[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!
[12:02 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.
[12:02 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.
[12:03 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] Miranda Barrowstone: so how was yer weeK?
[12:03 PM] Peaches2U Camino: fast and furious
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: woke up in a panic
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: someone steal yer car?
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooh
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: thinking i had overslept and missed this
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sorry
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: oh no
[12:04 PM] Peaches2U Camino: am GLAD to make it
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol i take a nap so I’m fresh before the meetings I thought I was late too a few times
[12:05 PM] Amadine Abonwood: I’m normally doing all my shopping and stuff since Saturday’s basically my only day off in the week.
[12:05 PM] Peaches2U Camino: a coworker who does NOT look it
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i’m djing tommorrow so I have to shop tonight
[12:05 PM] Peaches2U Camino: is going to be 90 in a few days
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: wow
[12:06 PM] Cordelia Tasselweed (CordeliaTasselweed Resident): it is important to set aside plenty of time for shopping haha
[12:06 PM] Peaches2U Camino: how does he have LESS gray hair than i do?
[12:06 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and yup, need time to shop 😀
[12:06 PM] Amadine Abonwood: Really? You don’t look more than 30-ish
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: maybe he’s born with it.. or maybe its maybaline
[12:06 PM] Peaches2U Camino: awww
[12:06 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hahahahahaha
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): * c h u f f *
[12:07 PM] Peaches2U Camino: snuggles Fiona
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i tried to spell it like baliene whale but I failed
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): * c h u f f *
[12:07 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hahahaha
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): am tiger today =3
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey Fina ㋡
[12:07 PM] Peaches2U Camino: duuuuude….we matching
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): was a theme for one of the trivia sessions
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I better move us on
[12:08 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): where we at?
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Our priority today is support – we’re all here to help each other, cause we’re awesome like that.
[12:08 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): hi, I’m Fina. I’m a TIGER
[12:08 PM] Peaches2U Camino: has anyone else had beef with the viewer not letting you in, and viewing probs?
[12:09 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): RoArRRrRR~
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: there
[12:09 PM] Peaches2U Camino: chitchat part
[12:09 PM] Lily Lewellen is Online
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: not today been lucky
[12:09 PM] Amadine Abonwood: Eh. Firestorm randomly does it.
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I think I can skip intros… everyone here has been here before
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes?
[12:10 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): I’m new =3
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:11 PM] Peaches2U Camino: lolol
[12:11 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): am tiger
[12:11 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): rawr~
[12:11 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): * c h u f f *
[12:11 PM] Peaches2U Camino: you have that new tiger smell
[12:11 PM] Amadine Abonwood: I’m just strange.
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay next week see if you can get a new person with you
[12:11 PM] Peaches2U Camino: cute kitty^^
[12:11 PM] Peaches2U Camino: low numbers
[12:11 PM] Peaches2U Camino: brought the littles^^
[12:12 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): miiiiiow~~
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah it’s also august so people are probably trying to cram summer in
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aww
[12:12 PM] Peaches2U Camino: that and its football Saturday
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: really?
[12:12 PM] Peaches2U Camino: my neighbor has his tv outside
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I don’t do sports, can you tell?
[12:13 PM] Peaches2U Camino: me eeither
[12:13 PM] Peaches2U Camino: but it is what woke me up
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lets move on to tech support
[12:13 PM] Cordelia Tasselweed (CordeliaTasselweed Resident): first weekend of college football i think
[12:13 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.
[12:13 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ooooh!
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:13 PM] Amadine Abonwood: School started back up where I live earlier this month.
[12:13 PM] Amadine Abonwood: Yaeah, where’d the mertikes come from?
[12:14 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Zooby^^
[12:14 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Creator released merfins
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yep Zooby finally launched baby mers
[12:14 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and affiliates have been creating textures
[12:14 PM] Amadine Abonwood: Kewl!
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: I try to keep info on my flickr
[12:15 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi) snuggles with the little mers =^-^=
[12:15 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: but someone said it was noot working
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: direct link
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: https://www.flickr.com/photos/160267020@N04/
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: question, my alt has prim baby zooby instead of mesh… will the tails work for them?
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: backtrack for scattered info when you want
[12:15 PM] Peaches2U Camino: no
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: the ownner of Zooby was married when prim babies were created
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: didn’t think so
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: she has since divorced
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and had to BUY OUT her ex
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: she has total control
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooof
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and made animesh and changes
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: now it is at such a rapid rate
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: is WORTH the money to have animesh
[12:16 PM] Amadine Abonwood: How many prims are they now?
[12:17 PM] Peaches2U Camino: still around 70 to 150
[12:17 PM] Amadine Abonwood: ew!
[12:17 PM] Peaches2U Camino: depends on what they are wearing, adds weight
[12:17 PM] Amadine Abonwood: ou have to have an entire parcel just for them!
[12:17 PM] Peaches2U Camino: nope
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i was gonna be an afilate but it cost way too much lind the first time and a 64 commodore has more ram than I do
[12:17 PM] Peaches2U Camino: sandbox is a wonderful thing
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: i will never post it anywhere
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: just not a financial gain for me
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: but you can live in a sandbox
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: same here
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: my pc cannot handle it
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: theydo not die, or get sick
[12:18 PM] Peaches2U Camino: you do NOT have to feed
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I mant my brain but I see your point
[12:19 PM] Peaches2U Camino: also this is my cig and drinking and movie money habit 😀
[12:19 PM] Peaches2U Camino: what are your vices everyone?
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any other technical merfolk questions?
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sugar and Internet
[12:19 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): v i d e o g a m e s
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: i do have some tech info
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: and webbies
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: suckks that you cannot view primfeed unless you sign up
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh yeah, they wobble but they don’t fall down
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Read the Summer 2024 News from the Second Life Team for updates on mobile enhancements, server changes, news for creators, and viewer releases.
Learn more
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/15921-news-from-the-second-life-team-summer-2024-edition/?utm_source=socials&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=news
[12:21 PM] Peaches2U Camino: that was posted a day ago
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh
[12:21 PM] Peaches2U Camino: 2024 #SL viewer release summaries week #32
[12:21 PM] Peaches2U Camino: https://modemworld.me/2024/08/12/2024-sl-viewer-release-summaries-week-32/
[12:21 PM] Peaches2U Camino: that was posted 12 days ago
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Having problems with frame rate, texture loading, or performance? Here’s what you can do.
Are you experiencing graphics issues or increased lag with Second Life after recent Viewer updates? Let’s get you back up and running without missing a (virtual) …
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay moving on
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/15920-having-problems-with-frame-rate-texture-loading-or-performance-here%E2%80%99s-what-you-can-do/
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: that was my last one
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: welcome^^
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Quick reminders/announcements
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.
[12:23 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.
[12:23 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/
[12:23 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.
[12:24 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)
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: our first speaker is Ama
[12:25 PM] Peaches2U Camino: yaaaaaay
[12:26 PM] Amadine Abonwood: I’ve set up the information for this year’s “Bats in the Belfry” the annual Halloween hunt that I sponsor each year. it’s a family-friendly one, created mostly as a safe space for child avatars. If you are interested in helping out with creating gifts please let me know and I’ll pass you the app!
[12:27 PM] Amadine Abonwood: You can also take one to give out to others if you kow other creators who may want to help out or participate. This is a FREE hunt, though, so there’s no cost for the gifts.
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and you pass in said app at her mailbox in tradewinds
[12:27 PM] Amadine Abonwood: NOt tradewinds. They closed. I’ve got it at Musical Note Mall. Did i put the wrong LM?
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oooh they closed?
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no I just remember doing that. when did they close?
[12:28 PM] Amadine Abonwood: A few months ago. The lady had to leave for real life.
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ahh yeah you have it right. its music note
[12:29 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hope she is safe and healthy!
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: same
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay anything else?
[12:29 PM] Amadine Abonwood: I don;t know the details of her leaving. But if you want to help out with the hunt just contact me. You’ll get the sign from Ishani when she gets your application.
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: plus you get to hunt the hunt thats fun too
[12:30 PM] Peaches2U Camino: am so happy kids get to go!!
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Ama, Peaches yer upe
[12:31 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ~Tala~
[12:31 PM] Peaches2U Camino: all
[12:31 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): miiiiiow
[12:31 PM] Peaches2U Camino: glad to be here
[12:31 PM] Peaches2U Camino: oops
[12:31 PM] Peaches2U Camino: trades talking stick for a bucket of fries
[12:32 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ~Persu Em~ [12:32 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Thank you [12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if they don’t make little trick or treat outfits I will be mad [12:32 PM] Peaches2U Camino: who zooby? [12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i’ll sulk for days [12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aye [12:32 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hahahahah [12:32 PM] Peaches2U Camino: already has pages of costumes in the hud [12:32 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): miiiiiow
[12:32 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): haven’t had fries for a while now
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: peaches yer up you have the stick
[12:33 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Matty has been busy
[12:33 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Wanderlust Weekend
https://wanderlustsl.com/shopping-gallery/
Krature – Hooked Unrigged Earring
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats cool
[12:33 PM] Peaches2U Camino: another cute toy…..
[12:33 PM] Peaches2U Camino: SABBATH Event: August 21 – September 11, 2024
https://www.seraphimsl.com/2024/08/21/ditch-the-books-its-sabbath-event/
VIZARTE – Angry Octo Baby Plushie L$499
[12:34 PM] Peaches2U Camino: am looking to promote any mer residential for zooby parents
[12:34 PM] Peaches2U Camino: let me know
[12:35 PM] Peaches2U Camino: have been promoting all hangouts, and letting them look to see what are merkid accessible
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ㋡
[12:35 PM] Dana Enyo is Offline
[12:35 PM] Peaches2U Camino: because zooby mers are not able to use furniture, ANY furniture can be used as rp props!!
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I wonder if I can make token toys… whats the cost on that?
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: I believe since zooby is the only one that sells token toys
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: they are the only creator and have total control of token toys
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: dang it
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: they did include a toy in with the merfins
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: a pearl
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the ones that look fun for baby mers are like over 500
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats a chocking hazard
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: bigger than the size of their hand, will not fit in mouth
[12:37 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): mebbes es a beeeeeg pearl
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yesah
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ohhhh goody
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: need the lm to your shop
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: to show some rp mer toys!!!!!!
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh right hang on
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino received your inventory offer.
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: ~Persu Em~
[12:38 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Thank you
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you ㋡
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: passes back the talking stick
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any other shares before I take my turn?
[12:39 PM] Peaches2U Camino: tickles Fina
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thanks Peaches
[12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): miiiiiow~~
[12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi) nibbles peaches fingers =3
[12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:40 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.
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: mertoplessness is still allowed because apparently LL will not ban me for being around it, thank cod
[12:41 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yesah
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Just don’t flash the humans cause they faint. they get nosebleeds, that attracts sharks, more paper work for dad…
[12:41 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.
[12:42 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.
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala welcome
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we also have shops and houses to rent here,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 🙂
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay any other shares?
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yesah
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: come share away
[12:44 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Calling all Merchants! Applications are open until August 25th for Merchants who want to participate in the 2024 Halloween Shop & Hop!
Apply now
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooh
[12:44 PM] Peaches2U Camino: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/15918-halloween-shop-hop-event-2024-applications-now-open/?utm_source=socials&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=shophop&utm_content=halloween
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thanks i’ll send this to bea
[12:44 PM] Peaches2U Camino: thats it!!
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we have some time left if you guys would like to decend in to mild chaos
[12:46 PM] Peaches2U Camino: sure^^
[12:46 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: or I can adjorn if thats easier on everyone
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I’ll adjorn ㋡
[12:47 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!!