Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-01-17
| 15:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | there just happy there fire works here. so man places it won't rezz |
| 15:02 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Will you feel less alone with company up there, Wordsmith? |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Sure. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi tymora |
| 15:03 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) edges away from the dragon fire | |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh. That was dragon fire. I was thinking it was a bad hairball. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Lets all go to the stage! |
| 15:03 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) snorts coffee | |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and join the staff |
| 15:04 | Duet Parx | It should be set up like a tea party |
| 15:04 | SimonSnow | im staying well clear of that dragon |
| 15:04 | SimonSnow | this is a new suit |
| 15:04 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | welcome, Carl |
| 15:04 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Daar los tiid fah laan ahrk fahraal |
| 15:04 | Carl Metropolitan | Hello |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Well, no Lindal at this point .... but CARL. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Good to see you, Carl. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And thanks for moving up here, Larky. |
| 15:06 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Happy to do so. |
| 15:06 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you. This is the first sunday in months I've not spent at the hospital. |
| 15:06 | Leelee 'Short Stuff' Rossini (leelee78) | Yay for no hostpital |
| 15:06 | Leelee 'Short Stuff' Rossini (leelee78) | Were you in the hospital or one of your loved ones? |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (Notes that we are now officially "meeting") |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Larky and Carl, anything either of you wish to report on? |
| 15:08 | Carl Metropolitan | I was not. My father has been very ill for months now, first with West Nile that had him unconscious for six weeks, then with complications from that, and then with a minor heart attack. But things are really looking much, much better for him. |
| 15:08 | Carl Metropolitan | I signed us up for a display at VWBPE 2016 |
| 15:08 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | I'm glad to hear that, Carl. It has been a long road. |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm glad to hear both of those items, but the first especially. |
| 15:09 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Not much from Commons. Phrynne's ISP was uncooperative, and she spent a good part of last week offline. I've been doing the usual paperwork. |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Want to mention what the "usual paperwork" is? |
| 15:10 | Carl Metropolitan | Keeping meticulous records of a variety of assholes who had to be banned? |
| 15:10 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | rewriting commons-oriented notecards for the faculty kit, writing instructional materials for Phrynne and Tasha about what I was doing as Dean of Commons, and maintaining ban lists and the database, mostly |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And some are rescinding of bannings. Ones timed-out or minor. |
| 15:12 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | yes - maintenance goes both ways. Adding, upholding, removing, as needed |
| 15:12 | Leelee 'Short Stuff' Rossini (leelee78) | That is the #1 reason I don't have a web page :) |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Maintenance? |
| 15:13 | Leelee 'Short Stuff' Rossini (leelee78) | yup :) |
| 15:13 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) just saw Carl's comment, and grins evilly | |
| 15:14 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) hs not updated his very old original homepage for a decade now | |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Tasha is now the contact for tutor applications, btw. As discussed last week, Larky is now the Emeritus Dean of special projects and badassery. |
| 15:14 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) bows and throws a snowball at Wordsmith | |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | See? |
| 15:15 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | There was some bouncery this week as well.. |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And for those who might not know, VWBPE = Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, a meeting occurring in March this year. |
| 15:16 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | /nod |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | Sorry. I should have expanded that acronym |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | Oxbridge has had a display there as long as there has been a VWBPE. |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You want to comment a bit more on that Elfbiter? |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Beth Ghostraven of Caledon is one of the organizers. |
| 15:17 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Ejecting people who were bothering others various ways, including insults. |
| 15:18 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And yelling obscentities in IM when their "fun" was ruined... |
| 15:18 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | and trying to convince me they're not teenagers when they sooooo are. |
| 15:18 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | At least they behave as if they are... |
| 15:19 | Carl Metropolitan | Lots of adults behave like teenagers on the internet. |
| 15:19 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Actions speak louder than years? |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have seen pensioners who should not have graduated from kindergarten... |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And some teenagers behave as adults, amazingly enough. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elfbiter is worth a hand as an Oxbridge stalwart, holding the fort when other tutors aren't always available, which is much appreciated. |
| 15:22 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Huzzzah! I always appreciate Elfbiter's presence in the plaza. I know he has my back if I need it. And wise and kind, as well. |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh, back to VWBPE, more info on that is at http://vwbpe.org/ |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | :-) |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | My weeks has been scattered on this and that. Sakura is now up on the ad-boards and website as a sponsor, I've set up a spreadsheet on Google docs to track sponsors (and remind me), and now have to do the rounds of old sponsors (which has been idle since Jayle resigned). |
| 15:26 | Carl Metropolitan | I need to get in touch with all the patrons and annoy a few people about past due payments, myself. I will be doing that next week. I'm also going to be getting email contacts from the patrons so I can sent out notices to them easier. |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The test airship running around Oxbridge is now a two-seater. I've also been looking at using non-physical motion to run the airships. Not sure which will work best on the actual CATs. (Caledon Air Transport). |
| 15:27 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | MichaelNeff Macbeth is now an Apprentice Tutor. He is also working with Wendyslippers, and teaching part of her RolePlay and Emoting class on Friday nights |
| 15:27 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Will that work in the Physical only sims? |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm also feeling that it may be useful to consider Patrons to be a higher membership level, including an ad if desired. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Physical only sims? |
| 15:29 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Middlesea and Spirling? |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm not aware that Key-framed motion is restricted in any Caledon sim. |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh, that's no-flying, I believe. |
| 15:30 | Carl Metropolitan | I may ask them if they want that. Let me get with you later on that. |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | They want you to use a vehicle. |
| 15:30 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Right. |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, that should still work. Checking this was motivated by seeking the smoothest motion, but there seems to be an inherent jerkiness between the avatar position updates and the vehicle updates however they are done. There was still the effects of this showing with key-framed motion at constant velocity in Oxbridge. |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have not tried jetpacks over those.. |
| 15:33 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | I have, mine works. It may count as a vehicle |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oo then physic layers off before riding then! |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, the jerkiness does affect "body physics". |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It does seem to depend on general lag. |
| 15:35 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Do you need physics when the vehicle is jerky? Enquiring minds and all that. |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I think that's about it on my part for last week. We're open to questions? |
| 15:36 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | I think you need to update the SLURL on the sign for this. I clickedon it and it took me to an empty hall. |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I suppose that's a personal preference. Anybody interested is invited to test it, however. |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The sign down at the main lecture hall, Thunderstone? |
| 15:38 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Yes. |
| 15:38 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | I'll go check |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Because the empty hall should be down there, but I can check the sign when the meeting is over. |
| 15:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Other questions? |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh, Andrea, I believe, has something to mention. |
| 15:40 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ? |
| 15:40 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh onsec |
| 15:41 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Plans for the 26th of this month a Tuesday night. DJ poppy will be our DJ for the evening. I am setting up a special build in south end for it. Wanted a certain kind of look and managed to find a build that would work. I'm currently decorating it The notice I'll send out a little later will be asking folks for pics of old anniversaries and such for the walls for decoration. there is plenty of room and any ideas you have on stuff to add is welcome. There will be a costume contest that night. The theme is to dress up as something from the COU. Using the freebies at the Hall of Customization, train station, and the gazebo, or other items there in the COU. Top 3 voted gets the winnings |
| 15:41 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | So any suggestions are welcome for decor |
| 15:41 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | plenty of roomright now and prims |
| 15:42 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Wewill get started at 6 and go to 8 pmslp |
| 15:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And just to note, I believe the 26th is the 7th anniversary of the opening of Oxbridge. |
| 15:42 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Nods. did i lave tha out |
| 15:43 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Yes the dance is for the COU anniversary |
| 15:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You mentioned "old anniversaries" |
| 15:43 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Someone better put the dodo outfit available somewhere :-) |
| 15:43 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | There will be a notic a little later this week on final plans |
| 15:44 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) suggests that Mr. Snow may want to pose as the dodo, considering recent history. ;^) | |
| 15:44 | Carl Metropolitan | I need a bit of crowdsourcing to help Andrea. I want to get a list of everyone who has ever been a Dean, Teacher, or Tutor at Oxbridge. |
| 15:45 | Carl Metropolitan | So if people with better memories than I want to drop notecards on me with names they can remember, I will put them together for Andrea. |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nods |
| 15:45 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | I have a spreadsheet of some of the more recent ones - anyone who was still in COU group a year ago - that I can compile. |
| 15:45 | SimonSnow | (im not saying a word...... where is that blooming animal ?) |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | any pictures that show something significant. Like the oid rose garden or the dorms. would benice too |
| 15:46 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And/or the gargoyles flying about (with upside down avatars in their jaws). |
| 15:46 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I don't remember who has the gorilla pictures... |
| 15:46 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | If you see this in the transcripts and would like to send me a picture. please do so/ |
| 15:47 | Carl Metropolitan | I have some. I will look in my inventory. |
| 15:47 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nods |
| 15:47 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | PLease folder pics so they don't pile up int my textures |
| 15:47 | Carl Metropolitan | Anyone who has historic pictures of Oxbridge can send them to Andrea -- IN FOLDERS |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And, could you use other help, Miss Andrea? |
| 15:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Right now I'm still spitballing ideas. It was suggsted that builds could be added to the sight |
| 15:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | of the ball. |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | maybe the staff could suggest some sytudent builds |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nothing to large |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | something particular to the cou |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | sometimes it is hard to distinguish the COU from Caledon. |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I should have time to put up the pictures. |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | if some one wants to help witht he decorations. that would be fine |
| 15:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | kk And much appreciated. |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I have some stuff up. but some is crude creations of mine |
| 15:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any other quick questions? |
| 15:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | If nothing else, then we stand, sit, or otherwise are adjourned. |
| 15:55 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you all for coming and participating. |
| 15:55 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | night elfbiter |
| 15:55 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Thank you. |
| 15:55 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:55 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you all |
| 15:55 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | sleep wells |
| 15:55 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Bedtime for me |
| 15:55 | SimonSnow | thank you kindly gents, ma'm |
| 15:55 | Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone) | Sweet dreams. |
| 15:56 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |
| 15:57 | Badass Fae (larkylouz) | Goodnight Mr. Elfbiter |
| 15:57 | Carl Metropolitan | See you all later. I'm going to hunt for photos for Andrea |