Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2017-11-05

14:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi lovejoy.
15:00 lovejoy2199 Hello Chancellor
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen and Kara and dario
15:00 dario (dariodado) hello
15:00 Kara2016 Greetings Wordsmith.
15:03 Kara2016 Hugs Rainy
15:03 RainyDayRecess Hugs :D
15:03 RainyDayRecess Hello everyone ;)
15:03 RainyDayRecess sorry I'm late, my PC crashed ;(
15:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen Waiting just a few minutes for a couple of the tutors who are troubleshooting downstairs.
15:06 RainyDayRecess Sorry I was in your seat Elf ;)
15:06 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) :-)
15:06 RainyDayRecess Hi Eva ;)
15:06 Eva Gaelle Hax (jucastt) hi hon
15:06 Eva Gaelle Hax (jucastt) nice to see you!
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi Eva, Welcome
15:07 Eva Gaelle Hax (jucastt) hi Words
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen Running just bit late. Andrea just came inworld and a couple of the tutors are tied up below (figuratively)
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen And Andrea's here. That make for deans'
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne is off at a workshop and may slide in later
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to the Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This meeting is open to all, until someone forces otherwise. Transcripts of the meetings are posted at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea, have anything for this week?
15:12 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) There is a harvest festival in the village this week.
15:12 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) village
15:12 RainyDayRecess Ooooo, nice
15:12 Kara2016 Smiles brightly.
15:12 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Stereo nacht is putting it on. It ends this weekend with the Newcomers ball
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen This next weekend?
15:13 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) As the COU gets donations from it. Caledonian Nights has provided rides and games to complement the event
15:13 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Yes I believe next weekend
15:14 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) There are prize games to play, a roller coaster ride, food, and other rides
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen And from what I saw last night, there's a lot set up.
15:14 Kara2016 its going too be a fun event.
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) The Castle of the Dead can be seen behind everything in the SSC sim.
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) a good exploration build
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) there are also vendors setup in the village park.
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) village
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) other than that not much going on
15:16 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) looks back to Wordsmith
15:16 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) sighs
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thanks, Andrea.
15:16 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Wordsmith
15:16 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) yw
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen I lost a few days to travel this week (at least relative to Oxbridge).
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen Instructor stipends are paid through yesterday.
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Doing the financial through yesterday, It looks like the coins that were out for the fundraiser through the end of October have collected about 26k $L.
15:20 Kara2016 WOW!
15:20 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I would mention that the fund raising tracking has been reset for this new event
15:20 RainyDayRecess YAY!!
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen Right now, we're at a total of 267k $L with a nominal goal of being back at 300k $L when I next pay tier in early January.
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen That includes paying stipends along the way, so it's more than just the current difference.
15:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oxbridge is remaining stable via having a supporting community.
15:22 RainyDayRecess ;)
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oh, and Agatha, I'll likely be giving you a hot air balloon by the end of the week in coordination with Star.
15:24 Agatha Macbeth OHh great
15:24 Agatha Macbeth Balloons a gogo
15:24 Agatha Macbeth Thank you sir
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen It has a mesh base based on a Saki Cup.
15:25 Agatha Macbeth How innovative :)
15:25 RainyDayRecess :D
15:25 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hi lisa, come on in
15:25 RainyDayRecess She just poofed
15:25 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) yep
15:26 Agatha Macbeth loves inspired creation
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen I think that's it for my week.
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen Open for general questions.
15:27 Gronk Seriman raises her hand.
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen Gronk?
15:28 Gronk Seriman Is it possible, or even useful to display the Aether Chrononauts calendar somewhere on campus?
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen There's a link to it on the board to the left of the lecture hall door.
15:28 Gronk Seriman It would be a great answer for the eternal question, "Where can I go now" What is there to do in SL?"
15:29 Gronk Seriman Ah!
15:29 Gronk Seriman I should have looked first.
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen Low down and just to the left of the class schedule.
15:29 Gronk Seriman *first
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen Asking here is fine.
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen And there are the two poster boards of what to do in Caledon and what to do in the Steamlands that Tasha and I updated a couple of months ago.
15:32 Kara2016 I have them.
15:32 Gronk Seriman Yes. Those are very nice.
15:33 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything else?
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Oh
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oh, I did encourage some chatting on the COUS group last night, the S being for Social.
15:34 Agatha Macbeth Oh
15:34 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I do intend for the next COU fundraiser to be more of a group effort
15:35 RainyDayRecess Okay ;)
15:35 RainyDayRecess You work too hard as it is ;)
15:35 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I'll let everyone know what we are looking at so others can become involved to help us raise operating funds
15:36 Kara2016 Smiles brightly.
15:36 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) looks back at Wordsmith
15:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen Agatha, was that merely a reflexive "Oh" or did you have something more?
15:37 Agatha Macbeth It was as reflexive as they come sir
15:37 Kara2016 giggles.
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen (smiles)
15:37 Gronk Seriman I sometimes wonder if it would be a good thing to try a Caledon Reunion event. Spread the word far and wide, and try to get some of the faces still in SL to come back for a reunion of sorts.
15:37 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) ooo
15:38 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) maybe the Christmas event
15:38 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) fundraiser and reunion
15:38 Kara2016 that sounds good.
15:38 Kara2016 though they sill would be new too me.
15:38 Wordsmith Jarvinen Imagines airships with banners warping into different continents and islands.
15:39 Kara2016 giggles.
15:39 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) a structural integrity field would keep that warping from happening
15:39 RainyDayRecess O.o
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen And Rainy has been working on pins with the rabbit mascot.
15:40 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) nods for the new patron club
15:40 Kara2016 smiles brightly.
15:41 RainyDayRecess ;)
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen ty Rainy.
15:42 RainyDayRecess Very welcome ;)
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything else?
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) It's shaping up nicely, the pins, we will have one for both patron levels
15:43 RainyDayRecess Is there a sample of the other pins somewhere to see?
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) not that i am aware of
15:43 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) no pressure
15:44 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are other pins?
15:44 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) We had the donation pins etc
15:44 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) checks his needles
15:44 RainyDayRecess Oh, I thought you said you had someone working on the other pins
15:44 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) but these are new
15:44 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) no
15:44 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) checks if anybody has dropped any pins
15:45 Gronk Seriman Is there still that nice Patron clock award? The one I envy and can't afford?
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) My sound is turned off, I can't here a pin drop
15:45 RainyDayRecess So I thought there were pins made by somebody else for the Sponsors and Patrons at higher levels.....no?
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Yes, Gronk
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) No.
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Just yours
15:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen There is. I'll be distributing them no that my schedule is slacked for a bit.
15:45 RainyDayRecess ah
15:46 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) receives a call from one of the angels at the end of the pin; the need a DJ
15:46 RainyDayRecess :D
15:47 Agatha Macbeth gets the point
15:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Point made.
15:47 RainyDayRecess Hahahaha
15:47 RainyDayRecess wow
15:47 Agatha Macbeth Snap
15:47 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Be sure to visit the village event this week.
15:47 Gronk Seriman Sharp people!
15:47 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) lots to do , prizes to win
15:47 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) rides to rides
15:47 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Text to proofread....
15:47 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) pictures to be taken on carnival style cut out boards
15:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which brings us to the point of adjourning the formal meeting.
15:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thanks you all.
15:48 RainyDayRecess Thank you Deans ;)
15:48 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Good night all,
15:48 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) see you soon in the notices
15:48 Gronk Seriman Thank you, Deans!
15:48 Agatha Macbeth Grazie
15:48 RainyDayRecess 'Nighty Andrea