[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] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I been away so long I think i’m unrecognizable…lol
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: glad to see you either way
[12:01 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.
[12:01 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): whats a merrow?
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: irish merman
[12:02 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): hah
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: me dad’s part merrow
[12:02 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Nice
[12:02 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): half Minnow?
[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] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): irish Mer Merrow’s are
[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? How was your week, seafolk?
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): My son got married yesterday!
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): So been a busy week
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): ???
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yay!! congrats to the happy couple!
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): ?
[12:04 PM] Fawn Cobalt: congratulations, Tabi
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): ?????????? ?????? ???????? ????????…
[12:04 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): ty
[12:05 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Congratulations!
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay any one else?
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no?
[12:06 PM] ??? (MewinaBubble Resident): i didn’t have a very good week. Just trying to hang in there.
[12:06 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): hugs
[12:07 PM] Dana Enyo: I opened another shop this week! So up to 20 now.
[12:07 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): aww sorry to hear that, hugs
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone offers Mew a hug
[12:07 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): awww Mew big hugs. The water heals:)
[12:07 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): 20 shops?
[12:07 PM] ??? (MewinaBubble Resident): all good though~ Valentine’s is my favorite~ ?
[12:07 PM] Dana Enyo: Yup
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice Dana
[12:07 PM] ??? (MewinaBubble Resident): yes~ the water is healing, indeed
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok
[12:07 PM] Fawn Cobalt: congratulations, Dana!!!
[12:07 PM] Dana Enyo: Takes some work keeping them up
[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] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): wow 20 shops, congratulations!
[12:07 PM] ??? (MewinaBubble Resident): ?
[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!!
[12:08 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.
[12:09 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
[12:09 PM] Milky Baby: I’m not new, but I have a new name 😀 I’m Neve from Mermade, it’s lovely to see everyone <3
[12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh hey Neve
[12:09 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): hi Neve
[12:09 PM] ??? (MewinaBubble Resident): ?
[12:10 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Pretty Name 😉
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: an do you prefer to be called Milky or Neve?
[12:10 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): Haha your name is similar to mine, ppl shorten mine and call me just that
[12:10 PM] Milky Baby: I don’t mind, most people call me milky now haha 😀
[12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok ?
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any here for the very first time?
[12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ‘ok then we’ll swim on.
[12:12 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.
[12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any mer related topic you need to discuss? if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask.
[12:13 PM] Milky Baby: It’s getting to be time people get back in the water ?? Hopefully we’ll see lots of new people soon!
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: gonna take that as a no.
[12:13 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I been gone for a year from SL and trying to catch up on everything
[12:13 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: that’s fair
[12:14 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): Oh yes Milky. Warmer weather send people in the sl oceans for sure
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well if you need help reach out.
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Quick reminders/announcements
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: 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.
[12:14 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.
[12:14 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.
[12:15 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.
[12:15 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): oh yes the adboards work great to get traffic
[12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: love ’em
[12:15 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.
[12:15 PM] Dana Enyo waves her tail!
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:16 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)
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: please im me to share so I can keep you all in order
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: our first speaker Is Dana Enyo
[12:16 PM] Peaches2U Camino: wooooot
[12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: stick is yours
[12:16 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Dana
[12:16 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) Greets you
[12:16 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): ‘•.¸ Tala….¸.•´
[12:16 PM] Fawn Cobalt claps
[12:16 PM] Milky Baby: ??
[12:16 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): claps
[12:16 PM] Dana Enyo: TALA all! I’m excited to announce an upcoming new Hangout.
[12:17 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident) blows bubbles
[12:17 PM] Dana Enyo: This is very special, because it’s at AYUDA VIRTUAL, the official Community Gateway sim for Spanish Speakers.
[12:17 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): oooh
[12:17 PM] Dana Enyo: Community Gateways have help for new SL Residents; they’re looking for what there is to do here. Se maybe we can grab some!
[12:17 PM] Dana Enyo: The underwater area has a little market, and a lounge bar, and some lovely swimming areas
[12:17 PM] Dana Enyo: There are info notecards in Spanish; I’m doing the English translations now.
[12:17 PM] ?creamy? (creamydeliciousness Resident): I have to run,sorry
[12:17 PM] Dana Enyo: I’ll share the LM with you all; I hope you’ll stop by (ESPECIALLY if you speak Spanish)!
[12:18 PM] Dana Enyo: And Ayuda Virtual is also the home of my big Museum of Maya and Inca Civilizations, so you can visit there too.
[12:18 PM] Dana Enyo: Gracias!
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone claps
[12:18 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Nice
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you Dana ?
[12:18 PM] Dana Enyo gave you AYUDA VIRTUAL – Plaza – Community Gateway.
[12:18 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): – ???? ?? ????????????????!! – ???? ??
[12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any questions?
[12:19 PM] Dana Enyo: More info as I get it!
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay anyone else have a share?
[12:19 PM] Peaches2U Camino: region ratings??
[12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: good question
[12:19 PM] Milky Baby: me please ??
[12:19 PM] Peaches2U Camino: or dress code?
[12:20 PM] Dana Enyo: Region is GENERAL
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassss.
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and dress code?
[12:20 PM] Dana Enyo: cover your bits
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok lol
[12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Milky yer up
[12:20 PM] Dana Enyo: For some, this is their FIRST DAY
[12:20 PM] Peaches2U Camino: woooooot
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Milky?
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: you okay love?
[12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok ?
[12:21 PM] Milky Baby: hey ??
[12:21 PM] Milky Baby: It’s been a while! Please excuse the paws and the wrong kinda tail :O
[12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: all are welcome
[12:22 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): 🙂
[12:22 PM] Milky Baby: Just wanted to share that after a bit of unexpected hiatus, I’m back and creating again! Mermade’s first new release of the year is at Enchantment – the theme this round is all things Circus!
[12:22 PM] Peaches2U Camino: yaaay^^
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ooh circus mers
[12:23 PM] Milky Baby: I’ve gone for stripes, hand painted, based on a Convict Chiclid fishie 😀 you can check it out here: Nymphai (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/245/89/3076)
[12:23 PM] Milky Baby: ????
[12:23 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): oh nice
[12:23 PM] Milky Baby: thank you!
[12:23 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Nice
[12:23 PM] Peaches2U Camino: welcome back!!!
[12:23 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): Milky welcome back!!!
[12:23 PM] Milky Baby: tyyy!
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? thats great welcome back
[12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oksy anyone else?
[12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okey dokey then takes the stick
[12:24 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.
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We still allow for mer toplessness under water.
[12:25 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.
[12:25 PM] Peaches2U Camino: llol
[12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we’re a light rp place. Set in a time loop between the golden age of piracy and the Victorian era.
[12:26 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): ? «:·. ??? ?? .·: « ?
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah we tried to do an intervention with a great white, didn’t work
[12:26 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)
[12:26 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Cool
[12:27 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.
[12:27 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 🙂
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so thats it from me, anyone else have a share?
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: would anyone like to discuss mer topics that are important to them?
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tala Roden. might you have a share?
[12:30 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): oh may I have link to Mer Calender of Events please?
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hang on I’ll try and grab it
[12:30 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Thank you
[12:30 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): I saw a really cool gif of flying fish I could share?
[12:30 PM] Dana Enyo: Happy Valentines Day AND Carnaval Weekend (Mardi Gras is Tuesday)
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: https://swfsl.com/calendar
[12:31 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Thank you
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sure share away
[12:31 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): https://i.imgur.com/HIzUsq4.mp4
[12:31 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Look at em go
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: was it the one I saw with the leather jacket? that fish was cool.
[12:31 PM] Dana Enyo: Cool!
[12:31 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I see a Mer Party today at 2pm
[12:32 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): Oh thats really cool
[12:32 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): I love how they can pick up speed dipping their tail in the water
[12:32 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): But unlike flying squid they still just glide.
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: dang thats cool
[12:33 PM] Sapphira Franizzi (cat) is Offline
[12:33 PM] Peaches2U Camino: look at them goooo
[12:33 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Flying squid can accelerate mid-air by squirting water, which makes their flight actual flight, and the only jet-powered flight in the animal kingdom.
[12:33 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: like birds
[12:33 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I forgot about Leeward Cruises and I just got a new boat from the Shop and Hop.yesturday…lol
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice they still meet up on sunday?
[12:34 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I need a squid for my boat…lol
[12:34 PM] Peaches2U Camino: $LoL$
[12:34 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): yeah I see on the Calendar
[12:35 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Sunday at 1pm
[12:36 PM] Peaches2U Camino: just wanted to say, yall are lookin HAWT round here^^
[12:36 PM] ’23 SWF HQ – Rentable AD Board – Chat Pavilion – Size M:
Content added.
[12:36 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): I use to swim the course but want to try out my new boat, so all are welcome to ride with me
[12:36 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: sweet
[12:37 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): just keep your fins on in cash we crash…lol
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I used to like trying to outswim boats lol
[12:37 PM] Peaches2U Camino: hhahahaha
[12:37 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: next time I’ll use Tony
[12:38 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): we do swim faster than those boats…lol
[12:38 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): I love messing with ppl on boats
[12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol yeah but I’m shorter than you
[12:38 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): racing boats is too much fun
[12:38 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): Bother fisherman is the best
[12:38 PM] Dana Enyo: Yes, that’s really fun
[12:38 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): tug at everyones hooks
[12:38 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): some try to run us over…and some are amazed to see a mermaid
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no don’t play with the hooks. lol
[12:39 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): lol.
[12:39 PM] Dana Enyo: I’ve not been to Sirens Isle in a LONG time. Need to get back there
[12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: they had a great mermall back in the day
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it still there?
[12:40 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): a boat full of mermaids would really shock them…lol
[12:40 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Yeah, it’s not what it used to be for sure
[12:40 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): The mermall is at Havens now
[12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok
[12:40 PM] Dana Enyo: Sirens Isle? It’s just a couple of very small islands
[12:40 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): There’s a portal to it at our landing
[12:41 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Mostly just drunks hanging out there with their boats these days at Sirens Isle lol
[12:41 PM] Dana Enyo: Yes, and they can be VERY fun!
[12:41 PM] Nevaeh L. Roye? (ItsIntuitive Resident): I go blake sea a lot and mess with boaters
[12:41 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): lol.
[12:42 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): LOL
[12:42 PM] ???? (Tabitha Sirensong): It’s ok they get drunk fall off the boats and we have something to play with.
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I hate when sharks eat drunks. a mako with a hangover is not fun to deal with
[12:42 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: they are nasty drunks too
[12:42 PM] Peaches2U Camino: llol
[12:42 PM] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident): Hahah
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay shall I adjourn us all?
[12:43 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Nice seeing everyone
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ? welcome back
[12:43 PM] Dana Enyo: Yes; I’m off to La Ciudad de Sirenas
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: was glad to make it!!
[12:43 PM] ?Fancy Pride? (SweetTaffeyLove Resident): Thank you 🙂
[12:43 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oky then my friends
[12:43 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Happy Vday all
[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!!