[12:00 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!
[12:00 PM] Momori64 Resident: tala
[12:00 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala ?
[12:00 PM] SWF Donation Chest: Thank you Morrigan Ravenhurst, for your awesome donation
[12:00 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey Fawn
[12:00 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.
[12:00 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.
[12:01 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.
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so how was your week Merfolk?
[12:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Interesting!
[12:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): lol
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: also Fawn thank you for hosting last weeks meeting ?
[12:02 PM] Momori64 Resident: my week was worderful
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice ?
[12:02 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Tala all
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala Drakos
[12:02 PM] Fawn Cobalt: no problem at all, Miranda
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh people, theres a kiosk here and you can get a hangout card from it and group invite
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: wanted to say that before I forget.
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I got rained on pretty hard but other than that my week was good
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Our priority today is support – we’re all here to help each other, cause we’re awesome like that.
[12:06 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!!
[12:06 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): We did too…for one day
[12:06 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Yay!
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: fun lol
[12:06 PM] Momori64 Resident: tala nice to meet you
[12:06 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): We had a literal storm over here with a name and everything. It was intense.
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I think its cause of the hurricanes down south. they’re pretty big so we get the tail ends
[12:07 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): giggle
[12:07 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Tails…..lol…that’s US!
[12:07 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): We all have tail ends here.
[12:07 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): what was the name of it?
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: dang what they name it?
[12:07 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): ???
[12:07 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): miranda jinx
[12:07 PM] Marion Sopwith (Marion698 Resident): Joshua i think
[12:07 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): I’m not telling you my storm’s name you’ll track me down and steal my cats.
[12:07 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): awwwwww.
[12:08 PM] Marion Sopwith (Marion698 Resident): rhodan i like cats!
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone thinks to her self “not being to talk will make hosting hard
[12:08 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): They are soft all over except on 5 outta 6 ends.
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aw scupper I’ll take the arm punch
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh I better move us on
[12:09 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.
[12:10 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).
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so, new folks, now yer time to shine
[12:10 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Drákos and I would like to introduce Momori64.
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sweet Momoori
[12:11 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): She’s lovely and came to visit our home on Hanve of Merfolk…
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome glad you made it
[12:11 PM] Momori64 Resident: thank you
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Momori you wanna share a little?
[12:12 PM] Momori64 Resident: sure
[12:12 PM] Momori64 Resident: well this my story
[12:12 PM] Momori64 Resident: is long one
[12:13 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): i think we have time 🙂
[12:13 PM] Momori64 Resident: i’m always dreamed to be a mermaid
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if we we cut into q&a yeah
[12:14 PM] Momori64 Resident: i discovered this game many years ago ween i searched mermaid images
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: not a bad way to find us
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay um time to move on to Q&A
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome again
[12:16 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.
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: f you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anyone?
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: just raise a hand of fin so I know you’re typing
[12:18 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): Wanted to say Thank you for the music last night Miranda Great job
[12:18 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): sorry raises fin
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? welcome I had fun
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:18 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): And wanted to make sure everyone got their gifts from Gleem and Auro that was at the party
[12:18 PM] Momori64 Resident: i like to ask one how the tittles in this community work
[12:19 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): We had to miss the party…timing is everything
[12:19 PM] Yrdua Resident: i missed it also :/
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hrm well mine is cause I’m part of the admin team
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I think some have the ability to post ads.
[12:19 PM] m?rrig?n m?ri? r?v?nhurst (Morrigan Ravenhurst): mine is because I am here to help anyone with land issues and things like that
[12:20 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): We have different ones here. I can help get you more options like mermaid. Then if you’d like to volunteer you get more titles depending on what you’re doing.
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and the citizen is everyone but if you want merman/mermaid just ask we’ll add it
[12:21 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): i’m checking yours now Momo
[12:21 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): I’m the very model of a mayor merman, fins and all. Hence the title.
[12:21 PM] Yrdua Resident laughs
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone smiles
[12:22 PM] Yrdua Resident: My name is hard to pronounce for native English speakers, hence my title 😛
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: did we answer well enough or do you still need help?
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any one else need help?
[12:23 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): raises a fin
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay dokey time to swim on
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh Tabi
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sup?
[12:24 PM] Momori64 Resident: i have another question who’s in the grey mermaid
[12:24 PM] Momori64 Resident: is*
[12:24 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): Just wanted to say I updated the hangouts cards in the kiosk there’s a kiosk right under me now on the wall if you’d like a new one
[12:24 PM] Momori64 Resident: i dont see her name tag
[12:24 PM] Yrdua Resident: thank you Tabi!
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: could be an sl fart
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: cause you can’t get rid of your name
[12:25 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): everyone here has a name though you may just need to cam in
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: maybe that’s Sparklton?
[12:26 PM] Momori64 Resident: i see her name
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: though Yrdua is actually grey
[12:27 PM] Momori64 Resident: is see her name too
[12:27 PM] Yrdua Resident: i am pink and greenish, lol
[12:27 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): Marions Grey too with the really cool bat wings
[12:27 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Are they a weird super-flat grey? They might be either blocked or have a high complexity
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh then thats a local issue for me
[12:27 PM] Yrdua Resident: i was about to say, the greyest one of us is Marion..
[12:27 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): oh yeah Rhodan that
[12:28 PM] Momori64 Resident: oh
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah if somethings too strong for my computer I go colorblind
[12:28 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Morrigan would be the most complex one of us. Probably just enough to trip a lower end setting
[12:28 PM] m?rrig?n m?ri? r?v?nhurst (Morrigan Ravenhurst): lol
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well I better move us on.
[12:29 PM] Momori64 Resident: and why i can’t her her name?
[12:29 PM] ???? (Tabitha Hawksby): i’m im you Moro
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no idea
[12:29 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.
[12:29 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.
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Be sure to visit the safe waters foundation web site and event calendar at https://swfsl.com/
please also remember to contact Tabitha Hawksby if you have an event you want on the calender. she did send out a form I’ll pass it to you if you need it.
[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.
[12:31 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)
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the spores are out. if you have allergies double up your meds
[12:32 PM] ???? ???????W??Ð (JaelTrinity Resident): i try to get everyone to come but they didnt want to leave
[12:32 PM] ???? ???????W??Ð (JaelTrinity Resident): 🙁
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: …. no wait you might fall asleep, forget that bad plan
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: its okay Jael
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: you tried
[12:32 PM] ???? ???????W??Ð (JaelTrinity Resident): yuh
[12:32 PM] Momori64 Resident: sorry for the commotion now i can her name
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please im me to share so I can keep you all in order
[12:33 PM] ???? ???????W??Ð (JaelTrinity Resident): i keep telling them theres another mer community but ill try again another times
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: its cool hun
[12:33 PM] Momori64 Resident: that was a bug of mine
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: our first speaker is Drakos
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the stick is yours
[12:33 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Thank you Miranda
[12:34 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Greetings all
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: greetings
[12:34 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): All, any creators here who would like to have a store in Haven of Rogues FoC for 2 months, please do ping Miranda or me and we can get this arranged. SWF has a store available for 2 months. Anything Aquatic/Merfolk related.
[12:34 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): sorry not Miranda… Tabi
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i’ll need all the info I can get if they ping me
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh lol
[12:35 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): lol
[12:35 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): apologies
[12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ('•.¸¸(‘•.¸ ? ¸.•’´)¸.•’´)
[12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?('•.¸:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:¸.•'´)? [12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´:* APPLAUSE !!!! *:´., [12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•'´:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:‘•.¸) ?
[12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•’´(¸.•’´ ? ´'•.¸)‘•.¸)
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no worries
[12:35 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): thats what happens with pre typed messages
[12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): grin
[12:35 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Drat I shouldn’t have given out my ‘dinner with the mayor’ cards for free
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: -=giggles=-
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay Fawn the stick is yours
[12:36 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Thats the Zotrazine that Miranda asked us to have taking its effect
[12:36 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Hello. I just wanted to remind everyone that the Multiverse Fair started yesterday and goes on until November 4. Lots of cool things to see and do there. Of particular interest to SWF is their all underwater area called “The Cult of the Goldfish”. Be sure to check out Multiverse Fair, a seven region mega-event that is a fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lm?
[12:36 PM] Fawn Cobalt: oh…I should have a LM here….checking…
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? and whats the land rating?
[12:37 PM] Marion Sopwith (Marion698 Resident): can you give us the LM?
[12:37 PM] Momori64 Resident: i can ask something?
[12:37 PM] Fawn Cobalt: wow…..it is probably Mature
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: what’s up?
[12:37 PM] Fawn Cobalt: but let me double check on that
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh I can handle mature then.
[12:37 PM] Fawn Cobalt: it is not Adult
[12:37 PM] Fawn Cobalt: it may even be General
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yay
[12:37 PM] Momori64 Resident: i we can get a grupal hug
[12:38 PM] Momori64 Resident: ?
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sure we can
[12:38 PM] Fawn Cobalt: okay, here is the SLURL
[12:38 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Multiverse Fair http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Multiverse%20Fair/128/179/114
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: after the meeting we can group hug
[12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): YAY!
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thanks Fawn
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anything else?
[12:39 PM] Fawn Cobalt: not at this time, Miranda
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay who else has a share?
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:39 PM] Fawn Cobalt: ohhhh
[12:39 PM] Fawn Cobalt: they just confirmed to me that land rating is Moderate
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats cool too anti is moderate
[12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): soooo…bra or no bra ?
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I say wear just in case but if they say yer fine go for it
[12:40 PM] Fawn Cobalt: they are saying “no nipples …or worse”
[12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): lol…
[12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): kk
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooh bra then
[12:41 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): finds here favorite shells..
[12:41 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): but I hope Mermen can go topless?
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay takes the stick I have two shares
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: first the bats in the Belfry hunt starts tomorrow
[12:42 PM] Fawn Cobalt: oh thanks for the reminder!!!
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I can get you the nc. remember kids do this hunt so bra
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: second
[12:43 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.
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We still allow for mer toplessness under water.
so yer safe
[12:44 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
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re a light rp place. Set in a time loop between the golden age of piracy and the Victorian era.
[12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re doing a cool thing where you can write up an rp and suggest it. Antiquity Battle Dock (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Battle%20Dock/38/119/2)
[12:44 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.
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we also have sea battles so lots of sunken ships, thats prime real estate
[12:45 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 🙂
[12:46 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: does anyone have a group hugger?
[12:46 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Thank you Miranda
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if not I can wear a normal hugger and try to hug everyone at the same time
[12:47 PM] Fawn Cobalt: awwww
[12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): lol
[12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ('•.¸¸(‘•.¸ ? ¸.•’´)¸.•’´)
[12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?('•.¸:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:¸.•'´)? [12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´:* APPLAUSE !!!! *:´., [12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•'´:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:‘•.¸) ?
[12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•’´(¸.•’´ ? ´'•.¸)‘•.¸)
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:47 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Persu Em
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any other shares or business?
[12:49 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah I have no hugger my bad
[12:49 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!!