Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2019-05-05

14:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi Andrea
14:46 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hi
14:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Cool chair
14:47 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) ty
14:48 Phrynne I tried another chair but the animations in it didn't let me visibly speak
14:48 Phrynne brb
14:48 lovejoy2199 Greetings everyone
14:48 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hi lovejoy
14:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, lovejoy
14:48 lovejoy2199 Hello Dean
14:48 lovejoy2199 Hello Chancellor
14:50 lovejoy2199 Ahhh... the music is fixed today.
14:53 Phrynne ahhhhh, Chopin
14:53 lovejoy2199 *smile*
14:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Elf
14:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thinks about taking a nap in the sun on the Chopin block.
14:56 lovejoy2199 boooooooo
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Daisy
15:00 Daisy341xo thanks
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting;
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner.
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion.
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Transcripts will be posted after the meeting.
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php
15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne, anything for this week?
15:02 Phrynne Yes, one thing:
15:02 Phrynne The Caledon Quest is closed, indefinitely, for re scripting.
15:03 Phrynne This is because Brigadoon was part of the Quest, and Brigadoon has been closed down.
15:03 Phrynne So, until the Quest has been re-scripted, it's closed.
15:03 Phrynne If anyone asks, tell them to talk to me.
15:03 Phrynne that's it
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen (Welcome Tamarynd and Lightweaver)
15:04 lovejoy2199 One less train ride.
15:04 Lightweaver Balan waves
15:04 Phrynne I don't have any sense of time for this; I'm not the one doing the scripting. The Quest's creator, Dean Emeritus Marion Questi, will let me know when it reopens.
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you, Phrynne
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea?
15:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Everyone is invited to come join our get-together this coming Sunday the 5th from 4pm to 6pm SLT.

This will be the first of what I hope will be a bi-weekly event on Sundays to help raise funds for the COU. While the University is user funded, we do not require a donation to attend our events.

This week the theme is belly dancing. We will be at the Belly Dancing Pavilion in the Oxbridge Village, Caledon. Our Dj will be DJ Piper Steampunk. Caledon Oxbridge Village (98,23,22)
15:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) dj's willing to donate their time, or negotiate a fee are needed
15:06 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) locations can be provided
15:06 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Kara, and thank you.
15:06 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) unless someone wishes to donate a space and dj, though outside Caledon may need approval first
15:07 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) other than that. Nothing else
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Nods. Thank you Andrea.
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen I got the web interface for the staff translators cut over to the version 3 API about 03:00 on 30 April. The older V2 interface was supposed to be shutdown on that day.
15:09 Daisy341xo do you have any advice for news people here?
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hold that thought for just a few minutes, Daisy.
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen At 4 pm SLT, of course, I got a notice from Microsoft that they are extending the life of the old interface (Grrr).
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen However, the newer interface uses neural networks rather than statistical methods, and is supposed to give better translations..
15:12 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) hopes so
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen I brought financial estimates up to date this morning, and sent info to Andrea and Rainy.
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen The Throne of Steam coins brought in 11,338 $L. As of today, we are running a nominal surplus of just under 18k $L, up from 12k $L at last report here.
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Good work, Andrea and any assistants.
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Turn-out was very good, Many thanks to those that came and helped.
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's it for reports, open for questions.
15:15 Kara2016 Smiles brightly.
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Daisy, back to you, we have the basic skills tutorial in six buildings.
15:16 Daisy341xo cool
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are classes on the schedule (on the wall here and several copies at Oxbridge)
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are some specific mini-tutorials in the ante-room to the sandbox and on the atelier.
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen And there are often tutors present in the plaza to answer questions.
15:19 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) waves
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne, want to add anything?
15:19 Phrynne Feel free to explore wherever you like in Caledon, which includes all the adjoining regions near us, and anywhere else you like.
15:20 Phrynne There are 23,800 regions in Second Life, and although some are private, many are open to everyone.
15:20 Daisy341xo okay
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen Tutors will have a group tag like what Elfbiter and Eva have, btw.
15:20 Daisy341xo okay*
15:21 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Still hosting the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 AM.
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen And that is no particular experience required to attend?
15:22 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) please feel free to visit the dance later today,
15:22 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) you don't have to be dressed in theme
15:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen Just in something.
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any other matters?
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hearing none,
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen We are, adjourned.
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you all for coming and participating.
15:25 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) No demands of writing experience :)
15:25 Kara2016 Thank you, Deans.