From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Jun 28 2006 - 07:49:17 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Limo Volunteer
DLV 2007 Dates
Extending The Activity
Dress Comments
Administrivia
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Org List:
This is the DLV 2007 Organizational Mailing List (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Replies to this message will be forwarded to the DLVORG list and not
the DLV-Announce or DLV-Discuss list.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Limo Volunteer:
JoAnn writes:
>Thanks Lee Anna for volunteering to be the "Adult Beverage Lady".
>Look forward to our Team making this another great Event. Also look
>forward to having some dialog on the possible 'routes'...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLV 2007 Dates:
JoAnn writes:
>To Open and to "narrow" the Discussion--
>I suggest that the dialog occur around two(2) Date Periods:
>4/9 through 4/14; or 4/23 though 4/28.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extending The Activity:
kate smith writes:
>Hi Aiko.
>Here's an observation which might be worth thinking
>about for next year.
>I was having such a great night at the Limo Tour and
>then it came to an abrupt halt at The Riviera. I went
>on to a "safe bar" with some of the girls but I lost
>some momentum in there somewhere.
>I think the night was going so well for everyone it
>might have been nice to keep the flow going at the
>Riviera bar or something like that.
>On the tour we don't really get to meet everyone for
>more than a few minutes during Casino stops and this
>also might be an oportunity to have a medium to large
>group photo while dressed in our best so to speak.
Thanks Kate, that's a good idea. Perhaps the Limo Tour Team would
entertain the idea of extending the LT to include an "after Limo Tour"
get-together.
>>1. April 9 - April 14
>>2. April 23 - April 28
>>3. April 30 - May 5
>>4. May 14 - May 19
>>The downsides of these are:
>There are no downsides for me , Any time is good, the
>earlier the better, Can't wait to get back there and
>do it all again.
>1 vote for #1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dress Comments:
Annie writes:
>>>While at the Bar at the hotel I was embarrassed to see a male in drag
>>>with a mustache......
>We used to call this "skag drag" back in the 70's. The old Cycle Sluts
>motorcycle club was a very good example. You'll see it today at things
>like the Ground Hog Prom (a large costume affair) and various fetish and
>fantasy events. I've even seen it recently at various GLBT benefit
>social events and pride events. It is, for the most part, considered
>appropriate for these events.
>>>During the daytime lurking in the hotel lobby a mini-skirted man with
>>>fish net hose and white tennis shoes....
>Like some people are like totally school's out, fer-shure, ya know! :)
>>>Another, a male with his HUGE (I mean HUGE) belly hanging out from
>>>under a top while in a mini skirt with not a stitch of make-up on.
>Not to defend these looks in public, but the spectrum of dressing runs
>deep and wide. When in private, there's really no need to conform to any
>customs on how to dress and how to present. Many dress "from the neck
>down" and don't do anything with hair or makeup, some underdress only,
>some go for certain garments only.
>Most of those who dress in these manners make little or no attempt to
>appear in public. If they wish to, there are actually some times and
>places (like October 31 each year) where this is appropriate. (Just go
>into any so-called straight bar on H'ween.) :)
>Yes, the mainline TG conventions seem to be more tolerant of things like
>this than we are, but I wouldn't at all be surprised if the organizers
>of Be-All had or will have a discussion regarding those attendees.
>>>but what were they thinking ???????
>They were probably thinking one of two things. Either that it was OK to
>dress like that for those circumstances, or that they were indeed
>getting the attention they wanted in doing so.
>>Hopefully, those that wish to present themselves in public like you
>>mentioned, will continue to attend those conventions, and not DLV. :)
>>Comments?
>Of course.
>I really don't mind if they attend DLV, just so they don't practice
>their persuasion in mainstream public while with the group. :)
>I would be very surprised if what Lori reports is being totally
>overlooked by the Be-All organizers. I'm sure comments appeared in
>their feedback.
>Remember it was just two years ago that SCC had a serious restroom
>incident which almost put their relationship with the hotel in
>jeopardy. I'm sure most every TG event has had to deal with these
>issues or will have to very shortly. Since we're the most mainstream
>of all TG events, we'll usually see these issues first.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Administrivia:
This is the Diva Las Vegas 2007 organizational list.
One address for all items regarding this list, additions, removals,
changes, submissions, questions, etc.:
dlvorg@geekbabe.com <--- NOTE: all lower case
Please do not send binary attachments (photos, etc.) directly to the
list, as the list processor will not properly handle them. If you want
to send photos and the like, mail to: annie@annie.net
Diva Las Vegas 2007
(dates to be announced)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Archives of this list appear on the web at:
http://www.geekbabe.com/annie/org07arc/
To unsubscribe: Simply reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE
in either the Subject: field or the first line of an OTHERWISE BLANK
message body. The word "unsubscribe" (case is insignificant) should be
the only item in the subject field or the first line of the message,
justified to the left.
To send material to this list: Send submission as regular e-mail to
the address: dlvorg@geekbabe.com
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed May 30 2007 - 08:36:17 CDT