From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Dec 28 2005 - 07:51:02 CST
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Org List
Coverage
Suede, HM, Rainbow
LW(o)G and WOYLW(o)G
Day Care
Summary schedule of activities
Administrivia
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Coverage:
No feedback on the item I asked feedback on last mailing:
+>Marlayna Lacie here. Please rsvp as I am interested in doing a feature
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+>http://www.marlaynasworld.com/
+Is anybody familiar with this site?
Unless I hear otherwise by this weekend, I will be sending them a
short but polite note stating that we respectfully decline coverage.
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Suede, HM, Rainbow:
(summary, from a conversation ...)
Comments and discussion welcome.
Nora writes:
>>>Suede may not be a good place for Friday or Saturday. These are
>>>there busy days and they may not be able to accommodate us. It is
>>Hmmmm ... the night I was there, Saturday, from opening until late
>>evening, I would definitely not call it busy by any means. Most of
>I will contact the manager of Suede about his thoughts for doing Dinner
>on Friday or Saturday. Given a 7:00 dinner time assuming a further
>nighttime activity it may be doable. I will let you know.
Thanks. I think something like Suede on Friday, followed by some kind
of social activity, will be quite well received.
>>I'm a bit leery of doing Hamburger Mary's due to all of the complaints
>I agree with you about Hamburger Mary's. I think it has gone downhill.
>We have cut down on our going there in favor of Suede and the rainbow
>Lounge. We can always use it as a fall back.
>>Rainbow Lounge is one that might actually be good for some kind of an
>>opening evening welcome celebration. Do you know if Eric is still
>>doing karaoke there on Monday nights?
>>I know that at one time they had food service. I seem to have the
>>impression that both the menu and the capacity might be limited. Any
>>thoughts about Happy Hour, Dinner, Welcome Celebration there on
>>Monday?
>Yes, they still have food service and a rather good menu. The Problem
>is that they have a very limited seating capacity.To have opening night
>there with a happy hour may be a good idea as long as not everyone is
>eating. They can probably seat about 20 for dinner at most unless
>eating at the bar is an option.
>I am not certain of the Monday night schedule. I will try to find out.
Thanks, Nora. I think for Monday it's important that we get and keep our
people together, at least for the HH, dinner, and immediate postprandial
time.
We're not in a big rush to finalize Monday, IMAO, as it's most likely
one of the more mutable evenings we have, but we do need to be thinking
about it.
It will be the first evening, and the first time out for a number of our
people I'm sure, so I think that something social is in order.
Even if we don't do HH and dinner at Rainbow Lounge, it may be a good
item for later in the evening if they still have Karaoke there on
Monday. That's a fun and nonthreatening activity.
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>I spoke to Cheryl. She would like to do the wedding on Friday or
>Saturday. Cyndi (her wife) will only be here late Thursday through
>Sunday. If it is OK with you I can see if the Bahama Breeze is doable
>on Thursday or Friday.
Thursday is probably not good, since that will be the Limo Tour and
will probably have a show before and maybe a "Pity Party" as a second
track option.
I think that Friday would work the best for the wedding, working the
reception into what would normally be our Annual Mixer. We don't have
to call it that, but have it serve that purpose.
I think we do have to set the day for the wedding as soon as we can.
>I also have to contact Suede about either Friday or Saturday.
>Personally I think that even if they say yes they may be overwhelmed
>and may not be able to properly service us. The end of DLV week
>traditionally has heavy attendance at the functions and we possibly can
>have in excess of 50.
My guess is that we'll most certainly get more than 50 at either a
Friday or Saturday dinner. We've seen 70 at Carluccio's.
>Unless we limit the attendees, which I would hate to see there may be
>problems. I would still prefer to have suede earlier in the week if we
>can.
If they would be willing to open Monday for a special function, that
would work out, but if that's their off day, they probably don't want
to. I think that Tuesday (Night Of The Soiled Doves) and Thursday (show
and limo) are not good nights for a Suede dinner, but Wednesday might
work. We have Eating Out Night in there now, but that's by no means a
done deal.
Is there any reason we couldn't have a HH, dinner, and Farewell
Celebration at Suede on the final Sunday? We probably would not get
as many as if we did it on Saturday.
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LW(o)G and WOYLW(o)G:
Ginger writes:
>I'm on for lunch, but want to suggest we consider rotating the buffet
>to various hotels and avoid competing buffets! I know my DLV companion
>wants variety over the Sahara and that's going to be a problem for me
>if we don't have some variety. Can we throw this up and see how it
>flys?
It's your baby, you set the venue(s).
Although the circumstances were much difference, I thought that rotating
LW(o)G at Pinkfest worked out well.
There's only one way to find out if it will work at DLV.
One thing I do want to see this year is that the LW(o)G is a consistent
check-in location. We just need to be sure to have somebody with one of
the check-in kits there each day.
>I'm also on for the walk-about, goodness knows I need to try to get my
>10K in every day!
Ok, thanks, I'll get that on the schedule.
>Now that we have a firm date I'll also be looking into the alternative
>theater opportunities for those who want less bar time.
More shows will always be a welcome addition to the lineup. We do,
however, want to encourage maximum participation at a few of our
big social gatherings, which will most likely be in bars.
An additional show might be a good thing for something like a
mainstream/alternative night on Wednesday.
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Day Care:
Densie writes:
>>Day care center? I must have missed that one. :)
>That's basically what the video arcade is. Parents drop their kids off
>there so that they can go play the casino. Unfortunately, that leaves
>dozens of unattended children running around right in your way when
>you're trying to get to the buffet. I think that is where the
>complaints about children are coming from...or maybe it's the vandalism
>in the restrooms at the top of the escalators.
I don't have too many complaints about the Sahara, but over the years
we've collected quite a few, including:
Too many kids. (Ever see Circus-Circus?)
Redneck/Nascar leaning clientele.
Buffet. (I don't think it's *that* bad, but ...)
Still, since 2000 or so the Sahara has always collected the largest
group of our people. Maybe it's the price, but something has to be
getting people back.
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Summary schedule of activities:
Preliminary and subject to change.
Monday, April 17:
10:00am Death Valley Tour (Rendezvous point TBD)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBA)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (TBA)
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
Ev Dinner (where (??))
Ev Welcome Celebration (TBD)
Tuesday, April 18:
AM Sunbathing (Lake Mead)
AM-PM Lake Mead Boat Cruise (Lake Mead)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBA)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (TBA)
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
Ev NSD III (TBD)
Wednesday, April 19:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBA)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (TBA)
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
7:00pm Eating Out Night (Various)
Thursday, April 20:
AM-PM Golf (Bowling Alley)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBA)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (TBA)
Ev Limo Tour (Strip)
Friday, April 21:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBA)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (TBA)
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
PM-Ev Wedding Ceremony (TBD)
Ev Wedding Reception (Bahama Breeze)
Saturday, April 22:
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
Ev Annual Mixer (TBD)
Sunday, April 23:
10:30am Religious services (Metro Comm Church)
Ev Happy Hour (TBD)
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