| 15:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome all to this week's Oxbridge Deans' (smiles thankfully at Andrea) Q&A. This is a meeting open to all. |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea, it looks like you have something for this week? :P |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Yes. |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
The COU Fundraiser is on track for the 19th of this month |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
we will have a raffel for a 2500 linden gift card to ROSAL |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
they do have a steampunk outfit that can be bought with the card. |
| 15:05 |
star (astarynite) |
What is ROSAL |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and other high quality clothing |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
a clothing deisgner |
| 15:05 |
star (astarynite) |
wooohoo |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the gazzebo behind me will be up for auction |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
It has a nice wood finish tto it |
| 15:06 |
RainyDayRecess |
It's very nice ;) |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
The is to be a outfit for auction and anything else that comes up efor ethe weekend |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
there |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'llput up notice updates as the week progresses |
| 15:07 |
star (astarynite) |
that is beautiful |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the auctions and what not will start friday morning |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
There is to be some movement on the patron program this week. Appologies, I've been moving slow on that. There will be a build |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the 19th is next Saturday, just for the Calendar challenged. |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
gift provided to the patrons this week |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Hopefully we have a gift of some kind to all patron every few months. |
| 15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'll rezz a copy If I can find it in inv |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
PLeas elet me know if you need details on being a patron |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
. Looks back to word |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Oh |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
he bowling ally is open to those that wish to pratice before sat |
| 15:10 |
DorisE1 |
I do not know how to bowl. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We need to get together there, Andrea, and I (as Mint) can put out the gold coins. |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the instructions are onthe wal by the pizza tables |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Nods |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and there will be a pin for coming and one for donations |
| 15:11 |
DorisE1 |
I do not have any coins. |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the barn for the patron program gifty is outside |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
by the front door |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
wel it was |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
one sec |
| 15:12 |
DorisE1 |
idk |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i'm putting it on the roof |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The roof is definately COUG, the front platform may be into Commonwealth land. |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
looks like |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've been catching up on statistics of various kinds this week and on instructor stipends, now current. |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The graphs on the wall behind me are specific to classes taught, the age distribution of the left extends back to December 2014. |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
While our visitors to Oxbridge have both a newbie and oldie peak, the classes are weighting more toward those who have been in SL a while, even without the Q&A's. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The histogram and average on the right show class attendance for the last two years. The gap last fall was a data outage that I didn't catch immediately. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
One of the weakness that definitely could bring in more students would be classes in clothing, both design and, with mesh, use. |
| 15:20 |
DorisE1 |
I do not agree. |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If anyone knows those who would make good instructors and being willing in those areas, have them contact me. |
| 15:21 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We do have a nice platform setup for use for clothing design. Not in the lecture hall |
| 15:21 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Might need a little updating |
| 15:21 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
for mesh |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Martini used to cover that in classic and prim clothing, and we lost capability when she left. |
| 15:21 |
DorisE1 |
I am tired of repaets. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
When everything is a repeat, you don't individually need the classes anymore, but others still do. |
| 15:23 |
DorisE1 |
I cannot find a class that I am interrested in. |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I also have a couple of month summaries of visitors to Oxbridge as text files. If anyone is interested in seeing those, contact me and provide an email. The work best on a standard text editor using a monospace font (the extension is .json, but it's simply text with a few field names and braces). |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Oh, Hi Mari, nice to see you here. |
| 15:27 |
DorisE1 |
I offered to teach but I get told no all the time and never get a chance. |
| 15:27 |
Mari Moonbeam |
Question please : would it be possible to prune the Caledon Oxbridge University Group member list to below 5000, so that folks can check if new folks they've hung with are stil logging in. Membership is free so folks can always rejoin. |
| 15:27 |
Mari Moonbeam |
oh thanks you |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Let me check with Kamilah and see if she's been pruning the lists. |
| 15:29 |
Mari Moonbeam |
the Vicerine? |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Then it comes down to how many haven't been on for a long time, which I don't know offhand. |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes. She does prune some of the lists. |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We can certainly look into that. |
| 15:30 |
Mari Moonbeam |
oh didn't know she does that for the University |
| 15:30 |
DorisE1 |
What do you mean prune some of the list? |
| 15:30 |
Mari Moonbeam |
If someone hasn't logging into SL for 5 years .... |
| 15:31 |
Mari Moonbeam |
been^ |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Remove those who have not been on for a long while from the group so that it works better. |
| 15:31 |
Mari Moonbeam |
groups with members over 5000, you can't see the member lists |
| 15:31 |
DorisE1 |
Well I have been on most of the time. |
| 15:31 |
Mari Moonbeam |
which is a pain in the bustle |
| 15:32 |
Mari Moonbeam |
you're fine Miss Doris |
| 15:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
You never know. Some of the students that come through are Old Returners. |
| 15:32 |
DorisE1 |
Hello Gronk. |
| 15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's nothing to prevent rejoining. |
| 15:33 |
Gronk Seriman |
True. But just remembering where you've been may help them return, if it's still on their Group List. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, btw, open for general questions. |
| 15:33 |
Mari Moonbeam |
you can just purge that ones with blank or almost blank profiles, keep the ones where you can tell they put time in |
| 15:34 |
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Gronk Seriman smiles and waves to Doris. |
| 15:34 |
Mari Moonbeam |
Just enough to get below 5000 with a time margin |
| 15:34 |
DorisE1 |
Hey Gronk |
| 15:34 |
Mari Moonbeam |
Thanks for considering it, |
| 15:35 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
A bit of news, CAla Mondrago is sadly gone. However, A new Mondrago will rise soon. It was possible to buy a old "grandfathered" sim from someone. Construction will begin soon on the new Mondrago. |
| 15:35 |
lovejoy2199 |
I do not know about the 'blank profiles', Mari. Some of us have them because we like it that way. |
| 15:35 |
DorisE1 |
What we need is to have a class how to put things on the market place. |
| 15:36 |
RainyDayRecess |
That's a pretty good idea Doris ;) |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So noted. |
| 15:36 |
Mari Moonbeam |
I second that Doris! eyes a fortune in gacha spares |
| 15:37 |
Kara2016 |
Smilews brightly. |
| 15:37 |
DorisE1 |
What is gacha spares mean? |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Gacha are gift givers; Gifts or different probability and value for a fixed input fee. |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm assuming spares means things to put in them. |
| 15:39 |
star (astarynite) |
you win a prize but you might win 2 3 or 4 or 10 of the same prize, other people want them so you can sell the extra on the mp |
| 15:39 |
RainyDayRecess |
And they can be resold? |
| 15:39 |
RainyDayRecess |
Ohhhhh |
| 15:40 |
star (astarynite) |
no copy but transfer |
| 15:40 |
Gronk Seriman |
Most can. |
| 15:40 |
Mari Moonbeam |
or 457 of the wrong color |
| 15:40 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:40 |
star (astarynite) |
exactly Mari |
| 15:40 |
Kara2016 |
ouch. |
| 15:40 |
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Wordsmith Jarvinen Remembers another project yet to be finished. |
| 15:40 |
RainyDayRecess |
(Yep) |
| 15:41 |
DorisE1 |
My items are no copy no tranfer and no modify. |
| 15:41 |
star (astarynite) |
I played after you gave up Mari and I got that color you wanted |
| 15:41 |
star (astarynite) |
a Gacha players nightmare |
| 15:41 |
RainyDayRecess |
ouch |
| 15:41 |
Kara2016 |
giggles. |
| 15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:42 |
DorisE1 |
How come you do not have house building classes? |
| 15:43 |
star (astarynite) |
there are basic building classes Doris, not everyone wants to buid a house |
| 15:43 |
star (astarynite) |
so they teach people how to build and everyone can build what they wat |
| 15:43 |
star (astarynite) |
want |
| 15:43 |
Camarillan |
i don't know if this is the right place to bring this up but i have a general question about caledon. i'm looking for a community to join. is caledon a good place as a new person and if so, why? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We have building classes. In general we teach more skills that can be generalized than specific creations. |
| 15:44 |
DorisE1 |
Well you cannot build what you want if you do not know how. |
| 15:44 |
Gronk Seriman |
There are valuable but forgotten self-help pooks on the walls of the Sandbox shelter that are great resources for building anything. |
| 15:44 |
Gronk Seriman |
*books |
| 15:44 |
lovejoy2199 |
Chancellor...sounds to me, that we need on going workshops. |
| 15:45 |
star (astarynite) |
we need qualified instructors |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It's a good place; social events, mostly friendly people, a covenant that prevents ghastly builds next door, and a motto that translates to civility, tolerance, innovation, cake. |
| 15:45 |
RainyDayRecess |
Camarillan-Caledon is the best if you like nice polite and helpful people, also the rules here are a bit more strict than most, which a lot of people do enjoy ;) |
| 15:46 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and we have land open right now. Tier isn't terribly high. |
| 15:46 |
Kara2016 |
i have lived here for almost two years and have enjoyed it. |
| 15:46 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
in several different themed areas |
| 15:46 |
star (astarynite) |
Camarillan - Caledon is a community, people know each other, you can find people taking walks in the evening, there are groups to join, fun things to do |
| 15:46 |
RainyDayRecess |
And a place where any of your skills would be appreciated ;) |
| 15:46 |
star (astarynite) |
when I lived in Victoria I would see about 5 people walking through town, how many other places can you say that |
| 15:47 |
Camarillan |
i'm still learning so i might end up making a ghastly place next door. i hope not. |
| 15:47 |
star (astarynite) |
I have neighbors who are there and we visit |
| 15:47 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
just look around at what others have done in their homes. that can help |
| 15:47 |
DorisE1 |
Somme do not have a place to stay. :( |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
By ghastly, I'm thinking more flashing neon or the like than ill-constructed. |
| 15:48 |
RainyDayRecess |
Ground level is usually 'Themed' |
| 15:48 |
star (astarynite) |
you don't need a house to be a part of Caledon Doris, have you ever visited each sim, there is so much to see everywhere |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Themed as loosely interpreted Victorian (as is any roleplay) |
| 15:48 |
DorisE1 |
No |
| 15:49 |
star (astarynite) |
you should |
| 15:49 |
DorisE1 |
I have not been all through Caledon. |
| 15:49 |
Kara2016 |
KittiWickShire is a quiet community. |
| 15:49 |
RainyDayRecess |
I enjoyed Caledon for a long time without an actual house or land, the sandbox is awesome Doris |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The posters at Oxbridge on Exploring Caledon and Exploring the Steamlands are now current, thanks in large part to Tasha's efforts. |
| 15:50 |
DorisE1 |
The sandbox is above us. |
| 15:50 |
star (astarynite) |
there is a Quest Camarillan & Doris, you go to different parts of Caledon and look for the Quest item, you get to see some of the best places in Caledon but definitely not all of them |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Those are outside the lecture hall (downstairs) and at the end of the tutorial. |
| 15:50 |
RainyDayRecess |
If you like to build, the sandbox can be you 'playground' ;) |
| 15:51 |
RainyDayRecess |
Great idea Star |
| 15:52 |
Kara2016 |
The quest is a great way too learn about hunting. |
| 15:52 |
DorisE1 |
I made a new creation that is not in market place. |
| 15:52 |
RainyDayRecess |
yay ;) |
| 15:52 |
RainyDayRecess |
Then put it on the MP ;) |
| 15:52 |
DorisE1 |
I do not know how to do that. |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:53 |
DorisE1 |
Can I please show everybody what I made? |
| 15:53 |
RainyDayRecess |
Sandbox, or here? |
| 15:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'd prefer to limit this to questions Doris, and then adjourn. You can show afterward to those interested. |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And there are writeups and video tutorials on placing something on marketplace, such as this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_CgQod9-Q |
| 15:55 |
Camarillan |
thank you everyone for your information and advice! |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:55 |
Mari Moonbeam |
Thank you ! |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Then we are, in some position or another, adjourned. |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll be posting the transcript. |
| 15:56 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
star (astarynite) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:56 |
Kara2016 |
Thank you Deans/ |
| 15:56 |
Mari Moonbeam |
oh the video is out of date per the maker |
| 15:56 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans :D |
| 15:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:57 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Mari Moonbeam gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:58 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
If you have a item that you would like donate for the fundraiser let me know, thanks |