OOC Craft Meeting

OOC Craft Meeting

Annik - Saturday, April 05, 2003, 5:28 PM

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Smith Dining Hall

As you step into this large room, rows upon rows of tables first greet you. The scars and spots in the wood and the benches distinguish them as apprentice benches, victims to younsters' curiosity about their first blades. Farther into the hall are groups of round tables with chairs, journeymen tables it would seem, and finally across the far end of the room sits one long table. The master's table is on a slightly raised dais, no doubt to allow the masters to keep a better eye on the apprentices during the meal. A swinging door near the apprentice tables gives a glimpse into the bustling kitchen.

A large metal door to the west leads out to the main meadow.

Contents:

Carissa

Taria

Obvious exits:

Kitchens Main Meadow

Annik comes in OOC, since we don't really have any IC stuff to take care of.

Carissa nods and wanders in circles.

You say "Okay, the main thing I wanted to discuss is that it's about time for another Smith Festival, so we'll need to start planning for that."

You say "Ideas, anyone?"

You say "Input? Anything?"

Taria drops her chickenlegs onto the plate and thinks OOC... hmmm,

Taria likes the idea, when will we bet hinking about slating it for? 3 months from now?

Annik is also going to need volunteers, and I know that isn't always easy, but I'm going to put that out there now. Oh, no, I'm thinking next month.

Taria will we go solo, or bring in some of the other crafts from the area?

Taria aaahs, what's next month?

Taria ducks. forget I asked that.

You say "We'll invite others, but we're going to do it basically by ourselves like last time."

Annik grins. I

You say "Er, I'm thinking mid-May."

Taria thinks we should have a widget competition.

Taria oohs, okay, Summertime?

Annik pokes the silent C2. Widget... remind me what that is?

Carissa has major searchco goings on up until early may. "Taria, you know that's politically incorrect. Talbak and I prefer the term 'little people'."

Taria widget, you know, a gizmo...

Taria grins. "What's politically incorrect?"

Carissa couldn't resist. "I call them 'dohickeys' but widget.. O.o I've never heard that. 'Midget'.. I was being lame.

Annik honestly never uses that term, Taria. But yeah, that's a good idea, I think. ;)

Taria giggles. "Heh.. NP. I'll get with it as soon as I tear myself away from CNN."

Taria actually calls them whatsimejigs' (sp?), but widget is easier to type :P

Annik is going to TRY to get the healers to do their class then, too.

Carissa forgot about that.

Taria ooohs, a horse-shoeing contest... and shoeing game :)

Carissa ners, "We'd need the beastcraft for the runners.."

Annik had so much trouble finding a time that was good for them that I asked Ayanne to suggest a time, and she never did, so I'm going to remind her and see if they can find a time during our Festival.

Taria adds - you could get one of the enterprising appies (or JM) to code up the 'toss' game for the horseshoes that are pulled off the runners :P

You say "Oh, runner shoeing is a good idea, though. Don't think I've seen that done in a long time."

You say "The game that is."

Taria nods. "It's a good way of showing off skills, make it a demo sport/event even, and get the 'contestants' to try it on a runner 'model'

You say "I am going to ask Desh to unearth his knife throw game."

Taria grins. two games :)

You say "One comment from last time is that we didn't have any games or competative activities, so I would like to do something this time."

Taria nods. "Yeah, I /love/ games...

Carissa nods and hrms. "Something stupid.. nail pounding relay race O.o"

Taria hmmms, how bout another contest too, with a 'create a musical instrument from things to hand' contest...

Taria giggles. 'Domino's."

Carissa likes your gizmo idea, Taria.

Annik grins at Carissa. "That would actually be pretty neat."

Taria grins - in fact, you could run the domino contest like a fireworks display as well!

Taria nodnods re nails!

Carissa beams herself with a hammer and falls over.

Taria giggles. "You'd be hob-nobbing it with the best of them" guffaw!

Carissa groans.

You say "We're definitely doing fireworks, of course, but that means people need to write/submit some emits."

Taria giggles. "There you go Annik, bookmark the event as the 'hob-nob' race!

Annik grins.

Taria wants to dosomeething with coloured water... - oh, get the vintners in for a 'distilling' experiment/exhibition thingy?

Taria :adds, with drinkable results of course :) *whistles innocently*

You say "We could try, but I wouldn't get my hopes up as far as other crafts doing much."

Carissa found somethig nifty on the net the other day. You take a glass shell, fill it with sand, heat it up, and you get nifty sun-drops..

Taria nods. I'll rark up Aunty Malia if you like" :)

You say "Oh, I also would like to the display table thing again, which means I need people to write up descs."

Carissa dunno where that came from, but

Annik hmms, interesting.

Taria wows.that is pretty cool Carissa!

Annik nods at Taria. If you can get other crafters involved, by all means do.

Annik is thinking of starting this on a Friday afternoon and going through Saturday. That sound okay?

Taria nods. "Sounds great!

Carissa might be able to get the winers involved, we'll see.

Taria thinks about another silly game idea... but is not getting it to gel, sand, ... or oh, have you seen those dog shows, think along those lines - obstacle courses, combined relays.

Carissa OOHS!

Annik grins at Taria. Remember, Smith-themed.

Taria nods. "Which is why it's not gelling."

Carissa works at a plan here in her little head..

Taria ums.. I think at one leg of the relay you have to - oooh I know, teams, each tema member has to 'drag/carry/ a 'blade' along with them through the obstacle course, and make a windmill at the far end of the course :)... first team home with the the 'working' 'mill wins!

Annik grins. Be careful what you suggest, cause I might just put you in charge of it. ;)

Taria approaches the Seacraft about some thoughts there... I can chat to the weavers and see if they'll send in some delegates as well if you want :)

Taria flees.. ooh no! I can't oversee the darn thing :P

Annik nods and is definitely going to invite everyone to bring their tents. We just have to be careful not to make it a gather.

Carissa nehs, "Have a jar, put some nails in it, ask how many *snicker*"

Annik grins. That's a great idea, Carissa.

Taria drools! GOOD call!

Taria and request a 'cake' from the baker-craft as a prize?

Taria if they don't want to actively attend?

You say "Or, something from the display table that we're going to make."

Taria nodnods... lots of contests, lots of prizes needed :)

Annik nods. It's a good way to get people involved when not many are online.

Taria nodnods.

Carissa rubs her chin.

Taria adds, now nails are rare I'm guessing, so no more than 1000 :)

Carissa likes nails today, I keep coming up with weird ideas with them.

You say "Well, it just depends on how large of a jar we have."

Taria hmms, sleding thing? non-motorised wheeled cart race?

You say "And how big the nails are."

Carissa blinks, "Do you know how easy nails are to make? >.< But yeah, something whacky like 372 O.o"

Taria grins. "It's not a question of the ease, it's a question of the raw material's I thought!

Taria adds, so stuff like wooden cotttar pins are easily come by, whereas metal ones aren't!

Taria grins. And ther's another obstacle course/contest - team to get a wagon with four loose wheels (or just two) together and loaded and back and forth dropping off goods to do a realay type thingy

Taria adds - people are the herbeast's to ddrag it along

Annik hmms... I think Talbak has a dart game somewhere... at least he did last time.

Taria gets the nod from seacraft, anything specific we want? :)

You say "People to come participate mostly."

Carissa hms and thinks, thinks..

Taria thinks I can get harper in as well...

Annik ohs, yes, that's always a nice thing to have: music.

Taria looks at Annik.."Don't you even begin to finish that thought Madam CM!"

Annik grins.

Carissa considers an obsticle course run by water, and ponders this for awhile longer.

Taria grins. "Coolies. Hmm, I know I kknow.. lets do something crazy like a (if you'll pardon the analogy) 'king for a day contest! - you know, they have those things in Europe as part of the medieval festivals where someone is crowned leader for a day - we could call it Craftmaster for the day! contest and they can make decisions, and have them carried out, and order the start of the dinners and dancing

Annik covets her beloved knot. I'll have to think about that one. :)

Taria thinks - hammer throwing contest!

Carissa imagines thatone going down hill..

You say "Let's also try to incorporate all of our subcrafts, too, if we can, to get a well-rounded Smith experience."

Taria thinks about the holes in the meadow ground as s aresult.

Annik will be right back... keep thinking.

Taria hmms, building... glass...

Taria thinks we aren't specifically the centre for pottery are we.... nope, hmmm

Carissa euhs, "I think we are, more or less. Ceramics."

Taria nods. "Could we do a 'plate/bowl' making thingy.

Carissa considers and nods.

Annik nods, we do ceramics and that sort of thing.

You say "Part of the glasscraft."

Taria hmms, cartography is someone elses area (harpers??) - so how bout some osrt of sily lie-detecting thing, using like litmus or some sort of chemical raction... you could have major fun with that one in a sneaky sort of way. :)

Annik grins.

Taria adds, and another fun sort of 'fireworks' analogy - stuff like potassium in the water... that is /always/ loads of fun :)

Carissa read a story in french class.. this guy kept having money stolen from him, so he made a 'lie detector'.. he turned off the lights, left the room, and told everyone to stick their hand in the water and say 'I didn't steal the money' and if they were lying, then a light would go off in his office. Well, of course, there was no light, the real lier never put his hand in, and there was green dye in the water..

You say "We also have to make sure we have enough people to run all the activities we want, and enough time to fit everything."

Taria grins. "Minor inconvenience that

Taria thinks you could turn those 'sundrops' into boats for the water-obstacle course.. make it a little one, blow boats along it with straws or something?

Carissa was thinking something like that, too.

Taria grins. "Get the seacraft rep to 'judge' the course in case of any cheating :)

Taria grimaces and wonders whether to have a firelizard clutch desced up?

Taria laughs - seacraft could supply barrels for the obstacle course

You say "Hmm, let's try to think of some more 'non-RP' activities that some people could be involved with... oh, maybe a scavenger hunt?"

Taria grins.

Taria smiles. "Smith themed - make a widget :P get 'paper' pieces of a certain colour for each team to make the item

Taria is elaborating on a scav hunt idea

You say "I'm thinking more of something where no one has to be here to run it... people just come and do it whenever they want, like the nail estimate."

Taria nods. Dominos?

Annik grins. If you would want to code something for that, you're more than welcome. :)

Taria but that's what a 'paper' scavenger hunt is though, finding all the clues

Taria hmmms, sandcastles/

Carissa has seen stuff like that. Someone on SouCon did that, it was pretty cool. You'd look for words in the room desc, and if you typed the right one, and egg would fall out, and you'd get a prize.

Taria nods. "Alaida has run a couple like that here."

Taria ums, we have a river don't we?

Carissa says "Yeah"

Annik would probably do something more simple, like have a prize at the end. Yeah we do.

Taria grins. "Could have a 'ferry'/boat ride thing.

Carissa sings, "Row, row, row your boat.."

Taria grins evilly. "Plushy picnic!' for the littles>" :)

You say "How is that Smithy? ;)"

Carissa bahs.

Taria adds. 'best dressed/cutest/ plushy wins

Taria laughs. 'Make up a picnic with a /barbeque/ in the shape of a smithy forge :)

Carissa chuckles.

Annik grins and will mention again that these ideas will have to be organized/ran/judged, and I can't do it all, so beware of what you suggest, lest you are willing to be in charge of it. :)

Kuroyi has connected.

Carissa says "Taria, maybe let the littles(providing any come), 'dress up' their dollies and such with jewelry they can assemble themselves, like clip-together pieces(think italien bracelets), and the winner gets to keep the jewelry or something?""

Kuroyi pages to Annik, Carissa, and Taria: Sorry had a rl problem

You say "Hi, Kuroyi. :)"

Kuroyi waves belatedly.

You say "Or, have a prize for the one dressed up in the most Smith-like costume."

You say "We're discussing ideas for the next Smithcraft Festival, Kuroyi."

Carissa feels sorry for all the char and soot covered plushies?

Kuroyi says "Ohh Cool"

Annik grins. Not all of us are dirty and soot covered.

Kuroyi says "Has there been any word on whether the wizards are going to let riders join the Crafts during hte interval?"

Annik hmms. Perhaps we could have a 'clay modeling' activity, where people/littles could make something and we'd fire it for them.

Annik hasn't heard anything, Kuroyi.

Taria grins. "Yay, like that one better than the plate idea I had clanking around in my head!

Kuroyi says "Oh I like that idea Annik"

Taria smiles. "Better yet, we could code up a 'kiln' objct that will do it for people when they've finish making it if they want too... and if they don't the canjust 'slush' the clay

Carissa says "Nope, just me.. sorry, getting more pizza."

Annik nodnods. That's a good idea.

You say "Any ideas, Kuroyi?"

Kuroyi says "Well what all have you come up with so far?"

Taria tests something

Games Contest/competition Fun/displays/other

Darts Widget/gizmo making Fireworks

Knife throw Nail pounding race (hob nobbing 'Count them nails'

Runner shoes Hammer throwing scavenger hunt

? hammer toss clay models

Annik grins. Many, many things. Let's see, we've got an estimate jar filled with nails, we've talked about a scavenger hunt, games, contests, umm... yeah that.

Kuroyi laughs!

Taria giggles. "Sorry my craftmast... I was just seeing if I could get it to recap nicely :)

You say "Well done. :)"

Kuroyi says "You know, once I went to a carnival, and they had a glass blowing display that actually let you try and blow your glass. Of course everyone's glass attempt came out to be a worthless blob but.. Sand is cheap."

Carissa has this dire idea, "I should have my alt run Jaco up his sail mast. 'Craftmast at halfmast' >.<

Annik grins. Well, Carissa would be best for a glassblowing thing.

Kuroyi says "Those look like some awesome ideas. But hammer toss and hammer throwing I think are the same thing? ;)"

Carissa whines, "Izett is the glass blower."

Carissa says "Nah. Hammer throwing, hit the target. Hammer toss, hit yer friend."

Kuroyi says "Ahh heh"

Taria giggls. "Double up."

Carissa giggles.

Annik smiles. "And you're the C2, that's where the responsibility part comes in. But if either of you wanted to do it, it wouldn't matter to me."

Taria

Games Contest/competition Fun/displays/other

Darts Widget/gizmo making Fireworks

Knife throw Nail pounding race (hob nobbing 'Count them nails'

Runner shoes Hammer throwing scavenger hunt

? Runner shoeing clay models

sandholds water course other craft displays

Carissa doesn't know how to blow glass, but I'd be willing to supervise. "We should make Loren do a waterwheel type demo/explaination.."

Taria /knows/ how to blow glass, but hasn't had Taria do it icly... I think.

Kuroyi says "Water course?"

You say "Or a flamethrower thing... he's good with those."

Taria nods. "It's like a miniture obstacle course, was thinking, make little 'sailboat' models and blow them down teh course with a straw

Taria adds Carissa thought of the water obstacle course bit though

Annik wonders if we could figure out a sort of obstacle course that incorporates the subcrafts somehow...

Taria thinks the wagon wheel one will.. or any 'course' that requires you to go do certani bits at eag leg of the race.

Taria each leg that is.. like 'build' a windmill...

Taria giggles. It wouldn't have to be serious representation of each sub-craft. :)

Annik nods. I'd just like to make things as Smithy as possible, so no one can complain that it resembles a gather.

Carissa snickers, "Make your dragon into a windmill.. attack piece here, here, here, here.. your dragon will never bite its flank again with our garanteed windmill blocker. Bonus! Save on your electric bill."

Kuroyi says "Hehe"

Taria laughs. But it /is/ a gather" mwahahahahahaha

Kuroyi says "Why would anyone complain if it resembled a gather?"

You say "Because crafts aren't supposed to do gathers."

You say "It's hold territory."

Taria grins. "Okay, so the food pits will be disguised as smith forges (yay for barbeques!)

Taria adds. "They were complaining 'cos it wasn't gather like enough at the last one though... gotta flex somewhere."

Kuroyi says "Really? Hm I always got the idea a Gather was just a relative celebration of it being a Threadfree day, I didn't know it was specific to holds"

Carissa says "its not, people are just that angsty."

Kuroyi says "Gotcha"

You say "Well, on the game it's sort of unspoken that gathers are for Holds to do."

Taria grins. "So we turn it more into demo events then

Carissa says "not that they ever hold one.."

Kuroyi says "Hehe"

Taria has it on good authority that at least one hold was tentatively planning one...

Kuroyi was going to say the same thing Carissa heh. There hasn't been a hold thing since the thingy at Igen, and that was run by the bakers, then the thing at Tillek run by the secrafts

You say "Also, I do want to get people interested in the craft, therefore having the smith-related activities."

Taria grins. "So, widgits!"

Carissa dances with Taria, "Widgits, widgits!"

You say "If you want to do that Taria, or Carissa, I won't complain."

Taria grins. "Hey Carisa, you think the nail count should be a coded object that 'records' the vote?

Taria nodnods. "I can't guarantee which day I'll be on for though :(

Carissa oohs, "I didn't even think of that, but that would be super spiffy!"

Carissa says "too bad I can't code ;)"

Taria laughs. "There you go!"

Kuroyi says "What will the winner get? The choice of a very nice beltknife or a carved obsidian comb or something?"

Carissa says "A Cake! O.o"

Taria nods. "Hadn't got to prizes yet."

Carissa mmrs, "We should.. start that, too, huh? I'm willing to desc up something for the display table, or a few somethings, once I see what's there..

Taria giggles. "Oooh I know, get the bakers to make a cake that has marzipan/iced nails and cogwheels on it.. so you'd literally be eating those nails you just counted out :D

Taria hugs Annik - another reason why I suggested the paper 'pieces' in the scavenger hunt being used to 'make' something... more smithlike than a 'clue' scavenger hunt.

Taria unspams everyone now. I just get lots of ideas that need to come out sometimes.

Annik nods. We're going to do a display table with new projects that you all are going to submit cause you love me so much, and those will be the prizes.

Kuroyi says "You guys have a lot of ideas, I can't think of anything to add to them honestly."

Taria wonders though, do we want to go with the runnershoe demonstration? the runnershoe toss game would then be ablet o be run afterwards.

You say "We would have to get a herder to the demonstration. ICly, we don't actually do the shoeing, we just make them."

Taria wonders, like the 'clay modelling' - could do suncatcher thingys that people make themselves.

Carissa Screams at her parents, "YOU PEOPLE SUCK!" *pouts* I gotta go.

Taria thought shoeing was the jurisdiction of blacksmiths, which are smiths, farriers are just a subbranch of metalworkers.

Kuroyi has disconnected.

Annik nods, that would be pretty easy. Set out little bits of glass with wire to connect.

Kuroyi has connected.

Kuroyi baps his cable modem.

Taria holds out the duct-tape for Kuro.

Carissa grumps.

Annik doesn't think so here, Taria.

Carissa goes home.

Carissa has left.

Smithcraft> Annik patpats Carissa.

Taria thinks that's stupid... beastecraft look after the horses, farriers shoe them. it's traditional!

Taria adds. Cold shoing anyone can do sure.. hot-shoing is an artform!

You say "Well, I've never heard of a Smith doing it, but you could ask the herders if you want."

You say "There was a runnershoeing demo once, but I believe the herders were showing us."

Kuroyi says "Err"

Kuroyi has disconnected.

Kuroyi has connected.

Kuroyi tests.

Taria blinks.. but it's like metal/

Annik staples Kuroyi online.

Taria grins. "Check the connection at the back Kuro.. might be something loose

Kuroyi says "I';m not sure whats the deal"

Taria shrugs. "Probably provider is at fault

Kuroyi says "if It happens again I'll be a few minutes, will recycle the modem"

You say http://cajuncats.com/donethat/herder/shoeing_class_3_9_99.html

Taria nods. "But Farriering is primarily a /matalwork/ job is my point.

You say "The thing about runnershoeing is that we don't know runners like they do. We can make the shoes easy, but putting them on is not really our domain."

Kuroyi says "They really go hand in hand. You can't really know anything about making horseshoes without knowing about horses, IMHO and from personal experience"

Annik nods. It is, but we just don't work with runners like they do. We can know the needed info, but we're not the experts on the animal itself.

Kuroyi says "Yeah, I think a pernese farrier woudl be more likely to be a beastcrafter than a smith"

You say "Just as, they can know enough about how the shoes are made, but they are not the experts like we are."

Taria cedes

You say "We do have to work hand in hand with them, as we do for many other things... we just don't see it on-camera unfortunately."

Kuroyi says "What likely is happening is that the smithcraft is making a very base horseshoe, that the farrier is using as a general mold"

Taria would have thought the farrier is more likely a hold-trained appprentice who goes to the beastcraft or actually, doesn't join either craft formally

Kuroyi nods, "Yes that sounds pretty legit. As someone who's actually learned the basics of being a farrier.. If you dont love horses, you wouldn't do it, the work is backbreaking heh

Annik nods. Okay, back to our festival. Any more discussion on ideas?

Kuroyi says "So will most of this stuff for the smith festival be coded? Or need to be actively run?"

Taria would have thought it doesn't matter if you /love/ horses or not as a farrier, you're doing a job you're trained to do... um, a bit of both :)

You say "Depends on what we choose to do."

Taria will need the date as best as possible in advance. I'm gonna make /sure/ I get one day free...

Annik is thinking either May 16-17 or 23-24.

Kuroyi says "Long as I know in advance I can be there"

Taria grins. "When's the WRC on? or for that matter, the local events *rolls eyes*

Annik will have it scheduled before the month is over. Within the next couple weeks.

You say "WRC?"

Kuroyi nods, "Whats the wrc?

Taria ohs, world rally championship.

Annik has no clue.

Taria grins. It's cool.

Kuroyi says "Bike racing?"

Annik ahs. Okay, so we've got plenty of ideas. Now we've got to figure out which ones we can and want to do. So, everyone pick a favorite, please.

Kuroyi says "LIst the ideas again?"

You say "And Taria, if you could show the list again?"

Kuroyi says "I lsot them with the disconnects"

Taria checks - I think I missed something

Games Contest/competition Fun/displays/other

Darts Widget/gizmo making Fireworks

Knife throw Nail pounding race (hob nobbing 'Count them nails'

Runner shoes Hammer throwing scavenger hunt

? Runner shoeing clay models

sandholds water course other craft displays

Other obstacle course ideas:

teams get together to make something dragging objects through ob.course (windmill bits for eg) or

contruct a 'wagon' or something before they can transport items to the 'hoop/goal' end of the course

Taria grins the 'picnic/littles dressup thingy that Carissa mentioned."

Kuroyi says "wwhat exactly is involved in the widget gizmo making"

Taria grins. "Remind me what our subcrafts are again? - you could have specially cordoned off areas in the gather field, where each craft has their own space, like a glassy bit for the ceramics, and glassblowing type displays/entertainment/activities, metalwork/jewellery, architecture...

Taria ohs, I was thnking, you have a table of /stuff/ which you rpp choosing and making a working model from, desced or coded at end maybe?

You say "glass, metal, chem, machines, material science..."

You say "and architecture"

Taria smiles. "Dress-ups.. how bout a wearable arts fashion contest :) weavers to judge?

Kuroyi says "Architecture.."

Taria grins 'buildins"

Annik grins. This is not for weavers... this is a smith festival.

Taria grins. "Aaah, but 'wearable arts' is /smith/

Taria is talking metal plates, paper hats, palstic feathers and things

Kuroyi says "I went to a camp for potential architects once and we made wooden bridges with glue and popsicle smiths, and a container made of popsicle sticks and paper (or hide in this case) that would protect an egg when dropped from heights"

You say "Yeah, but we would have smiths judge, not weavers."

Kuroyi says "The purpose of the bridges was to support the weight of as many bricks as possible"

Taria okays. just thinking of ways to include other crafts

Annik nods. Other craft involvement is good, but this primarily our thing.

You say "That would be good, Kuroyi, if there is someone willing to run/judge it."

Kuroyi says "I'd like to do the sandhold part"

Annik hmmms... well, what if we tie that in with a clay modeling activity?

Kuroyi has disconnected.

Taria thought the clay modelling activity was gonna be an object?

Kuroyi has connected.

Kuroyi says "I figured out the problem. Its my wife, she keeps updating servers on an noline game and every time it drives my computer wild. We connet through a router heh"

You say "It can be, but there could also be someone around to oversee it, too,"

Kuroyi says "Did you get me saying I wante dto do sandholds"

You say "Yep."

You say "And I mentioned wanting to tie it in with the clay modeling or something, cause Smiths don't just play with sand... we cook it."

Taria then tie the sand into glass... why not bake them into 'glass' castles.

Kuroyi says "Ahh but if we add sticks it's architecture!"

Taria giggles. "Smith's play with everything. :)

You say "Well, then instead of doing sandholds, why don't you do 'stickholds'? Or the bridge building idea you had?"

Taria adds. "And sand is something /everyone/ can play with, unless you turn it into a 'brick' making game.

You say "Well, that's why I mentioned clay. I dunno, I'd rather play with clay than just sand."

Kuroyi ponders.

Kuroyi says "Would they be submitted objects or descs?"

Taria thinks either would work?

Taria but objects are easier to judge later on.

You say "What, bridges or clay models?"

Taria giggles. "Have /both/ then.

Taria sandholds, and clay models things.

Kuroyi says "dont forget to move your clocks up btw"

Taria only moves it to dust it htese days.

Annik nods.

Kuroyi says "It would probably be easiest to do those together."

You say "Taria, would you like to be in charge of something that doesn't need someone online at any specific time?"

You say "Do what together?"

Taria ohs? like???

Kuroyi says "Sandholds and Clay holds"

Kuroyi says "Er clay models"

Annik grins at Taria. Oh, I don't have anything specific in mind yet, but I thought I'd ask.

Taria was gonna volunteer :)

Kuroyi says "Usually sand sculpturing is a timed thing though. You have 2 hours to make one. I think, anyway"

Annik is still leery of the sandhold thing, just cause the only tie it has to us is sand, and we don't really do raw sand stuff.

Taria aaws Annik, it's for fun. And 'building' fun.. you can lock it to the littles if you want to but :) fun is fun :)

Taria adds. "So, we could make a wax cast model of the best, and turn it into a small metal sculpture or something?

Kuroyi says "Ohh that's a great idea"

Annik knows, but there's no reason why we can't do it with clay and fire them or do it with sticks/stones and tie it to arch.

Kuroyi says "That's true too"

Annik grins at Taria and is trying to think fairly simple here.

Kuroyi says "Itd be complicate dto make the model though"

Kuroyi says "the metal sculpture I mean"

You say "It would take more time than we have."

Kuroyi says "How bout this, sand holds, but you have to use sticks and tiny bricks to support doorways or ceilings"

Taria likes...

Kuroyi says "Or modeling clay would actually work better, because it has more tensile strength"

Kuroyi says "but the little buildings wouldn't be able to be fired"

Kuroyi says "Not witht he sticks and rocks in them"

Annik has made so many sandcastles IRL that if I had to make support structures I'd rather just do it with sticks/rocks or little clay bricks.

Kuroyi says "What do you think then? Using modeling clay or sand to make the holds, with sticks n bricks for support?"

Annik thinks either clay or sticks/rocks.

You say "Either we fire them or we don't."

You say "It really depends on what you want the point to be."

Kuroyi says "To learn how to build with sticks rocks and clay"

You say "Okay, then sticks/rocks, with clay more for sticking things together, but not to be fired."

Kuroyi nods

Kuroyi says "I need to log soon, the wife is giving me the Look heh."

You say "That sound okay to you, Taria?"

You say "Okay, then before you go, I'll ask if there is any other business that either of you would like to discuss."

Taria nods. "It sounds cool>'

Taria nopes, nothing springs to mind.

Kuroyi says "Did you find someone to post to a weyr for a class?"

You say "No, not yet."

Kuroyi says "I must have missed gettign that +mail, I'll do it"

Kuroyi says "I mean, I didn't notice it till today"

Annik grins. That was a while ago... I'd almost forgotten.

You say "But yeah, if you'd like to write something up, you can, or I could."

Kuroyi says "Let me think about it and get back to you. What sort of thing would be useful to teach to weyrfolk, is the question. Extra support for old caverns?"

Taria oh that.. I knew I'd put something to one side :(

You say "Primarily, I was thinking of a general info lecture - to give Weyr residents a better idea of what we're all about. The materials we work with, the everyday things they use that we are responsible for... that sort of thing."

You say "Like a recruiting thing. If they won't come to us, we'll go to them. ;)"

Kuroyi says "Like going and saying, "You may not talk to us but we're part of your eveyr day life.." and hold up a fork?"

You say "Not quite a 'you should join us' speech, but more like a 'hey, in case you're interested' type thing."

Kuroyi says "Think you can write up a general idea of what you want said? I can refine it or get a better idea of what you mean"

Kuroyi says "I need to go now =/"

You say "Something like that. Talk about the less obvious things that they may not think about... Yeah, I'll work on something and let you know."

Kuroyi says "Thanks, I'll see you guys later!"

Kuroyi has disconnected.

Annik waves. Thanks for coming... and I missed him.

Tentative Schedule:
Please let me know what you think of this. I would like everyone to be able to have a say, and here is your chance. If I don't receive any comments, I will keep this schedule.

Friday (evening)
Nail Estimate Jar
Display Table
Healer class?
Food

Saturday
Games
Scavenger hunt
Games/contest
Fireworks