| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Oh. Sorry. We need to start :) |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome to Q&A With the Deans. |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I just wanted to show off my new poster to Lindal :) |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We are here to tell you what's going on in Oxbridge, and to answer your questions about SL, Caledon, and Oxbridge. |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We normally start off with short reports from the various deans here |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So let's go to Larky and Phrynne first. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The uncommon Deans of Commons (in common). |
| 15:09 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I've been out of town in RL for the better part of two weeks. All I have to report is the mountain of duties I need to delve back into! |
| 15:10 |
Phrynne |
I've spent some of the past week offline because of RL matters, but I've been continuing to work on putting together a pile of gifts to go in the Oxbridge Advent Calendar. |
| 15:10 |
Phrynne |
Some wonderful things have come in already, but there is room for a few more. If you have made something that you would like to share as a gift with someone who may not have heard of Oxbridge before, please talk to me afterward. |
| 15:11 |
Phrynne whispers |
(and of course share with people who *have* heard of Oxbridge, too. ) |
| 15:11 |
Phrynne |
I'm also looking for some winter decorations for the campus, so if you have some good sources for those, please let me know. |
| 15:11 |
Phrynne |
and that's it. |
| 15:13 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The Oxbridge Mint budget will allow us to purchase some, too. If you can identify decorations from SL Marketplace you like by URL, email me and I will log on as Oxbridge Mint and get them. |
| 15:13 |
Phrynne |
I'll do that, Carl. |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Larky? Anything from your side of Commons? |
| 15:15 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
No. As I said, I've been mostly in RL lately. I hope to get back to things tonight or tomorrow. |
| 15:15 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You seemingly picked a good time away. It's been relatively quiet. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm doing much better in RL and will be around more in the coming weeks. |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I'm sure that will change. LOL |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Glad to hear that, Carl. Is your father better? |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes, My father has gotten much better. He's been off the breathing machine for a week now, he's started (very small physical therapy), is no longer running a fever, and is responsive to people. He still has to sleep most of the day and is very weak. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
But he has no fever anymore. It looks like he's beaten the West Nile with Neurological complications. Which is impressive for someone who's 83. |
| 15:16 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Good |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
My RL company is also doing better. We have two big order that were stuck have come through, and I've finally gotten a paycheck for the first time in three weeks. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So I'm happy all the way around. |
| 15:17 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I also pinged everyone who needed to be pinged about the Patron program. |
| 15:17 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And checked to make sure all the monthly donations had come in. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I may need to find one new patron soon. I'm not sure. I will need to talk to that person. I apparently deeply offended one of them. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm also going to go back to do a new revision on my "Help on the Web" posters so we can get that finished. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And start actively looking for a new Dean of Development, once more. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's all from me. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahh.... Speaking of that, Carl. Use the high resolution for the first to levels of detai. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For me, in the default viewer, they turn into triangles from just a few meters away. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. I'd noticed an issue with that. |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I was trying to trim prims by using mesh posters. |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'll go back and take another look. |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I know just enough blender to be dangerous. |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Mesh is fine -- using the high res mesh for the first two doesn't have much affect on cost for that size. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I will fix that. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Lindal, over to you... |
| 15:21 |
Lindal Kidd |
I haven't been out of town, but our RL remodeling project has disrupted my schedule too. We had very good attendance at both the Safety and Shopping classes this week, though! Especially safety.. |
| 15:22 |
Lindal Kidd |
something like ten students or so |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I noticed that, looking in. |
| 15:22 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Avatar safety is a good one to have students for. I know over the past week or so, it's been a concern for newer students more so than usual |
| 15:22 |
Carl Metropolitan |
A lot of awareness of scams around lately, as most stores have put up greeter bots warning people not to accept "gift cards" |
| 15:23 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Yeah, double Lindal crowds :-) |
| 15:23 |
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Lindal Kidd grins |
| 15:23 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If they continue, you can always move the class up here. |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yep. Official count from the tracker is 10 students. |
| 15:23 |
Lindal Kidd |
thank you Word |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Oh yes, the apparent pregnancy csam... |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's as good as I used to do with Trivia (which I do plan to bring back) |
| 15:24 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Questi's numbers were up this week, as well. |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
*scam. |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
OR soemthing to that effect. .. |
| 15:24 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Could someone quickly summarize the pregnaqncy scam? |
| 15:24 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
please |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The pregnancy scam is small potatoes compared to the fake gift cards and phishing scams |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Yeah. |
| 15:24 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
But I have encountered it three times now. |
| 15:25 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Someone wears an item that somehow notes when they have sex and it tells them they are "pregnant" |
| 15:25 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And have to go somewhere to have it taken care of. |
| 15:25 |
Lindal Kidd |
and then they are advised to "pay for an abortion" |
| 15:25 |
Jorge Serapis |
*facepalms* |
| 15:25 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The key is to just remove the item and throw it away |
| 15:25 |
Jorge Serapis |
*imagines the little baby from the TV show Dinosaurs...:" YOU'RE NOT THE MAMA!!" |
| 15:25 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Somebody manages to convince a newcomers that their avatar has gotten pregnant. It took some talking to convince one lady that all she had to do was to switch oufits. |
| 15:26 |
Phrynne |
that could be deeply distressing to some people. |
| 15:26 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
oh for crying out loud! |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Some very few people might have activated some sort of RLV stuff and have trouble removing it, but we can walk them through it |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I know. |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Maybe I need to do three posters. |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
• Your Avatar is made of pixels; it can not get pregnant no matter how hard you try. |
| 15:26 |
Jorge Serapis |
Can you also put up a poster of Maury Povich saying "You are NOT the mother!" |
| 15:26 |
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Badass Fae (larkylouz) giggles |
| 15:27 |
Lindal Kidd |
I don't think so, but I could include a mention of it in the Safety class |
| 15:27 |
Carl Metropolitan |
• If you are wearing some item that says you are pregnant, just remove the item, and throw it away. |
| 15:27 |
Carl Metropolitan |
• SL is not "The Sims" |
| 15:27 |
Lindal Kidd |
no one has brought it up before, but if people are using it to scam money from the clueless, it may be worth a mention |
| 15:27 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
The fact that I have seen only three cases myself might mean that lots of people are not stupid enough to fall for that. But some apparently are... |
| 15:28 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Yeah, the latest one said she had been taken into some kind of clinic... |
| 15:28 |
Jorge Serapis |
.. or new enough not to know any better. |
| 15:28 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I told her the AR the whole place. |
| 15:28 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I once tried to have a class called SL Sex Education back at NCI. |
| 15:28 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I faced a revolt. |
| 15:28 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Maybe it is time to revisit that idea here at Oxbridge. |
| 15:28 |
Lindal Kidd |
I taught a similar class at GQ Start. |
| 15:29 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
This lecture hall is in a moderate area! ;^) |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
True |
| 15:29 |
Phrynne |
I think it's a good idea |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Where is Samm's list of class suggestions? |
| 15:29 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
I agree, that would be helpful for informing newcomers about such a topic. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's on the web somewhere, right? |
| 15:29 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Would couple of sentences suffice? "You cannot get STDs through SL"? |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm also doing a series of posters about SL scams |
| 15:29 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
http://samm.nfshost.com/Oxbridge/ |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I can add one for that. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thanks, Aylaria |
| 15:30 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Sure thing, Carl |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Fast dragon. |
| 15:30 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
I actually had that open in my tabs over here, hehe |
| 15:30 |
alwaysinstyle16 |
hi |
| 15:30 |
Sissy Danielle |
hello |
| 15:30 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Wordsmith, over to you? Since we were talking about classes anyway. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nothing much this week. Current on payroll apart from the week ending last night. Tier for Oxbridge paid up to 26 Jan. Still working on CAT scripts. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I also, found one more potential class in my notes to give to Samm. I'd been ping about a psychology class. My reply was, "make it about SL or virtual world aspects of psychology". |
| 15:34 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
We get lots of college people trying to make studies of those things... |
| 15:34 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
that could be very intersting. |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Even after paying three months tier, we still have 343,000L$ in Oxbridge Mint. |
| 15:34 |
Phrynne |
Let's have a party! |
| 15:35 |
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Lindal Kidd giggles |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Wouldn't have to be an every week class, seminar maybe. |
| 15:35 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hm. RAvelli was talking about some seminars about education in SL and things like that. But that was while ago. |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Wordsmith, I need to circle back around and talk to Aevalle Galacia Constantine soon. She's completed her PhD, I think, and she had offered to do something in Oxbridge about her RL research on SL. I think that might be interesting. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But there are aspects I've read on, for example, virtual worlds used for PTSD in veterans. Going virtual removes some of the inhibitions to admitting limitations. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I agree. |
| 15:37 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Virtual Ability folks might know something about that. |
| 15:37 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
For whatever reason, I've seen several differently abled visitors in the past month. We've been making good use of Virtual Ability's services. |
| 15:37 |
Carl Metropolitan |
They know a lot about that. |
| 15:38 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We could do well to ask Gentle Heron to do a guest lecture if we wanted to do such seminars. |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Good idea about talking to them as well then. |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Right. |
| 15:39 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Aylaria had something she needed to announce, too. |
| 15:39 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Just a reiteration of the fact the fall fundraising event is cancelled - I know it's been mentioned a few times these past few weeks, but I wanted to be sure folks understand that for now it's on hold. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(imagines muzak playing) |
| 15:41 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
We have a few of the builds and pieces we'd been putting together stored away should we be able to return to that, so it's not right out the window - but the dates I had mentioned for that event are no longer being reserved |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We will probably do another winter auction in January/February this year. But that will be dependent on getting a new Dean of Development. |
| 15:41 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
I believe some of the fall harvest events may be taking their place, though, so keep an eye out for those! |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Let's take questions now. |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Anything anyone wants to know? |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Or thinks we can answer? |
| 15:41 |
Lindal Kidd |
or thinks we can't answer? |
| 15:42 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
I've heard various rumors lately about griefers being able to both bypass the inability to build, and to bypass the permissions settings on palced items. Is there any official information as to that trouble, or is most of that just rumor? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Lindal brought that up last week (so in the transcript, also) |
| 15:43 |
Lindal Kidd |
there is nothing *official*, but I do have it on what I consider is credible authority that it can be done, and LL is supposed to be working on ways to prevent it |
| 15:43 |
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Aylaria (emberell) nods |
| 15:43 |
Carl Metropolitan |
There are always rumors like that and have been for the ten years plus I've been in SL. |
| 15:44 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
I saw that, and it meshed with something I had seen in various groups lately. I suspect some of what might have been going on was inside work, too, but I just wanted to be clear |
| 15:44 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms2) |
Raises hand. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
About 15:07 at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_20151011.php |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Andrea? |
| 15:46 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms2) |
Just wanted to mention that some proceeds (if not all) from the Fall Festival is being donated to the COU. Ms Stereo would need to confirm this. But I believe the vender fees were donated this morning. |
| 15:46 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I notice Q&As go much faster when I'm out :) |
| 15:47 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That is excellent news! |
| 15:47 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms2) |
I'll work on a dance and have those donations donated as well |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It is. |
| 15:47 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Yes, I had read that, Word. But I had heard tell of a separate event that happened when a user found a way to place an object on a sim that had build rights turned off |
| 15:47 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms2) |
Probably be the week after the festival |
| 15:48 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Rather than reaching in to take, more of a reachign in to place |
| 15:48 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
Quite likely the same thing, though you're not wrong |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Please drop me a note when an event donates like that and I'll place a thank you on the web. Or let me know before and I can post about it. |
| 15:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Don't get too excited about being out, Carl. I think we also had Columbus day in there last week. |
| 15:52 |
Carl Metropolitan |
True. |
| 15:52 |
Carl Metropolitan |
But really only banks take that off. It's hardly a real holiday most places. |
| 15:53 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Any other questions tonight? |
| 15:54 |
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Wordsmith Jarvinen Remembers about forgetting to make a cricket. |
| 15:54 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'd like to thank everyone for coming then. |
| 15:55 |
Carl Metropolitan |
See you all over the coming week and next week back here at Q&A |
| 15:55 |
Jorge Serapis |
BRAVO!!!!!! |
| 15:55 |
Jorge Serapis |
***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE*********** |
| 15:55 |
Jorge Serapis |
?~~?~~APPLAUSE~~?~~? |
| 15:55 |
Aylaria (emberell) |
As always, thanks for taking the time to keep us informed, and to answer our questions, deans |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahh. We have one. |
| 15:55 |
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Lindal Kidd shoves a cricket under Word's chair |
| 15:55 |
Jorge Serapis |
.;:+*'`'* APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE *'`'*+:;. |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all. |
| 15:55 |
Phrynne |
Thank you for coming. |
| 15:56 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I need one of those one prim victorian chairs |
| 15:56 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Where do you buy them? |
| 15:56 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:56 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The one I've been using vanishes for no reason on me sometimes. |
| 15:56 |
Phrynne |
I can give you one, Carl |
| 15:57 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Oh. Thank you. Are they freebies? |
| 15:57 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I'm pretty sure Phrynne gave me the one I'm using. It doesn't disappear like my old one. |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
They were, originally, some of the Oxbridge furniture freebies |
| 15:57 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thanks |
| 15:57 |
Lindal Kidd |
I got mine from Phrynne too |
| 15:57 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Just what I need |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
Stand up and it goes back into Lost and Found. |
| 15:58 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Okay, I hope I can sleep bit better tonight. |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Because you have to have things set to COUG rather than COU here. |
| 15:58 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Sweet Dreams, Elfbiter. |
| 15:58 |
Lindal Kidd |
aha |
| 15:58 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 15:58 |
Lindal Kidd |
good evening, everyone! |