
and they don't take no for an answer |
| 19:20 |
Niki Listern |
Yes |
| 19:20 |
Marion Questi |
Begging is not permitted anywhere in Caledon so they could be ejected. |
| 19:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and/or banned. |
| 19:21 |
Marion Questi |
Indeed |
| 19:21 |
Gronk Seriman |
They can bug me all they want. I'm usually broke! heehee! |
| 19:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If no one is on the sim with land powers, request help in the faculty group. |
| 19:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, on a personal level you can block them. But if they are begging on the sim, we'd want them off of it. |
| 19:22 |
Marion Questi |
I'm not sure why anyone would think to beg in Oxbridge. The sim is full of penniless newcomers. |
| 19:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahh. Here's something in more depth on the $L exchange issue. http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2013/05/linden-dollar-terms-of-service-change.html |
| 19:24 |
Marion Questi |
Interesting. Thank you Dean J. |
| 19:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the comments seem to bring up the point about Europe and the rest of the world. |
| 19:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Niki, dropping a note to the deans in the box here can often also bring one of us online. |
| 19:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Another question? |
| 19:28 |
Niki Listern |
okay thanks |
| 19:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
BTW, the web-based schedule for Oxbridge is not interactive. http://oxbridge.herobo.com/class_schedule.php |
| 19:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sorry. Is now interactive. |
| 19:30 |
Larkylouz |
Interactive? |
| 19:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If you hover over a class listing it will display a class description. If you click on the class, you'll go to a separate page with the description. |
| 19:32 |
Larkylouz |
Wow. Thanks for all that work. |
| 19:32 |
Marion Questi |
Yes, indeed. Thank you. |
| 19:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
Nice! Thank you! |
| 19:32 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
I have a question, I think best directed to Dean Questi. I'm very new to SL in general (this is my 4th day), I'm developing an interest in building and scripting and was wondering what resources are here in Caledon for someone looking to learn more? |
| 19:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
They are actually the same source (for maintainability), but included in two different wasy. |
| 19:33 |
Marion Questi |
Well...the best resource is Oxbridge. |
| 19:33 |
Marion Questi |
We have classes in various topics |
| 19:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We have several building classes. |
| 19:33 |
Marion Questi |
Have you seen the schedule? |
| 19:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm reviewing a draft this week to get our basic scripting class up and running again. |
| 19:34 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
looking over the schedule now :) |
| 19:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There are also some interactive tutorials int the anteroom for the sandbox. |
| 19:36 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
then I'll be a frequent attendee at all of the classes, and I'll check out the tutorials. thank you for the information. :) |
| 19:36 |
Marion Questi |
You're welcome. |
| 19:36 |
Marion Questi |
Building is one of the great joys of SL...learning how to create shapes and texture them and animate them...that's what SL is all about |
| 19:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Another web bit. There's also now a page fore the Quest (with posters changing about every 30 seconds) |
| 19:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://oxbridge.herobo.com/quest.php |
| 19:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Same ones you can see outside the door on the bulletin board here. |
| 19:39 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ooo! Heehee |
| 19:41 |
Gronk Seriman |
I have a suggestion.... |
| 19:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, Miss Gronk? |
| 19:42 |
Gronk Seriman |
In the script you start this meeting with, a few sentences introducing the Deans and what they are in charge of would be nice...for those who don't know. |
| 19:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Craehe. The is an open Question and Answer session. Feel free to come in |
| 19:43 |
Marion Questi |
That's not a bad idea Miss Seriman. |
| 19:44 |
Marion Questi |
I assume you know what Dean Jarvinen and I do? |
| 19:45 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ha! Sorta. |
| 19:45 |
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(You) Grabs cane and straw hat and starts to tap dance. |
| 19:45 |
Marion Questi |
Dean Jarvinen is the Dean of Education. He is responsible for all our classes, and the instructors. |
| 19:46 |
Marion Questi |
I am the IT guy. I write scripts to help us manage the place. |
| 19:46 |
Niki Listern |
I should leave early my daughter needs me and my partner Hamaji |
| 19:46 |
Marion Questi |
Good night Miss Listern. |
| 19:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
tc |
| 19:47 |
Gronk Seriman |
g'night, Nikki |
| 19:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Say hello to Hamaji for me. |
| 19:47 |
Niki Listern |
will do |
| 19:48 |
Marion Questi |
We would be happy get more specific if you like Miss Seriman...:) |
| 19:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dean Q is thus Dean of Engines. |
| 19:48 |
Gronk Seriman |
I think Deamn Martini is the Facilities Manager? |
| 19:49 |
Marion Questi |
The title is actually Dean of Commons... |
| 19:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dean of lands and decisions, so to speak. |
| 19:49 |
Marion Questi |
and is broader than just facilities |
| 19:49 |
Marion Questi |
She actually has a great deal on her plate. |
| 19:49 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ah. And Dean Metropolitan keeps the trains running? |
| 19:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dean Metropolitan's charge is funding and sponsorships |
| 19:50 |
Marion Questi |
Mr Metropolitan is Dean of Development. He deal's with our sponsors. |
| 19:50 |
Gronk Seriman |
Oh! |
| 19:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And Dean Ormstein is Dean of Information. |
| 19:51 |
Marion Questi |
Dean Ormstein has the unenviable task of updating the Tutorial when the Lindens mess with the viewer... |
| 19:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That last includes the faculty packets and the tutorial. |
| 19:51 |
Marion Questi |
And he the archivist for our operating procedures..and policies. |
| 19:52 |
Gronk Seriman |
See what I mean about the introductions? It would be soooo helpful. |
| 19:52 |
Larkylouz |
Dean Discovolante is also the Chancellor, is she not? |
| 19:52 |
Marion Questi |
Indeed she is. |
| 19:53 |
Larkylouz |
Miss Dianna, you must find a bench that is empty. They don't allow two to a bench. Too much hanky panky in study hall, you understand. |
| 19:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Essentially, in terms of decisions, the buck stops with here. |
| 19:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
stops with her. |
| 19:54 |
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Larkylouz raises her hand |
| 19:54 |
Marion Questi |
Yes Miss Louz? |
| 19:54 |
Larkylouz |
May I introduce Miss Diana? She has some questions I cannot answer about educators in SL. |
| 19:55 |
Marion Questi |
Welcome Miss Diana. How can we help you? |
| 19:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Greetings, Miss Diana. Welcome to Oxbridge. |
| 19:57 |
Marion Questi |
Whenever you're ready, Miss Diana... In the meantime, does anyone else have a question? |
| 19:57 |
Marion Questi |
We are almost out of time... |
| 19:58 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
Ok thanks!! |
| 19:59 |
Larkylouz |
She wanted to know abut the change in the discount for educators. I have heard that there used to be many more educators and educational use of SL until LL discontinued the discount for educators. Why did they do that? |
| 19:59 |
Marion Questi |
I can't say for sure why they did it. |
| 20:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Why, they never said. But they did discontinue the discount several years ago. |
| 20:00 |
Marion Questi |
Presumably they thought that the margins were greater with a few educators paying more than with many paying less. |
| 20:00 |
Gronk Seriman |
Probably idealism vs moolah. |
| 20:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Which prompted a number of educational institutions to leave and increased interest in OpenSim. |
| 20:01 |
Larkylouz |
Oh, yes, I had forgotten about OpenSim! |
| 20:01 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
oh I see, |
| 20:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
They also terminated a number of Linden staff. |
| 20:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Staff that were involved in educational outreach (thinks of Pathfinder Linden) |
| 20:03 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
oh wow, that's sad |
| 20:03 |
Marion Questi |
We are out of time.. |
| 20:03 |
Marion Questi |
Thank you all for coming. |
| 20:03 |
Marion Questi |
We are adjourned. |
| 20:03 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you , Deans! |
| 20:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Pathfinder blogs here: http://becunningandfulloftricks.com/ |
| 20:03 |
Larkylouz |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 20:03 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
I'm a future english teacher in my country, and this really helped me |
| 20:03 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
thanks a lot |
| 20:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
btw, there's a virtual World best practice in education conference in July. |
| 20:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://www.vwbpe.org/ |
| 20:05 |
Marion Questi |
Don't misunderstand Miss Diana, there are still a LOT of educators in SL. |
| 20:06 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
Is good to know it |
| 20:06 |
Marion Questi |
The change in tier shook out a lot of the marginal users,..those who had a sim or two but did nothing with them. |
| 20:07 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
its grat to know that we can use this can of tools for educational purposes |
| 20:07 |
Larkylouz |
I hoped to help Miss Diana connect with Beth Ghostraven or Josain Zsun. If you-all know of anyone else who is online who might enjoy speaking with her.... |
| 20:07 |
Diogenes Transcendent (aluyen) |
Thank you to the Deans for the Q&A, I'll look forward to attending more in the future. |
| 20:07 |
Marion Questi |
Miss Galicia comes to mind. |
| 20:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You're most welcome. Thank you all for coming. |
| 20:08 |
Marion Questi |
Avealle Galicia is someone you might speak to. |
| 20:09 |
Larkylouz |
I have seen the name, but do not know her. Is she online? |
| 20:09 |
Marion Questi |
She is the Duchess of a couple of sims in the Caledon sound. |
| 20:10 |
Marion Questi |
Look for her on the Iron Cloud. |
| 20:10 |
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Larkylouz scurries to look up Iron Cloud |
| 20:10 |
Marion Questi |
Caledon Middlesea |
| 20:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
In Middlesea |
| 20:11 |
Larkylouz |
I found it. Thank you, Deans. |
| 20:11 |
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Larkylouz looks at Miss Diana. Want to go touring? |
| 20:11 |
Marion Questi |
Good night folks! |
| 20:12 |
Larkylouz |
Thank you again, Deans. |
| 20:12 |
DianaCarvajalLEBEI |
well my teacher is asking me to meet in the international room |
| 20:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's also rockcliffe http://www.urockcliffe.com/about/second-life/ |
| 20:13 |
Larkylouz |
Okay. I am often on in th eevenings if you have more questions. And Oxbridge folks are knowledgeable and friendly. |