[12:02 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: 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] 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: tala
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so how was yer week seafolk?
[12:03 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): terrible.. Im so glad its sat lol
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: besides hot
[12:03 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): how was yours?
[12:03 PM] Julia Ceres: Tala
[12:03 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): tala all!~
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh i hear ya
[12:03 PM] Sparktalon Serenade: Not bad, finally getting some stuff sorted out
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the last full week of school for me. this week coming up is two full days and one half
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hopefully I can get a fun costume. the teachers like to dress up on the last day
[12:05 PM] Glida Pilote: Go as a mermaid?
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: might make cross guarding hard. I’ll try a fairy
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if I find a job teaching swimming I’ll go as a mermaid
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:06 PM] Peaches2U Camino: 😀
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any way party people it is time to swim on
[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!!
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala Rho ?
[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] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Hi lil fishies
[12:08 PM] Julia Ceres: tala
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any new folk? raise a hand, fin, flipper, or tentacle
[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: and I think I recognize everyone here so we’ll move on
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: maybe next week
[12:09 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.
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: actually I have one. does any one know where the swf parcel is in slb yet?
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if not thats fine but I wanna make a point to add it to the meetings when the festival is in full swing
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any one else have anything they need to discuss?
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: did.. I crash?
[12:13 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) Greets you
[12:13 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): ‘•.¸ Tala….¸.•´
[12:13 PM] Glida Pilote: Small question
[12:13 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I see you, Miranda
[12:13 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): yes I see you
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh thank goddess
[12:13 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): what’s slb?
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: second life birthday
[12:13 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): ohh thats soon? thank you
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it’s like the super bowl of sl content creators
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I’ll drop all the slb merspots I can as soon as I get them
[12:15 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): oh that would be awesome Miranda
[12:15 PM] Glida Pilote: I have a question
[12:15 PM] Glida Pilote: You mentioned “cross guarding and we have a merguard nearby. We have neither in the UK . ..are they related, do we need one??
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? its really cool too you can sit in a pod that goes around and you can see all the parcels and find new places to visit
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol thats my rl job, i;m a school crossing guard
[12:16 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) raises a fin
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: coolness
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I make sure cars see the kids and stop them so the kids can get to school safe
[12:17 PM] Glida Pilote: ah! Thank you for clearing that up. Neither Alexa or Google could give a definitive answer
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes Karlie?
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah I have a tendency to confuse those… not on purpose
[12:17 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Just wanted to say that in conjunction with My fawn we’re giving trips around SL23B sims in the 2nd week by air and bus tours
[12:18 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): And they’re MyStory compatible for the folx who use MyStory
[12:18 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): No charge of course
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats cool do you have a n lm for a starting point?
[12:18 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I did petition LL to make a waterway cutting through the sims but they wouldn’t do that this year
[12:18 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I do
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: great thanks when it’s open we need that.
[12:19 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Starting the Sunday the end of week 1
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice thanks
[12:19 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): It’s open I believe next weekend
[12:19 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I’ll check.. one sec
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: darn water way woulda been cool
[12:20 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): 18th is opening day
[12:20 PM] Julia Ceres: slb means leg on and another very long walk
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: imagine a total mer take over of SLB?
[12:20 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): I vote for it to be all underwater
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: omg yes!
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol it’ll be so much fun.
[12:21 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Hahaha
[12:21 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I’ll pitch that for SL24B
[12:21 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Hahaha
[12:22 PM] Julia Ceres: 100m deep of course ;p
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: lllol
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sweet! instead of pods we could have sharks to ride
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:22 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): I wish the 15m thing wasn’t a hard limit…..
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the wha?
[12:22 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): You’re limited to 15m of water under a private sim
[12:23 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Can’t put anything deeper than that
[12:23 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): And it be in linden water
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oooh you can raise the water level
[12:23 PM] Julia Ceres: there are the havenh sims with 100m deep water throughout
[12:23 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): You can flood the sim, yeah
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: abyss did that. it looked amazing
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: but I better swim us on…
[12:24 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): But my idea of half water half land sim has been going slow so the merquarium is on hiatus. I should probably remove that from the SWF hangouts. I’ll put a request in for that
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aww sorry to hear
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: great talk, moving on
[12:25 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.
[12:25 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.
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala welcome
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
[12:26 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.
[12:26 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.
[12:26 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)
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please im me to share so I can keep you all in order
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anyone?
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: huh okay dokey
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone takes the stick
[12:28 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.
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: happy pride month btw
[12:29 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): How about kitties? They might want to eat fish lol
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so do sharks. the cats are allowed
[12:29 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): LOL
[12:29 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) laughs
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We still allow for mer toplessness under water.
[12:30 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.
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and those jerks know how to ruin a picnic
[12:30 PM] Peaches2U Camino: llol
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re a light rp place. Set in a time loop between the golden age of piracy and the Victorian era.
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so, long time loop
[12:31 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)
[12:31 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.
[12:32 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.
no points just fun things
[12:32 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) downloads this audio on piratebay… channeling Her innner pirate
[12:32 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 ?
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any other shares?
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well it’s sill early would you like to engage in mild chaos?
[12:35 PM] Rumi Hollander (Aelynn Nayar): always down for chaos
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay how about I just adorn? cause I’m assuming the heat knocked most people here out.
[12:36 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): Lol
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please do not forget to a) stay hydrated, and b) get your self a nice frozen treat.
[12:37 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): frozen fish?
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: y’all deserve to treat your selves
[12:37 PM] Sam Warrhol (Scratch Warrhol): on a stick
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: as long as its cold lol
[12:37 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!!