From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed May 10 2006 - 10:24:14 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Various ORG items
Missing in action
Transition Team
Survey comments
Lucky Chengs, boat, etc.
Administrivia
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Org List:
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Various ORG items:
Survey responses continue to come in. If anybody here who attended has
not yet taken the survey, please do so at the URL:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/dlv2006/2006survey.html
Photos continue to come in. 8 staging areas are now on line. About 200
or so are in queue to be processed. We expect the NSD photos to be
released shortly.
A number of photos (>HINT<) which are expected have not come in yet. If
you have difficulty sending them in, please ask for assistance.
Call For Volunteers mailing will go out this weekend. The enthusiasm
level was high this year as we know, so I am expecting a very good
response and several new volunteers to be joining our ORG group shortly.
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Missing in action:
Yes, I know, one major opportunity for improvement is check-in coverage,
and the result is that we do not have anywhere near an accurate
headcount for DLV 2006.
I would like to ask everybody to look over this list carefully. These
are the ones who should have been present, but were not marked off on
anybody's check-in sheet. If you see anybody on this list who definitely
WAS present, please let me know and I will adjust the list.
Amy, Texas
Andrea Nicole Baker, Southeastern States
Bella Lynn, Southern California
Beverly (Debbie), Southern California
Carly (Donna), Local to Las Vegas
Claudia, San Francisco area
Claudia Saldana, San Francisco area (dupe ?????)
Corinne, Local to Las Vegas
Crystal Losee, Rocky Mountain States
Danielle, Local to Las Vegas
Debra Anne Johnson, Southern California
Dianne, Midwestern States
Dina Hall, Local to Las Vegas
Jaimee Pedersen (Sharon) Local to Las Vegas
Jinni Wayne, Southern California
Joni Lace, Midwestern States
Justin, Local to Las Vegas
Karina (Amy), Mexico
Karyn Anne Davis, Phoenix area
Kathy Cormack, Local to Las Vegas
Kelly Ann Dennis, Southeastern States
Laura Monroe, Local to Las Vegas
Lori Altmann, Midwestern States
Marsha (Debra), Midwestern States
Michelle Lord, Boston area
Michelle Dianne Lovesit, Rocky Mountain States
Monika, Nevada
Nisha, Local to Las Vegas
Pauline Dee, Northern California
Reana, Texas
Renee, Southern California
Ricky Thomas, Chicago area
Schreck, Local to Las Vegas
Theresa Lynch, Southern California
Theron Michael Williams, Nevada
Tiffany (Laura), Rocky Mountain States
Vanessa, Southeastern States
Vickey, Northern California
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Transition Team:
As of this time we have the following on the Transition Team. If anybody
is missing, please let me know. If anybody wants to be on the team,
please send in a note.
Annie
Ginger
Mindy
Aiko
Diane
Amber Michelle
Nora
Yvonne
I envision the Transition Team to be temporary and to be strategic in
nature, concentrating on the organization and direction of DLV. I see
the ORG group as a whole to be the tactical group, those who will plan
and implement DLV 2007 and beyond.
The Transition Team mailings will be starting very shortly. I would
invite those who wish to be involved in the overall direction and scope
of DLV to volunteer.
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Survey comments:
Thanks to all who helped shake down the survey. If you did not take
this "for real" since the general survey announcement went out, please
do so, as the test results were discarded.
Various notes and comments:
>Annie (& co.), I think an entry for Did anyone give you constructive
>criticism or did you ask for help from = another sister: Might be
>helpful. (I know the info I received from two sisters WILL keep me from
>making the same mistake).
Thanks, and two questions along this line have been added.
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>In the item about the $$ spent for DLV, the gap between $2,000-5000 may
>be a little too large. Perhaps we should break it down to $2,000-3000,
>3,000-4000, $5,000+. I think most of us spend between $2,000 to $3,000
>for DLV, and very few over $3,000.
What I've tried to do on the dollar questions is to use the classical
1-2-5 quasilogarithmic scale. Respondents are asked to estimate and to
come up with a response in a few seconds. 1-2-5 options will get
responses that are within walking distance of the ballpark, although
they are not terribly precise.
I also hesitate to change this from year to year as it would make it
more difficult to track trends if the scales change.
>My $0.02 worth. :)
Uh, I don't remember $0.02 being an answer. :) :) :)
>I took the survey and hit the send button so I may have screwed up and
>will submit a new one if this one changes.
Please be sure to take it (following the general survey announcement) if
you have not done so.
>I have these two questions regarding the survey:
>*Is it California Dreaming or Dreamin? The survey has "Dreamin."
Probably "Dreaming", I'm sure that spelling was just me trying to be
cute or something. :)
>*On some of the events you have no "Planned to Attend" option. Is this
>deliberate or an omission?
The "Planned to attend" was on those activities which had the sign-up on
the web or some other kind of hoop-jump involved.
>The questions were clear and the form was easy to negotiate.
Thanks, that's what I like to hear. :)
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Lucky Chengs, boat, etc.:
Anya writes:
>>I would think twice, maybe ten times, about redoing the Lucky Cheng
>>dinner and show. As was pointed out the smoking affected a number of
>I was of the understanding that a choice of dishes in the prix fixe
>setting would be available. Some people missed out on food due to this
>family style setting. At least a buffet would have been some
>consolation.
>>They completely screwed up the bill. We were told that we would
>>receive separate checks. Instead they messed that up royally. The one
>>high point was Toni's getting up on stage and in my opinion making the
>>event.
>Yes separate checks should have been done, with appropriate gratuity
>included. Also I was bothered that the entertainers were soliciting
>tips, when in my understanding is that entertainment was included in
>the price of the meal, and entertainers tips included in the group
gratuity.
>>Unless there is a total turn around we should not even consider going
>>back.
>I would not recommend doing Lucky Cheng's again. (that is if they are
>still around.) I found the entertainment to be in really poor taste. I
>was expecting a song and dance show, much like La Cage. The food was
>good, but served poorly.
>>If our experience is typical of what they are delivering, I'm sure it
>>will be moot to say we won't be back, since they most likely will not
>>be around next year.
>Understood.
>>Hmmmmm ... did you arrive late? Our vehicle got there maybe 11:20 or
>>so and I remember just walking up and buying a ticket. There was a
>>good crowd on the boat, but I didn't think it was at capacity.
>I had no problem geting on the boat, and there were plenty of seats on
>the indoor decks, and room to move around outside. There was very
>little wind just as the tour company stated.
>>Blue Ox -- everyone had a great time.. i think we had 12 people show
>>up.
>Blue Ox is a nice place and very good food, friendly service. I went
>there after DLV.
>>>I would like to see an eariler cutoff for the firm date. Airfares are
>>>cheaper eariler as are some accomadations. Maybe Aug 1st.
>>You may have an uphill climb on this one. Some say that my timeframe
>>of September is too early.
>I would agree to an earlier setting of the firm date. By the way, NAB
>2007 falls on april 14 to 19, 2007, per the NAB website.
>>>Suede was a very nice place, but short on seating for eating.
>>Or was it that our crowd was a bit better than estimated? :) Hey, we
>>filled the place to capacity! :)
>Suede had good food, but service was slow. They need to be better
>prepared for large group business.
Devil's advocate mode here -- Are we maybe expecting too much when we
have a very large group all being seated, ordering, and being served
within such a short time? From what I understand about the restaurant
business, they depend on the randomness in the arrival of customers
to avoid overloading the wait staff.
At both Bahama Breeze and Suede this year, and previously at Hamburger
Mary's and Milano's, we've seen congestion and "queue drops" when the
whole group is seated within a very short time.
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