Cleo posted the original transcript under the Events category, where it might get overlooked, so I have quoted the entire transcript at the bottom of this post. There were two questions asked, both directed towards the Executive branch.
First question:
Trebor is not getting the automatic information from the land scanner that the other Estate Manager's get. Can you explain why this is so?
An EM's job is to make sure these transactions go smoothly, and Trebor needs to receive this information in order for him to do his part as EM.
Answer as I understand it: Sudane told Ceasar that Hippo emails put a demand on the sim server and since we have a land scanner which reports exactly the same information on this page:
http://www.tospitimou.com/landscanner/v ... ontext=CDS , the emails would be redundant while causing extra burden on the sim. EMs are encouraged to make it a habit to check the land scanner page. I have been endeavoring to schedule a meeting with all the EMs to go over these things but that meeting has not happened yet. Fortunately, we are full up with very few abandoned parcels, even if Trebor had been receiving emails, his inbox would have been mostly empty. The Chancellor's office has had to (by law) reclaim a few parcels due to tier not being paid, so those land transfers would have been emailed (but required no response, so not really necessary, since the emails just would have showed the Chancellor and EM transfers required to reclaim parcels and prepare them to be sold).
which leads to question 2:
Q: How does one locate & inspecting available parcels in advance of them going up for sale?
Answer:
The land coordinates for each parcel are ALWAYS given in the notecards notifying of the sale (for example - the parcel going for sale this Saturday has the land coordinates: Colonia Nova 6, 222, 32
Land coordinates - for those who don't know - are used by opening the big map inworld, typing in the name of the sim and doing a search. The default landing spot for each sim is 128, 128, 0 (or) the lowest landing point on the center of the sim. In the lower right corner of the big land map, you will see those coordinates after you have searched on the sim. Replace the 128, 128, 0 with the coordinates given in the notecard. You will see the red indicator circle on the map itself move to the new location. Click on Teleport and your avatar will be tp'd to the location.
You can also find land coordinates on the web and teleport from the web by clicking on "Visit this Location".
Here is this Saturday's parcel for sale: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/C ... 20Saturday
Landmarks are nice and we can try to give them out but they require a little extra effort, i.e. EM needs to walk into the parcel and find a good landing spot, then make the Landmark, and getting it to the Chancellor to include in the notecard (or the Chancellor has to make a special trip and go out and make his own). One thing I know Ceasar and I have been struggling with is the notecards, textures, and LMs (etc.) I am sending him are getting lost (probably because his messages are getting capped) so we are having to follow up on everything. We will try to include LMs with the notecards but even when that doesn't happen, there will ALWAYS be land coordinates which you can use to find the parcel.
Full meeting transcript as posted by Cleo in the Events section, reposted below:
cleopatraxigalia wrote:There were two questions asked , which are bolded below. Birch Moonrise, Widget, Catz, JD, and Cally and Ranma were in attendance. The meeting lasted about half an hour.
[08:47] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: will be leading the GQH June 26 at 9am at the pretorium. Hopefully other members of the government, from all three branches will attend as well as any citizen or visitor to the CDS.
Please bring your questions about the Government and or post them here if you cannot attend and I will answer them to the best of my ability, or another member of the government who attends will, and the transcripts will be posted.
The meeting will be recorded and I will do my best to answer questions as I am able, or find the answer to your questions if I do not know.
Please refer to the following link about the GQH. Save the dates for the rest of the term.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4959#p27257
[08:55] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: if anyone has questions that you didnt post on the forums give them to me on a notecard. please
[08:55] Birch (moonrise.azalee): ok
[08:55] Birch (moonrise.azalee): just a minute
[08:59] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: thank you Birch!
[08:59] Birch (moonrise.azalee): np
[09:00] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Hello Ranma
[09:01] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: This meeting will commence.
[09:01] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: All of the statements will be recorded....
[09:01] Ranma Tardis: good morning
[09:01] Birch (moonrise.azalee): good morning Ranma
[09:02] Ranma Tardis: Good Morning Birch
[09:02] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I will be leading the GQH June 26 at 9am at the pretorium. Hopefully other members of the government, from all three branches will attend as well as any citizen or visitor to the CDS.Please bring your questions about the Government and or post them here if you cannot attend and I will answer them to the best of my ability, or another member of the government who attends will, and the transcripts will be posted.
The meeting will be recorded and I will do my best to answer questions as I am able, or find the answer to your questions if I do not know.
Please refer to the following link about the GQH. Save the dates for the rest of the term.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4959#p27257
[09:03] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Anyone with questions either post them here or pass them to me in a notecard. When a question is put out by me any of the government officials in attendance are encouraged to answer the question. The meeting will be transcribed amf published and end at 950 am. Any remaining questions will go to the next G Q H or you can ask in the forums.
[09:03] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: If anyone has a question please give it to me on a notecard.
[09:03] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Calli and i will attempt to answer GQH questions.
[09:04] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Does anyone else have a question.. The transcripts will be posted in the forums.
[09:04] Widget Whiteberry: I have a question
[09:04] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: send me a notecard Widget
[09:05] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I have one question so far.. i will post it then attmept to answer it .. as i hope Callipygian will help.
[09:05] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: welcome everyone ! .. The first question is from Moon.
[09:05] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: It is for the Executive Branch. But i think we can do some bit to answer this .
[09:05] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: and then send it to the Exec for further clarificiation if needed.
[09:06] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Birch asks:
[09:06] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Trebor is not getting the automatic information from the land scanner that the other Estate Manager's get. Can you explain why this is so?
An EM's job is to make sure these transactions go smoothly, and Trebor needs to receive this information in order for him to do his part as EM.
[09:06] Callipygian Christensen: I am dealing with a conference call also, so may be not paying full attention at times.
[09:06] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: ok ty
[09:07] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: This assumes that trebor needs the emails to do his job. What part of his job do you think he cannot do without the emails Birch? .. and where did you get the job description for the EMs you use?
[09:07] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: This may help the Executive team answer .
[09:08] Birch (moonrise.azalee): I think the question is self explanatory - why is Trebor not receiving the message he needs. He was receiving them before and is not now. He is at work, and is unable to attend himself, so i wanted to ask on his behalf.
[09:08] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Here is my understanding of the law. ..
[09:08] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: and again i have not looked this up
[09:08] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: But i can try for later.
[09:09] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I was reading this morning about this in context of something from a while ago, but I am certain that Each newly elected executive is able to 1. appoint any staff they wish
[09:09] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: 2. create their own proceedures.
[09:10] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: The Executive that was just elected might be doing things in a different way than you have seen done in the past. But i don tthink that means its wrong, nor does it mean that it is a problem.
[09:10] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Land sales are being handled differently for one thing by this administration.
[09:11] Designer Enchanted is online.
[09:11] Birch (moonrise.azalee): but - to the question "Trebor is not getting the automatic information from the land scanner that the other Estate Manager's get. Can you explain why this is so? " --- how does your answer relate?
[09:11] Birch (moonrise.azalee): that he is not getting the information that others do.
[09:11] Birch (moonrise.azalee): unless -- no EM are getting this information anymore?
[09:11] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I have no indication that that is the Case.
[09:12] Birch (moonrise.azalee): so.. no other EM is having this problem that you are aware of?
[09:12] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: perhaps bagheera will be here to answerlater, But i have no indication from anyone that the EMS are treated differently ...
[09:12] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: So you dont know either ?
[09:12] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: You are assuming that Trebor has been singled out is that correct? But you dont know this for a fact?
[09:13] Birch (moonrise.azalee): I am not in the government, nor do I take part in any of the CDS sanctioned groups - but I find it hard to believe that no EM is getting this information anymore. If that is the case then something is wrong.
[ [09:13] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: That may help the Executive answer the questions
[09:13] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: So you are just supposing,
[09:13] Birch (moonrise.azalee): This is why I ask you, if you know why Trebor is not receiving the information that he was previously.
[09:13] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: ok
[09:14] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: i can answer that generally. as i already did
[09:14] Birch (moonrise.azalee): No need to put words in my mouth. I am posting a question on behalf of a friend of people here, and someone people know, who was unable to attend today due to RL obligations. That is all.
[09:14] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: When a new admiinistration takes control. The roles of the people working for the new administration sometimes change. And the new admin get to create the role and define the dutires they delegate per the law as they see fit. e
[09:15] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I have no idea, or any indication that Trebor has different roles than the other EMs
[09:15] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: He is no longer on the previous admins team, and is on a new one, so manythings likely change.
[09:15] Birch (moonrise.azalee): Answer of 'no idea why' or 'yes, I know why -- this is why...' would suffice if you don't know. And perhaps the offer to look into it.
[09:15] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I am sorry you didnt like my anser. I will move on to widegets question.
[09:16] Birch (moonrise.azalee): only because it wasnt an answer, but no problem
[09:16] Birch (moonrise.azalee): Are you going to investigate this?
[09:16] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I answered the best i could and i think it was a fair answer. I already said i will post them on the forums.
[09:17] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Q: How does one locate & inspecting available parcels in advance of them going up for sale?
[09:17] Birch (moonrise.azalee): But -- will you look into it?
[09:17] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: And again this is for the executive
[09:17] Birch (moonrise.azalee): (sorry Widget)
[09:17] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Widget, this is a good question. i recall reading that the new procedure is on the forums
[09:17] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: There will be a 24 hour notice of land for sale i think ??
[09:17] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: so at that time one can go see the parcels and decide if you wan t them i assume.
[09:18] Widget Whiteberry: the new procedures don't address my question
[09:18] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: if you have the name of the parcel, cant you go see it ?
[09:18] Widget Whiteberry: only if you can find it
[09:18] baz (avantgarde.frequency) left the region.
[09:19] Birch (moonrise.azalee) wonders if some EM not getting information when they need it affects that smooth process.
[09:19] Widget Whiteberry nods
[09:19] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Birch please
[09:19] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: that has nothing to do with this.. i am going to look at the notice sent last time and see what i can tell you
[09:20] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: CDS Land sale day - Saturday June 28th 2014 at noon SLTThe following Parcel will be offered for sale
C.03 Colonia Nova @ Colonia Nova 20, 231, 45
[09:20] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: there are maps on the forums that let you look up the parcel, but i do agree the LMs to the parcels for sale would be a benefit !
[09:20] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: perhaps they can put it on a notecard and add the LM
[09:20] Widget Whiteberry: some slurls work, others do not
[09:21] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: LMs are easy to put on the notecards.
[09:21] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: then you wont have to go to the forums to look up the name
[09:21] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: ( posted a notecard from group notices) text below:As you know citizens are allowed to sell their own land parcels as they wish by setting the parcel to sale to either a specific person or to anyone.
From time to time land is either abandoned or needs to be taken back by the government due to the delinquency of tier payments. We wish to ensure that sales of these parcels of land are dealt with in a fair and equitable way.
Land that becomes available will be notified in the forums and by CDS notice in world with at least 24 hours notice prior to a land sale day. So long as the 24 hour notice period has been satisfied land that becomes available will be sold on the next land sale day. There will be two land sale days each week.
Wednesday at 5am SLT
Saturday at noon SLTLand set for sale in this way will remain for sale until someone purchases it.
For clarity this procedure does not apply to citizens private sales of their own parcels.
Please contact myself, Bagheera, the EM team or the PIO team if you have any questions
I hope you will all encourage
[09:21] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: anyone you know who is interested in purchasing land in CDS and therefore becoming a citizen to join the CDS group as a 'friend of CDS' so that they will receive the notices.
[09:22] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: If you want to look them up on the forums.
[09:22] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: or rather the portal
.
[09:24] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: you go to the opening page and then the land prices and fees tab,
[09:24] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: there are maps with plot numbers there.
[09:25] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: ok is that all ?
[09:25] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: I appreciate you all coming to this meeting and i will post the transcripts.
[09:25] Birch (moonrise.azalee): not very satisfied with your lack of a promise to investigate Trebors issue
[09:25] Birch (moonrise.azalee): unless i missed it
[09:25] Birch (moonrise.azalee) scrolls
[09:26] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Does anyone else have a question for th e RA branch or the SC branch
[09:27] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: since we are here.
[09:27] CLEOPATRA Xigalia: Id like to invite you to go hear Trow play on the docks then. Thank you very much.