From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Aug 13 2008 - 12:50:17 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Moving on
Activities and legs
Trevi and limo
The Return of JoAnn
Golf comments
Date comments
Administrivia
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Org List:
This is the DLV 2009 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.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moving on:
More good ideas and good discussion here. Please keep it coming.
We haven't had too many comments regarding the dates. To be honest,
I was expecting a minor firestorm over the day after Mothers Day
start, but it never happened. We'll be sending out a general
mailing the weekend of the 23-24 reminding everyone of the
tentative dates, and the fact that comments need to be in this
month.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Activities and legs:
Norma writes:
>I am always in favor of dress-up activities.
>I am not personally all that interested in fetish wear, but I do
>make every reasonable attempt to be the best looking girl in any
>public place. By that I mean apparel which is tasteful "smart",
>and attractive.
The calling I'm hearing, regarding the dress-up activities, is
for classy, not trashy. We have NSD for more exotic dress, and
there's nothing that says others can't plan, say, a "slut party"
if there's a demand for something like that.
>As for hairy legs: I get waxed periodically. Visits to the salon
>for this are always a pleasure. I commend it.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trevi and limo:
Mary Beth writes:
>I think a dress-up dinner at Trevi (or some other really
>nice restaurant) leading directly into the Limo Tour is an
>EXCELLENT idea.
>I also like the idea of moving the Limo Tour to an earlier
>night in the week, a)because everyone will be fresher, and b)
>this always seems to end up being a very late night with lots
>of imbibing.
>It also solves the problem of large people needing to use the
>restroom in-between the Production Show and Limo Tour since
>we'll be able to use the bathroom at Trevi individually as needed.
>It will also make it easier to co-ordinate some sort of post-Limo
>Tour gathering either at a night club for dancing, or at a casino
>for gaming, or at a lounge for, ummm... chillin'.
>An outstanding idea, Michelle!
I would like to hear more comments about this. We've always had
the show/limo combination. Reason? Because it always seemed to
work.
The one thing I've noticed the last few years is that although
we've had a full Limo Tour, there have been fewer and fewer at
the show. My guess is that the past two shows (Love and LeReve)
have been a bit too expensive for quite a few.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Return of JoAnn:
JoAnn writes:
>Hope this finds you all fine!!!
>Just to let you know that I am still very interested in continuing
>with the Diva organizing group and being Chair or Co-Chair for an
>event or two in 2009.
>Have been out of contact due to work load, server change for the
>company and problems getting my separate mailbox going again, etc.
Good to have you back with us, JoAnn. Yes, we were getting a bit
concerned!
>When will the photos for 2008 be posted on the site.
The photo staging area is up. If you don't have the address for
the staging area, please write in.
We'll do a final Call For Removal in the next general mailing.
After that, we can start getting them moved into the permanent
area.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Golf comments:
Mardi writes:
>A comment on golf, Mindy your doing great, but we might want to
>have a golfer pick up after like a 10 on a par 3 hole and say 10
>is the highest score you can get on a hole, it might speed up play.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Date comments:
Mardi writes:
>Being that DLV is more than 6 mo. away, WHY is just about everyone
>so locked into a schedule?
I'm not sure that I understand exactly what you're getting at, but
hopefully I can answer.
Scheduling is such a big deal this year because every timeframe
there is happens to be bad for somebody for some reason or
another.
We always want to have the dates solid around 8-9 months out so
people can make plans. We learned in the early days that around
the first of September seems to work best for this. Having it
solid allows people to do such things as lock in air fares, as
the recent comment on the Discussion Forum indicates. This coming
year, air fare is expected to go up continuously as the DLV dates
approach.
>March would have been the ideal time. The heat does not bother
>some people until you are in the heat, than it becomes a different
>story.
If a motion to reschedule is introduced and carries, after our
Call For Discussion ends, then we are free to consider other
timeframes, including March. If we do go through another
iteration of date selection, we do have to consider all factors,
not just the temperature.
>Ladies the cost will be higher next year, with plane fairs and
>hotel rates, and etc. Sunday to Friday would be great, or you
>might see a big exit on Saturday.
My first choice for a timeframe would be Sunday to Friday, but
that may or may not be possible. Historically we've seen that
"big exit" on Friday, as that's when hotel rates go up. This
has always been somewhat mitigated by those who come in for
the weekend part of DLV.
There's quite a bit of speculation on the LV talk boards about
the effect of the economy on hotel rates. The good news is that
signs are pointing toward lower rates in the slack occupancy
times, and less differential between weekday and weekend rates.
Sahara doesn't have April-May rates posted yet, but IP does
and the effects of the NAB Convention and the slowing of the
economy are both reflected.
IP tower is now $90 for Sun-Wed of NAB week compared to $45-55
for the Sun-Wed part of the proposed DLV week. $45-55 is less
than it has been for either DLV 2007 or DLV 2008.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Administrivia:
This is the Diva Las Vegas 2009 organizational list.
One address for all items regarding this list, additions, removals,
changes, submissions, questions, etc.:
dlvorg@geekbabe.com <--- NOTE: all lower case
Diva Las Vegas 2009
May 11 - 16, 2009 (tentative)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Archives of this list appear on the web at:
http://www.geekbabe.com/annie/org09arc/
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 Jun 03 2009 - 07:12:04 CDT