Subject: dlvorg We agree ... kinda ...
From: Annie (annie)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 07:46:15 CST
In this mailing:
Org List
Agreement
Advertising
SO's luncheon
Flex and advertising
More advertising
Flex
Golf list
Before DLV
Summary Schedule of Activities (updated)
Tentative DLV 2001 schedule
Administrivia
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Agreement:
Wow, we haven't had that kind of response in a long time. :)
Thanks to everybody who responded with their votes and opinions.
Almost everybody who responded (so far) has been in agreement with the
changes and confirmations I proposed Tuesday, with the exception of a
few abstains, which I'm interpreting to mean don't really care either
way. Nobody marked disagree on anything, and there were no negative
comments on any of the items.
Anyway, to summarize ...
1. Flex (Arville and Charleston) will be the venue for our Tuesday
evening Pre-DLV gathering. (13 agree, 1 abstain)
2. Hamburger Mary's (Paradise and Harmon) will be the venue for our
Welcome Celebration, including dinner. (12 agree, 2 abstain)
3. We will attend LaFemme, earlier show, (MGM Grand) on Thursday
evening. (All agree)
We do have a volunteer to coordinate this, see note below. I hope
everybody will join me in thanking Monique with a big hug and kiss. :)
4. We will attend La Cage (Frank Marino, Riviera) as the feature
activity of Saturday evening. (All agree)
5. Flex will be the venue for the Sunday farewell gathering.
(10 agree, 4 abstain)
I've updated both the summary and the activity database.
Could the local ladies (I know Bea hangs out there, also maybe Leah and
Mindy) please touch base with Flex and tell them (warn them?) that we
will be descending upon them on Tuesday, April 30, and Sunday, May 5. It
looks like their advertising is still an open discussion item, as you
will see below. TIA, ladies. :)
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Here are the verbal comments, first from Monique:
>> 1. That we use Flex (Arville and Charleston) as the venue for our Tuesday
>AGREE, after Milano's.
>> 3. That we attend LaFemme, earlier show, (MGM Grand) on Thursday
>AGREE, let's keep the Limo thing going though for Thursday nite.
>I'm
>willing to volunteer on collecting $$'s, going to the box office to
>get the tickets, etc., but only onsite at DLV. I'll be arriving at DLV
>early and will make myself available as needed. Final logistics needs
>to be worked out, but I volunteer.
Thanks, Monique! This is one item that will be truly appreciated.
>> 4. That we attend La Cage (Frank Marino, Riviera) as the feature
>AGREE. Logistics work out is needed here so we can get the max number
>of girls out to this venue.
One of my reasons for suggesting this flip-flop is that it's much easier
to do tickets separately and still sit together for La Cage. They have
two classes of seats, regular and VIP. VIP are in front, regular are in
back, both are quite cozy. :)
Anyway, history has shown that if you book the VIP tickets separately,
but you are all on time and on line together (hopefully toward the
front) you will be seated together. We'll need to be sure everybody
knows where to meet, and do some admonitions about being there on time,
and things will work out.
They can get their tickets early by phone, or even stop in person the
week of DLV. La Cage does sell out, but usually not until the day of the
show.
>> 5. That we use Flex as the venue for the Sunday farewell gathering. Yes,
>ABSTAIN, for I have to depart on Sunday
We'll be sure that you miss your flight. :)
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And now from our resident comedienne and comic artist, who will be
appearing at the Improv during the DLV week:
>>1. That we use Flex (Arville and Charleston) as the venue for our
>It's been a long time since I did the Charleston, but I'll give
>it a try.
>>2. That we use Hamburger Mary's (Paradise and Harmon) as the venue for
>>our Welcome Celebration, including dinner. Everybody on one's own for
>>$$$, ordering off the regular menu, and for drinks, of course.
>I think it would be better if you bought the drinks, but other than
>that it sounds OK.
>>4. That we attend La Cage (Frank Marino, Riviera) as the feature
>That also sounds good, and not totally unfamiliar. The only problem
>I've seen is that some people have had trouble figuring out where to
>buy the tickets, so maybe somone could hang around and point the way to
>the ticket window.
Good point. I guess since I'm on the list to coordinate this one, I
am probably gonna be the one who stands there and directs traffic.
Last time (DLV2k) I remember we had said we would meet at the bar around
the corner from the box office, but Deb and I were the only ones there.
I'll be sure to include instructions on where the box office is in the
Riviera. I remember in 2000 I started to explain how to find it to
somebody, and I ended up saying to just ask the security guy where the
box office is and I don't think she liked that as a suggestion. :) :)
>>5. That we use Flex as the venue for the Sunday farewell gathering. Yes,
>I'm Flexible on that.
{groan ... barf}
>Sorry about the bad jokes
Not as sorry as we are. :) {ducking and running}
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Advertising:
Densie writes:
>>Hmmmm .... We've never had this come up before. I dunno about
>>advertising or local promotion. Hmmmm .... Lemme spew out some random
>>thoughts for a while.
>Here's my sputum...
>I don't think it's a good idea. Local advertising will bring out
>people who have not been on the mailing list and have no idea what the
>event is about. Some will think it's a drag show, others will come
>ready for a gay free-for-all orgy, a T convention, etc...
>Besides, we're doing this to draw friends with a common interest
>together, not to throw rubber chicken banquets and make a buck, so
>let's keep it between those of us who have discussed this and know what
>it's about.
The one point you make is that DLV is quite unique, and those who are
not in contact (via mailing list and/or web) probably do not have a
clear idea of what DLV is all about. (Some people on the list obviously
don't have any idea either, but that's a story for a long rainy
Thursday. :)
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SO's luncheon:
So far we have received three affirmative responses and one decline
toward this. No specific comments on it have been received.
Mindy, what timeslot would work for this? (Pick one. :)
We can call for a headcount on this just shortly before show time. In
2000, we had a SO luncheon on the calendar, 8 (I think) said they would
be present, but nobody showed up.
Hopefully this one will get a better turnout.
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Flex and advertising:
>>Any comments about this, gang?
>I like Flex. I wouldn't mind if they listed DLV night on their Web
>site (along with your DLV link) or posted a sign in their bar. Hard
>to imagine them advertising more than that, unless it was an
>announcement in the LV Bugle (if that's still around) or some other
>gay paper or e-zine. All those seem consistent with your previous
>announcements about how to publicize DLV.
>As far as time slots, plug them in wherever needed.
>Late Limo in 2001??
>Hmmm ... I don't remember the limo being late last year. Tina?
[deletia]
>As I remember it, the limo wasn't late, merely on time, and not one
>minute early. I headed straight to the driveway after the show, and
>the limo had not arrived, but it was not yet the eact time contracted
>for.
>A few people waited with me for it. The limo had arrived by the time
>our full group had assembled. And the limo went overtime as it dropped
>people at various hotels on the ride back, and was a good 15 minuites
>over by the time it dropped me back at the Trop (our original departure
>point). No charge.
>Personally, I was quite satisfied with Bell Trans. There was a minor
>problem with some glassware not being clean, but the driver promptly
>resolved that and apologized profusely. Some girls seemed put out that
>we had to stop at a liquor store, but it would have cost a lot more to
>pre-stock.
>And that driver was extremely nice to our group, going beyond the mere
>politness, respect, and courtesy that our dollars had purchased.
>Candidly, I was a little miffed that people didn't kick in a little
>better for her tip.
Hmmmm ... I don't remember the lack of tip at all.
>I do like the suggestion from Mindy about breaking up the time to
>include a bar stop. I found it a little difficult to mix drinks last
>year in the back of the limo. :-)
>I'm sure Aiko (and now apparently also Mindy) will do a fine job in
>organizing this year's limo tour.
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More advertising:
>Just a quick comment here, regarding publicity. Some of the locals
>might not want any publicity that night, not to draw attention to
>what they're doing that night. Just a thought, anyway.
The way I envision this happening, any publicity would be limited to
the GLBT media, which is read almost exclusively by those who have an
interest. I really don't see something like this doing something like
tipping off cow-orkers as to what somebody is doing on their day off,
for example.
Comments?
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Flex:
Leah writes:
>Just a thought on the Flex advertising thing......in the GLBT papers
>here, places like Flex take out a full page or sometimes two page ad
>listing all of their activities with pictures and artwork and stuff.
>I would imagine that what Flex is proposing for advertising would be
>just a notice of Diva Las Vegas being there and maybe tied in with a
>T-night theme. Shouldn't cost anything as they have the ad already and
>all they would need is the exact date so they can get it in by deadline.
>Shouldn't hurt although all I think it would attract is admirers......
Which some would consider a good thing, and others might consider a bad
thing. Also it might attract some t* people who have not heard of us.
>flip side would be the regulars who aren't friendly would go somewhere
>else.
>Not a bad tradeoff.....lol
Comments, gang? Personally, I'm mixed with regard to local publicity.
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Golf list:
I'm going to forward the last part of Mindy's note to the golf list to
hopefully get some conversation going there. I will copy it to the
main DLV mailing on Sunday in case there are new people who want in
on it.
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Before DLV:
>Are you planning to arrive in LV a day or so before DLV, like you did
>last year, and have a sorta informal pre-pre-pre DLV get together?
Well, it looks like I'm gonna arrive in LV Sunday evening. I haven't
really thought of a pre-pre-DLV or pre-pre-pre-DLV thing but if there
are people there, I supposed it could happen.
>If so, please let me know. I am planning to arrive there a day
>earlier, like last year, arriving that morning from a red-eye flight.
>Its basically a day to rest and prep, and to get rid of jet lag. There
>is a good chance my room wouldn't be ready till the afternoon (hotel
>offically states : after 3pm) but last year the room was ready when I
>got in, which was 11am. So Yvonne may or may not have time to get
>ready.
I know there will be others arriving early as well, some have mentioned
it here, others have off line.
If somebody wants to plan something, I'm all for it. Really, we don't
need to have something formal, the Keys thing last year was very much
on the spur of the moment.
>I again apologize for last year, for not being in my room when you
>first called.
No apology necessary. We can't expect every attractive young lady to
sit around just waiting for the phone to ring, can we? :)
>I was glad that I was finally able to reach you, and went out for a
>easy evening at Keys.... there was another person also ... can't
>recall the name that was with us.... was it Allison?
That was Alice from South America. I don't know if she is gonna be
with us or not this year.
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Summary Schedule of Activities (updated):
Date Day Time Activity
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Apr 30 Tue Morning
Afternoon Milano's Welcome Dinner
Evening Pre-DLV get-together
May 01 Wed All day Blond Hair Day
Morning
Afternoon
Evening Dinner (tentative) and Welcome celebration
After Karaoke, Goodtimes
Later Slumber Party (and swap meet)
May 02 Thu Morning Air tours
Afternoon Glamour Boutique Open House
Evening LaFemme (production show) MGM Grand
After Limo tour
May 03 Fri Morning Golf (See notes about golf mailing list)
Afternoon Carluccio's Dinner (5:00pm)
Evening Goodtimes Annual Mixer
Late Night Dance Night
May 04 Sat Morning
Afternoon Mall Crawl
Evening La Cage (Frank Marino) Riviera
Midnight Rocky Horror Picture Show
May 05 Sun Morning
Afternoon Side trip, Valley of Fire
-or- English High Tea
Evening Buffet dinner, Palace Station
Farewell Get-together
This schedule is tentative and not complete, subject to change.
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Tentative DLV 2001 schedule:
as of Tue Feb 12 11:06:53 CST 2002
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Tuesday, April 30:
Activity Name : Welcome dinner
Possible "Timezone Options" : Tu, 5:00pm
Location or Venue : Milano's
Expected Dress : Casual (moderately dressy ok)
Expected Cost (If any) : $5 - $15 per person
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 30
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments : Casual Italian, American, Greek, Mexican
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Activity Name : Pre-DLV get-together
Possible "Timezone Options" : Tu, 7:30pm
Location or Venue : Flex
Expected Dress : Casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : One one's own for drinks and munchies
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 50
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments :
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Wednesday, May 1:
Activity Name : Dinner and Welcome Celebration
Possible "Timezone Options" : We, Ev
Location or Venue : Hamburger Mary's
Expected Dress : Casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : $5 - $12 per person plus drinks
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 60
Organiser Required and who : Yes
Comments :
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Activity Name : Karaoke
Possible "Timezone Options" : We, later
Location or Venue : Goodtimes
Expected Dress : Casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : Food and munchies on one's own.
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca. 70
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments : After Welcome Celebration
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Activity Name : Slumber Party
Possible "Timezone Options" : We, Late
Location or Venue : Residence Inn
Expected Dress : Whatever
Expected Cost (If any) : TBD
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 30
Organiser Required and who : Yes, LeeAnna
Comments :
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Thursday, May 2:
Activity Name : Air tours
Possible "Timezone Options" : Th, AM
Location or Venue : Henderson Executive Airport
Expected Dress : Casual, boymode or girlmode
Expected Cost (If any) : TBD
Maximum Numbers (If any) : 3 6 9 12 ...
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Densie, Gina
Comments :
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Activity Name : Glamour Boutique Open House
Possible "Timezone Options" : Th, Aft
Location or Venue : Glamour Boutique, 714 E Sahara
Expected Dress : Casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : On one's own for purchases
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca. 50
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments :
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Activity Name : LaFemme
Possible "Timezone Options" : Th, Ev
Location or Venue : MGM Grand
Expected Dress : Nice casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : $49 per person
Maximum Numbers (If any) :
Organiser Required and who : Yes
Comments : Limo tour to follow
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Activity Name : Limo Tour
Possible "Timezone Options" : Th, after show
Location or Venue : Las Vegas Strip
Expected Dress : Nice :)
Expected Cost (If any) : $15 pp
Maximum Numbers (If any) : 7, 14, 21 ...
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Aiko, Yvonne
Comments : Delmar, etc.
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Friday, May 3:
Activity Name : Golf
Possible "Timezone Options" : Fr, 10:00am
Location or Venue : Golf course {duh}
Expected Dress : Casual or athletic, boymode or girlmode
Expected Cost (If any) : TBD
Maximum Numbers (If any) : 4 8 12 16 20 24 ...
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Mindy
Comments : Details TBA
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Activity Name : Dinner
Possible "Timezone Options" : Fr, 5:00pm
Location or Venue : Carluccio's
Expected Dress : Nice casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : On one's own for dinner and drinks
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 50
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Leah
Comments :
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Activity Name : Annual Mixer
Possible "Timezone Options" : Fr, 7:30pm
Location or Venue : Goodtimes
Expected Dress : Casual to modrerately dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : On one's own for drinks and munchies
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca. 100
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments :
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Activity Name : Dance Night
Possible "Timezone Options" : Fr, 11:30pm
Location or Venue : Gipsy, et. al.
Expected Dress : Whatever
Expected Cost (If any) : Cover and drinks
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 100
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments :
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Saturday, May 4:
Activity Name : Mall Crawl
Possible "Timezone Options" : Sa, 12:00n
Location or Venue : Various
Expected Dress : Casual, boymode or girlmode
Expected Cost (If any) : On one's own for what is purchased
Maximum Numbers (If any) : None
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Annie
Comments : Belz, Boulevard, possibly Primm
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Activity Name : FI Show, La Cage
Possible "Timezone Options" : Sa, Ev
Location or Venue : Riviera
Expected Dress : Nice casual to very dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : $39 per person
Maximum Numbers (If any) : Ca 100
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Annie
Comments : Frank Marino
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Activity Name : Rocky Horror Picture Show
Possible "Timezone Options" : Sa, 12:00m
Location or Venue : Paradise 6 Cinema
Expected Dress : Anything goes (really)
Expected Cost (If any) : $4.50 per person
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 150
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments : HAS to be better than last year.
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Sunday, May 5:
Activity Name : Side trip
Possible "Timezone Options" : Su, PM
Location or Venue : TBD
Expected Dress : Casual, boymode or girlmode
Expected Cost (If any) : Possible donation for park fee
Maximum Numbers (If any) : Capacity of vehicles
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Annie
Comments : Valley of Fire
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Activity Name : High Tea
Possible "Timezone Options" : Su, Aft
Location or Venue : TBD
Expected Dress : Nice
Expected Cost (If any) : $15 or so
Maximum Numbers (If any) :
Organiser Required and who : Yes, Mindy
Comments : A rawther special afternoon
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Activity Name : Buffet Dinner
Possible "Timezone Options" : Su, 5:30pm
Location or Venue : Palace Station
Expected Dress : Casual recommended
Expected Cost (If any) : $7.95 per person
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca. 50
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments : Meet at top of escalator, 5:30pm
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Activity Name : Farewell Get-together
Possible "Timezone Options" : Su Ev
Location or Venue : Flex
Expected Dress : Casual to dressy
Expected Cost (If any) : On ones own for drinks and whatever
Maximum Numbers (If any) : ca 120
Organiser Required and who : No
Comments :
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Diva Las Vegas 2002
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