Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2015-01-11

15:02 Carl Metropolitan I think we will be having this event here in the future. We have over 20 people here right now, plus five using the Oxbridge sim.
15:03 Brace Coral Yay!
15:03 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Yeah, it does look like the QA is picking up
15:03 Larkylouz I am very pleased to see this experiment.
15:03 Josain Zsun Now we can get it from higher authorities.
15:03 Carl Metropolitan For those of you who may have missed the announcement, I'd like to introduce Jayleden Miles who is our new Dean of Development (fundraising and publicity)
15:03 Brace Coral Huzzah!
15:04 Carl Metropolitan I'm working to transition a number of fundraising projects I've been working on to him and helping him out for the first few months.
15:04 Carl Metropolitan We also have a new Assistant Dean of Education under Wordsmith, Samm Florian.
15:04 Lindal Kidd yay, Samm!
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Indeed!
15:05 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Yay... Applause!
15:05 Gronk Seriman Gongratulations!
15:05 Carl Metropolitan And from last week, I'm sure you all know the new Dean of Commons, David, and Dean of Information, Lindal, and their assistant Deans Phrynne and Larkylouz
15:05 Brace Coral Yay!
15:05 Glorf Bulmer Splendid choices, both.
15:05 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) *applause*
15:05 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) puts on his cop badge
15:06 Carl Metropolitan We still have two openings for Assistant Dean: If you are interested in helping out with scripting/building projects and have strong LSL and/or Blender skills talk to Tail. We need an Assistant Dean of Engins.
15:06 Carl Metropolitan Engines.
15:06 Tali Rosca Or an interest in Java and/or JavaScript.
15:06 Carl Metropolitan Jayleden--once she finds her feet in the job--will also be needing an Assistant Dean of Development
15:06 Tali Rosca The offworld engines work is currently on Google App Engine.
15:07 Tali Rosca (Which meant that Python is also a possibility)
15:07 Carl Metropolitan We may be spinning off some new tasks to other Assistant Dean positions as we move forward. We are going to have to discuss any such changes.
15:08 Carl Metropolitan For example, the proposed Oxbridge Mentors program, and Freebie cull and update.
15:08 Carl Metropolitan (two separate things)
15:09 Carl Metropolitan And depending on how much time Wordsmith has for being our webmaster, that might get spun off, too. Especially if we have a successor to the Oxbridge Gazette down the road that needs to be maintained and written for.
15:10 Carl Metropolitan But right now everyone is finding their feet in their new positions and figuring out what they need.
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which is something I'm planning.
15:10 Carl Metropolitan Steadman Kondor who previously ran the Oxbridge Gazette talked to me last week.
15:11 Carl Metropolitan He sees no need for a Caledon Gazette with the advent of the Caledon Zephyr. He's likely to create a SL Education Gazette that would cover all sorts of SL education related stuff. Which would be really useful.
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen It would, yes.
15:12 Lindal Kidd a section of the Zephyr, or a separate journal?
15:12 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) We have so many educators coming through it would be good to have that and a way of passing on information about it.
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'm not sure how that might mesh with VWBPE efforts.
15:12 Carl Metropolitan Oxbridge will have a booth at VWBPE (Virtual Words Best Practices in Education)
15:13 Carl Metropolitan I'm also going to submit a proposal (deadlines have been extended) for a Help Education Quorum roundtable.
15:13 Carl Metropolitan That would bring together leaders of a number of help groups like Oxbridge.
15:14 Carl Metropolitan I think the new deadline for proposals at VWBPE is 1-14
15:14 Carl Metropolitan I've probably talked enough. How about some questions?
15:14 Lindal Kidd The VWBPE conference itself is Mar 18-21
15:14 Lindal Kidd http://vwbpe.org/
15:14 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Carl I have one brief update
15:15 Carl Metropolitan Go.
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen (grumbles about conference overlap this year)
15:16 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) A draft of the new behaviour standards is now under review. The standards will not be published until the deans and chancellor have approved it. But it is underway.
15:16 Carl Metropolitan And it is looking pretty good, too.
15:16 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Thank you.
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Any questions from the audience?
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Suggestions?
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Criticisms?
15:17 Carl Metropolitan We can answer questions about Oxbridge, Caledon, SL in general
15:17 Tony (alabamajones) Are any questions permitted? on any subject?
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Any questions
15:17 Carl Metropolitan Any topic.
15:18 Carl Metropolitan Feel free to try to stump us :)
15:18 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Relevant questions, I think.
15:18 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) If we can answer it
15:18 Lindal Kidd ducks!
15:18 Carl Metropolitan What did you want to know Tony?
15:19 Lindal Kidd I do that on my sim, Tony
15:19 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Someone needs to fix their copypaste ;)
15:19 Lindal Kidd the drawbacks are two
15:19 Carl Metropolitan Lindal teaches a Land class here, too.
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen On announcements, we know have an Oxbridge admin page separate from the Q&A page http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/admin.php
15:19 Lindal Kidd one, residents are often in local chat range of each other
15:19 Lindal Kidd and can cam in, too
15:19 Lindal Kidd the other is that the apartments share media and audio streams
15:20 Lindal Kidd I have not had tenants fighting over the remote, but it's a possibility
15:20 Lindal Kidd shrugs
15:20 Lindal Kidd some people like the sense of community
15:20 Lindal Kidd others would prefer more privacy
15:20 Tony (alabamajones) I visited Masocado today actually and looked at your high rise building. Very nice indeed
15:21 Lindal Kidd smiles happily
15:21 Tony (alabamajones) I will be attending your land class on Friday, it is? I was wondering if there was anywhere you could point me to learn about renting out parcels in the meantime
15:22 Lindal Kidd yes, Friday, 1700 SLT
15:22 Lindal Kidd you can IM me any time, I'll be happy to discuss the perils of landlording
15:22 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Does not NCI have a land class as well?
15:22 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) looks at Brace
15:22 Tony (alabamajones) laughs thanks
15:23 Brace Coral eep!
15:23 Josain Zsun went broke being a simlord.
15:24 Brace Coral We do :)
15:24 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Roflmao ... want sock puppets!!!
15:24 Carl Metropolitan Running a sim is an easy way to go broke unless you are quite good at it.
15:24 Brace Coral or should I say did. But we have the notes and all for anyone to teach it. We're revamping our education right now.
15:25 Calvin (calvin1776) A question About Oxbridge if I may?
15:26 Carl Metropolitan Please, Calvin.
15:27 Carl Metropolitan What is your question?
15:28 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Calvin may have crashed. Does anyone else have a question they would like us to address?
15:29 Carl Metropolitan Or maybe I crashed?
15:29 Carl Metropolitan No one is talking.
15:29 Lindal Kidd nope...Calvin just dissipated
15:29 Gronk Seriman eep!
15:29 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) You are here, carl
15:29 Glorf Bulmer I can still see you, Carl!
15:29 Carl Metropolitan Its sometimes hard to tell in SL
15:29 Carl Metropolitan So any questions comments suggestions?
15:30 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Complaints?
15:30 Brace Coral *confers with puppets*
15:30 Lindal Kidd cake?
15:30 Brace Coral they're good.
15:30 Meora (menchor) how is it going getting some more classes
15:30 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Slow, but only because I'm lazy and haven't hooked up with Gronk at all. :P
15:31 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Where did the hometead go. What sim was changed out?
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen Carl has had some Ideas for teachers. I've pinged a couple of people about giving seminars.
15:31 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) I am working on one class on customs and courtesies.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan Andrea no sim has been changed out yet. The homestead will go under another existing sim eventually. Desmond is busy in RL and is currently down with the flu, so it may be a month from now before anything happens.
15:32 Lindal Kidd I'm still on the hook for Appearance classes. My apologies for not having them finished yet!
15:32 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) The flu? Oh goody.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan We are also making sure we have enough L$ in the bank before we start expanding very fast.
15:33 Carl Metropolitan I'm on the hook to finish writing "Creating with Full Perm Mesh" too
15:33 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Well once you finish them, Lindal, click with me and Gronk and we can team up :)
15:33 Lindal Kidd nods
15:33 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) I mentioned things briefly to mariano but we haven't discussed it
15:33 Gronk Seriman smiles and nods
15:33 Carl Metropolitan The goal is to get to the point where we once again have all our time slots filled each day—42 classes and events a week. But that takes time and money.
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen And getting infrastructure like sponsor ad boards and panels squared away, a few website changes, and getting all of that backed up where multiple people can get it if necessary.
15:34 Carl Metropolitan We will get there.
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Riases hand
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen Miss Jones?
15:34 Carl Metropolitan And Wordsmith is no longer doing it alone, now he has Samm to assist.
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) DO we have any advertising for our sim and classes outside of caledon?
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Atr other institutes?
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen We have the web pages
15:34 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) You could buy an advertisement in the SL Newser...
15:34 Carl Metropolitan Yes. We have posters at a few other educational locations. But that's something we could work on more.
15:35 Phrynne There used to be a copy of the schedule at NCI White Tiger Island.
15:35 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) I think it's either 1000L or 3000L. I'd have to ask my editor
15:35 Carl Metropolitan I know there is an Oxbrdige Schedule at the Shelter.
15:35 Brace Coral we have your poster up at our NCI Locations, and seen em up at The Shelter
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen I actually have a list from several months back of locations of other schedule kiosks.
15:35 Carl Metropolitan I'd also consider doing another round of mailing the self-updating class schedule posters to COUG and ISC
15:36 Carl Metropolitan And HEQ, too
15:36 Josain Zsun Given one I could place them in Educational communities I belong to.
15:36 Carl Metropolitan I'm going to write that down
15:36 Lindal Kidd We are in the Destination Guide too
15:36 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Raises hand
15:36 Larkylouz I think Martini used to post classes on some events calendar. I never quite figured out where that was
15:36 Brace Coral and I give out the HEQ notecard that has your class schedule link on it and we encourage New Folks to come here
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Click any poster to get a copy of the poster (I think)
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Let me check that after the end of the session today.
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen I would say, we might want to confer with Tali, however. She has envision some plans for an update in how the kiosks work.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Okay
15:37 Carl Metropolitan I will do that first
15:37 Glorf Bulmer I have a timetable on a wall in Steam SkyCity... could add a couple on Mainland, too, if we're not worried about getting the wrong sort of person!
15:37 Jayleden Miles Larky. that is the SL events Calendar. It makes the classes show up in the search listing.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan The poster kiosks still use a very old script I bought years ago.
15:37 Ololo Petya (olopierpa) clicking on posters gives a text notecard, not a copy of the poster
15:37 Josain Zsun will just step outside to look at the posters.
15:37 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Any movement on upcoming fund raisers?
15:38 Carl Metropolitan Jayleden, do you want to take this?
15:38 Jayleden Miles We are working on an Winter dance and Auction.
15:38 Jayleden Miles We are still seeking items for the auction.
15:39 Jayleden Miles Anyone with items for the auction can talk to Carl or myself.
15:39 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) What kind of items do you need or can acept
15:40 Jayleden Miles We are open to nearly anything.
15:40 Josain Zsun has some used Minecraft shovels & picks
15:41 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) donates a 1963 vw chassis and sand rail plans
15:41 Jayleden Miles Items you've created or transfer items that are rare (Caledon Roses etc.)
15:41 Carl Metropolitan Though if your item is low cost we may put it in a lot with other items (for reasons of time) .
15:41 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) The winter bal? will that be a ticket purchase, or donation fundraiser/
15:42 Carl Metropolitan Anyone can come. The fundraising will be via the auction.
15:42 Carl Metropolitan Donation coins will be available
15:42 Jayleden Miles Also, services can be offered such as if you are a photographer and wish to donate time to take profile photos.
15:42 Carl Metropolitan Here are some things that people have pledged so far:
15:42 Carl Metropolitan A Trivial Entertainment question where YOU are the answer from Carl Metropolitan
An hour long Tarot reading from professional Tarot reader, Merry Chase,
A complete set of Caledon & Winterfell Mushrooms (with case) from Elenabeth Portal,
A fantastic fairy tale castle—EdgeWood Manor—created by Cassie Eldemar,
Exclusive jewelry designed by Elbereth Nightfire,
Custom character story by Vulpine Eldrich
HS Hypno Helment from Wendyslippers Charisma
15:43 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Huh. Didn't think Tarot would be valid, or I'd do the same thing Merry is doing, then.
15:43 Jayleden Miles As you can see we are open to ideas.
15:43 Carl Metropolitan If someone has some old Denver Hax flowers in their inventory
15:43 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Count me in, perhaps, to do the same?
15:44 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Can you give me a notecard on your readings and skills/experience?
15:44 Charlotte Drake (xymbers.slade) Sure, I will write one up and pass it along sometime soon.
15:44 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Are gift cards to places like bare rose and such of use, in high dollars on the card?
15:44 Carl Metropolitan Jayleden has a huge list of people she is bugging for stuff.
15:45 Carl Metropolitan If they are transferable.
15:45 Carl Metropolitan I would assume a gift card would be, but this is SL; lots of funky no transfer stuff.
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) of course
15:45 Jayleden Miles Gift cards as long as they are for the full amount of the card.
15:46 Carl Metropolitan Good point, Jayleden
15:46 Tali Rosca does, in fact, have one of the Caledon lilies, but I am not selling it :-)
15:47 Carl Metropolitan I think I've donated all my good stuff to past auctions here and previously at NCI
15:47 Jayleden Miles nods. grins. Remembers some of the items.
15:47 Brace Coral yesh :)
15:48 Brace Coral OMG
15:48 Brace Coral lol
15:48 Carl Metropolitan That was from an old NCI auction I once ran years ago :)
15:49 Lindal Kidd hides a smile behind her hand
15:49 Larkylouz HA!
15:49 Brace Coral hehehe
15:49 Jayleden Miles That was exactly the one I was thinking of but wasn't going to say!
15:49 Carl Metropolitan The dejected looking avatar pose really sells it.
15:49 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) checks the rating of this sim.......
15:49 Brace Coral best pic evar too lmao
15:49 Meora (menchor) M
15:49 Phrynne it's moderate, Dean
15:49 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) grins... "Oh... ok"
15:49 Brace Coral Carl so sad lol
15:50 Jayleden Miles It's been Moderate since the Penis Worship Center that gave Desmond a heart attack rezzed a few years ago.
15:50 Brace Coral the what
15:50 Lindal Kidd !!!!
15:50 Agatha Macbeth 0.0
15:50 Brace Coral feels faint
15:50 Brace Coral lol
15:50 Phrynne blinks
15:50 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) laughs
15:50 Jayleden Miles It's left the sim, no worries.
15:50 Meora (menchor) Ha ha ha hahahaaa
15:50 Brace Coral wish I coulda seen Desmond's face omg
15:50 Carl Metropolitan But above 512 meters in non-G rated areas of Caledon, what you do is your own business.
15:51 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I need to check with my partner on th upcoming musical event next week. But we may be able to put in a donation coin at the event.
15:51 Carl Metropolitan Desmond lived with Bamika's Maid School without any problem.
15:51 Brace Coral :D
15:51 Lindal Kidd I liked the Maid School!
15:51 Brace Coral yall need to install a fainting couch here :)
15:51 Lindal Kidd although I never attended their classes....
15:51 Carl Metropolitan Tali is rescripting those. Will we have new ones ready by then?
15:51 Phrynne it's still there, Lindal
15:51 Carl Metropolitan New Donation Coins?
15:52 Jayleden Miles Bamika's not much inworld I think, though.
15:52 Carl Metropolitan If not, someone with Oxbridge Mint permissions will have to log on and place it
15:52 Tali Rosca Next week? No, sorry.
15:52 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I will check today. who do et with on this
15:53 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) *do I get
15:53 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Andrea, get with me to log on as Mint and place the coin. I can best be reached via email at j.carl.henderson@gmail.com
15:53 Carl Metropolitan I may need to have Mint join a group or something, if so, let me know.
15:53 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I will
15:53 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) furthere concerts may be held here inthe village
15:54 Carl Metropolitan That would be cool.
15:54 Carl Metropolitan We've got about five minutes left. Any last questions?
15:54 Carl Metropolitan If your avatar is a small cute cat, there are few things you can't get away with.
15:54 Phrynne tosses catnip up on the stage
15:55 Carl Metropolitan Oh, and I noticed Brace has outed herself as my alt.
15:55 Carl Metropolitan Yes. We are the same person.
15:55 Brace Coral yeps :)
15:55 Brace Coral I thought folks should know
15:55 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) I think I like her better
15:55 Carl Metropolitan But the long charade is finally at an end.
15:55 Lindal Kidd <---can barely be in one place at a time!
15:55 Brace Coral it's so tiring. all the hiding. the deceptions
15:55 Lindal Kidd gives Carl and Brace an admiring look
15:56 Brace Coral hehehe
15:56 Carl Metropolitan Sorry. Questions?
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Wonders if crickets have an altitude limitation....
15:58 Calico Jones (brendastarr72) likes to eat crickets!
15:58 Carl Metropolitan Okay. Before we go
15:59 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) raises hand. Announcement
15:59 Carl Metropolitan Let me show you a list I'm keeping of short term, near term, and long term goals for Oxbridge
15:59 Carl Metropolitan Go first Andrea
15:59 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) no go, i have to write it out
15:59 Carl Metropolitan Goals:
15:59 Carl Metropolitan Short-Term

Oxbridge Patrons Program (done)
New Deans & Assistant Deans (done)
Scripting of Patron's Plaque
Scripting of New Donation Coin
Winter Dance & Auction Fund Raiser
Update Class Sponsorships & Sponsorship System

Mid-Term

Continue Meshification of Oxbridge
Grow Classses & Events
Freebie Cull & Update
Oxbridge Mentors Program
Updated Oxbridge Store & Add Gacha Store

Long-Term

Grow class & event schedule to 42 per week
Significant financial buffer in Oxbridge Mint
16:00 Carl Metropolitan Do any of the Deans and Assistant Deans have anything I've missed?
16:00 Lindal Kidd Add to mid term: Update and rearrange tutorials
16:00 Brace Coral Meshification is a great word.
16:01 Larkylouz I have some goals for the Tutor Program. I will share them privately and let you announce as you see fit. Most are not of that scope.
16:01 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) There will be a musical event at the Govenors mansion nest Sunday. Ms Madna will be djing at 3, keeeba and the tiniies will be at 4, We are to have fire works aftere the concert.
16:01 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) oops
16:01 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Short term ... revision of the standards document
16:01 Lindal Kidd Add to short term: Revision of faculty package
16:01 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) b;lushes, hit the enter key
16:02 Carl Metropolitan Thank you Andrea.
16:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen On the short term, redoing aboards and ad panels in mesh (and rescripting) is done, at least for now.
16:02 Carl Metropolitan Most of the Deans will not be able to make it.
16:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen And medium term, resurrecting a newsletter on the website.
16:02 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) yes our timing was off this time
16:02 Carl Metropolitan I can add to short term:
16:02 Carl Metropolitan Replace old Sculpty/Prim Cathedral Content with lower LI Mesh
16:03 Carl Metropolitan Added
16:03 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Viewer's getting wonky... relogging... brb
16:04 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Bedtime for me, I'm afraid
16:04 Brace Coral rest well Elfbiter :)
16:04 Carl Metropolitan Well, it is five after four, so I think this is a good time to break the session
16:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Night, Elf.
16:04 Carl Metropolitan Hi Samm!
16:04 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Be seeing you
16:04 Samm Florian Hi!
16:04 Brace Coral Welcome back David :)
16:04 David Cooper-Pentewyn (deebeecooper) Thanks
16:04 Carl Metropolitan Thank you all for coming.
16:04 Carl Metropolitan I think we had 27 people here today
16:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen You've now been formally announced, Samm.
16:05 Jayleden Miles Good to see everyone!
16:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) anyhelp in getting the word out on the music event willbe appreciated.
16:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) ty
16:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) night
16:05 Tony (alabamajones) Thank you all
16:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Send me a notecard with specifics, Miss Jones.
16:05 Carl Metropolitan I need to go pull up the sign so it will not be in the way for wendy's class
16:05 Brace Coral thanks Deans :)
16:05 Carl Metropolitan Bye everyone!
16:05 Carl Metropolitan See you soon
16:05 Brace Coral TC Carl :)
16:05 Samm Florian brb