Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2018-12-30
| 14:48 | Phrynne | hi Andrea! |
| 14:49 | Phrynne | that is an impressive throne |
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi, Andrea |
| 14:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi all |
| 14:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty |
| 14:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Agatha, Drew, amano, Frigid and Elf. |
| 14:57 | Agatha Macbeth | Hello |
| 14:57 | amano03 | ^_^ |
| 14:57 | amano03 | hello |
| 14:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Star |
| 14:57 | Frigid Cryotank | Dean Jarvinen, thank you.. and a Happy New Year. |
| 14:58 | star (astarynite) | Thank you |
| 14:58 | star (astarynite) | Hi everyone |
| 14:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Frigid. |
| 14:58 | Drew Lokaria | Hi |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Kara |
| 15:00 | 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 | And, ty Kara. It all helps keep Oxbridge above the waves. |
| 15:02 | mousstafdz | hello every one |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome mousstafdz |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Miss Gronk |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | .looks like cocoon went under recently, or they are down for some reason |
| 15:03 | Gronk Seriman | Coocoon moved. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh? great. do you have the new LM |
| 15:03 | Agatha Macbeth | Maybe it hatched and flew away |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Teddy, (amazing gown) |
| 15:04 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Thank you =) |
| 15:04 | - ̗̀ Teddy Bear ̖́- (atlasshrugged3) | Thank You ! |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome all to the last Q&A for 2018! This is an open meeting. All are welcome unless they misbehave in disruptive ways. Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne, what do you have for this week? |
| 15:07 | Phrynne | The Advent Calendar is ending tomorrow morning -- I will be taking it apart tomorrow. I think it's been a great success. We have had hundreds of people come through Oxbridge, many of whom may never have been there before. |
| 15:07 | Phrynne | And we have gotten thank-you notes -- I don't recall more than one in past years but there are several this year. Here is one: |
| 15:07 | Phrynne | Thank you for hosting the advent calendar at Caledon Oxbridge this year. It's great fun to see the spiral of boxes developing, and the gifts are awesome. Please thank all your donors for me. I know it takes a lot of work to set this up. Thank you for all your effort. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | I want to join with the author of this -- and thank everyone who helped with the Advent Calendar this year, by making and donating things, by talking about it to others, helping in any way. And especial thanks to Star, who did a marvelous job of finding people and gifts. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | Thank you to everyone involved! |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Much appreciated. |
| 15:10 | Phrynne | Tomorrow, when I take down the Calendar, I plan to extend the ice rink and give everyone more space to skate and interesting things to skate around and through. The other holiday decorations come down Dec. 7, because Dec. 6 is a holiday with gifts in some countries. |
| 15:10 | Phrynne | And then I'll figure out something suitable to the season for decoration. |
| 15:10 | Phrynne | That's all from me for now. |
| 15:10 | Phrynne looks back at Word | |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Phrynne. |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And I'll add that Phrynne, who celebrated her 6th rezday yesterday, has been a good friend and colleague and one willing to disagree with me, when she believes it necessary. It is much easier to keep Oxbridge in straight and level flight with her efforts and input. :P |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Many thanks to everyone that has donated their time, money and expertise in helping The University raise the funds needed to keep the doors open. Your aid this past year has really made the difference. Next year we will get started early with different activities to help raise funds for the operational costs of the university. Many thanks for your continued support. |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | looks back at Wordsmith |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Andrea. |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not much from me definitive this week. Networking at various parties, collecting something like 25 emails every day from touches to the Advent boxes. Now comes analyzing it all along with the visitor stats. I'll hopefully have that by next week. |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The CVL-Caledon sci-fi short story discussion will be 10 Jan at the CVL campfire. And Feb's will be back at the Southend meeting center. |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'll be paying tier on 2 Jan and we should have enough surplus above nominal to ride through the spring downturn. |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That last (the surplus) is due to the efforts of Andrea, Stereo, Star, and others. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elfbiter has his Writers' Workshop Thursdays at 11 am. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anyone else have announcements they'd like to make? |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Questions? |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Comments? |
| 15:22 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Anyone want a prompt? :-) |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yeah, I know :-) |
| 15:23 | Drew Lokaria | ty for taking the time to meet with us today |
| 15:23 | Phrynne | I've found that if I jump off the right-hand side of the front of this platform, and use my arrow keys, I can glide to around the plaza before I land. Depends on avatar, and clothing, but worth a try. |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hearing nothing, may this next journey around the sun treat you all well and bring you joy and happiness, and we are adjourned. |