Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-08-07

15:04	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	4 1/2 deans
15:04	Wordsmith Jarvinen	The deans and roles are listed at: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/admin.php
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	As usual, we are going to start with some reports from various areas then take questions.
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	Wordsmith, why don't you go first.
15:05	Brace Coral	hey Lindal!
15:05	CaledonianNights	Would you like a cookie dear?
15:05	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Lindal .... an unheard of 5.5 dean night.
15:05	Brace Coral	scootch over Word!
15:05	Brace Coral	gotta make room :)
15:05	Agatha Macbeth	Yay
15:05	Lindal Kidd	hi everyone!
15:05	Brace Coral	Yay!
15:06	RainyDayRecess	Hi Lindal :)
15:06	Brian (mannadrop)	Tasha, you need to re-texture your bean bag in red
15:06		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) could try... might take a while
15:06	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Im still mostly catching up on background things -- professor stipends, CATs, a bit of work on the advent calendar house.
15:06	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	23:08 here... pumpkin time in 55 min
15:07		Brace Coral fluffs Tasha's pillow :)
15:07	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Some policy discussions.
15:07	Wordsmith Jarvinen	(still wondering where the week went)
15:07	Caledon Coffee Mug whispers	mmmmm... hot coffee,
15:07	Carl Metropolitan	I am wondering where my weekend went. Oh right. I slept for most of it.
15:08	RainyDayRecess	:)
15:08	Carl Metropolitan	Brace, over to you...
15:08	Brace Coral	It's been fabulous hanging out at the courtyard getting to know everyone
15:08	Brace Coral	Wordsmith has been working with me to get a section of my duties running smoothly
15:09	Brace Coral	last week OMG!! we had the monthly Salsa FUNdraiser and...
15:09	Brace Coral	we raised L$1845! So thank you all so much!
15:09	Brace Coral	.•♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥•.
15:09	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	whooh
15:09	Lindal Kidd	that'll buy a lot of tortilla chips!
15:09	Gronk Seriman	Yay!
15:09	Brace Coral	we had the gold coin glowing couple times too :)
15:09	Agatha Macbeth	W00t
15:10	Brace Coral	Mostly been in and out due to RL issues, but I'm still here, not goin anywhere
15:10	Brace Coral	THANK YOU for bearing with me :)
15:10	Brace Coral	that's about it
15:11	Wordsmith Jarvinen	That 1845 $L is more than 7 hours of class teaching stipends, BTW.
15:11	Brace Coral	YAAAAaaAaAAaYYYy
15:11	Carl Metropolitan	Thank you for helping us. I also want to thank Poppy and Andrea who rezzed a tip jar for Oxbridge at a recent party and raised about 2000L$
15:11	Brace Coral	Yes indeed!!
15:11	Brace Coral	yall ROCK!
15:11	RainyDayRecess	Wow!! Yay!!
15:12	Carl Metropolitan	Phyrnne, what do you have to tell us this week? Other than huge lists of trolls who had to be banned :(
15:12	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	Oh ya'll are welcome Carl. Glad to help.
15:12	Phrynne	Oh, not so huge. I've spent most of the week working on the Advent Calendar gifts, both making some and meeting with creators who are making wonderful things for us.
15:13	Phrynne	And if any of you would like to donate something to be given away in December during the Advent Calendar gift-giving, please IM or send me a notecard and we'll talk.
15:13	Phrynne	That's it from me.
15:14		Carl Metropolitan says "Hello" to Larky, who has snuck in the back, and asks if she has anything to report!
15:14		Badass Fae (larkylouz) wonders if she snores when she sleepwalks?
15:14	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Nothing to report, Carl. thanks
15:15	Brace Coral	larkyyyyy!
15:15	Brian (mannadrop)	you drool a bit, but no snoring
15:15		Badass Fae (larkylouz) covers her head with the covers.
15:15	Carl Metropolitan	Just one other bit. Due to the efforts of various staff members who are not me, we are making progress on getting the source files for all our tutorial posters organized and available for Jorge to translate.
15:16	Brace Coral	Wonderful!
15:16	Rowan Entilles (rowan900)	cool
15:16	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	whooh
15:17	Sio Qwerkus (qwerkus)	°͜°
15:17	COU Coffee Mug whispers	mmmmm... hot coffee.
15:18	Carl Metropolitan	Okay. I guess it is time for questions now. We can answer stuff about Oxbridge, Caledon, Second Life in general, and anything else we can google.
15:18	Lindal Kidd	uhm
15:18	Lindal Kidd	I have a report, sir
15:18	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Can't forget Lindal.
15:18	Wordsmith Jarvinen	and Tasha.
15:18		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) waves
15:18	Lindal Kidd	I have made some updates to the class notes for Land, Safety, and Shopping
15:19	Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall)	Sio Qwerkus (qwerkus) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19	Lindal Kidd	and updated the material given out by the Behavior and Safety kiosks at the entrance
15:19	Wordsmith Jarvinen	ty Sio. :)
15:19	Carl Metropolitan	I am sorry. I did not see you come in!
15:19	Lindal Kidd	and the Spanish landmark in the Languages giver at the exit to the arrival hall
15:19	Carl Metropolitan	OOps
15:20	Lindal Kidd	I have also revised all the tutorial posters for the Introduction and the Avatar Motion sections, and posted them as both PSD and PSP files to the Shared With Deans folder
15:20	Wordsmith Jarvinen	(Need someone to go out, tack that LM down, and stop its continental drift)
15:20	Lindal Kidd	and I will be adding the new posters in the halls tonight and/or tomorrow
15:21	Phrynne	Lindal, could you check on that, please? I looked for them, and it said they'd been taken down.
15:21	Lindal Kidd	Virtual Spain was indeed down...it's some sort of real estate place now
15:21		Badass Fae (larkylouz) raises her hand.
15:22	Carl Metropolitan	Larky?
15:22	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	I should perhaps announce that Johann has been kind enough to take over the Basic Photography class at least temporarily.
15:23	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	He's an excellent photographer - very knowledgeable
15:26	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Tasha? Tutor happenings?
15:26	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	I have been in the Plaza more this last week, due to RL being a bit less manic
15:26	Brace Coral	Yay!
15:27	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	no further tutor enquires, but still hopeful about some of the peopel who have expressed an interest
15:27	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	for the times I am on, it has been very calm and some really keen new people arriving
15:28	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	lots of praise for the tutorial
15:28	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	that about covers it
15:28	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	Except UNIHISPANA seems like the most stable Spanish speaking help place
15:29	Lindal Kidd	<---agrees
15:29	Carl Metropolitan	Okay. Are we okay to go to questions now? Or have I managed to miss other people sneaking in?
15:29	Brace Coral	yesh
15:29	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	raises hand
15:29		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) checks under the stage
15:29	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	Announcement
15:29	Wordsmith Jarvinen	kk For general info, when we get a group chatting in the middle of the path, I've been asking them to move to the side so that those following the red arrows don't have to dodge through avatars.
15:30	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	I have trid to do the same. With mixed results
15:30	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Thanks, Elf. Proceed Andrea.
15:30	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	There will be a belly dancing event this coming Tuesday night the 9th of August. It will be held at the Oasis Pavilion in Morgaine starting at 6 PM. DJ Poppy will be our DJ for the evening spinning us some of the hottest and best dancing tunes. So grab your silks, dancing sandals and be ready for a night of great music, conversation and fun. I can send you a notecard with the details or check the ISC Group,or Caledonian nights groups for notices. There is a notecard giver on the roof of the pub in the Oxbridge Village where the NC can be obtained.
15:31	Brace Coral	Yay!
15:31	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	It is a new avatar friendly event BTW
15:31	Carl Metropolitan	Thank you.
15:32	Carl Metropolitan	Next question? Comment?
15:33	Lindal Kidd	I noticed that a certain pachydermal entity who shall not be mentioned has returned to the Lecture Hall....
15:33		Brace Coral coughs
15:33		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) is surprised there is not one with us today
15:34		Phrynne looks under the stage, but no.
15:34	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Ahhh. (coughs), yes. Out for a temporary airing.
15:34	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	checks the roof
15:34	RainyDayRecess	:D
15:34		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) looks under the stage
15:34	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Have you had anyone talk about it, Lindal?
15:34	Lindal Kidd	no, not since his last sojourn
15:35	Brace Coral	the roof, lol
15:35	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	and no dragons up there wither
15:35	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	either
15:35		Agatha Macbeth ponders a withering dragon
15:35	Brace Coral	FY for Deans, Instructors etc. if you ever want to share info to those running Help orgs all at once:
15:36	Brace Coral	IM me for invite to Help Education Quorum group
15:36	Carl Metropolitan	Any questions not relating to missing immaterial animals?
15:36		Badass Fae (larkylouz) feels hot breath on her neck....
15:36		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) giggles
15:37	lovejoy2199	Ahhh...Donald
15:37		Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) blows his nose
15:37		Badass Fae (larkylouz) snickers
15:37	Brace Coral	I need to know where everyone is getting this awesome COU/Caledon couture
15:37	RainyDayRecess	Eek!
15:37	RainyDayRecess	Where's a mouse when you need one?
15:38	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Really
15:38		Brace Coral admires Agatha's outfit
15:38	RainyDayRecess	He's sneaking in......
15:38	Agatha Macbeth	This little thing?
15:38	Agatha Macbeth	From Trilby's mill
15:38	Brace Coral	:D
15:38	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Let an elephant's trunk into the tent and ....
15:38	Agatha Macbeth	Freebie actually
15:39	Brace Coral	Chloe's pants too!
15:40	Phrynne	I thought that was supposed to be a camel's nose
15:40	Wordsmith Jarvinen	That too.
15:40	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	nope, that is definitely an elephant nose
15:40	Rowan Entilles (rowan900)	a canek us ab ekeogabt bt abitger bane'
15:40		Brace Coral wonders at the pachydermal entity's ability to base jump..
15:41	Rowan Entilles (rowan900)	a camel is an elephant by anohter name
15:41	Carl Metropolitan	drag it outside over the open air and turn on Physics'
15:41	RainyDayRecess	Maybe two parachutes?
15:41	Brace Coral	possibly three...
15:41		Gronk Seriman raises her hand.
15:41	Phrynne	wings?
15:41	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Miss Gronk?
15:41	Lindal Kidd	<---boggles at the image of hang gliding elephants
15:41	Gronk Seriman	I have a suggestion. And I hate to make work for somebody. But would it be possible to have a sign-up board for when Staff is LIKELY to show up for help in the Plaza? It’s not a commitment, it’s just likely times to be there.
15:41	Gronk Seriman	This would help in many ways. We could spread our presence more efficiently. And “I don;t know, but XX knows all about that. He/She may be here in about an hour”.
15:42	Brace Coral	good idea :)
15:42	RainyDayRecess	Yes, I do like that idea too
15:42	Hannah Bluemood Utherwurldly (hannah.bluemood)	That's a great idea. I'm a part of another group that does have staff and volunteers available but their schedules are not published, which means that people sometimes come in hoping for help but leave without any.
15:43	Carl Metropolitan	Phyrnne. Do you think that would be useful for your people?
15:43	Phrynne	For some of us it would be useful. For others of us, it would not.
15:43	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Some have regular schedules, others not
15:43	Phrynne	But everyone on staff should be available via IM, if they are not immediately on campus
15:43	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms)	was wondering what you guys on staff thought about a sign in board that could page a staff member?
15:43	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Is it something we could try? Are you thinking of a public board like many places have?
15:44	Phrynne	I don't think a public board would be that good.
15:44	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	many stores have them, they can be bought off the shelf
15:44	Phrynne	Where would it go, for one thing?
15:44	Brace Coral	I had something made like that for NCI
15:44	Carl Metropolitan	Maybe a notice that if there are no staff people on hand, to ask in the Oxbridge Group Chat for help?
15:44	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Is there anywhere on campus where there is instruction on accessing Group Chat for COUG?
15:45	Phrynne	I have been told, by tutors, that one of the good things about being a tutor here is not being required to punch a clock.
15:45	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	that is a good idea... always some one in COUG
15:45	Brace Coral	something like this?
15:45	Phrynne	Personally, I would rather have people show up when they can than feel obliged to be there at specific times.
15:45	Gronk Seriman	I wasn't thinking of making the board public, but I don't see why not. Maybe in a hidden corner of the campus we would all know.
15:45	Brace Coral	but with staff avail pics etc
15:45	Rowan Entilles (rowan900)	that needs to be spelled out so new people can use it
15:45	Phrynne	Especially those of us who are juggling RL jobs, etc.
15:45	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Gronk said that it would not be a requirement, only a general idea.
15:46	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Put it in a cave underwater, guarded by sharks? ;^p
15:46	Brace Coral	lol
15:46	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Well, not a commitment but just an estimated intention.
15:46	Gronk Seriman	I suppose if you are Comitting for a time, that could be noted too. I'm just looking for likely, possible times.
15:46	Carl Metropolitan	It could be a board with staff names and titles with an "online/offline" button and instructions on how to IM people rather than something with specific times.
15:46	Brian (mannadrop)	I see a problem with this
15:46	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Brian?
15:47	RainyDayRecess	Just showing who's online is all even?
15:47	Phrynne	Who's online is visible in the COUG group information.
15:47	Brian (mannadrop)	If Brian says he can be there from 2 to 5 pm and then can't be there, others might be likely to think, "Oh Brian is there, so no need for me to pop in. Then it leaves no coverage at all
15:48	Carl Metropolitan	Okay. Let's talk about this more later. Any other questions or comments?
15:48	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Most of the public boards I've seen simply show whensomeoneis online; not necessarily that they are present.
15:48	Brian (mannadrop)	and if you make it public, lets face it, some are more forgiving than others, so it gives the trolls windows of opporitunity to think they can get away with trolling
15:49	Brian (mannadrop)	just my thoughts
15:49	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Perhaps Brace and others who have worked where these boards are used can speak to those concerns?
15:49	Wordsmith Jarvinen	nods
15:49	Gronk Seriman	That's why I differentiate from Committed to Likely, or even Possible.
15:49	Brace Coral	well I will tell you that I had the board made with a special script
15:49	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	"Hm. X won't be there at that time, perfect time to strike"
15:49	Phrynne	exactly
15:49	Brace Coral	you come to the courtyard to be on duty, you click the board - your profile pic shows
15:50	Brace Coral	ppl click your pic and you get IM
15:50	Sage (annmarie1956)	May I ask a question?
15:50	Brace Coral	so you can be online and not show up on the board, until you physically click it
15:50	Carl Metropolitan	Go ahead sage
15:50	Phrynne	Do we really need a punchclock?
15:50	Sage (annmarie1956)	What do the trolls do exactly?
15:50	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	EVerything bad
15:50	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	it varies
15:50	Brace Coral	that was the workaround to being online but not available.
15:50	Carl Metropolitan	"Trolls" are an internet slang term for people who disrupt other's experiences.
15:51	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	generally cause trouble, in whatever way their bored little minds can conjure.
15:51	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	How many terabytes of examples you want?
15:51	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Mostly try to incite conflict, harass people, streak the campus in distorted avatars, ....
15:51	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	some just push people, some swear and shout rude things, some have griefer items that do bad things
15:51	Brian (mannadrop)	couple of weeks ago i had a troll drop a box that self replicated at an alarming rate and filled the whole landing with bouncing balls
15:52	RainyDayRecess	Grrrr
15:52	Brace Coral	old school
15:52	Sage (annmarie1956)	oh dear
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	I had the same sort of troll last week, Brian
15:52	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	SElf-replicating screaming cubes are famous griefing item
15:52	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	I suggest we work towards trying some form of this; we can always decide after the fact that it isn't working, and take it down. COU deans have been often accused of not wanting change; I think we should at least try it. Although we'll have to define what "it" is.
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	And green text spam with offensive words.
15:53	Tasha (natashafetishqueen)	but attending Lindals AV Safety Class is an excellent way to learn how to deal with them
15:53	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Then there are cage guns and orbiting scipts...
15:53		Agatha Macbeth nods
15:53	Brace Coral	I'm all with trying - and can help w/input, Larky
15:54	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	While griefers and trolls are a pain, the plaza is peaceful and helpful more often than not. Rather than fear griefing, there are skills to learn to deal with it. Not that my heart doesn't go pit-a-pat and the dressing room floor disappears everytime I encounter one!
15:54	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Thank you Brace.
15:54	Gronk Seriman	The board was just a suggestion. Some way to help know when help is likely to be here.
15:55	Carl Metropolitan	Why don't we take the details of any potential board to an offline discussion.
15:55	Gronk Seriman	Agreed.
15:56	B~F AeroSteam Co. Steam Jet Pack v1	All Go
15:56	Wordsmith Jarvinen	One thing on boards, unless tutors themselves decide otherwise, I don't wont them feel on call. If they are exploring or at a dance or other event then they don't need interruptions unless they volunteer for that. For the deans, it's more what is.
15:57	Carl Metropolitan	Any last questions?
15:57	Brace Coral	FYI quick selfie pic w/me afterwards :) stick around if you wanna
15:59	Brian (mannadrop)	all these deans here and no puns, what a disappointment
15:59	RainyDayRecess	Hahahaha
15:59	Brace Coral	LMAO
15:59	RainyDayRecess	Word?
15:59	Carl Metropolitan	Thank you all for coming, and we shall see you guys next week!
15:59	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Thanks for coming, everyone. And a practically full house of Deans!
15:59	Rowan Entilles (rowan900)	what a Pun-ishment
15:59	Brace Coral	.•♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥•.
15:59	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	LOL Rainy.
15:59	RainyDayRecess	Thank you Deans!!
15:59	Brace Coral	Thank You!
15:59	Brian (mannadrop)	ahhhh I feel vindicated
15:59	Gronk Seriman	Thank you Deans!
15:59	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Thank you all.
15:59	Brace Coral	just line up next me for pic!
15:59	Brian (mannadrop)	Lettuce adjourn?
16:00	Agatha Macbeth	Another one?
16:00	RainyDayRecess	:D
16:00	Brace Coral	make it quick - gotta take someone to the airport in a lil bit
16:00	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Kale Mary, mother of god?
16:00		Badass Fae (larkylouz) runs back to hide under the covers.
16:00		Tasha (natashafetishqueen) turns into a pumpkin and disappears
16:00	Lindal Kidd	lettuce pray
16:00	Brace Coral	yeahhh line it up!
16:00	Carl Metropolitan	Goodnight everyone.
16:00	Brace Coral	huggs Carl :)
16:00	Brian (mannadrop)	bye Carl
16:00	RainyDayRecess	'night :)
16:00	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	LOL - great outfit, Andrea
16:01	Brace Coral	yall know i LOVE Carl a LOT, right?
16:01	Brace Coral	just checkin hehehe
16:01	Brace Coral	lne up!
16:01	Brace Coral	pic in 60 seconds
16:01		Agatha Macbeth is lined already