Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2020-12-13
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Elf. :) |
| 14:51 | Phrynne | hello Word (have been getting tea) |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Phrynne |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Gronk |
| 14:52 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) is still minding his right hand | |
| 14:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Hammer Op. |
| 14:52 | Gronk Seriman | Good evening, everybody! |
| 14:53 | HammerOperator | Chancellor, good evening. Happy Holidays. |
| 14:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you. |
| 14:54 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings everyone |
| 14:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Greetings, Lovejoy |
| 14:55 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Chancellor |
| 14:55 | lovejoy2199 | Ty Herr Skysmith. |
| 14:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Larky |
| 14:57 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you. Hi everyone |
| 14:57 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Larky |
| 14:57 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hey Lovejoy |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Well, this is looking like it will be an Oxbridge Dean's Q&A (apostrophe position shift) |
| 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 | On to my own reports, first on the multi-language kiosks. |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The doorway posters in the Entry Building are now multi-language. I created a flat kiosk to hold them. |
| 15:03 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Kara, much appreciated. |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm up to working on kiosk 2.13 (13/15) on the second building, so expecting to convert that building before the end of the month. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | On to finances |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | . Account Balance on 2020-12-13 376,431 $L Unpaid stipend liability 7,500 $L Accrued tier liability 55,035 $L Total accrued liability 62,535 $L Base reserve 225,000 $L Minimum target balance 287,535 $L Surplus 88,896 $L |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So, Andrea has been working to increase our surplus since we have no idea what people will be able to contribute in 2021 with the economic impact of the pandemic |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So we're are about 90k above my normal reserve + liabilities with expenditures of about 107k $L per quarter. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's for tier an instructor stipends paid per class. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's what I have report wise. Open to questions and other announcements |
| 15:12 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elf, are you continuing your writers' workshop through to the 1st? |
| 15:12 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Still hosting the Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 AM. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Okay, that puts one on the 24th ... Morning here but not for you. |
| 15:14 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yup. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Let me know if you decide to cancel. |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 15:14 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | It will be Zoom xmas anyway |
| 15:15 | Phrynne raises a paw | |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne? |
| 15:15 | Phrynne | What's the status of finding people to teach the classes that Lindal taught? |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Sandie has volunteered to take over avatar safety, but she just IMed me that she's been sick and out today. |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Larky put out a call for instructors on COU, but I've had no responses from that. |
| 15:17 | Larky (larkylouz) | Also COUG and ISC, I think. |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Larky has also volunteered to take over the inventory class that I was teaching before working on the poster translations. |
| 15:18 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | One lady actually asked about the inventory class today |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That leaves us still down on Land and smart shopping. |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Larky has all the material I was using now. So inventory class will be coming back |
| 15:20 | Phrynne | Do you have copies of this year's class notes for the two classes that need teachers? |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We might have more luck flushing out instructors after the holidays. |
| 15:20 | Phrynne | nods. Thank you |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | of course. |
| 15:20 | Larky (larkylouz) | I'm thinking I can start teaching on the 19th at 5p Or 7p would be okay, too. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | At your convenience. Saturdays are now wide open. |
| 15:22 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thought it would be a good day to put something on the schedule. |
| 15:22 | Larky (larkylouz) | :^) |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hearing nothing, |
| 15:23 | Larky (larkylouz) | I'll look into permission to post on some other groups. Maybe other steampunk regions and other helper sims? |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | nods |
| 15:23 | Larky (larkylouz) | kk, on my list |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And we are adjourned. |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you all for coming and participating. |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Going to bed myself |
| 15:24 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Dean! |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hold the fort. |
| 15:25 | lovejoy2199 | Sleep well Elf. |
| 15:25 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |