20 JULY
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Welcome to Safe Waters Foundation weekly aquatic support gathering. My name is Miranda. I will be leading today’s meeting.
Welcome new and old aquatics and friends!
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey Fina
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Safe waters foundation (SWF) is a not-for-profit group supporting the development of harmony and safety for merfolk and aquatics of second life, we bring together designers, retailers, sims, merrow, mermen, mermaids, siren, aquatics and lovers of same.
[12:01 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:01 PM] cleo sertori (SusanM123 Resident): O cat fish
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: pet the cat fish it’s good luck
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: People seem to arrive late and depart early. Please don’t be offended but as leader I will try to keep the meeting going. We don’t repeat things for latecomers – a log is posted on our blog after the meeting. This is not a place for public debate – this is a helpful place. we all help each other slive an aquatic lifestyle.
[12:02 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: studies show that when you pet the cat fish your day improves by 20 percent
[12:03 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): =^-^=
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Because we usually have good attendance – please take a moment to remove all extra attachments and huds. We’d like you to dress low lag. Big poofy hair and jewelry are big culprits, as are bubbles, script things, huds, and such. If we all cooperate, more merfolk can participate with less crashing. Thank you for your help with this.
[12:03 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident) smiles
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so how was yer week seafolk?
[12:04 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): busy X_X
[12:04 PM] Matticus Merrow: ditto that
[12:04 PM] Marion Sopwith (Marion698 Resident): hot
[12:04 PM] cleo sertori (SusanM123 Resident): fun
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hot and fast
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hot and humid ?
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: they still have not fixed the AC at my job, and it makes me laugh
[12:05 PM] Song (Song Whybrow): awww
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I’ll give you a link to making one after this. remind me
[12:05 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any who
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anymore banter? we have a few more minutes
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ]tala
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay then
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Our priority today is support – we’re all here to help each other, cause we’re awesome like that.
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay so the order is my introduction-done, introduce the new folks, sharing questions, ideas, and support to help each other-ie; tails, hair, bodies, AOs, requests, etc, then PSAs and promotion of events, sales or what ever else needs to be shared, then I close us out with our goals, maybe a group hug and picture.
So here we go!!
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Introductions
If you have brought someone new to this gathering, please introduce them now. If you are new and wish to introduce yourself please do so now.
just click on the podium to sit on it or sit were you are if thats just easier.
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: A very short sentence is all that is needed – for example: hi, I am (your name) and I discovered aquatics (brief description of how you found us) and what I love about being aquatic is (explain here).
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any new folk today?
[12:09 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): yes 🙂
[12:09 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: Holds up hand
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay!
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: swim on down if you can
[12:09 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I’m quite new (brought myself). I discovered SWF at the SLB21. Oh, all that 3 letter words. ^^
[12:10 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): ah
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice ?
[12:10 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I think swimming is ok 🙂
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: where yo you normally like to swim?
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome Gothmog
[12:11 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: Thank you 🙂
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tell us about your self
[12:11 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): As I said, I’m quite new, so I still discover (along some teleports I find at the SWF notecard) 🙂
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome to safe waters ?
[12:12 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: I have been in SL for a few years on and off. But recently have started to work more on my Mer and been looking around for different places 🙂
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: cool ?
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: glad you both came
[12:12 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): Thank you 🙂
[12:12 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): Glad to be here 🙂
[12:12 PM] Song (Song Whybrow): welcome~ [12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we should have a lotta great info for you soon [12:13 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: I have tried to come to a few meetings but got the times wrong lol [12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please make yourselves comfortable [12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah we changed the time to 12 to make it easier for people [12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it used to be 10 [12:14 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: Cool 🙂 [12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Let’s move on to next part of this meeting. [12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Questions and support requests Now – what general questions can we discuss here today? Where do our aquatics need help? If you wish to share here – please im me so that I can call on you. [12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: popular topics include but not limited too tails, aos translators, requests etc [12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask. [12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? [12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anyone? [12:17 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): what’s for lunch? [12:17 PM] Matticus Merrow: shrimp? [12:17 PM] Matticus Merrow: shramp [12:17 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I have a question [12:17 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): =^.^= Nahm Nahm Nahm! [12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well I had a ham sandwich with Ponyo [12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: whats your question [12:18 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): 🙂 [12:18 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I noticed that you use “Tala” insterad of hello sometimes. What’s the meaning of that? Where does it come from? [12:19 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): Ooh… [12:19 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): welcome to the world of mermish =^-^= [12:19 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): hehe [12:19 PM] Matticus Merrow waits for fina the mermish language expert [12:19 PM] Fawn Cobalt Greets you [12:19 PM] Fawn Cobalt: ‘•.¸ Tala….¸.•´ [12:19 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~ [12:19 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi) is just a cat =3 [12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh its accepted nomenclature of the merfolk language [12:19 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I heard that at a dance event some days ago, I think (I love dancing ^^) [12:19 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): I see [12:20 PM] Matticus Merrow: there are a couple other common phrases [12:20 PM] Fawn Cobalt: em [12:20 PM] Fawn Cobalt bids you Safe Waters [12:20 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Lusa Em [12:20 PM] Matticus Merrow: passed down by the elders of SL past lol [12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ~Persu Em~~~
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Thank you
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: theres a book called “the secret of mermaids.” I think it comes from that
[12:20 PM] Matticus Merrow: oh really :0
[12:20 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): also, we’ve a mermish generator HUD
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: you can find it on line comes with little figurines
[12:21 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): ah 🙂
[12:21 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): I wonder who wrote it =^-^=
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone smirks
[12:21 PM] Fawn Cobalt wonders if Fina wrote it
[12:21 PM] Peaches2U Camino: lolol
[12:21 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:21 PM] Matticus Merrow: hah
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I’ll pass you an nc with the mer language if you like
[12:21 PM] Matticus Merrow: ?
[12:21 PM] Song (Song Whybrow): Just did
[12:21 PM] Fawn Cobalt: oh, could you pass one to me also, please?
[12:22 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): would be nice. 🙂
[12:22 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): while we’re at it, lemme know if anyone wants a copy of the HUD
[12:22 PM] Song (Song Whybrow): I do!
12:22 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: To ora ra luse la llali tantannul’o delusara de MU
12:22 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: nunulto llali trali frella della setantan
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: once I find it
[12:23 PM] Fawn Cobalt: I would LOVE a copy of the HUD, Fina
[12:24 PM] Gothmog Greymoon: I would like a copy of the HUD please
[12:25 PM] Inventory item offered to Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident)
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: found it
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: alright any other questions?
[12:26 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): just speak on channel 3
12:26 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: meow
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and does anyone else need the notecard?
[12:26 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Yes, please
[12:26 PM] Fawn Cobalt: could you send a NC to me?
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes
[12:27 PM] Inventory item offered to Fawn Cobalt
[12:27 PM] Fawn Cobalt received your inventory offer.
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay if no other questions we will swim on
[12:27 PM] Fawn Cobalt: thank you so much, Miranda
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: np happy to help ?
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you for your questions.
Quick reminders/announcements
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Ad boards are awesome because they can help newer merfolk and aquatics find places to swim. If you need mer traffic, please consider renting an ad board.
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Perks include helping the group and being allowed to post ads in the group chat twice per week. Add in the fact that anyone can ask for the stick and that is great exposure.
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
Be sure to visit the safe waters foundation web site and event calendar at https://swfsl.com/
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and if you find a place that’s open to the public and should be a hangout, invite people to join you ?
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and now…
Public service announcements
Now we allow a limited time for publicity. Who has something fun to share? A store, new sim, event, or news? If you wish to share here – please im me so that I can call on you.
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: When you are called on (and given our invisible talking stick) please swim up to this podium (so people can see you to im if needed) and share (very briefly and preferable in two or three sentences typed in advance as our meeting time is limited)
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so anyone have a share?
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay Fawn the stick is yours
12:31 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: ralu
12:31 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: yay
[12:31 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): :-.,_,.-:‘'*Yayyyyyyy!!!!*:-.,_,.-:*'‘*
[12:31 PM] Fawn Cobalt: should I go up there? or just stay here in my seat?
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if its risking lag you can sit there
[12:32 PM] Fawn Cobalt: sure…that might be easier
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: just make sure everyone can see you
[12:32 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Tala, everyone. My name is Fawn Cobalt. It is so nice to be up here today talking with all of you.
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:32 PM] Fawn Cobalt: I wanted to talk with you briefly today and tell you all about a new group that I started called Travel & Adventure (secondlife:///app/group/5eed6fa3-6ea1-cdb5-16c6-9b5d312ed131/about) This is a group for those seeking to explore, travel and find adventure across the virtual worlds of the SL grid. So, if this is something that you are looking for, this group will be a resource to help you find that.
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: cool ?
[12:33 PM] Fawn Cobalt: If you have a sim or location or event that offers opportunities for exploration and adventure, then this group will be a resource for you to let others know about it and hopefully increase your traffic.
[12:33 PM] [Theatre] :: Fluffy Petter 1.07: F??? ?? has gained total fluffiness level ~ 24800!
[12:33 PM] Fawn Cobalt: I would love to see more mer activity in the group
[12:33 PM] Fawn Cobalt: you could announce mer sims, mer group swims, or events…or if you have place that you would like people to come visit
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: that would be cool ?
[12:34 PM] Fawn Cobalt: and right now we are having a summer travel contest in the group
[12:34 PM] Fawn Cobalt: and, thanks to our wonderful sponsors,
[12:34 PM] Fawn Cobalt: we are giving away thousands of L$ in cash and prizes
[12:34 PM] Fawn Cobalt: so I just wanted to invite people to check out the group
[12:34 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Let me know if you have any questions
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sweet
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you Fawn
[12:35 PM] Fawn Cobalt: yw, Miranda
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: peaches yer up
[12:35 PM] Matticus Merrow: cheers for peaches
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: (brb gobvlins at my door)
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: huggles Miranda and trades the talking stick for a cookie
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hahahahahah
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ~Tala~
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: all
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: glad to be here AND awake^^
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: have TWO UIFs for today
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: KAWAII PROJECT: July 18, 2024to August 12, 2024
https://www.seraphimsl.com/2024/07/18/the-kawaii-project-whispers-to-your-heart/
Whale Plush, four individual colors at L$190 OR FATPACK for L$470
(I chose the blue one)
Stardust http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stardust/162/107/2006
Picture taken at HERE
https://www.flickr.com/photos/160267020@N04/53869770209/in/dateposted/
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: oOoOoOo
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: second one
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Aardvark Flapjack Octopus
Adorable animesh right/left holdables and head pets. These octopuses have a lot of personality. Includes 7 static posed decor options aswell.
Available at Access
https://flickr.com/photos/aardvarksl/
[12:38 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): How is he so fluff? How is he doing that?
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: oOoOoOo
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: 😀
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: might be full of hot air^^
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: back
[12:39 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): So am I and I’m not fluff at all 🙁
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: UIF stands for Universal Item Found
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: welcome back
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Awwww ª_ª
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aww he’s adorable
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: just enough fluff
[12:39 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: I always try to include the direct lm or slurl
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: from right in front of the vend
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: or the item name, so you can do area search
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: dates of the event
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and price if possible
[12:40 PM] Peaches2U Camino: FREE is BEST
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol yes
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it is a magic word
[12:41 PM] Peaches2U Camino: If you write or send pics to your fave stores, they sometimes create items to make you DROOL
[12:42 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Aardvark, Junk Food, are a few recent ones that have noticed mers
[12:42 PM] Peaches2U Camino: its also easier to find aquatic items in the summer
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: really surprising, is when they follow you on social media^^
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: any questions?
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: coolness
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: huggles Miranda and passes back talking stick 😀
[12:44 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi) nibbles the stick =3
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: munches cookie
[12:44 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): mrrrrrrrrp~
[12:44 PM] Peaches2U Camino: tickles Fina
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay other shares before I grab the stick?
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay then ?
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone takes the stick
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Tala I’m Miranda and I come from Antiquity.
we have 16 sims to swim through, homes available, shopping spaces, mer spots, and active groups.
[12:46 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:46 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: mertoplessness is still allowed because apparently LL will not ban me for being around it, thank cod
[12:46 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yesah
[12:46 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: but we’re careful around humans because I’ve seen people faint at the sight of an ankle, which we established is around the fluke. yes humans are weird
[12:47 PM] Song (Song Whybrow): LOL
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are a light rp place but this also means you can im someone and ask if they wanna rp and you might get favorable results. We don’t have set stories each week so everyone is welcome to work out their own.
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it can be silly, it can be serious as long as its largly in the time period
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we have a system called TCS. its a craft/trade/rp system that allows you to trade goods with other mers or landers. You can harvest and create things.
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we also have shops and houses to rent here,
Antiquity Bexar http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Bexar/178/107/2
So if you have any questions, or need lms please shoot me an im. Persu em ?
[12:48 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): 🙂
[12:49 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we still have time does anyone have any last minute shares?
[12:49 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: or we can open up for mild chaos if you like
[12:50 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): CHAOS!!
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we can talk about anything
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: chaos it is.
[12:50 PM] Peaches2U Camino: am up for chaos and tuna sandwiches^^
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Fina why don’t you start us off?
[12:50 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): miiiiiow~~
[12:51 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: now are those sandwiches you feed to tuna or are made outta tuna?
[12:51 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi) scratches the podium =^-^=
[12:51 PM] Peaches2U Camino: yumm
[12:51 PM] Peaches2U Camino: made outta tuna^^
[12:51 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ahhh
[12:51 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi) meows loudly for a sammich
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone opens he bag and feeds the cat her lunch
[12:52 PM] Peaches2U Camino: passes Fina a opened bowl of heaping tuna
[12:52 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi) takes just one bite and purrs happily =^-^=
[12:52 PM] Peaches2U Camino: bread is just window dressing^^
[12:52 PM] F??? ?? (Sapphira Franizzi): =^.^= Nahm Nahm Nahm!
[12:52 PM] Marion Sopwith (Marion698 Resident): lusa em:)
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: -=giggles=-
[12:52 PM] Peaches2U Camino: be safe and well
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: take care
[12:53 PM] Matticus Merrow: gunna skiddadle a tad early, someone just dropped laundry overboard and i need new tops.
[12:53 PM] Matticus Merrow: ?
[12:53 PM] Matticus Merrow: hugs all lusa em
[12:53 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hahahah
[12:53 PM] Peaches2U Camino: be safe and well
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: bye Matt good to see ya
[12:53 PM] Matticus Merrow splashes water with his fin!
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I’ll close us out
[12:53 PM] Gwynevery Golightly (Gwynevery Resident): see you around and thank you 🙂
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: This meeting is now adjourned. Remember our SWF goals:
- to assist those considering an underwater life
- to increase awareness in the general public that there is an underwater option
- to make mer resources (events, projects, groups, retailers, sims, designers) visible and easily accessible
- to assist, as possible, with the viability of mer resources so they may continue to be available to the community
- to promote the conservation of rl oceans, lakes and waterways and the nature that relies on them
Now go mingle and explore! Thanks for joining us this day!!