Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A for 2023-09-24

14:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi Andrea
14:45 Edmund Broek Hail, Chancellor and Dean.
14:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Edumnd
14:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome Phrynne
14:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, lovejoy
14:49 lovejoy2199 Greetings everyone
14:49 lovejoy2199 Hello Chancellor
14:52 Wordsmith Jarvinen The music stream appears to be streaming correctly
14:52 Phrynne hello Andrea, Word, Edmund, Lovejoy
14:53 Edmund Broek Hi, Phrynne.
14:53 lovejoy2199 Hello Phrynne
14:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Elfbiter
14:54 Phrynne /me waves to Mr. Elfbiter
14:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Lia
14:55 Phrynne hello NeoGuv!
14:55 lovejoy2199 Greetings Herra Skysmith
14:55 NeoBokrug Elytis Good afternoon everyone.
14:55 Lia (tokyorii) hello hello
14:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Neo
14:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Larky
14:57 Larky (larkylouz) Hi Word. Thanks
14:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome Lauren
14:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Agatha
14:58 Agatha Macbeth Hi Word
14:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, Kal
14:58 Kal (discotraxx) hi, ty
14:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome Zaida
14:59 Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) /me waves
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting;
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner.
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion.
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Transcripts will be posted after the meeting.
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen The bell having rung
15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Dean Ember is still on Vacation today, so no report from the Commons other than Ember started converting the appearance to Fall before leaving.
15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea?
15:03 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) dance for our Bi-Weekly Caledon Oxbridge University dance!!! All about Space and related tunes DJ'd by DJ Sasha!! Please dress for family oriented atmosphere!
15:03 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) let me know if you need the LM
15:03 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) back to you Word
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen ty Andrea, do you need Mint to drop by with coins?
15:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) already done
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk
15:04 Lia (tokyorii) whispers: Sadly must be off, Have a good Q&A
15:05 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) bye Lia
15:05 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Hello everyone!!!
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Just a few things from me this week. All instructor stipends are paid to date, and the statistics on our sebsite are current. https://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php.
15:06 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hi Sasha
15:06 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) /me waves
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen The larger news is that Oxbridge is now a full sim and an official LL gateway, which should bring in more newbies.
15:07 Agatha Macbeth Oh
15:08 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) That sounds fun
15:08 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Nice
15:08 Larky (larkylouz) That's great!
15:08 Phrynne full sim??
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen With that, open for comment, questions, and admirable announcements
15:08 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) No dorms :-)
15:08 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) oo maybe the gargoyles can come back
15:08 Agatha Macbeth Or pool tables
15:08 Larky (larkylouz) We'd best open a bordello to draw customers....
15:08 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) How does it affect the budget?
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen updated mesh gargoyles perhaps, yes
15:09 lovejoy2199 Did somebody say 'pool table', Elf.
15:09 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) somebody did :-)
15:09 Agatha Macbeth /me whistles
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen We've been cut a deal we couldn't refuse, Elf
15:10 Phrynne will we be paying more tier?
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen No, Phrynne.
15:10 Phrynne excellent!
15:10 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Okay
15:10 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Good deal
15:11 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Does that mean a new avi can choose to create an avi here then?
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen And the biggie is that the need to become a standalone sim was waived.
15:11 Phrynne good!
15:11 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I think it still takes some time for more newcomers to come
15:11 lovejoy2199 Does that change the number of avatars that can be in world at one time?
15:12 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Full region should hold... 100, was it?
15:12 Larky (larkylouz) It would be wonderful if someone could take on the task of updating the steampunk avatars in the Hall of Avatar Customization!
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oxbridge will have a Registration API, Sasha
15:12 Larky (larkylouz) what's that, Word?
15:12 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Sweet
15:13 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Meaning we could get new people coming right here?
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen It's a way of registering new avatars and have them directly sent to Oxbridge
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, we could get new people directly, and perhaps limit avatar selection to ones that aren't holding axes.
15:15 Larky (larkylouz) ah, okay. That arrangement sent LOTS of newbies to the FS sims!
15:16 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Or swords. Male angel holds a sword.
15:17 NeoBokrug Elytis I think it would be worth the time to go through the list and take notes. :)
15:17 Agatha Macbeth /me gets the point
15:17 Larky (larkylouz) take notes on what, NeoBokrug? I don't follow?
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen I just remember angels with axes, but yes, no weapons in hand on creation
15:17 NeoBokrug Elytis Which avatars have weapon props.
15:17 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Female angel has a halberd
15:18 Larky (larkylouz) I can volunteer to do that this week, I think.
15:18 NeoBokrug Elytis On creation specifically.
15:18 NeoBokrug Elytis Actually -- give me 5 minutes, I think I can get you a list
15:18 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) And no gargoyle has a minigun even if several gargoyles ended up in Oxbridge with a miniigun for some reason I still don't know...
15:18 Larky (larkylouz) I wonder if we can arrange to do things like have one of Rainy's horses subbed for the ones the newbie avis have - things that are unique to Caledon?
15:18 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) secondlife:///app/agent/3777d1f0-84f2-46de-b721-4bf509507407/about gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) thank you Phrynne for the donation
15:19 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) secondlife:///app/agent/3d304670-5ff5-480f-92ac-50981ec3fb00/about gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19 Phrynne Rainy's horses are so good!
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen So this hopefully will breathe some more life into Oxbridge. And make it easier to recruit instructors.
15:20 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) thank you larky for the donation
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen ty Phrynne and Larky
15:20 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) and maybe someone to help you Word
15:21 NeoBokrug Elytis Starer avs with prop weapons: Anna (Halberd), Riannon (Bow)
15:22 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I have not have that much luck of finding teachers...
15:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen Avoids having to tell new avatars that they need to detach their weapons on arrival.
15:22 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Bow is not wielded. Halberd and sword are held in hand.
15:23 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) As for horse of male rider - that has never worked right for some reason...
15:23 NeoBokrug Elytis The horse attachment is also confusing for new people.
15:23 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Yup
15:23 Larky (larkylouz) If you want me to rework the staffing letter we used to send out, do let me know, Word.
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen yep, the rule is against weapons in hand. Sheathed swords aren't a problem
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen And Elfbiter still has his writers' workshop at 11am SLT on Thursdays
15:24 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Are jobs posted near Welcome area?
15:25 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Maybe we'll grab some attention that way too?
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which reminds me, I did get Q&A transcripts up to date during last week.
15:26 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) thank you word
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen I don't think we have a posting, but could be wrong in that. Ember always does announce that we seek tutors and instructors
15:27 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) ok
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any other topics?
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen hearing nothing
15:28 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) see you at 2
15:29 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) i mean 4
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen we are adjourned
15:29 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Well, it is soon 2 here :-)
15:29 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) come join us for 2 hours of fun
15:29 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Space Dance at 4pm!!
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen thank you all for coming and participating
15:29 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Thank you Word and Andrea!!
15:29 Lauren Mortal /me smiles
15:29 Agatha Macbeth Thanks
15:29 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) see you all soon
15:29 Kal (discotraxx) ty
15:30 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Attempted bedtime again
15:30 Sasha Prismara Featherlight (sashaveiloftears) Nini Elfbiter
15:31 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Hold the fort
15:31 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Be seeing you