14:32 |
lovejoy2199 |
Grettings Provost Emeritus |
14:36 |
Ember (emberell) |
Lovejoy, welcome |
14:36 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello again to you, Dean. |
14:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Lovejoy. |
14:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Howdy, Ember |
14:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Elfbiter |
14:44 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi everyone |
14:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty :) |
14:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Larky |
14:46 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello 'BA' |
14:47 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thank you, Word. Hi 'LJ' ;^p |
14:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
She is "BA" lovejoy, just let somebody jump on the stage and try to hijack her class and .... |
14:52 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
LOL |
14:52 |
Ember (emberell) |
BAP |
14:52 |
Ember (emberell) |
:-) |
14:52 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I need a Badass emoji. I'll have to work on that. |
14:53 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Phrynne |
14:54 |
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Phrynne waves, Baby Yoda gurgles, Tommy purrs |
14:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Phrynne |
14:54 |
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Ember (emberell) nods at Phrynne. This is the way. |
14:54 |
Ember (emberell) |
Andrea, welcome |
14:54 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
gives Wordsmith a cold foot |
14:54 |
Ember (emberell) |
Rainy, welcome! |
14:54 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi Rainy |
14:55 |
RainyDayRecess |
HI Ember! ;) |
14:55 |
RainyDayRecess |
Hello everyone! |
14:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Rainy (mirage) |
14:55 |
Phrynne |
I don't expect a full house, considering the Superbowl. |
14:55 |
Ember (emberell) |
Strandwind, welcome |
14:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Garret |
14:56 |
Ember (emberell) |
I should have brought my Owl |
14:56 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
There are the three guys who have seen every superbowl.... |
14:56 |
lovejoy2199 |
hummm..I thought it would be the 'Winter Olympics', lol |
14:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Strandwind |
14:56 |
Strandwind |
Hello everyone! |
14:56 |
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RainyDayRecess waves |
14:57 |
Strandwind |
Heya Wordsmith, thank you! |
14:57 |
Strandwind |
Helle Rainy! |
14:57 |
RainyDayRecess |
;) |
15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Shaerken, welcome |
15:00 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) waves at Ember after finally getting on a seat |
15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome Shaerken |
15:00 |
Strandwind |
Uuups, heya Ember! |
15:00 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) waves greetings to all and sundry |
15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Lia, Adjective ,welcome! ❤ |
15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and the bells having rung |
15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome,. Mowgli. |
15:01 |
Strandwind |
Hello Shaerken! |
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 |
15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Lia and Highlyadj |
15:01 |
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highlyadjective smiles |
15:01 |
Lia (tokyorii) |
Hello hello. |
15:01 |
Strandwind |
Hello Lia! |
15:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ember, what do you have from Commons? |
15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
RL has been somewhat very busy for me lately, but I've been continuing to prod at some of the older notecards we offer to newcomers/staff. As always, Oxbridge is looking for those interested in becoming tutors, or otherwise just helping on campus. If your'e interested in being a tutor, please just reach out to me, or any of the other tutors here |
15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi badger frozen |
15:03 |
badgerofzen |
hullo andrea |
15:03 |
badgerofzen |
hullo all |
15:03 |
RainyDayRecess |
;) |
15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Besides that, with the coming of spring., Oxbridge Campus is looking much greener. I've gone ahead and cycled in some of the spring foliage, and will be adding to that over the next few months as that lingers. That's all from me, though. |
15:04 |
Strandwind |
Hello Badger. |
15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The return of spring foliage always seems upbeat. |
15:04 |
badgerofzen |
hullo |
15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you, Ember |
15:04 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
What's the role of a "tutor" pls? |
15:04 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Andrea? |
15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank you Badger for the donation. |
15:05 |
badgerofzen |
:) |
15:05 |
highlyadjective |
BTW it is snowing for me IRL, can you fix that too? :) |
15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Tutors help by keeping a presence at Oxbridge's plaza area, or in the help group ( Caledon Oxbridge University Group ). A tutor is someone who is officially on Oxbridge's staff as a helper, rather than the number of folk who come by to casually help. |
15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Greeter, helper, explainer, Garret |
15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
Generally tutors have access to the staff resources and notecard that I, Larky, and some of the others help maintain, and better lines of communication in times of trouble. Though if there IS ever trouble, everyone should always feel free to reach out to me. I have IMs sent to email |
15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome, Lyban |
15:06 |
Garret Black (pantau) |
Thanks a lot ;o) |
15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'm working on the new build for next weeks dance. will be spring related. I hope you can all attend. Now that I have a computer capable of running second life. I'm playing catch up on projects. |
15:06 |
Lyban |
thank you, Wordsmith :smiles |
15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
So nect Sunday is a bi-weekly dance event |
15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Also, Caledonian Nights is under going a clean up on all parcels and that is time consuming |
15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Right now we are looking good on Funds. Though the Relay for Life events are starting up. |
15:08 |
Ember (emberell) |
Agatha, welcome |
15:08 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Hiya hiya hiya |
15:08 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
One reason We bank back money for the year. |
15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I still have some special events for the COU in mind. But Rl has been tough. |
15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I will get things done as I can. Notices will be coming out to cover new events. |
15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Back to you word |
15:10 |
highlyadjective |
Thanks for all your work Andrea |
15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you much, Andrea. and glad to hear you are back with a working computer. |
15:10 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
welcome katie |
15:10 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
highlyadjective gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
15:11 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you so much for your donation, Adjective! |
15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank you highly. |
15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
every linden counts |
15:11 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankee Andrea! |
15:11 |
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highlyadjective nods |
15:12 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Mowgli Soy gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
15:12 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank yo Mr Soy |
15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
And thank you, too, Mowgli. Every bit is so, so appreciated. ❤ |
15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
As of this morning, we have a bank account surplus of about 180k $L with all instructor stipends paid to date. That's after subtracting liabilities for 38 days of tier, a reserve of 225k $L, and a patron liability. And as Andrea mentioned, contributions tend to decrease somewhat during RFL fund-raising season. |
15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks to Andrea and her helpers, we are in a very good financial state to get past that, something that wasn't true a few years back. |
15:15 |
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Agatha Macbeth applauds Andrea |
15:15 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Andrea for all of your hard work ;) |
15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
Very lovely work, Andrea ❤ |
15:15 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) cheers |
15:16 |
highlyadjective |
Yes indeed :) |
15:16 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thank you to all who donate. Every linden counts |
15:16 |
Strandwind |
Thank you very much Andrea! |
15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Visitor statistics on our website are up to date. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, the graphs on the back wall are current to today. |
15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We have Lindal Kidd back teaching Avatar Safety, helping our class hours taught (upper left graph) |
15:18 |
Strandwind |
I just want to say: this week I had the possibility to take the class about “Avatar Safety” with Lindal Kidd. Awesome class! I already have been to a class “Keep calm and report griefers”, but Lindal had some more hints that are very useful. Thanks to Lindal and to Oxbridge. I can recommend that class very strongly ❤. |
15:19 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I think we would still need someone to teach virtual land management.... |
15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's one of the best for learning how to take care in this world. |
15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If you think of Oxbridge as just serving newbies, look again at the graph on the upper right. |
15:20 |
highlyadjective |
It looks like a slight overall decline, except that it starts in 2020, which was probably not a normal year |
15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'd like to bring the newbie part back up and am working with inworld educators who now have a single core sim under design in the new 5000 sim slot reserve |
15:22 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
hi Sandie |
15:22 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
evenings fellow students watsup |
15:22 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
One mention, If you have become a patron or sponsor. Please note that Wordsmith is our only everything for the COU, he maintains all the scripts, the website, and translators, etc....So it takes time to make changes. This is on top of working in RL. |
15:22 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Woot, Woot! |
15:23 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hello Night Rider |
15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I have added Sig and Jan to the sponsor page on the web |
15:24 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Two of our newest sponsors |
15:24 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
sorry means nothing to me lol |
15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Sponsors are what keep Oxbridge running, Night Runner. They're quite aprpeciated folk around here. |
15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/sponsors.php |
15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Night Rider* |
15:24 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
ah ok |
15:25 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
i dont get enough money in RL to even sponsor a website as im on benefits |
15:25 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Every linden counts, Thank yo so much to everyone. |
15:26 |
highlyadjective |
Nothing to be embarrassed about Night Rider :) |
15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
When I mentioned Patron liability, Sig and Jan each donated for the entire year, but I'm only recognizing the funds month by month, so the unrecognized funds act as a liability on the account balance. |
15:26 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
heres a question what does patron do |
15:26 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
All our COU events are free to attend so don;t worry about donating if you can't. |
15:26 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
ok |
15:27 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Patrons are those who provide significant financial support to Caledon Oxbridge Univ. |
15:27 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
ah ok |
15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A patron donate 2500 $L per month |
15:27 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Patrons, sponsors provide a regular donation that we use with other donations to fund the university |
15:27 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
righto |
15:28 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
im thinking of going to the RL uni this year on a remote learning course |
15:28 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
recovering from depression atm |
15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So they go toward keeping Oxbridge's finances stable because they find value in what we provide. |
15:29 |
highlyadjective |
Best wishes with that Night Rider |
15:29 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
ty |
15:29 |
Sandie Harbour |
sigh |
15:29 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
were not for Caledon i would,ve gone crazy pffft |
15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hi, Sandie |
15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And, open to questions in general |
15:29 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Second life is often a refuge for many |
15:30 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Still hosting the Writers' Meeting every Thursday 11:00 AM SLt. Still no demands to writer specifically for the meeting |
15:30 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Note, Caledonian Nights will have a after valentines dance Tuesday night at 6. Notice to come out no later than MOnday at 8 |
15:31 |
highlyadjective |
It's a nice library you have there for the meeting Elf :) |
15:31 |
Strandwind |
I know that RL takes much time. But I am looking forward to a new scripting class by Sandy. “Ring the bell” was awesome. Are you preparing a new script class? |
15:32 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
We have two Sandie/Sandy profs here! Sandy Burgess teaches the Ring the Bell class. Sandie Harbour teaches Time to Make a Clock |
15:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That would be a question and a nudge to Sandy |
15:32 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
a time machine lol? |
15:32 |
Strandwind |
Sandy Burgess I mean. |
15:33 |
Strandwind |
(And sorry, if I seem to be a bit greedy.) |
15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Contact her with a nudge that you'd like to see another class |
15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not at all, Strandwind. |
15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I also have seven posts on scripting on the Guardian |
15:34 |
Strandwind |
Thank you Wordsmith, I will do that. |
15:35 |
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Strandwind hopes that she is not too greedy for a new class. |
15:35 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
lol |
15:35 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
tick tock tick tock |
15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Here's the start of the series I wrote http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/guardian/2018/08/20/the-environment-of-lsl-scripting/ |
15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other comments, questions, or announcements? |
15:36 |
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Shaerken Changeheart (changeheartshaerken) makes a note and bookmarks the page. |
15:37 |
lovejoy2199 |
Word: The inworld sim of 5,000. Where can I get more info about it? Will COU have a building there? |
15:37 |
Strandwind |
Thank you Wordsmith! |
15:37 |
highlyadjective |
Thank you indeed :) |
15:37 |
Wolff Bikcin |
that was my question, too, lovejoy |
15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
yvw, Strandwind and highlyadj. |
15:38 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
greetings Larky we meet again hehe |
15:38 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Yes we do |
15:38 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
lol |
15:38 |
Night Rider (colin.nemeth) |
brb 5 mins |
15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Larky, you are keeping our classes listed on the Aether chrononauts Caledar? |
15:39 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
yes, and on the Caledon Calendar and SL Events Calendars |
15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Is the Caledon Calendar a Google calendar? |
15:40 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
yes |
15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
What's the link to that, please? |
15:41 |
Wolff Bikcin |
Question: Can someone say a word about the "the new 5000 sim slot reserve"? Perhaps I missed it. |
15:42 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I'm looking for it, Word. Just a sec |
15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sure Wolff. |
15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Linden Lab has, after a lapse, become interested in promoting education in virtual worlds and Second Life and appointed a liaison to work with VWEC (Virtual World Education Consortium) |
15:44 |
Strandwind |
Ahhhh! Awesome! |
15:44 |
Wolff Bikcin |
And they're setting aside 5000 sims for that purpose? |
15:45 |
highlyadjective |
Very nice |
15:45 |
Wolff Bikcin |
I'm impressed ㋡ |
15:45 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Wow! |
15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
As part of that, they have reserved a global map area of 5000+ sims in which educational sims can be brought into proximity. That includes the ability to have locked-down K-12 blocks within the reserve. Some sims may have adjacency, but that's optional by mutual agreement. |
15:47 |
Wolff Bikcin |
That was such a loss when so many universities left SL. I delighted to hear that |
15:48 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
I wonder if EduFinland could expand again... |
15:48 |
Strandwind |
Uuuuiehhh! Very good news! |
15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
They could, within the reserve |
15:49 |
lovejoy2199 |
btw: Are the 'sims' on mainland? |
15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No, lovejoy. This is separate from mainland. The Lindens provide one core sim. the rest will be estate sims, but there will be an educational discount on tier. |
15:51 |
Phrynne |
Is it located near any of the mainland regions? or off in some other direction? |
15:51 |
lovejoy2199 |
So, any idea of the 'tier'? |
15:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Off in some other direction, I believe |
15:52 |
lovejoy2199 |
In, other words, they are still working that out. |
15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not that I have yet, lovejoy. |
15:52 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yeah, from my understanding and what I know, they are still putting the finer details together |
15:52 |
lovejoy2199 |
Work in progress. No problem. |
15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The global coordinates of the reserve have been set, and the core sim has been created but not yet designed. This is just a couple of weeks old. |
15:54 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But part of it is to have a place where education administrators can come in and feel that it looks and smells of education, opening up outside policy opportunities. |
15:55 |
highlyadjective |
I hope those who tried before and left will feel comfortable returning :) |
15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And I've managed to end up on several of the committees. |
15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the VWBPE conference is coming up in March, btw |
15:58 |
Wolff Bikcin |
https://www.vwbpe.org/ |
15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty Wolff. |
15:59 |
Wolff Bikcin |
yvw |
15:59 |
highlyadjective |
I've been sick this weekend so I am going to bow out and rest |
15:59 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Feel Better Soon! |
15:59 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Get well soon |
15:59 |
highlyadjective |
Best wishes to all here and those not here but not quite so much |
15:59 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
feel better |
15:59 |
highlyadjective |
Thank you ! |
15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And I'll be co-presenting a seminar on violent weather to Science Circle (inworld) at 10am on the 26th. |
16:00 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Interesting |
16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And time to adjourn |
16:00 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
that hour went fast! |
16:00 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty all for coming. be well |
16:00 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Thankeees! |
16:00 |
RainyDayRecess |
Thank you Deans! ;) |
16:01 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Attempted bedtime |
16:01 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort |
16:01 |
Wolff Bikcin |
thank you, Wordsmith and Deans. This was informative. |
16:01 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
thank you for all you're doing, Word. I had no idea. Thanks, Ember, Andrea, et.al |
16:01 |
RainyDayRecess |
Sweat Dreams EB |
16:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
see you all soon |
16:01 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
16:01 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
cheers and good night! |
16:01 |
Lyban |
Goodnight, Mr Elfbiter |
16:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
night elf be well |
16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks all, for coming and participating |
16:01 |
Strandwind |
Thank you very much! |
16:02 |
Strandwind |
Take care and good bye! |
16:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Next week, Larky will be moderating the General Q&A |
16:04 |
RainyDayRecess |
Have a good evening everyone ;) |
16:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
night |
16:04 |
RainyDayRecess |
I''m going to get back to RL, night |
16:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
me too |
16:04 |
RainyDayRecess |
See you all soon |
16:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
gotta go shopping for food |
16:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
fee you all soon |
16:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Time for me to head back to RL for now |
16:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Take care friends |