[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] Peaches2U Camino: Tala!
[12:01 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Aw 🙁
[12:01 PM] Paws Pawzouti (Chonky Monster) shouts: CAWS! :>
[12:01 PM] ? Le? M??? S???ge ? (Savage Puppy): Tala Rhodan
[12:02 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Hi lil fishies
[12:02 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): that was terribly nice of you to bring that info to her Mr. Fishbottoms
[12:02 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): tala
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala Rho
[12:02 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): tala rhodan
[12:02 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid) hushes and tries to place her fingers nicely
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah thanks for the attempt though
[12:03 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.
[12:03 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) Greets you
[12:03 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): ‘•.¸ Tala….¸.•´
[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 seafolk?
[12:04 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): mine was good – I’ve been hanging out at HQ as much as I can in case visitors start pouring in
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats great ?
[12:05 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): welcome Sonata
[12:06 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): hi Aegeus
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: my school has spring break finally and the carnival so we’ll all exited
[12:06 PM] Sonata Sunrise (Florisa Mistwalker): Tala
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: exited*
[12:06 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): cool I remember cotton candy but wouldn’t it it now
[12:07 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): neither would I get on a roller coaster
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I still would but I know not to feed it to raccoons
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: too mean
[12:07 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): oh?
[12:07 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): My lil Guppy is really knocking on the size of his fishbowl (me) but I’m dealing with pregnancy as best I can until he comes out in May~
[12:07 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): yes raccoons are mean
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: they wash their food
[12:07 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): HA HAHA HA..haha!!
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: what happens to wet cotton candy?
[12:07 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): what happens when you wash cotton candy?
[12:08 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): exactly my question
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it’s gone in a flash
[12:08 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): welcome Slo[
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome.
[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] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): yep yep
[12:08 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!!
[12:09 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): and Miranda is the gathering leader
[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.
[12:09 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? raise a hand, fin, flipper, or tentacle
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so no new folk today?
[12:10 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): have you been here before Skip?
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: maybe we should leave out treats
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone waits for Skip’s answer
[12:11 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): quiet mers today
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone also hands Grace a shrimp wrap
[12:11 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): Sonata have you been here before?
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we can make it noisy
[12:12 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): : gobbles her shrimp treat
[12:12 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): ?? BIG GIGANTIC APPLAUSE!!! ??
[12:12 PM] Sonata Sunrise (Florisa Mistwalker): Yes, though not for a long time
[12:12 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): how did you find us?
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome back Sonata
[12:13 PM] Sonata Sunrise (Florisa Mistwalker): I am in the Safe Waters group and I was finally on and could make the meeting
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yay
[12:13 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): if you call out in the group chat, many times people will swim in to dance or talk with you
[12:13 PM] Sonata Sunrise (Florisa Mistwalker) nods with a smile
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well we should move on… Q&A
[12:14 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): welcome back
[12:14 PM] ? Le? M??? S???ge ? (Savage Puppy): ty
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome back to everyone who’s been away
[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: topics usually include anything to make merlife more fun
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:15 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): well, how are you finding fantasy faire? easy to navigate?
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anyone?
[12:16 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Did Fantasy Faire start already?
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooh drop a link to our set up please Grace
[12:16 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): yes
[12:16 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): sorry, I don’t have one
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: not everyone knows where to go
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aw barnacles
[12:16 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): It helps to use the TP HUD they provide, but I haven’t found lots of swimmable areas yet.
[12:16 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I have been coming to swf hq in case someone discovers us and comes here
[12:17 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): FF has more than enough lag to swim in anywhere you go!
[12:17 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): ??
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I don’t even have an lm to fantasy fair its self
[12:17 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): if anyone would be interested I’m looking for a quide to fantasy faire – someone I could follow around for a short time
[12:17 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): the fantasy fair is cool and all but the lag is awful
[12:18 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): you know how to dresslow lag?
[12:18 PM] Fawn Cobalt: isn’t the theme this year “Swag and Lag”?
[12:18 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): mesh right?
[12:18 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): LOL
[12:18 PM] Inish Karu (????? ????) is Offline
[12:18 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I dont know if mesh helps
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: go old school… you can also lower your graphics but that would make it hard to see everyone’s hard work 🙁
[12:18 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): ahh
[12:19 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I know firestorm was offering a class on how to dress low lag
[12:19 PM] Fawn Cobalt: there are paper doll avatars that are very low lag and zero scripts
[12:19 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): i need to try it
[12:19 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): peaches know I think
[12:19 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): I’ll have some SURLs ready to go when it’s announcement time, and a more in depth NC in notices later this weekend or week.
[12:19 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): oh great cecily ty
[12:20 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): ??
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I guess we can move on
[12:21 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.
[12:21 PM] Lunar Oddson (lunar Oddson): ok
[12:21 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I have a nc called how to dress low lag for special events
[12:21 PM] Sonata Sunrise (Florisa Mistwalker): I have a form set up, I look normal but all scripts are removed and my AO is inside my Firestorm viewer.
[12:21 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): please IM me if you’d like me to drop one on you
[12:21 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.
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
[12:22 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 Sirensong) 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.
[12:23 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.
[12:23 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: please im me to share so I can keep you all in order
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: love witch, the stick is yours. please resist the urge to bonk people on the head
[12:25 PM] Meelah (Jameelah Sirensong): Tala, some sl issue going on
[12:25 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Tala! I’ve got some Fantasy Faire SURLs to share to spare you from swimming through the lag! Sorry, only made a LM for my own shop because I have baby brain IRL.
[12:25 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): A lot of peeps are doing RL currently today.
[12:26 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Zen Child Designs: Reservoir Zero (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Reservoir%20Zero/60/65/62)
((Krature)): Reservoir Zero (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Reservoir%20Zero/43/122/62)
Mermade.: Reservoir Zero (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Reservoir%20Zero/141/45/62)
Creature Comforts: Vervaine Moors (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vervaine%20Moors/130/66/61)
Gleam Grotto: Vervaine Moors (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vervaine%20Moors/215/220/64)
LFT: Willowton Cuthbert (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Willowton%20Cuthbert/55/141/62)
[12:27 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Everyone has RFL donation items raising funds for Relay for Life, Creature Comforts has a new mer shark tail out and cute little Remora fishies, I have the Odyssey PBR update, and one of the other highlights I’d like to give a moment of time to mention.
[12:28 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I am wearing remora fishes
[12:28 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Neve has shared her journey this year with blood cancer and I encourage everyone to show some extra support to Mermade store.
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: they are pretty handy
[12:28 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): oh my
[12:29 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): mermade has lovely items
[12:29 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Remember Fantasy Faire is an event that directly raises funds for cancer research! At its heart, that’s the number one reason for the event. ??
[12:29 PM] Cecily ????ère (Love Witch): Thank you!!!
[12:30 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): applause
[12:30 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): hmmm
[12:30 PM] Meelah (Jameelah Sirensong): I’m wearing mermaide now, lovely items
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thNK YOU lOVE
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay any other shares?
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: taking that as a no… or possibly some one is furiously typing in to a note card…
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: either way I’m taking the stick I have two shares today
[12:32 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Half of yous is orange clouds 🙁
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: really?
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay
[12:33 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): FF prolly messed up my viewer cache lol,
[12:33 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I’m seeing a fair few blue clouds today too Rhodan
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so first share, the young dreamers is dancing in antiquity today. they raise money for charitiy today is relay for life
[12:34 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): ~YAY!!! \ (@o@)/ / YAY!!!~
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it is on land, sorry, and at 3 here Antiquity Bexar (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Bexar/45/190/31
[12:35 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.
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We still allow for mer toplessness under water.
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: cause you know they’re just boobs. just don’t flash the humans. they’ll get nosebleeds and nose bleeds attract sharks.
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: more paperwork for dad
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re a light rp place. Set in a time loop between the golden age of piracy and the Victorian era.
[12:37 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)
[12:37 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.
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we also have a mini shell game… basically you can find random things on the sea floor and if no hermit crabs need it, you can collect it.
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Please check out 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 ?
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any questions or more shares?
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: quiet still? how about some chaos?
[12:39 PM] Meelah (Jameelah Sirensong): I like to put the FF SWf booth in chat for anyone interested
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes please!
[12:39 PM] Meelah (Jameelah Sirensong): Vervaine Moors (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vervaine%20Moors/220/47/63)
[12:40 PM] ? Le? M??? S???ge ? (Savage Puppy): Ty Meelah
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yay I can swim down tomorrow
[12:40 PM] Meelah (Jameelah Sirensong): \o/
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: teegle drop a new animal?
[12:41 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I am having so many keyboard problems
[12:41 PM] ? Le? M??? S???ge ? (Savage Puppy): They have a ridable wolf now along with Saddles & other accessories for the wolf mount
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aw hug
[12:41 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: omg a wolf? I know an elf that will be very happy
[12:42 PM] ? Le? M??? S???ge ? (Savage Puppy): & it is a big wolf too haha
[12:42 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): ~~Lusa Em~~
[12:42 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): please excuse me before I beat my computer to pieces or remove my hands…. em!
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: huge elf quest fan
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hrm how about I let y’all go?
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay my lovely fishehs
[12:43 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!!