Start logging of "The Dojo" at 08/02/03 13:10:15

13:10: [The Dojo] Chronita: Now for the mandatory “Rules of the Assembly” speech. . . ;)
13:10: [The Dojo] Tianwei: ./pray
13:10: [The Dojo] Chronita: I will be moderating this Assembly. This is not to prevent you from expressing yourself, on the contrary, but rather to try to keep it organized. Until I open a topic for discussion, comments in the org channel should be kept at a minimal.
13:10: [The Dojo] Chronita: If I open a discussion, you may freely contribute to the discussion (without standing up), until the discussion is closed. If I ask for any new topics and you have one you would like to raise, please stand and I will recognize you so you can state your topic, then we will have a discussion.
13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: When discussing, pls respect the others, and stick to the topic currently being discussed. Applicants are requested to limit their posts, and cannot take part in votes.
13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: If someone from outside the org disturbs our meeting here, the best policy is to just ignore him/her. A council member or myself can tell them the meeting is in progress and ask them to leave, otherwise we should limit our contact with them. In the past it has been proven time and time again that the “zen” approach is best :)
13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: End of Speech :)
13:11: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, first a big welcome to those here at our first ever Saturday assembly :)
13:12: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Yay! :)
13:12: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: Saturday rocks!
13:12: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Yay yay yay!
13:12: [The Dojo] Chronita: Until further notice, we will be holding assemblies on Sat. from now on.
13:12: [The Dojo] Chronita: However, I am introducing a new assembly aspect today as well ;)
13:14: [The Dojo] Chronita: We will continue to plan on an assembly per week, however if by the middle of the week I feel there is really nothing to talk about or announce, I might announce on the forum that the coming assembly is cancelled.
13:14: [The Dojo] Chronita: Last week was a good example of such a time where there was really no reason to hold an official gathering.
13:16: [The Dojo] Chronita: Anyway, if there is no need, hopefully i'll be able to let everyone know days in advance so perhaps ppl can find other things to do with their time on the weekend or make other plans that normally would be interrupted by our meeting :)
13:16: [The Dojo] Chronita: That's about all from me about assembly, now onto the "good news, bad news" topic ;)
13:17: [The Dojo] Thaylia: uhoh
13:17: [The Dojo] Chronita: First the bad news part. . .
13:17: [The Dojo] Chronita: Because of issues of time allowances, Traineeer and Refflection are stepping down as council members.
13:18: [The Dojo] Thaylia: :-(
13:18: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: .
13:18: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: =(
13:18: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) ...~mumbles~
13:18: [The Dojo] Chronita: They will be demoted to squad commander soon, the honorary rank for past-council ppls
13:18: [The Dojo] Tianwei: :(
13:18: [The Dojo] Chronita: Also Refflection will be transferring her org-banks
13:19: [The Dojo] Chronita: Cutephyter will be the new ncu bank person (thx Cute!). . .
13:19: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: permission to speak?
13:19: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: =)
13:19: [The Dojo] Chronita: And the fixer bank is still up in the air atm
13:19: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Thnks Cute :)
13:19: [The Dojo] Chronita: Go ahead Kan
13:20: [The Dojo] Xiahang: Thx cuter there is alot of stuff in that bank i ws looking yesterday
13:20: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: will traineeer an reff still be apart of the Gassho houise?
13:20: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: T
13:20: [The Dojo] Chronita: as far as I know they will. Any news on that Neuro?
13:21: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: I am about to ask all the curretn gassho members about that so look for updates on the website soon. :)
13:21: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: .
13:21: [The Dojo] Chronita: a good semi-answer for now :)
13:21: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: And look for a few new Gassho members soon. :)
13:21: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: :)
13:22: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, onto the good news part ;)
13:22: [The Dojo] Chronita: Today I am proud to announce the addition of 2 new Council Members - Cutephyter and Xiahang! :)
13:22: [The Dojo] Tianwei: w00t =)
13:22: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: *cheers wildly*
13:22: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Gratz
13:22: [The Dojo] Thaylia: woooot :-)
13:22: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: thanks =)
13:22: [The Dojo] Raialibe: Gratz
13:23: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Thank you both for stepping up to serve Dojo. :)
13:23: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) w00h00, m0re leadership t0 pester
13:23: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) err, I mean l00k up t0
13:23: [The Dojo] Xiahang: Thank you and to current council for vote, I will do my best to serve the dojo :-)
13:23: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: ya thx to the council =)
13:23: [The Dojo] Chronita: both passed the rigorous exam with flying colors ;)
13:24: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: :)
13:24: [The Dojo] Chronita: Also, I am happy to announce that our bow bank has a new keeper - Tianwei :)
13:24: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) w00t
13:24: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Yay for bows!
13:24: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: :)
13:24: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: thx Tian!
13:24: [The Dojo] Xiahang: gratz
13:24: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: gratz
13:25: [The Dojo] Chronita: So if you have spare bows and ncu laying around, you know who to see about that ;)
13:25: [The Dojo] Tianwei: Thank you Chron, I will be updating the bow bank later tonight, important family event to attend before that tho :)
13:25: [The Dojo] Chronita: And I think that about does it for official topics now :)
13:26: [The Dojo] Chronita: So, if anyone has their own topic/question to pose today, pls stand now and be recognized :)
13:27: [The Dojo] Chronita: Kanmeephol, a topic?
13:28: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: on recruitment and speading the word of the dojo further
13:28: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: i was thinking of travelling to newlands..and seing if an newbie MA would like to join us
13:29: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Did you mean a specific person or looking for new members from MAs you see without an org?
13:30: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: lookin for new MA's who are not in any orgs...
13:30: [The Dojo] Chronita: that is certainly a good idea - we dont have a branch of recruiters that are required to actively seek people out, but that sort of activity certainly is welcome :)
13:30: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: i WOULD LIKE TO VOULENTEER :)
13:30: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: oops caps 
13:31: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: sorry
13:31: [The Dojo] Chronita: that is fine :) feel free to embark on that quest at your leisure
13:31: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Anyone can do that. I usually say something alone the lines of, "Hi! I see you are without an org. :) I've found The Dojo to be a wonderful place and a great org for MAs. You can read about it at http://thedojo.free.fr if you are interested  and I'm happy to answer any questions."
13:32: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: :)
13:32: [The Dojo] Tianwei: heh I went about finding u guys :)
13:32: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) Same.
13:32: [The Dojo] Tianwei: I think i gave a few of u tells....
13:32: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, good topic :) Anyone else?
13:33: [The Dojo] Chronita: Yes Tian?
13:33: [The Dojo] Tianwei: I had been thinking about our meeting place...
13:34: [The Dojo] Tianwei: And that there may be a few better places to hold our meeting... areas with less traffic like the roompa bar or Reets are among the nices places to hold a meeting
13:34: [The Dojo] Xiahang: i think we would get alot clan annoyances there
13:34: [The Dojo] Tianwei: not the roompa bar
13:34: [The Dojo] Tianwei: its omni
13:34: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: i'm thinking it might be a little hard for people to find rompa bar, if they havent been there before
13:35: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: HR3?
13:35: [The Dojo] Chronita: rompa bar is a bit small too :)
13:35: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: Omni Ent can be confusing
13:35: [The Dojo] Xiahang: Oh that Ent dist lost there for hours as anewbie
13:35: [The Dojo] Tianwei: good point, anyways i just thought i would give those places as a suggestion... if we ever decide to move our meeting place
13:36: [The Dojo] Tianwei: thank you for ur time guys :)
13:36: [The Dojo] Chronita: well we are always up for considerations, but our little park here has served us well, and even though it can get public disturbances, it also is a public symbol for us :)
13:37: [The Dojo] Chronita: with SL tho we might want to scout a few areas in Jobe and such ;)
13:37: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Chronita's apt!
13:37: [The Dojo] Tianwei: heh if i get SL ill be sure to help
13:37: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Know if any part of jobe will be open to non SL peeps?
13:37: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: yes SL has some nice spots =)
13:37: [The Dojo] Tianwei: One tiny question..... who is the head of house Gassho.... is it Neuro?
13:38: [The Dojo] Xiahang: yes
13:38: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: That would be me. :)
13:38: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: I'm the right foot.
13:38: [The Dojo] Chronita: not yet Munk, would be a shame if everyone didnt get to see at least some of it IMO :)
13:38: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: I agree.  It's gorgeous :)
13:38: [The Dojo] Chronita: We digress tho. . .:)
13:38: [The Dojo] Chronita: Any other topics for today?
13:39: [The Dojo] Chronita: Topic or exercise Kan? ;)
13:39: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Topic :)
13:39: [The Dojo] Chronita: Go ahead :)
13:40: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: sorry if this sounds boring but hay, i'm new lol
13:40: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Right,
13:40: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: I was thinking of..
13:41: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: If the Dojo could assingn a few Dojo Officers who could specilize in just helping low lvl memebrs or new commers to AO...
13:42: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Because being new to the game can be..
13:42: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: kind of lonley to some ppl....coz there are so many high lvl ppl in the dojo...new ppl cannot tem up
13:43: [The Dojo] Chronita: good points :)
13:43: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Helping newbies has been the subject of prevous proposed houses.  It takes a lot of energy to follow through with it on a long term basis.
13:43: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Coz if we know who the new ones are..we could help to team them up with other members there lvl
13:43: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: But I'd be glad to help you :)
13:44: [The Dojo] Chronita: while we do not have anything official, I think we have a good core of players in our org who often are happy to help the newcomers :)
13:44: [The Dojo] Tianwei: my enf.. Cianwei would be glad to team with new commers
13:44: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) Classes could be set up on certain days, similar to meetings, where aspects of playing certain professions can be discussed.
13:44: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: Could the Dojo provide a new house just for that Topic?
13:44: [The Dojo] Chronita: Akidoe was planning on starting a house basically to fill the needs you addressed, but it never really materialized
13:45: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: I could voulenteer
13:45: [The Dojo] Chronita: We could try and revisit the idea, but as Munkee said, it takes a lot of time and dedication
13:45: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: One reason it hasn't happened...
13:45: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Is in away, it is the purpose of our org, to help new MAs so everyone in the org helps our new members.
13:45: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: true
13:46: [The Dojo] Tianwei: *helps whenever he can however he can*
13:46: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: that's true,
13:46: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Which is not to say there's no room for improvement. I'm sure there is :)
13:46: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: But some ppl may be afaid to ask for help
13:47: [The Dojo] Neurobatica: Quick question ofr any FotD on, could you check do an /org info on yoruself and see if we have a Type I field right now? We are being offered a tower field
13:47: [The Dojo] Tianwei: that is true... i hesistate asking for help sometimes *doesnt like to pester*
13:47: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) ONly type 2
13:47: [The Dojo] Tianwei: *Hesitate
13:47: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: i think fotd tower is type 1
13:47: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: C
13:47: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) Don't worry Tianwei, I ask enough questions for both of us.
13:48: [The Dojo] Tianwei: :P
13:48: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) FotD tower is type II
13:48: [The Dojo] Chronita: well questions are always welcome, just so they do not become too frequent so they clutter the org chat
13:48: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: oh, low ql type 2 then =)
13:48: [The Dojo] Fotd: (Phreakstitch/Phunkphist) Greater Omni Forest, Type II, level 34
13:48: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: COZ WE DON'T WANT TO PETSER HIGH LVL PPL CAUSE THEY MAY BE BUZY RAIDING OD LVLVING
13:48: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: oopS SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS
13:48: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Or sitting in camelot taking up space? :)
13:48: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: heh, dont be afraid
13:49: [The Dojo] Chronita: it's always ok to ask, thats the main thing. also, forums are a nice source of info
13:49: [The Dojo] Chronita: but yes, we can certainly look into the "helper" house again
13:49: [The Dojo] Maraskye: Ignore Nebuchadnezz, it's just me ingame
13:49: [The Dojo] Xiahang: don't be afraid i will help i have been sent many tells if I am busy I will ask u remind me or i will contact you later
13:49: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: wow, Hiya Mara :)
13:49: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: ...NOT ME I'M OK LOL
13:49: [The Dojo] Cutephyter: hehe ok Mara =)
13:49: [The Dojo] Thaylia: Hello Mara :-)
13:49: [The Dojo] Chronita: i'll post a thread later in the main forum to see what kind of reaction we draw :)
13:50: [The Dojo] Chronita: Any last topics for today?
13:50: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: If i quailfy for the gassho i'll make sure that any low lvl members are not afraid to ask for help :)
13:51: [The Dojo] Munkeezon: Threats work well.  "Ask for help or else!"
13:51: [The Dojo] Tianwei: will volunteer his services to help new commers if they want it :)
13:51: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: lol
13:51: [The Dojo] Kanmeephol: I will too
13:51: [The Dojo] Tianwei: rofl.... Neuro
13:51: [The Dojo] Tianwei: *munkee
13:51: [The Dojo] Chronita: Ok, let's go ahead and close the assembly here then with a /pray :)