Saturday Q&A for October 12th, 2024

 [11:03 AM]  Prince Amor: hello
 [11:03 AM]  albertlr Landar: Hello Prince.
 [11:04 AM]  Prince Amor: so how did it all go
 [11:04 AM]  Prince Amor: the please for more and all that?
 [11:04 AM]  albertlr Landar: Well we just did get our goal.
 [11:04 AM]  Prince Amor: did you all get more sign up for the monthly?
 [11:04 AM]  Prince Amor: I tried to work that hard on my end
 [11:04 AM]  albertlr Landar: But unfortunately we are still short in the number of subscribers.
 [11:04 AM]  Prince Amor: how many more you need?
 [11:05 AM]  albertlr Landar: We are running a little over $200 short each month in subscribers.  So that works out to 20 or more subscribers at $10 or more a month.
 [11:05 AM]  Prince Amor: that was quite a big drop
 [11:05 AM]  albertlr Landar: Dan is going to try to save a little on expenses by combining servers.
 [11:05 AM]  Prince Amor: wonder who got upset
 [11:05 AM]  Prince Amor: so you got 10 more
 [11:05 AM]  albertlr Landar: Well I think its more the economy. Last year saw a large increase in inflation, so people just cut back.
 [11:06 AM]  Prince Amor: out of the workout
 [11:06 AM]  albertlr Landar: But inflation is getting under control here in the US, so people need to remember how important their monthly donation are to keep things paid for.
 [11:06 AM]  Prince Amor: I doubled mine
 [11:06 AM]  Prince Amor: will try to give more in the tip jars too
 [11:07 AM]  Prince Amor: but I do that as it goes myself also
 [11:07 AM]  albertlr Landar: We have more users that are not paying anything to use Osgrid right now than those that subscribe every month.
 [11:07 AM]  albertlr Landar: Its free but only to an extent.
 [11:07 AM]  Prince Amor: yes
 [11:07 AM]  albertlr Landar: The light bills have to be paid.
 [11:07 AM]  Prince Amor: well of course
 [11:08 AM]  albertlr Landar: So I am doing my job by reminding everyone how important it is to donate, and especially donate every month.
 [11:08 AM]  albertlr Landar: We have a board meeting next week about things.
 [11:08 AM]  albertlr Landar: So we plan to keep up urging the users to support OSgrid.
 [11:08 AM]  Prince Amor: well    you would....just let them know    they need someone to run some land for free just tell them to ask me
 [11:09 AM]  Prince Amor: you know
 [11:09 AM]  Prince Amor:    it helps
 [11:09 AM]  Prince Amor: that I have
 [11:09 AM]  albertlr Landar: We have to or else the only other option will be to cut back on things people enjoy for free right now.
 [11:09 AM]  albertlr Landar: On yea you have been a big supporter.
 [11:09 AM]  albertlr Landar: And BTW, thanks for helping my friend Linus with his sheep avatar.
 [11:09 AM]  Prince Amor: I am thankful it is here
 [11:10 AM]  Prince Amor: sure
 [11:10 AM]  albertlr Landar: He told me that he set up a new avatar but wanted a sheep avatar, and was unable to find one.
 [11:10 AM]  Prince Amor: yes I was surprised
 [11:10 AM]  albertlr Landar: It occurred to me you might be able to help him.
 [11:10 AM]  Prince Amor: not to see it around
 [11:10 AM]  Prince Amor: I do a lot of them
 [11:10 AM]  Prince Amor: and well always hunting for new to do so I keep my chops
 [11:10 AM]  albertlr Landar: I looked on Second l  e and they have page after page of sheet avatars over there, on the marketplace.
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: well that is not the place to get them
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: for here
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: I like this place
 [11:11 AM]  albertlr Landar: I looked around myself and could not find one even on Kitely Marketplace.
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: https://3dmdb.com/
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: there are 10 million models there
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: and then I believe I got that avatar here
 [11:11 AM]  Prince Amor: https://www.deviantart.com/maxdemon6/gallery/57117130/xnalara-model
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: those are not as legal
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: but
 [11:12 AM]  albertlr Landar: Oh so they have mesh items on there.
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: long as one does not sell it
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: yes
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: millions
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: in reality
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: I believe sl is full of them
 [11:12 AM]  albertlr Landar: yea, most likely.
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: I do not think that
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: one has to pay anything
 [11:12 AM]  Prince Amor: or ever take from sl to here
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor:    anything one is being rather stupid for doing it
 [11:13 AM]  albertlr Landar: yea
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor: when you look at sketchfab and see millions of free models
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor: and you have free uploads here
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor: find something better to do then go to sl
 [11:13 AM]  albertlr Landar: Well you know I have survived Helene Hurricane and fortunately Milton by passed us here in GA.
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor: at least that is my thing
 [11:13 AM]  Prince Amor: yes I had a time of it a bit
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: but I did really well where I am
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: I am south of Orlando and east
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: it kind of
 [11:14 AM]  albertlr Landar: I still have Hurricane debris in my front yard from Helene.
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: was north of us
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: and well helene was all the way on the panhandle
 [11:14 AM]  albertlr Landar: Well glad you survived too, that Milton was a bad one.
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: yes me too
 [11:14 AM]  Putri SoloSinger is Online
 [11:14 AM]  Prince Amor: I feel fortunate
 [11:15 AM]  albertlr Landar: We just had wind damage and lots of rain here from Helene.
 [11:15 AM]  albertlr Landar: Took about a week to fully restore all the electicity.
 [11:15 AM]  Prince Amor: yes we lost some shingles
 [11:15 AM]  Prince Amor: electric for me was only off about 5 minutes
 [11:15 AM]  Prince Amor: however others within a 30 minute drive of me
 [11:15 AM]  albertlr Landar: Fortunately I have solar and a Tessler Power Wall.
 [11:15 AM]  Prince Amor: we were without for a day or so
 [11:16 AM]  albertlr Landar: So never really had a period without power, but internet was out for a good 12 hours.
 [11:16 AM]  Prince Amor: yeah lost it here had to reboot the modem
 [11:16 AM]  Prince Amor: but machines never went off
 [11:16 AM]  Prince Amor: so it was clean for me
 [11:16 AM]  albertlr Landar: But every time the power company would cut it off to work on it, I would have all my electronics and computer cut off. And reset.
 [11:16 AM]  Prince Amor: was happy hate when stuff goes down
 [11:17 AM]  albertlr Landar: So during the first day of the Auctions, they decided to do it .
 [11:17 AM]  Prince Amor: they aren't on our schedules
 [11:17 AM]  Prince Amor: :-)
 [11:17 AM]  albertlr Landar: that was the worst time to do that.
 [11:17 AM]  albertlr Landar: i was beginning to think they were doing it on purpose.
 [11:18 AM]  albertlr Landar: But it was during Helene that I discovered that one of my inverters was not working. Then main one for the front of my house.
 [11:19 AM]  Prince Amor: yes seems like one only finds out when one needs it
 [11:19 AM]  albertlr Landar: Seems it stopped working back in July and no one called me about it. They ordered a new inverter in August, and it was just siting in their warehouse. So I arranged from them to come replace it, coming Monday to do that.
 [11:19 AM]  Prince Amor: well albert
 [11:19 AM]  Prince Amor: perfect
 [11:19 AM]  albertlr Landar: Meanwhile I have been paying more for my power bill.
 [11:19 AM]  Prince Amor: so I have to get going...
 [11:19 AM]  albertlr Landar: For three months.
 [11:19 AM]  Prince Amor: have a guy coming for shingles
 [11:19 AM]  albertlr Landar: So no will check once a week to see    they are both working.
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: wanted to know how the push did though
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: yeah have to work it
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: here and there
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: or right before disaster
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: to know
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: test stuff
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: ok please do excuse me
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: will check in with you next time
 [11:20 AM]  albertlr Landar: I wish I had one of those Metal roofs put on my house, they last a lot longer now that do the asphalt times.
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: that is what they say
 [11:20 AM]  Prince Amor: not sure    my homeowners association will accept that though
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor: we will be replacing ours soon
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor: it isa bout 10 years old
 [11:21 AM]  albertlr Landar: Oh sure
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor: ok will catch you later sir
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor: have a good day!
 [11:21 AM]  albertlr Landar: We will have to remove all our solar panels to replace ours.
 [11:21 AM]  albertlr Landar: ok thanks for coming.. Take care.
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor: yeah that would be rough
 [11:21 AM]  Prince Amor is Offline
 [11:22 AM]  Putri SoloSinger is Online
 [11:26 AM]  albertlr Landar: Well it looks like OSgrid still has the largest land area according to Hypergrid Business, and we are second to Wolf Territories in popularity.
 [11:26 AM]  albertlr Landar: https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2024/09/opensim-active-users-rise-with-cooler-weather/
 [11:33 AM]  albertlr Landar: But one of the on going problems I have brought earlier, is we need more of the free users to support OSgrid. It a duty that those that 
use its servers to donate monthly to help us pay the bills.  If you wait for someone else to do it, then bad things can happen. The Board is entrusted to keep it going 
and if the funds are not there to pay for the servers, then they have to be cut back or eliminated. The plazas the Homestreads are there for everyone to enjoy and use. 
But they still have expenses for them that must be paid. All services and work by the Administrators here on OSgrid are donated, no one person makes a dime for what 
they do here. It is all voluntary. We depend on the voluntary monthly subscribers that support OSgrid to pay the bills. We are now running short of income to expenses, 
and have been doing so during 2025.
Please consider joining the other supporters by subscribing at least $10 or more to keep OSgrid going. Thank you. Now since no one else has show up today, and its now 
past 11:30 AM I will call this meeting today to a close. Thank you all for those that suppot OSgrid, and please join them if you do not already subcribe. Thanks - 
albertlr Landar-Treausrer