Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2014-12-07

15:01	Tali Rosca	Welcome to this week's QA. As usual, this is a somewhat free-form QA and discussion about topics relevant to the running of Oxbridge.
15:01	Tali Rosca	As most of you know, you can see our area of expertise at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php
15:02	Larkylouz	LOL - andrea, you are all decked out!
15:02	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	:-)
15:02	HOЯGH (plejadian)	:)
15:02	Tali Rosca	We will likely have some things to discuss tonight, but let us start with the normal questions.
15:02	Wordsmith Jarvinen	I wonder if she can rein herself in.
15:03	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	lol
15:03	Tali Rosca	So, any questions tonight?
15:03	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	Is dean martini ok. I do not see her
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	She has resigned.
15:04	Tali Rosca	Smackdown.
15:04	Tali Rosca	Ohwell. Rav, you're on.
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	She had a message for everyone.
15:04	Ravelli Ormstein	oh my...
15:04	Gronk Seriman	Wow!
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	Hello everyone. Due to burgeoning obligations and circumstances, i have resigned from Oxbridge, and returned my remaining land in Caledon. Simply put, i no longer have the time or money for any meaningful SL presence. This may seem abrupt, but should have been done some time ago. Oxbridge is stable, my personal tier was due, and my RL obligations increase daily.
15:04	Red Quixote	cut to the chase
15:04	Ravelli Ormstein	that was planed as last topic
15:04	Larkylouz	Uh oh!
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	The only guidance needed here is your own kindness and common sense, enriched with a bit of empathy. And do have fun. With any luck, in any little time i do have to be in-world, that is what i shall be doing. ~md
15:04	Larkylouz	OMG!
15:04	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Ah
15:05	Carl Metropolitan	Real life sucks, but sometimes, it has to come first.
15:05	Red Quixote	there's no way of sugar coating it
15:05	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	too bad ...
15:06	Gronk Seriman	That's just stunning!
15:06	Carl Metropolitan	There will be come minor reorganization in the coming weeks, as we are down two deans and a chancellor.
15:06	Carl Metropolitan	Martini did two jobs: Dean of Commons and Chancellor
15:06	Carl Metropolitan	That's probably too much to expect of one person going forward.
15:07	Carl Metropolitan	And we still need to find a new Dean of Development to raise funds for tier and classes.
15:08	Carl Metropolitan	But, Oxbridge will go one. This is a minor bump compared to some we have been through.
15:08	Larkylouz	Perhaps one ofyou could prepare a notecard saying what chores need to be done in the immediate future? I would be happy to take on something to help out.
15:08	Larkylouz	I will miss her dreadfully, I must say.
15:08	Carl Metropolitan	We will be discussing and deciding on stuff in the next week, Larky
15:09	Wordsmith Jarvinen	As will we all, Miss Larky.
15:09	Carl Metropolitan	She's not dead; she's not even gone entirely from SL!
15:09	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	indeed
15:09	Carl Metropolitan	She will be around.
15:09	Carl Metropolitan	She just had to cut back drastically
15:10	Larkylouz	yes. still a bit of a shock to me.
15:10	Carl Metropolitan	Ravelli now has a few things to say about Martini's departure and Oxbrige.
15:10	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	the music would seem to be appropriate
15:10	Ravelli Ormstein	all said already
15:12	Tali Rosca	This is pretty much news to all of us, so we still don't have any specifics about how to distribute tasks.
15:13	Larkylouz	ok
15:13	Tali Rosca	Other than that, I don't think there is all that much more we can say.
15:14	Tali Rosca	So unless there are any specific questions, we should perhaps move on with other topics?
15:14	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Other than that our intent is to regroup and forage onward.
15:14	Red Quixote	Tally ho
15:14	Larkylouz	Tali ho?
15:14	Red Quixote	no pun intended
15:15		Larkylouz assures everyone that that was just a play on words and no intention to saddle Tali with undue responsibility
15:16	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Dean of Engines already is quite a steed to ride.
15:17	Tali Rosca	I know those news are hard to top, but any questions?
15:18	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	I was wondering if the cou does a secrect snta?
15:18	Carl Metropolitan	We have never done that before.
15:18	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	kay
15:18	Tali Rosca	It would actually be a fun idea, but no, nothing is planned.
15:19	Larkylouz	I got an email earlier that Kamiliah had kicked me (or one of my alts) out of the COUG group. Beth Cooper-Pentewyn was also having problems, according to david. I am still in the group, at least on this account.
15:20	Larkylouz	oops, sorry to interrupt
15:20	Tali Rosca	She may have been pruning what seemed like old, inactive accounts? -Though Beth at least is around; I don't know about your alt.
15:21	Larkylouz	That did occur to me. I don't care about the alts, and this account is fine.
15:21	Wordsmith Jarvinen	We'd, have to check the particular account. And removed is not the same as banned. It's pretty common to weed out those who haven't logged for an extended time.
15:22	Tali Rosca	SL groups get unwieldy when they get too big, so removing inactive avatars makes sense in an open group like COUG.
15:23	Larkylouz	yes
15:24	Tali Rosca	As for the santa thing, can we make a last-minute drive to organize something, or is it an idea better left for next year?
15:25	Carl Metropolitan	I think we should wait. We are going to have a lot on our table over the next few weeks.
15:25	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Indeed.
15:25	Larkylouz	I encourage everyone to either make it a volunteer-run activity or skip it. I think the Deans have enough on their plates.
15:25	Tali Rosca	I was sort of fishing for volunteers here :-)
15:26	Larkylouz	Perhaps it could be associated with Stereo Nacht's Christmas festival? I think she is the one organizing that.
15:26	Tali Rosca	There is also some talk about a huge skating rink all across the Northern Caledon.
15:26	Tali Rosca	With some evens to go with it.
15:26	Phrynne	Freezing the firth?
15:26	Tali Rosca	Yes
15:26	Gronk Seriman	Ooo!
15:26	Phrynne	I think that happened last year too
15:26	Wordsmith Jarvinen	It has happened before.
15:26	Larkylouz	Odd to just focus on evens. . . ;^)
15:27	Phrynne	I remember skating from South End to Winterfell
15:27	Tali Rosca	Rarely the *entire* firth.
15:28	Tali Rosca	-I know that, since Burroughs is the innermost of those sims.
15:28	Gronk Seriman	It's that darned Climate Change thing....
15:29	Tali Rosca	But there will probably be a lot of Christmas events all over Caledon.
15:29	Larkylouz	Caledon does love their holidays
15:31	Larkylouz	afk
15:31		Gronk Seriman raises a hand.
15:31	Tali Rosca	Yes?
15:31	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Miss Gronk?
15:32	Gronk Seriman	Is the Library part of the Campus Meshification Plan? Or is it its own entity?
15:32	Ravelli Ormstein	yes, it is
15:32	Wordsmith Jarvinen	To both parts, then.
15:32	Ravelli Ormstein	but it might take a while of course
15:32	Ravelli Ormstein	currently we are working on the Entrance Hall
15:33	Gronk Seriman	Ah!
15:33	Tali Rosca	"We" being Ravelli, and some of us being backseat drivers now and then.
15:33	Ravelli Ormstein	and i already had a talk to JJ Drinkwater about making a mesh version of the Library, well, it might take a while
15:33	Red Quixote	I prefer the term 'consultant'
15:34	Carl Metropolitan	Oh good. He can be sensitive to changes made without prior approval.
15:35	Ravelli Ormstein	i will prepare a meshed Library one day, and keep in touch with him while finishing it, so he can be part of the development
15:36	Tali Rosca	Other things?
15:37	Carl Metropolitan	That looks cool. Will the final version still have the towers?
15:37	Carl Metropolitan	Or are you doing a more radical reinvention?
15:37	Ravelli Ormstein	yes, perhaps one tower will be get another shape and size
15:37	Ravelli Ormstein	no, not radical
15:38	lovejoy2199	Flying Buttress.
15:38	Carl Metropolitan	May I make a suggestion? When you redo the stained glass, please get rid of the tiny NCI logos in it.
15:38	Tali Rosca	As with the other buildings, I think it is more a matter of refining some details and upping the detail level a bit where LI allows for it.
15:38	Ravelli Ormstein	oh, yes, i will
15:38	Carl Metropolitan	I like the point details on the flying buttresses.
15:39	Ravelli Ormstein	it is just a brainstorming so far
15:39		Tali Rosca has been pushing for the gothic look.
15:39	Ravelli Ormstein	well, lets move on to other questions
15:40	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Other input would be what you might like to see on the class schedule that you think might be a draw.
15:40	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Feel free to drop me a notecard.
15:41	Red Quixote	that is a good point, we will have to find replacement for Martini's classes
15:41	Tali Rosca	Speaking of, the Advanced Building classes seem to be somewhat unstable?
15:41	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Yes.
15:41	Carl Metropolitan	She was teaching Avatar Appearance and one on Clothing Creation?
15:42	Red Quixote	texture Basics
15:42	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Textures and Basic Clothing.
15:42	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Texture Basics class filled the region lately.
15:43	Carl Metropolitan	Is she okay with someone else using her notes and slides?
15:43	Red Quixote	I would be willing to assume the Texture class
15:44	Tali Rosca	That's a good question, Carl; we should check. I haven't heard either way yet.
15:44	Wordsmith Jarvinen	She gave me "Carl's Texture Class", but it was without perms to copy or transfer.
15:46	Red Quixote	a class would have to be written then, slides prepared etc
15:46	Tali Rosca	This may be a good call in general to anybody who has a topic they'd like to teach.
15:46	Tali Rosca	Oxbridge can always use teachers.
15:47	Carl Metropolitan	I wrote the texture class originally, but she made significant updates
15:47	Wordsmith Jarvinen	I'm sure I could get back to her and get a copy of what she has, but things have changed also.
15:47	Carl Metropolitan	It's like the tutorial posters; I wrote the originals, but then Ravelli redid and improved them all so much my work is hardly visible :)
15:48	Tali Rosca	Much like SL itself, really. Never-ending iterations.
15:48	Carl Metropolitan	I also wrote an outline for a full perm mesh class that I never got to finish. If someone's interested I could pass that off to them.
15:48	Wordsmith Jarvinen	She may have given me your original, Carl. I don't know yet.
15:48	Red Quixote	full perm mesh,.. as in for clothing creation?
15:49	Wordsmith Jarvinen	I may get back to you on that Carl after this next week, which has a lot in it already.
15:49	Red Quixote	Martini will be a tough act to follow :P
15:50	Wordsmith Jarvinen	She will, since she also made or influence creations on the grounds.
15:50	Ravelli Ormstein	as she wrote in her email, she will share things with us if we need them
15:50	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	What is a 'full perm mesh class', please?
15:51	Tali Rosca	Carl, can you elaborate on the idea?
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	Most sellers of Mesh items and clothing in SL don't make their own mesh models. They purchase untextured "full perm" mesh items and texture and combine to make unique(ish) creations. The class
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	was designed to teach people how to do that.
15:52	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	thank you
15:53	Carl Metropolitan	Most mesh clothing and many, many mesh items are done that way.
15:53	Tali Rosca	Parts of it would have a certain overlap with texturing in general.
15:54	Carl Metropolitan	Not really.
15:54	Carl Metropolitan	Let me pass you my outline
15:55	Carl Metropolitan	It is pretty much seperate.
15:55	Carl Metropolitan	Also, if we want more classes, I propose we go look at the NCI and Builder's Brewery lists and steal ideas.
15:56	Carl Metropolitan	I got lots of good ideas from stealing them :)
15:56	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	;o)
15:56	Tali Rosca	I suspect we need teachers more than ideas, though.
15:56	Tali Rosca	Though granted, some may jump at a good idea.
15:56	Ravelli Ormstein	i was working on two classes, one about Materials, the other about Performance, but you know, there is not enough time :-)
15:57	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Well, there is an extended faculty. Some might have taken an extended break and consider a return.
15:57	Meora (menchor)	I was interested in doing Masterials
15:57	Carl Metropolitan	Yes. That outline I mentioned has been sitting on my hard drive for six months!
15:57	Carl Metropolitan	I think I first ran it by Wordsmith in the late spring.
15:57	Tali Rosca	Materials could certainly use a class.
15:58	Meora (menchor)	I started working on it
15:58	Meora (menchor)	and running past a couple of people I need to fix some things
15:58		Wordsmith Jarvinen Perks up his ears at the mention of someone working on materials.
15:58	Ravelli Ormstein	sounds great, Miss Meora
16:00	Tali Rosca	Any last question? We're almost out of time.
16:00	Ravelli Ormstein	has anyone heard an additional bell at campus?
16:02	HOЯGH (plejadian)	i dont have sounds on mostly :)
16:02	Carl Metropolitan	Same here.
16:02	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Have you added one, Rav?
16:02	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	i may have. wasn't paying attention.
16:02	Red Quixote	he means the bell tower clock
16:02	Ravelli Ormstein	you miss the entire athmosphere, its great with headphones on and walking around
16:02	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	i heard the chimes
16:03	HOЯGH (plejadian)	hehe thanks for the advice Ravelli..i have headphones handy here :)
16:03	Ravelli Ormstein	no, i have not added a new bell, but i heard a new bell yesterday
16:03	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	should more bells be added?
16:03	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	I could not tell a new bell from an old one, or vice vrsa ...
16:03	Ravelli Ormstein	no, we don't need more bells for now, perhaps later
16:04	Meora (menchor)	its steampunk the clock shouls whistle
16:04	Tali Rosca	What we need is more cowbell!
16:04	Carl Metropolitan	We need more whistles!
16:04	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	:-)
16:04	HOЯGH (plejadian)	well christmas is coming..so bells are great during this time :)
16:04	Tali Rosca	With that, thanks for today.
16:04	Red Quixote	more cowbell,.. definitely
16:04		Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) runs away from jingle bells...
16:04	HOЯGH (plejadian)	lol
16:04	Gregorovich Dragonash (mentadent)	lol
16:04	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Thank you all for coming and participating.
16:05	Ravelli Ormstein	many thanks for coming