Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2017-08-20
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to the Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | This is an open meeting. All are welcome. Transcripts will be posted post-meeting. |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (I've not enough temporal magic to post them before the meeting) |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And we are adding Phrynne to today's dean lineup. |
| 15:03 | RainyDayRecess | yay |
| 15:03 | Gronk Seriman | Yay! |
| 15:03 | Phrynne | give me a moment to get set up -- I'm pretty lagged |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Passes out tomato throwers |
| 15:03 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With that, let's pass the baton to Andrea, while Phrynne gets setup. |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Winners from the fundraiser last night, Fauve Aeon, 2500l giftcard to ROSAL, Stereo Naucht The COU Gazebo Limited Edition, Patty Poppy the Two Moons Gardens Flower sets, The Bowling Trophies are going to Yuki and Gronk. Prizes are being delivered this week. Congratulations to our winners. Thank you to the following people who without their help the fundraiser would not have happened. Star, DJ Patty Poppy, Poe North, RainyDayRecess, Cymbal Constantine, Wordsmith Jarvinen, Phrynne, Beth Cooper-Penetewyn. And anyone else I may have missed. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Looks back at Word |
| 15:05 | RainyDayRecess | Yay Gronk!! |
| 15:05 | star (astarynite) | It was a lovely time |
| 15:05 | star (astarynite) | the bowling was fun the dance was just as fun |
| 15:05 | star (astarynite) | you a wonderful job Andrea |
| 15:05 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Andrea!! |
| 15:06 | RainyDayRecess | Great job! |
| 15:06 | Gronk Seriman mutters about being beaten by one pin! | |
| 15:06 | RainyDayRecess | Awwwwww, no way! |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Will be givng ou the same trophie< i consider that a tie |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Awww. |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Sides I think I only have one trophie |
| 15:07 | Gronk Seriman | I was in a tomporary zone for much of one game. I couldn't do it again no matter how mu8ch I tried. |
| 15:07 | RainyDayRecess | Did you need the trophy I made? |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's not filtered just for the fund-raiser, and would be hard to do in any case because of discussion leading to donations, but from yesterday into today we've taken in about 12k $L. |
| 15:08 | Phrynne | that's very good! |
| 15:08 | RainyDayRecess | Wow! |
| 15:08 | Gronk Seriman | Very nice! |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Patty Poppy also posted in some Sl groups about the fundraiser. so tha may have helped as well |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | For perspective, given tier and stipends for 10 classes, our approximate outlay per quarter is about 107k $L, about 2/3 of that in tier. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So, a nice push toward coverage. |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Discussion of patrons and sponsors earlier today may have gained us a sponsor. Rainy's going to check on that. |
| 15:11 | RainyDayRecess | Sure thing ;) |
| 15:12 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Rainy, did you have anything else? |
| 15:12 | RainyDayRecess | Actually I do not |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Agatha, anything for this week? |
| 15:13 | Agatha Macbeth | Still at it sir |
| 15:13 | Agatha Macbeth | I've been in touch with a few more possible contributors |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Okay good. |
| 15:13 | Agatha Macbeth | :) |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Gronk and Caissa, anything from the tutors? |
| 15:15 | Gronk Seriman | Noting notable from me. |
| 15:15 | Caissa McCarey (lorelai.mccarey) | same here |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Phrynne, now setup (does anyone ever setdown?) |
| 15:16 | Phrynne sat down, does that count? | |
| 15:16 | RainyDayRecess | Pilots? |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yep, pilots do set down. ty |
| 15:16 | Phrynne | I have to say that I am every bit as bad a bowler as I was in high school, when I held the school record for lowest score. |
| 15:16 | Phrynne | but it was fun regardless. |
| 15:16 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:17 | Phrynne | I've been in the plaza and elsewhere, helping newcomers and visitors. Nothing much else to report. Still helping the ivy to grow on the buildings by singing to it quietly |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Greetings Red and Zady |
| 15:17 | Zady (zadoma) | Hello |
| 15:17 | Red Quixote | Greetings All |
| 15:18 | RainyDayRecess waves ;) | |
| 15:18 | Phrynne | Also working on a thing or two for the Advent Calendar (which Agatha already knows about) |
| 15:18 | Phrynne | But that's about all from me for now. |
| 15:18 | Agatha Macbeth | :) |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not really anything else from me this week. Caught up on stipend payments and class statistics, pretty much the same for visitor statistics, and pushing everything up into a git repository on "bitbucket". |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With that, open to questions. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen Looks for cricket box | |
| 15:21 | Gronk Seriman | Andrea, how much longer will the bowling alley remain open? Till you need the space? |
| 15:22 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I dunno. no plans right now |
| 15:22 | Red Quixote | am I reading this right?.. total lindens raised is only 2700?.. are we in dire straits? |
| 15:22 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i took out some stuff that was not needed, like the couches and chairs |
| 15:22 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | no that was a mistake of mine |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i did not have the totals from the coins |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I have not used them before as a donation device |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | No, Red, about 12k (12,000) came in on the 19th into today. |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | that was the prizes totals |
| 15:23 | Red Quixote | 12,000... *phew*.. that's a relief |
| 15:23 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yes. it is |
| 15:24 | Red Quixote | for a sec there,.. I thought it was a tight spot |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And, I'd estimate that turnout was fairly low. |
| 15:24 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | nods |
| 15:24 | Red Quixote | seemed that way,.. sadly |
| 15:24 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Agatha Macbeth gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:24 | star (astarynite) | it was low |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Might be the shadow of RFL, or the beginning of school, or other events. |
| 15:25 | RainyDayRecess | Awwww ;( |
| 15:25 | Gronk Seriman | Those who were thare had fun! |
| 15:25 | star (astarynite) | can we have an added night? This is vacation time for many in the US |
| 15:25 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | RainyDayRecess gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Patty Poppy is no longer with us, and the prizes have been given out. I'll have to redo from scratch. We will sometime in the near future. |
| 15:26 | star (astarynite) | ok |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | probably on a tuesday night |
| 15:26 | star (astarynite) | let me know if I can help |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I will |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | thnak you |
| 15:27 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | star (astarynite) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The current Oxbridge balance is L$259448. It was about 225k after I last paid tier. So, if we get to 330k or so by early October, we've broken even. |
| 15:28 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Ilm looking at some thing that may help. |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | but it will be next month |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And there are patron payments as well as other donations in there. |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So, we are looking stable. |
| 15:31 | Agatha Macbeth | Is a good |
| 15:31 | Red Quixote | good to know |
| 15:31 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | If you happen to have some gotcha stuff or other transfer things you no longer want. please let me know |
| 15:32 | star (astarynite) nods | |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | but don't break yourself on that. |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | just two extras |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Other questions? |
| 15:33 | Red Quixote | where is the erstwhile elf? |
| 15:33 | RainyDayRecess | I think his schedule changed ;( |
| 15:33 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not feeling well, I'm told. |
| 15:33 | Phrynne | The times are not helpful for him during daylight saving, also |
| 15:33 | RainyDayRecess | oh |
| 15:34 | Red Quixote | lets hope he feels better soon |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes. He's missed when not here. |
| 15:34 | Red Quixote | aye,.. |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Other questions? Conundrums? |
| 15:36 | Gronk Seriman | Halloween is just around the corner. |
| 15:37 | Caissa McCarey (lorelai.mccarey) | woohoo! |
| 15:37 | Phrynne | so it is. |
| 15:37 | Phrynne | I will have to see how the pumpkins have held up -- whether we have jack o'lanterns or pie |
| 15:37 | Gronk Seriman | Ha |
| 15:37 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any plans for decor Phrynne? |
| 15:38 | Phrynne | Between seasons I pack everything away so my inventory won't explode |
| 15:39 | RainyDayRecess | Hahaha |
| 15:39 | Phrynne | so I will have to dig into some boxes and see what we have. Possibly a small graveyard with fog |
| 15:39 | Phrynne | and some skulls here and there |
| 15:39 | Phrynne | I am not sure what is there now. |
| 15:39 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Let me know if you need anything. |
| 15:40 | Phrynne | I will. I'm decorating far more thoroughly than in the past, thanks to the extra prims |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | In any case, Phrynne is masterful at keeping Oxbridge seasonally attractive. |
| 15:40 | Phrynne | Even with everything I have put out there, we have more than 1400 free prims at Oxbridge. |
| 15:40 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | excellent |
| 15:40 | RainyDayRecess | nice |
| 15:41 | Phrynne | That makes it possible for me to grow the ivy bigger in various places and not worry about that taking too much away from the skirt class, for instance. |
| 15:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Right. The increase in prim allotments has allowed us to skirt that limitation. |
| 15:42 | RainyDayRecess | wow |
| 15:42 | Phrynne | I don't have to juggle any more between trees and flowers. |
| 15:43 | Gronk Seriman | I suppose the old gargoyles are long gone. |
| 15:43 | Phrynne | Before, if I put in flowers, we lost a tree or two. Or shifted from a complicated tree to a simpler one that might be older and less attractive. |
| 15:43 | Phrynne | Gronk, I've never seen the gargoyles, except when Wrath and Aevalle were impersonating them occasionally. |
| 15:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | There are plans ...... Rainy and I have talked about new gargoyles. |
| 15:43 | RainyDayRecess | Well, I'm actually working on those, although they have been on the back burner for a while now Gronk ;( |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Essentially winged lions. |
| 15:44 | Gronk Seriman | I barely remember them. I found Oxbridge JUST before the Gateway program ended. |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With the aspect that, if sat upon, would carry the sitter upside down in their mouth while flying. |
| 15:45 | Agatha Macbeth | 0.0 |
| 15:45 | Red Quixote | that's old school |
| 15:45 | RainyDayRecess | Hahahaha |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | What would you expect from new school, Red? |
| 15:46 | Red Quixote | mesh gargoyles,.. of course,.. |
| 15:46 | RainyDayRecess | What should they do Red? |
| 15:46 | RainyDayRecess | Of course ;) |
| 15:46 | Red Quixote | they should probably mimic what their predecessors did |
| 15:46 | Red Quixote | approximate at least |
| 15:46 | RainyDayRecess | Uh, oh, |
| 15:46 | Gronk Seriman | Gargoyles with freakin' lasers! |
| 15:46 | Red Quixote | lol |
| 15:46 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:47 | Frigid Cryotank | Would that work with NPC characters? |
| 15:47 | Phrynne | We already have sharks with lasers... |
| 15:47 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else before adjourning? |
| 15:48 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Good night everyone.be well. See you tuesday night |
| 15:48 | Red Quixote | there needs to be more silliness |
| 15:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Indeed. |
| 15:49 | star (astarynite) | yes, we need more fun silliness |
| 15:49 | RainyDayRecess | Oh, okay Andrea, 'Night |
| 15:49 | Gronk Seriman hears a British bobby tell her, "Stoppit! You're being silly now!" | |
| 15:49 | Red Quixote | nite miss Andrea |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And officially adjourned |
| 15:49 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Deans :D |
| 15:50 | Frigid Cryotank | Too bad sight gags went out of style.. those were amusing. |
| 15:50 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you Deans! |
| 15:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you all for coming and participating. |
| 15:51 | Phrynne | thank you everyone |
| 15:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Red, I could always stick the nearly transparent elephant back in the lecture hall. |
| 15:51 | star (astarynite) | Gronk, want to fly down? |
| 15:51 | star (astarynite) | I have an announcement |
| 15:52 | Red Quixote | that would be punny |
| 15:52 | star (astarynite) | it is a personal taxi service |
| 15:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Star? |
| 15:52 | star (astarynite) | Gronk and I have started the Transportation Alliance of Caledon TAC |
| 15:52 | star (astarynite) | if you would like to join and get a ride or provide a ride, please msg me |
| 15:53 | RainyDayRecess | Yay! |