From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 08:10:37 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Big Sis volunteers
The last night
Activity suggestions
Another EON volunteer
Air Tours
T-shirts and such
More Laughlin thoughts
Sleep
T-shirts
Administrivia
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Big Sis volunteers:
Nora writes:
>>Nora, can you handle the Big Sister program by yourself, or do you
>>want to call for volunteers to assist?
>I am sorry that Jenni will not be able to take an active role in next
>years DLV. I do hope she is able to be there.
>It was a pleasure working with Jenni this year. We were able to work
>out all the details and everything went very well. we seemed to be very
>compatible. It may be a little to early to ask for Volunteers.
Yes, Jenni will be dearly missed.
Oh, it's NEVER too early to ask for volunteers. :) :)
We can ask now, and revisit the topic around the first of the year.
>If there is anyone out there who is willing to take on the
>responsibilities and share the work I would welcome it. If not I will
>be more than willing to take it on by myself.
Thanks, Nora.
Ladies (gentlemen)? Is there anybody who would like to assist with the
Big Sister program for DLV 2005.
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The last night:
Lorraine writes:
>hi all
Hewwo :)
>the last night of dlv we all agree did not work and we have not said
>much about it so far this year
It was not rated that badly, IIRC, but yes, it was an underwhelming end
to what had been a far more exciting week.
I do agree that we need a strong ending for DLV 2005.
>we all meet at the san remo on the saturday before the start of dlv and
>we all went to see the show girls of magic which was a very good show.
Yes, SOM is a good show.
>this is just an idea how about haveing the last night at the san remo
>with a meal and going to the show afterwards as this is a very small
>theatre i am confident we could fill the place with only dlv girls if
>we gave the hotel notice and i am positive the show girls would put on
>something a bit special for dlv what do we think
Yes, this is certainly a possibility for Saturday.
We did more or less this exact thing for Saturday of DLV 2003. We had a
happy hour, which had a fairly good crowd, dinner, which maybe 20 or so
went to at different times, and then Showgirls Of Magic. We had 50-some
for SOM, and filled most of the left side of the auditorium.
The guy who was then the Marketing Director for David Saxe (SOM, V,
others) made us a hell of a deal, one I'm sure we could not get again,
which was like $24 per person with no up-front money or guaranteed
number of seats. To get that price, we had to agree to do all of the $$$
collection, handle the ticketing, and police the line for the show. We
also passed the hat for the showroom staff. (I've found that the phrase
"we will take care of the showroom staff" works magic when dealing with
the show sales types.) :)
If you are (or anybody else is) interested in coordinating a Saturday
evening thing like this, I'm sure Aiko has a current contact at David
Saxe Productions who you could talk to about it. For Showgirls Of Magic,
it's the David Saxe people who run the show, as opposed to the San Remo
management. The San Remo just leases the showroom, ticket booth,
dressing rooms, etc. to the Saxe people, so they (the Saxe people) are
the ones you will need to talk to for anything special.
I'm sure they will make a fair deal, probably not as low as $24pp, but
you never know.
I don't think we could fill the place. IIRC, the showroom holds about
150-175 people. They also keep some seats held for such people as high
rollers, invited guests, and some of the hotel and independent ticket
agencies, so our group could not have an exclusive show on a prime
Saturday evening.
My guess is a realistic 60-80 people from our group max, which would be
50-70%of the DLVers in town that evening. That seems to be about the
most we ever get at any one activity.
Some may choose to go to the hh/dinner and not the show. This happened
in 2003. Many of our people have seen it once, several have seen it
twice or more now.
There will also be some more lineup changes in SOM shortly. Steve ("Tiny
Bubbles") has been offered the emcee position in another show, and will
be taking it the last I heard. I've also heard that Antonio ("The Great
Antoine") has been offered another deal as well.
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Activity suggestions:
In response to the proposed activity list in the June-July mailing ...
Samantha writes:
>I would second(or 3rd, 4th, etc) a vote for ballroom dancing!
There ya go, ball(room) fans, I think this indicates support for this
from the Teeming Millions.
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Rochelle writes:
>Just one suggestion what about the afternoon tea, had a lovely time
IIRC, Mindy said this would happen, but the location to be determined.
It's on the schedule as proposed.
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Another EON volunteer:
Ginger writes:
>>Michelle (NZ) has volunteered to hostess one other location. That
>>makes three. Any more? Ginger? Aiko? Yvonne? Anya? :)
>Put me down to host a group for EON.
Thanks, Ginger. :)
Any more? {hint}
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Air Tours:
Densie writes:
>We want to put air tours back on the schedule, for one day only.
Ok, done. You can decide which day as we get closer.
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T-shirts and such:
>>Of course those staying at the Sahara are always free to eat at the
>>Sahara Buffet whether or not LW(o)G is there or not.
>What if we're not staying at the Sahara? Can we still eat there?
Only if you stop at the Chief Master At Arms office and obtain a
temporary meal pass. They reserve the right to verify your orders and
debit your COMRAT allowance before issuing a pass. (>MEOW<) :)
>>all know the Sahara. Let's face it, you don't go to the Sahara Buffet
>>for a memorable culinary experience
>I will never forget the breakfast buffet at the IP.
Well, for me it's just the opposite. I don't consider it to be very
memorable. (>MEOW<) Jeez I'm catty this morning! :)
>>I have checked around the Cafepress web site and found out the
>I just got some merchandise from them. The wall clock is a very cheap
>plastic thing, as you might expect, is black on white and has no
>numbers on it. Since the Trocars logo is black, the hands are
>sometimes hard to see.
>I also got a T-shirt that is ink transfer and looks comparable to the
>ones I have made with an inkjet printer. There is nothing wrong with
>the merchandise, but it is definitely nothing special.
That's kinda what I suspected, a very generic transfer. I assume an
outfit like that would do it with a heat press and not an electric
iron. :)
If Dorothy goes ahead and sets up a Cafepress store, I'll most likely
order one just to see how they come out.
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More Laughlin thoughts:
Julie writes:
>Hi all,
Bula Vinaka, beachside. ... :) :)
>Densie paints a picture of Laughlin that's pretty dim, which I must say
>it is not the Bellagio, but we do have indoor plumbing. I stay at the
>Imperial Palace when in Vegas (because of the location and price) and
>our Laughlin hotels are hands-down better than there.
I wouldn't call it really a dim picture, more like the same thing that
happens around here ... outstate people visit Omaha when they don't have
the time or money to visit Chicago or St. Louis (or Las Vegas). :)
Oh, and Omaha does have indoor plumbing too. (And gaming, sortakinda.)
Laughlin is not really a bad place. I've been there a few times and
enjoyed it, but it's much smaller than Las Vegas and by virtue of that,
the choice of things to do (other than gaming) will be smaller.
>Again, the Laughlin side trip is really dependent upon whether the
>Edward Twins are performing. And that is an unknown at this time. I
>havn't received a response to my emails to the twins yet. I will keep
>trying though.
I think the stimulus for this idea was the Edwards Twins show, and yes,
this will most likely be the determining factor regarding the demand
for such a side trip, unless people just want a break from Las Vegas
and wanna go someplace else for part of a day.
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Sleep:
Tootsye writes:
>I see that programming some sleep still has not made the short list!
>If I counted right, we had 31 activities at Diva 2004.
>I did the best I could but I just could not make them all!<g> An old
>gal like me must get a few winks! Sleep that is! From what I see
>developing here, we may even top the 31 activities in 2005!
>Isn't it wonderful!
Uh-huh, it is! :)
Looking at the activity database for 2004, we had 45 activities that
were "scheduled", meaning 45 detail lines on the final schedule.
Many of them were trivial (just show up someplace) and some were
duplicates, meaning each daily LW(o)G had an entry, and a happy hour
and dinner at the same location would have one entry for each.
However, about 20 of them were nontrivial, meaning they required some
kind of effort to make them happen, other than saying "just show up
here" at a certain time.
As for sleep ... that's something you need to do on your own time. :)
But seriously, our people, myself included, tend to OD at DLV and get
more and more tired as the week progresses. Everybody needs to set their
own limits, and everybody will, either voluntarily or involuntary. We
find ourselves getting up later and later in the morning, or at least
some of us do. :)
I envision the number and scope of DLV activities increasing over the
next years. I think we'll see more multi-tracking during the day, and
even in the evening. I see the schedule getting fuller and richer.
We're already starting to see some reaction to the level of scheduling,
the first manifestation of it being the call to have less-intense
evening activities prior to golf.
Each person is, however, going to have to set his/her own limits, and
in many cases may have to make some difficult choices based on his or
her desire and energy level.
It might be a good idea to add a sentence or two about rest and sleep in
the LFM, reiterating that it's never been our intention to have
somenbody do *everything* on the schedule.
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T-shirts:
Dorothy writes:
>>Oh yes, I do wish. :) :)
>Great!! Make this one mine.
Ok, it's yours.
>>I think the big questions are, what do you want to sell and when.
>This can go as soon as the graphics are ready. Run the algorithm and
>apply the your TLC to dlvofjm01test4.png. Cafepress suggests that one
>prints the graphic on a printer first at actual size. If it looks clean
>there it will print clean on the item.
Ok, if the test4 colors are the ones you want, I'll clean that one up.
I will re-do the text completely, as the one you saw is 72dpi for the
web. The text will be much smoother if I re-do it at 300dpi. I'll clean
the artwork semiautomatically and remove the pink background. I should
have you a clean copy by the end of the week. I will print it out at
300dpi and eyeball it before sending you a final copy. You can then
print it out yourself and double-check it.
>>Do you want to standardize on one style/logo or offer multiple
>>options?
>Multiple styles/logos could be offered. Perhaps a web page (I can set
>that up)with the different styles/logos displayed and linked to the
>proper store front. According to Cafepress, free store fronts can only
>have one graphic offered to be printed on multiple items.
>>Do you want to offer just a generic (no dates) t-shirt or something
>>like a DLV 2004 commemorative shirt, kind of like we did up until DLV
>>2000?
>I like the idea of a commemorative shirt as well as a generic. Both
>could be offered.
Let me give you a modified graphic with the DLV 2004 dates on the
bottom, kind of like we used to have. This can be in addition to the
generic one.
>>And, do you want to offer such things as mugs, hats, mouse pads ...?
>...thong. Yes, they will print your graphic/logo on a thong. ;) By
>offering a verity of items means offering a wider price range. I'll
>will have to check again about the hat though. If I remember, the logo
>size for the hats do not accept 8x10. It is more like 3x6.
>Take a look at http://www.cafeshops.com/DLV.
Do you *really* think the thong will sell? :)
If so, any of the graphics can be reduced as needed.
I see you also have a green shirt in there. Let me sample the color and
see how the logo will look against that. Actually, I think I like that
green one better than the pink one.
>This was just a quick set up (not ready for prime time) using the
>graphic I had made. It will give you an idea of how the store front
>will look/work.
This looks fine, thanks. As soon as you are ready we can post the link
on the web and announce it in the next general mailing.
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