[12:06 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!
[12:06 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.
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey cat ?
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: how was Catmas?
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:07 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): busy with work =(
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aww
[12:07 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.
[12:08 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:08 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.
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so how was yer week/holidays?
[12:09 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): { had a good week
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: glad ?
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala Julia
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Tala Max
[12:10 PM] Julia Ceres: Tala all
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: pirate Santa came and went so that was fun
[12:10 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): my computer finally got fixed
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: that is is big
[12:10 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): the surge protector seems to have burned out
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: running good?
[12:10 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Excellent Grace 😀
[12:10 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): now yes
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: great ?
[12:11 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I used to be able to fix things by myself – had to hire someone this time
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any one else before I swim us on?
[12:11 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I never had a power strip fail before
[12:11 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): hushing
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it happens 🙁
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: aw now I feel bad
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Our priority today is support – we’re all here to help each other, cause we’re awesome like that.
[12:12 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): sending joy to each one of you
[12:12 PM] Fawn Cobalt: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
[12:12 PM] Fawn Cobalt: thanks
[12:12 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: ?
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yay! she’s one of my favorite characters
[12:12 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!!
[12:13 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): you are such a great leader Miranad – great summary of the agenda too
[12:13 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.
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you ?
[12:13 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).
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any new folk? raise a hand, fin, flipper, or tentacle
[12:15 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi) raises a paw
[12:15 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): hi, I’m a cat =3
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey Cat
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:15 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): I like pettings and tuna
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok on with the show then
[12:16 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: what about petting tuna?
[12:16 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): Nuuuuuuu!
[12:16 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): pettings for me
[12:16 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): tuna for… me also =3
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah they bite
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: swimming on..
[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.
[12:16 PM] Glida Pilote: My apologies for latenes
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: naw yer fine
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: get comfortable
[12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: anyone?
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay dokey…
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we can swim on to the adboards then
[12:19 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.
[12:19 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.
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
[12:20 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.
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and now drumrolls
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: 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.
[12:21 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)
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please im me to share so I can keep you all in order
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any one have a share today?
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Cat you have the stick
[12:22 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please resist the temptation to bonk
[12:23 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): okies everyone’s in chat range, lemme just share from here =3
[12:23 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): ooooo bonk =3
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it’s a hollow gift wrap tube its gonna sound like music
[12:23 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:23 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): so anyways, if anyone is interested in Mermish
[12:24 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): I am the creator of what I hope is still SL’s most advanced Mermish generator HUD
[12:24 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): there was someone asking about it
[12:24 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): wrote it 3-4? years ago because the then current one sucked, honestly
[12:24 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): is it still being offered as a free gift here?
[12:25 PM] Fawn Cobalt: Fina gives them out
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it is in anti
[12:25 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): anyways, hit me up via IM or local if you want a copy, it’s quite fun
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we have it in Gracie hall
12:25 PM: Julia Ceres: to fimsa to, lla la tannu
12:25 PM: : i have mine, if it works
12:25 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: tala, To’lu nu lutan e To’lu selu =3
12:25 PM: Sapphira Franizzi: hello, I’m a cat and I’m cute *=3
12:25 PM: Alicia Alexandre: De’o selu.
12:25 PM: Alicia Alexandre: Very cute.
[12:25 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): and that’s all from me, don’t wanna take up too much of everyone’s precious time
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay thanks Fina
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Foist lemme know when yer ready
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: in meantime any shares?
[12:26 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): meow~
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: still trying to figure out why my cat shark won’t meow
[12:27 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): I hope to come in and dance more
[12:27 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): invite people in swf chat
[12:27 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): because it’s not as cute as me
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: foist the stick is yours
[12:27 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): and teach how to set up music for an hour
[12:27 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): oops
[12:27 PM] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid): blushing and hushing
[12:27 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi) nibbles the stick :B
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay yeah
[12:28 PM] Foist Resident: :)Tala! I wanted to share that a few of my fellow role-playing merfolk have started a tentative shoal together. We’re currently playing in the Nascentia sea (part of Origins of Sin). We are a small group so far, and range from one-lines to paragraph roleplay. I just wanted to welcome any merfolk to come and join us in the waters for scenes ranging from slice-of-life to adventure! Please feel free to IM me if you want to know more!!!
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: questions
[12:28 PM] Foist Resident: ????
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: do you have lms? and what is the sim’s rating?
[12:29 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Yus, LMs would be excellent :3
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sim ratings are important too because some sims are barred to some people
[12:30 PM] Foist Resident: It is an adult sim. [Origins of Sin (27,33,4001) Sim Landing. Merfolk sanctuary. I can’t believe I didn’t think to actually make a LM.
[12:30 PM] Foist Resident facepalms 8 times.
[12:30 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: lol
[12:31 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Ty ?
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it’s okay. this is how we learn.
[12:31 PM] Foist Resident: I can go make some real quick and return. Ya’ll can IM me and I’ll send them over! There’s also a group if anyone is interested. <3
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: don’t feel bad I often have to learn it 8 times
[12:31 PM] Foist Resident: xD
[12:32 PM] Foist Resident: Alright, I’ll get out of the way now! Don’t hesitate to reach out :3
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol yer good. any other questions for Foist?
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay any other shares?
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if not I shall take the stick. *bonks the podium for the hollow sound* and here I go
[12:33 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.
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We still allow for mer toplessness under water.
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Just don’t flash the humans cause they faint. they get nosebleeds, that attracts sharks, more paper work for dad…
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re a light rp place. Set in a time loop between the golden age of piracy and the Victorian era.
[12:35 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)
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: people will totatly act it out and recap in discord
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: kinda fun
[12:36 PM] FlowerTower Resident (Carline Thistle Studley Moon) is Online
[12:36 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.
[12:36 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 🙂
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so that’s it from me.
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if no more shares would anyone enjoy some mild chaos?
[12:37 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident) raises a hand
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes Max?
[12:37 PM] Alicia Alexandre: No mild chaos for me, thank you.
[12:37 PM] Glida Pilote: proper chaos?
[12:37 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Only /mild/ chaos?
[12:37 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): did someone say MILD CHAOS
[12:38 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident): Just wanted to say that today just happens to be my Hatch-Day, RL
[12:38 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): Ooh…
[12:38 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Happy Hatch Day
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: happy hatch day!!
[12:38 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident): Just wanted to throw that out, while we al were still here
[12:38 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): happy hatch day asteria
[12:38 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident) reaches over and scratches Fina
[12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): need to emergency relog
[12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): comp running hot for some reason
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone digs in to lunch bag and gives you a whole Kelpcake *that’s great Max, got plans?
[12:39 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident): Already got back from them
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: remember when she gets back we should pet the kitty for luck
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it might help her computer
[12:40 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident): …Though SL-wise, I DO Have a list of a few skins I’d very much appreciate, should anyone feel up to it
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I’m poor as a church shrimp
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay shall we adjourn?
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I shall free you all to enjoy the day ?
[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!!