Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2018-11-18
| 14:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi, Ingo |
| 14:51 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings, Deans Phrynne and Jones. |
| 14:52 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings Chancellor Jarvinen |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Elfbiter. ;) |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea, you saw my email? |
| 14:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yes i did ty |
| 14:54 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings Elfbiter and Soup |
| 14:54 | Soup Jonson | TY for having us. |
| 14:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | waves at ingo, teddy, jorge and mr eb |
| 14:56 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | snuggles Mrs Claus |
| 14:57 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and soup, sees soup |
| 14:57 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Soup Jonson gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 14:57 | Soup Jonson | Hi Lady Jones |
| 14:58 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings everyone |
| 14:58 | Ingo (tkb158) | Hello, lovejoy and Gronk |
| 14:58 | Gronk Seriman | Hello, Ingo! |
| 14:58 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Ingo |
| 14:58 | Ingo (tkb158) | Nice to see you Teddy and Jorge |
| 14:59 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Thank you =) |
| 14:59 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Thank You ! Ingo |
| 15:00 | Phrynne waves at everyone | |
| 15:00 | Soup Jonson | Elf I hear Bells |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Agatha, Soup, Jorge, Gronk, lovejoy, and Teddy. |
| 15:00 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | :-) |
| 15:00 | Agatha Macbeth | Good evening |
| 15:00 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Chancellor |
| 15:01 | Gronk Seriman | ? |
| 15:01 | Soup Jonson | Chancellor! |
| 15:01 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Kara and thank you. |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Sanylle. |
| 15:02 | Sanylle | hello Wordsmith |
| 15:02 | Kara2016 | Smiles brightly. |
| 15:03 | Gronk Seriman needs to work with Kara on lighting effects for her smile. | |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Ms Discovolaante. Very good to see you |
| 15:03 | Kara2016 | Smiles brightly for Gronk. |
| 15:04 | Martini Discovolante | somebody left their panties under the bench here |
| 15:04 | Phrynne | what size? |
| 15:04 | Ingo (tkb158) smirks | |
| 15:04 | Martini Discovolante | mesh.. who knows. |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Gronk if you have any ideas for discretely lighting the entry point, I'd be interested. I often have to change my sun setting to check incoming avatars. |
| 15:04 | Gronk Seriman | Ever since they fired the dodo janitor, things have gone to heck. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And a very hearty welcome, Martini. |
| 15:05 | lovejoy2199 | Dean Emeritus Discovolante!!!!! So good to see you again. |
| 15:05 | Agatha Macbeth | Shaken not stirred |
| 15:05 | Martini Discovolante | howdee. |
| 15:05 | Gronk Seriman | Would love to help with that, Wordsmith! |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting. All are welcome except for those with an intent to disrupt. Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Martini, did you have anything to bring up today? |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne, would you start? |
| 15:08 | Phrynne | I have an update on the Libraries. Word and I had a conference chat with Scandaroon Beck, who is taking over the Libraries from JJ Drinkwater. At this point we have a general agreement that Oxbridge will take over the Oxbridge branch of the Caledon Library. Details are still being worked out.... |
| 15:09 | Agatha Macbeth | Yay |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | Scandaroon is looking for sponsors to take over the tier payments and support many of the Caledon libraries. The tier is paid until January, but it would be good to find people before then. The libraries that we know of that have support now are Oxbridge, the Whitehorn Library in Victoria City, the Blavatsky Library in Speirling, and the Caledon Welcome Center in Caledon Prime -- this last one is part of the Caledon Quest. Libraries that do not find sponsors will very likely have to close. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | I should soon have a list of library parcels with their tier costs; if you think you might be interested in supporting a library, please give me your name and I will forward it to Scandaroon. In other matters, the Advent Calendar is very nearly ready, and I am looking forward to decorating Oxbridge for the Yule season. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | and that is what I have for today. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Phrynne. And thank you for all the time and effort put into this. |
| 15:11 | Agatha Macbeth | Indeed |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Give Phrynne an "and special projects" in her title and she runs with it. ;) |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I have a meeting set for today at 4:30 to meet with several people to make plans for the COU Christmas fundraiser. The size of the fundraiser will depend on those in the planing group. If needs be I can do the basic dance event myself. |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Objects for give aways are always welcome |
| 15:12 | Martini Discovolante | soz. |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Ms Nachts Newcomer ball and Festival raised over 11000 lindens |
| 15:13 | Gronk Seriman | Wow! |
| 15:13 | Jorge Serapis | Martini.. you know the rules... you have to bring enough to share with the entire class. |
| 15:13 | Martini Discovolante | nyuknyuk |
| 15:13 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | along with my rides and possibly one other donater. I know Tao donated his tips from the events. I sent him a barrel of rum in thanks. |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | A special thanks to Ms Nacht for handling the event. |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I wil be sending out a notice soon with the details and thanks |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | not much beyond that. |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The afternoon one had a good 20 avatars when I checked and the evening 23.. So both were well-attended. |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Which was very encouraging. |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | or I can send you the link |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Yes they were, and many thanks to those that came. There is a notice in the ISC on where you can see the pics from the event |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hmm chat lag |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | looks back to Wordsmith |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks, Andrea. |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | At the moment, we've got a bit of a surplus from my nominal break-even values, with the December fundraiser still to come. If that goes well, we should be able to slide through the RFL fundraising period with our surplus canceling out the spring deficit. That's my hope and goal. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Most of my SL time this last week went to library discussions, a bit of plaza time, and contributing a pumpkin for the festival. Also an extra item to Phrynne for the Calendar as a backup. |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With that, open to questions, comment, announcements, and the like. |
| 15:22 | Jorge Serapis | *gives the thumbs up to the Word* |
| 15:22 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | Hi all |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And good to have you here, Jorge. |
| 15:22 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | I have a suggestion for the University |
| 15:22 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | raises hand |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Okay? N first. |
| 15:23 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | Call me Pure please |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | kk |
| 15:24 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | My suggestions is that if the University could offer like a "certificate" with each course we do, so we can "prove" our knowledge, i don't know if that's possible in some way? |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Much is possible, but it also would require adding an assessment. |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Teddy? |
| 15:26 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | With the Christmas Holiday approaching, I would like to discuss my Holiday Theme classes |
| 15:26 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Two Classes in Particular |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | nods. |
| 15:26 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Dec. 12th - Making Holiday or Christmas Cards |
| 15:26 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Its tends to be a popular class |
| 15:27 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | More building then Photography |
| 15:27 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | I am requesting assistance in teaching this class |
| 15:27 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Maybe Gronk could be my assistant |
| 15:27 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | I'm sorry, I want to add... Alright, for taking in count, maybe it could be without assessment - no certificate, or just a certificate of coursing... And with assessment, Certificate of approval, I don't see it bad that courses have an assessment |
| 15:28 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Last year MGB helped out |
| 15:28 | Gronk Seriman blurts out a Maynard G Krebbs "WORK?!?" | |
| 15:28 | Gronk Seriman smirks | |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Miss Gronk are you interested and willing to coordinate with Teddy.? |
| 15:29 | Gronk Seriman | Of course! |
| 15:29 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | thank you |
| 15:29 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Dec. 12th - Making Holiday or Christmas Cards |
| 15:29 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Next one -- |
| 15:30 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Dec 26th - Moving Objects – Ice Skaters |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Fun. |
| 15:30 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Is Caledon going to have a Ice Skating Rink this year? |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | yes |
| 15:31 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Please let me know where & when the Rink will be available |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne has so stated. |
| 15:31 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Thank you |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Still trying to host the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 AM SLT. |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And she wants whiteness in Oxbridge by the 29th or 30th (of Nov), to get on with such things |
| 15:33 | Soup Jonson | Good can't wait! |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Des said he was going to try and set the estate to winter after thanksgiving. When he can get in. |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Let her know where you sit Soup, so she can drop a snow bank on you .... wait, no, that's an evil Dean thought. |
| 15:34 | Soup Jonson | lol hehe |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And do note Elfbiter's writing class mentioned above. |
| 15:35 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | :-) |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Pure, assessment isn't necessarily bad, but it would put more responsibility on the instructors and likely have to be separate from the class itself. Otherwise, it's way to easy to park an avatar there without doing anything else. |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Other matters? |
| 15:38 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | May I comment on Mr Pure's request? |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Of course, Teddy. I'd value that. |
| 15:39 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | In Photography we have 22 classes in each term |
| 15:39 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | At the end of each class I have an assignment |
| 15:40 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | The beginning of the next class I review the assignment from the previous class |
| 15:40 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Its is very rare that a student wants to share their assignment |
| 15:41 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | thank you |
| 15:41 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | But what that means Teddy? |
| 15:42 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | I do not want to pressure them in completing their assignment |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | If they want assessment, they would have to show their assignment? |
| 15:42 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | They do not share because they are shy |
| 15:42 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | exactly Elfbiter |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And unsure of their skills |
| 15:43 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | yes |
| 15:43 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | I mean not all classes are the same, maybe in photography because it's like art, but for example making a building, it could be tested |
| 15:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And perhaps don't want the pressure of being assessed while learning iteratively. |
| 15:43 | Gronk Seriman | The simple test is if you produce an object the class taught you. Simple! |
| 15:43 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | But they only would have to share it with the Professor, there's no need that they show it to all the class maybe |
| 15:43 | Sanylle | Then use really bad photos as class examples , so even the shy ones think "I can do better than that!" |
| 15:44 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Define "bad photo" |
| 15:44 | Sanylle | no |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The is verging into a separate and perhaps long meeting in itself. |
| 15:45 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | It could be optional, not obligatory |
| 15:46 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | making an assessment and getting the certificate |
| 15:46 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It would not be optional to the instructor, if we were to do that. |
| 15:47 | Gronk Seriman | Honestly, Nobody cares about certificates in SL! If you built a house I like I buy it! Skills proved! |
| 15:47 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | If there is sufficient demand, having a separate meeting would be worthwhile. |
| 15:47 | Jorge Serapis | I think we have to differentiate between the certifications. One would be doing the complete tutorial, and others would be of the classes themselves. Considering most of the classes are arranged as one offs, as opposed to say the photography class, it might be uneven to offer a certification that's valid across the spectrum, nu? |
| 15:48 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | alright, so it's a problem of the Instructor work load mostly then I suppose for what you're saying in part |
| 15:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | One of the reasons it's a separate meeting, Jorge. Not a simple topic. |
| 15:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any other matters? |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | None? |
| 15:49 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | It's simple, students who wants the certificate, have to do all the tutorial and the assessment, and others can do whatever they want, go to just 1 class, or like they want to do it, in my opinion |
| 15:49 | Gronk Seriman | Where are we now with the multilingual signboards in the Orientation? |
| 15:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Then we are adjourned. |
| 15:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks you all for coming and participating. |
| 15:50 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | If a good Thanksgiving or the equivalent. |
| 15:51 | Ingo (tkb158) nuzzles on Kara's leg | |
| 15:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Have a * |
| 15:51 | Kara2016 | giggles. |
| 15:51 | Ingo (tkb158) | puRrrRrRrrrrRrr |
| 15:51 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | But it was a suggestion because I want start studying here and I thought it could be very valuable, I don't know how things are here... I mean, what University doesn't give a certificate? I'm sorry but I wanted to say what I thought maybe it maybe necessary another meeting dedicated to that |
| 15:51 | Kara2016 | <..ruffles Ingo's main.. |
| 15:52 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | BEdtime for me. ATtempted at least |
| 15:52 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | thank you for taking it in consideration |
| 15:52 | Phrynne | Pure N, this is a place for newcomers to learn Second Life skills. It is not a full University. |
| 15:52 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | yeah, I know |
| 15:52 | Kara2016 | Hugs Ingo. good night. |
| 15:52 | Agatha Macbeth | TC Ingo |
| 15:52 | Kara2016 | Thank you Deans. |
| 15:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Kara. |
| 15:52 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hold the fort. |
| 15:52 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | but well, I wanted to tell you my idea... Thanks |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | night eb |
| 15:53 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | goodbye everyone |
| 15:53 | Martini Discovolante | night Mr EB! |
| 15:53 | Martini Discovolante | stolid dreams! |
| 15:53 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |
| 15:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Good to see you ms Martini |
| 15:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Miss Gronk, I was serious about looking into the entry lighting. The pads are full bright, but the avatars there are full dark at night. |
| 15:54 | Martini Discovolante | evening Miss Jones |
| 15:55 | Gronk Seriman | I can help with that. |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And delighted to have your tiny self with us today, Martini. |
| 15:56 | Martini Discovolante | :) |
| 15:56 | Martini Discovolante | i have a concert to attend tonight! |
| 15:57 | Martini Discovolante | so actual tiem to hang out... it is fun seeing everyone. |
| 15:57 | Phrynne | that's a great outfit! |
| 15:57 | Martini Discovolante | it is a copy of Graham Parson's Nudie Suit. |
| 15:57 | Phrynne | :) |
| 15:57 | Martini Discovolante | i left the pills off tho. |
| 15:58 | Martini Discovolante | its a different world now. |
| 15:58 | Phrynne | yes |
| 15:58 | Pure N (puranaturaleza) | bye all |
| 15:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It is. |
| 15:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | tc Pure. |
| 15:58 | Agatha Macbeth | BFN |
| 15:58 | Martini Discovolante | i gotta go to dinner. |
| 15:58 | Martini Discovolante | see you all. |
| 15:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | See you. Enjoy. |
| 15:58 | Martini Discovolante | have to conserve power |
| 15:59 | Martini Discovolante | a bientot |
| 15:59 | lovejoy2199 shouts | SITTING BULLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 15:59 | Agatha Macbeth | Bon apetit |
| 16:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | headed below to pull the rides out |
| 16:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | night |