| 14:59 |
Kara2016 |
Greetings everyone! |
| 14:59 |
lovejoy2199 |
Did someone say 'Time Wrap', Elf? |
| 14:59 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty Kara. Very much appreciated. |
| 15:00 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
TIME WARP! |
| 15:00 |
RainyDayRecess |
Oops sorry Elf ;) |
| 15:00 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:00 |
Amina Bina βℓªcкђ3αяt Foxx (crazybutterfly) |
hello all |
| 15:00 |
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Gronk Seriman giggles |
| 15:00 |
Kara2016 |
Giggles. |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Amina |
| 15:00 |
Frigid Cryotank |
Okay.....? |
| 15:01 |
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RainyDayRecess waves ;) |
| 15:01 |
Kara2016 |
have too admire him on style.. |
| 15:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No Andrea yet, but thanks to Phrynne, the apostrophe after deans is still correct. |
| 15:03 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll start in another minute. |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to this week's Oxbridge Deans' Q&A |
| 15:05 |
Fresh Hot Chocolate |
Hot chocolate should be like this always...sweet, rich and creamy, and of course... Yummy! |
| 15:06 |
LadyLyndon |
Greetings everyone |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
This is an open meeting, all are welcome except when individual mis-behavior requires otherwise. |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Greetings, LadyLyndon. |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne, would you start, please. |
| 15:07 |
Phrynne |
I have a few small things this week. |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
I've been updating the foliage on campus -- it is now set for late spring, with some new trees and bushes, and some seaweed. I don't know if the seaweed is edible, though. |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(Andrea is now inworld) |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And here |
| 15:08 |
Kara2016 |
She's fast! |
| 15:08 |
Phrynne |
I've also put a small dock at the end of the troll bridge, so that anyone who wants to come here by boat now has a place to leave the boat. |
| 15:09 |
Phrynne |
There will be more flowers when the tulips have finished blooming, and possibly more trees; I haven't completely decided about that. |
| 15:10 |
Phrynne |
Also, if you walk past a chicken and it explodes, and you didn't touch it, you didn't do anything to it. Sometimes they just get all excited and go boom!. They turn back into chickens again in a moment or two, so don't worry. You will not be affecting Oxbridge's egg supply. |
| 15:10 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:10 |
Phrynne |
And last of all, we are still looking for someone who would be willing to finish the Spanish translation of the tutorial. If anyone is interested or wants details, please see me. |
| 15:10 |
|
Phrynne looks back at Word. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It helps if they speak / write Spanish as well as possessing the desire. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea? |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
waves |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Just got inworld this weekend. |
| 15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the Caledon Spring fling starts tomorrow |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(and that's in?) |
| 15:13 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
proceeds goes toward the operating costs of the COU |
| 15:13 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
Raises hand |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Jade? |
| 15:13 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
will put up a poster in a sec. there are rides and vendors in the village below |
| 15:14 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
the newcomers ball is next sat i believe. |
| 15:14 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
looks back at Wordsmith |
| 15:14 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
Do you have an object or texture for advertisement? I can put it up on our sim, we get a number of people there. |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea? |
| 15:15 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
nods will send |
| 15:15 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
tysm |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(Stereo Nacht is the organize, also) |
| 15:15 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
ty :) |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The inventory class is nearly there. I completed my function as editor and then did the final live review with Star. Now it's just the relatively quick edit to put a few formatting commands in for the class reader, and a run-through. |
| 15:18 |
LadyLyndon |
(hehe Happened to me too Jade) |
| 15:18 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
blush! |
| 15:18 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
I forgot I was wearing it |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Working with Rainy on the "Building" for the SL15B exhibit. I'll right up a submission later to day, on some aspects of crystal (theme) for the part inside. |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Rainy, anything to add on that? |
| 15:19 |
RainyDayRecess |
No ;) |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
On the pins? |
| 15:20 |
RainyDayRecess |
They've been updated but I have to rewrite the notecard |
| 15:20 |
RainyDayRecess |
No tutorial inside |
| 15:21 |
RainyDayRecess |
That's all from me |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And these go to the Oxbridge 1000 members? |
| 15:21 |
RainyDayRecess |
Yes ;) |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you. |
| 15:21 |
Kara2016 |
smiles brightly. |
| 15:22 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I suppose I'm a slightly worried chancellor. |
| 15:22 |
Kara2016 |
? |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Last quarter we ran about an 11k $L deficit. |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I figured out our break even and funds contributed since the first. |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For 21 days of tier and 10 classes (stipends) per week, week need 24,750. $L to break even. |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
What we took in for April as of this morning was 14830. $L. |
| 15:25 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The difference there is on the wrong side. |
| 15:26 |
RainyDayRecess |
We still have a week though? |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll be looking at the scripting on the coins to see if I can add info like that to their display. |
| 15:26 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea has various ideas to raise funds. |
| 15:27 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Phrynne gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But it's also the very long RFL fundraising season. All I'm going to say toward that is balance your donations. |
| 15:28 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Liška Bystrouška (liska.fuchs) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:29 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Liska ;) |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I think that's it from me for the week. And thanks to those who just helped. It is VERY much appreciated. |
| 15:29 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i will be setting up as a vendor in the village. |
| 15:29 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
proceeds go to the COU |
| 15:30 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
so drop by my stall |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Just to be clear, Oxbridge is entirely donation supported. Deans are not paid; entirely volunteer. Instructors are paid 250 $L per class to defray learning and material costs. |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Open for general questions on Oxbridge, Caledon, SL, and beyond. |
| 15:30 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
donations 500 l or higher made starting to day. gets you one of my green hoses with flowers |
| 15:31 |
Sandie Harbour |
raises hand |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sandie? |
| 15:31 |
Sandie Harbour |
Some instructors waive the pay |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes, as Sandie does. |
| 15:32 |
RainyDayRecess |
;) |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And getting the multi-language tutorial up has the potential to bring in more people. |
| 15:33 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty Jade. |
| 15:33 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
yvw |
| 15:34 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Sandie Harbour gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:34 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Sandie and Jade ;D |
| 15:34 |
ღلadё ℝeynolds ღ (jadetyler) |
yvw Rainy :) |
| 15:34 |
Sandie Harbour |
smiles |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, I should add that this is not a crisis yet. At this point, we have 218k $L, but the operational cost of Oxbridge is about 107k $L per quarter. |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And speak to Andrea if you'd like to be either a Patron (2500 $L per month) or an Oxbridge 1000 member (1000 $L per month) |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Anything to add to that, Andrea? |
| 15:37 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i have a nc if you would like it on the ins and outs of sponsorship. |
| 15:38 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Gronk Seriman gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And my thanks to LadyLyndon for finishing the French translation of the tutorial. (bows) |
| 15:38 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Jules Doghouse gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:39 |
LadyLyndon |
oh you're very welcome (blushes slightly) |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty Gronk and Jules. |
| 15:39 |
RainyDayRecess |
Wow, thanks Gronk, the coin might actually get melted down today! |
| 15:39 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yay! |
| 15:39 |
Jules Doghouse |
;) |
| 15:40 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty again Kara. |
| 15:40 |
Kara2016 |
burn baby, burn! |
| 15:41 |
RainyDayRecess |
:D |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With RL taxes behind me (possibility of Jury duty next week), Inventory notes reviewed, I'm also hopeful of being able to rewrite the mesh class and be teaching that regularly again. |
| 15:44 |
RainyDayRecess |
Nice ;) |
| 15:44 |
Kara2016 |
smiles brightly. |
| 15:44 |
RainyDayRecess |
That's such a great class |
| 15:44 |
Sandie Harbour |
raises hand |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And with the kind of support shown here today, I think everything will be all right, down the road (or down the shore). |
| 15:44 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
There has been some demand |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm sure. And changes. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sandie? |
| 15:45 |
Sandie Harbour |
what is the average attendance for all the classes combined? |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It's varied a lot, and not always high. I can help that by keeping up better on the SL events calendar, but they limit what can be done in 24 hours. I also need to get a notecard out to instructors to let me know in advance if they can't make it. (You're good Sandie). |
| 15:48 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
Is it possible for the COU to put Signage on Newcomer Orientation Islands & Infohubs to direct Traffic for dedicated Safety/Self Defense Classes & Smart Shopper Fundamentals, as these skills are really necessary for all Female Avatars, & LL has never been very invested in volunteering this kind of information. |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I dislike using up limited changes to post the the SL Calendar only to have people cancel without notice. |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We've ended up in the destination guide before. I really don't know if LL would allow signage. |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
They haven't historically been the most collaborative bunch. |
| 15:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But you raise a good thread, Irish. |
| 15:51 |
Kara2016 |
smiles brightly. |
| 15:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty |
| 15:51 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Oxbridge ends up in the Destination Guide several times a year. Although I have not kept any notes about that |
| 15:52 |
Phrynne |
And the Guide doesn't mention Oxbridge at all; it talks about Caledon, not Caledon Oxbridge. |
| 15:52 |
RainyDayRecess |
Good point Phrynne |
| 15:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And we basically have zero tolerance for harassing behavior at Oxbridge. |
| 15:54 |
Liška Bystrouška (liska.fuchs) |
What about signage at non-LL places, like NCI? |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Elfbiter has his ongoing Thursdays at 11am SLT writers' class. |
| 15:55 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
LL is losing a significant number of Women on this Platform, myself included in the past, because they are not given the necessary skillsets to survive here. Perhaps you could request LL to redirect new female Avatars here on the basis of Self-Defense Classes because advising Women to use Male Alts has never been an effective solution & no-one else is offering Self-Defense in SL to my knowledge, so there's a huge niche market here & LL is legally obligated by the TOS to provide some form of protection for Women.. |
| 15:55 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Yup |
| 15:55 |
Phrynne |
Don't we have kiosks at some of the other newcomer sites, Word? |
| 15:56 |
LadyLyndon |
I think I came here thanks to a link at the New Resident Island. |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Schedule kiosks, yes. |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
The thing about actual self-defense in Second Life is that we aren't supposed to do it. |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
You can't hit back. |
| 15:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We also have a blog attached to the website that can be used to put out information, but I often don't stretch far enough. |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
If you do, you can be accused of assault just as much as your attacker is. |
| 15:57 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Counter-griefing would be counterproductive |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's a lot to be said short of counter-griefing, however. |
| 15:58 |
Phrynne |
The first-hand remedy is to block the attacker; the next thing is to send in an Abuse Report to Linden Labs -- except if it happens at Oxbridge, the first thing you do is tell Word, Tasha or me, and we will deal with that person. |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Then do the AR. |
| 15:59 |
LadyLyndon |
btw has the invisible avatars problem you mentioned last week been solved? |
| 15:59 |
Phrynne |
You can still file the Abuse Report, yes. Definitely better if more than one person complains. |
| 15:59 |
Phrynne |
We are still working on the question of invisible avatars. |
| 15:59 |
LadyLyndon |
ok thanks |
| 16:00 |
Phrynne |
We have had some in the past that were not easily visible if you tried to cam them because they'd managed somehow to displace the prim that is the target of camming, so you were looking above their heads or to the side. |
| 16:00 |
Phrynne |
But they still had nametags visible. |
| 16:00 |
Phrynne |
so, not the same thing. |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Anything else? |
| 16:01 |
Frigid Cryotank |
I've seen at least one av with everything missing, nameplate and all. |
| 16:01 |
Phrynne |
yes, we are working on finding ways to deal with that, Frigid. |
| 16:01 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
I'm thinking of a Service Level Agreement for the COU to provide Self-Defense Courses for new LL Avatars...& I'm not talking about fighting back. I'm discussing how to be proactive in getting out of bad situations; what to watch out for, such as accepting friendship requested & scripted objects, etc., & how to report these things to LL, which 99.9% of the time takes no action whatsoever, which is why the numbers are plummeting in SL because it's become a Wild West Platform ever since Sansar opened. Your own numbers have dropped from 5,000 Visitors in June 2017 to 1,000 in Feb 2018. |
| 16:01 |
Phrynne |
Our visitor numbers vary by month and season, depending on whether school and university are in session. |
| 16:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes. I search a bit on that, and one possibility is a displacement animation, so that the name tag is a bit elsewhere. |
| 16:02 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
The numbers are plummeting for everyone in SL |
| 16:02 |
Phrynne |
Irish, with the best of intentions, I don't think we can solve that here tonight. |
| 16:03 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
True, but it's up to the residents to take action to save SL because LL has already left the building... |
| 16:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Unlikely |
| 16:04 |
Phrynne |
Also, statistics on visitor numbers depend on whether the people being counted are first-day, first-week, or everyone who comes to Oxbridge. |
| 16:04 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
Perhaps not in MiLands... |
| 16:05 |
Phrynne |
We are seeing many more returnees, at some times more returnees than new people. They may not count as new, but many were here only briefly in the past and have returned to see what they can do now. |
| 16:06 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
That's hopeful |
| 16:06 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I do not think only Oxbridge gets new people and returnees |
| 16:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
While LL started up a new community gateway program, Oxbridge is not part of that. LL quit the original gateway program on text to no notice, and the stipulations for the new program aren't acceptable.. So a formal agreement is unlikely. But we are free to offer what we consider important, within TOS. |
| 16:06 |
Phrynne |
So I would not rely entirely upon numbers; I have yet to see statistics that capture the entire situation or population at Oxbridge. |
| 16:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Wait, what? We capture a lot of statistics. |
| 16:07 |
Sandie Harbour |
besides 10 out of 7 people misuse statistics |
| 16:07 |
LadyLyndon |
hehehe |
| 16:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
heh! |
| 16:08 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
That's what Stats were made for.. |
| 16:08 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
/smile |
| 16:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I will, hopefully, be able to update the statistics summaries by next week. |
| 16:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
| 16:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i need to head out. I'll be back inworld in a couple of hours. Thank you all for coming. |
| 16:10 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Andrea ;) |
| 16:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Time to adjourn anyway. |
| 16:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks you all for coming and participating. |
| 16:10 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 16:10 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans ;D |
| 16:10 |
Phrynne |
Thank you for being here. |
| 16:10 |
Irish Lore (irishlore77) |
ty |
| 16:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The transcript will be posted |
| 16:10 |
LadyLyndon |
Thank you :) |
| 16:12 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Past bedtime for me |
| 16:12 |
lovejoy2199 |
Tc, Elf |
| 16:12 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
At least the foot is not hurting now... |
| 16:12 |
lovejoy2199 |
Dancing helps |
| 16:13 |
LadyLyndon |
Good to ear, Elf |
| 16:13 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
No dancing for me IRL :-) |
| 16:13 |
RainyDayRecess |
Good night all ;) |
| 16:13 |
LadyLyndon |
Good night! |
| 16:13 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 16:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Dancing does help, and while it's virtual here, seems to activate mirror neurons and kinesthetic memories. |
| 16:14 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |