From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 11:58:26 CDT
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Org List
Testing the survey
Numbers game
Art tour follow-up
Once again, please
Administrivia
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Org List:
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Testing the survey:
I would like to ask the volunteers (that's you) :) to please
help shake down and test the 2009 follow-up survey.
It's on line at:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2009survey.html
Although this is really a test, please consider it "for real"
and answer for real. Unless there's an unexpected error which
causes us to restart the answer database, all of your answers
will count.
Please look for the usual suspects, typos, misspellings,
anachronisms, technical errors, ergonomic issues, etc.
I would like to roll this out on Friday with a special
mailing, in order to catch our attendees when things are
fresh in their minds.
Thanks, gang. :)
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Numbers game:
Please look over the following list. If you have a semi-accurate
headcount for any activity noted by ?????, please send it in.
I know several of you gave me counts, and I asked a few how
many they had, but I've forgotten many of them, so if you
could please send in the numbers or a correction. :)
Also, if you think any headcounts are off by any significant
degree, please send in a correction. Thanks.
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Pre-DLV MCC: ?????
Pre-DLV PTs: ca. 20
Studio Lites Open House: ca. 25
Lunch With Ginger (Stratosphere buffet): 12
Happy Hour, Dinner, Welcome Meet and Greet (Blue Ox): 105
Late-night Get-Together (Paris): ?????
Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf (Desert Rose): ?????
Harmony Nail Spa Open House (Harmony Nail Spa): ca. 10
Lunch With Mary Beth (Rio Buffet): ?????
SO Get-Together (Claim Jumper): ?????
Magic's A Drag show (Krave - Harmon Theater): ?????
Joes Stone Crab option (Joes - Caesars): 16
Quiet evening at home option: ?????
Milanos option (Milanos): 10
Dos Caminos option (Dos Caminos - Palazzo): ?????
Post-show dinner (Cantina - Tuscany): ?????
Star Trek IMAX Experience: ?????
Pub Crawl (Start at Goodtimes): ?????
Pajama Party: ?????
Theater Night - Jersey Boys (Palazzo): ca. 20
Art Tour, morning session (Atomic Test Museum): 15
Lunch With Ginger (Paris Buffet): ?????
Art Tour Lunch (Artisan): ca. 21
Art Tour, afternoon session (Bellagio): ca. 12
Happy Hour, Dinner (Trevi): ca. 30
Official group photo (Caesars): ca. 40
Drinks at Encore (Encore): ?????
Karaoke (Goodtimes Lounge): ?????
Limousine Tour (Caesars): 40
Charles Bar (Bellagio): ca. 22
Glamour Boutique Open House: ?????
Lunch With Ginger (Harrahs Buffet): 8
Night Of The Soiled Doves (CR): 44
Local Happy Hour (Bellagio - Petrossian Bar): ?????
Irish Pub Happy Hour (McMullans): ?????
Irish Pubbing (McMullans Irish Pub): ?????
Local dinner (Bellagio): ?????
Post-NSD gathering (Escape Lounge): ?????
Pistol/rifle shooting: 8
Boat Tour Breakfast: ?????
Lake Mead Boat Tour: ?????
Lunch With Ginger (Bellagio Buffet): ?????
High Tea (Four Seasons): ?????
Affordable option (Komol): ?????
Murder Mystery interactive: ?????
Upscale option (Roy's): ?????
Wynn option (Wynn): ?????
Gaming option (Paris): ?????
Pity Party: ?????
Acoustic Jam Session: ?????
SBS Social (Blue Ox): ca. 20
Fashion Show Mall Fashion Show: ?????
Happy Hour, Dinner, Ending Bash: 80
Dancing option (Krave): ?????
Gaming option (Paris): ?????
Socializing option (Goodtimes) ?????
Post-DLV MCC: ?????
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Art tour follow-up:
Sarah writes:
>I didn't get a chance to visit with you after the Art Tour and
>wanted to get you some numbers and notes.
>Morning Art Tour - Atomic Test Museum: We had 15 attend,
>including one S.O. The Staff was very nice to us and offered
>a discount and provided a guide even though Wednesday was not
>normally a Group Day.
>I had exchanged a series of emails with one of the directors
>prior to the event and she was great to work with. I've
>followed up with a nice thank you note and an offer to send
>a copy of the group photo with the Guide to him for his
>memories.
>All in all I think this is one of the best stops we have
>made on the Art Tour. I'll be very interested in seeing the
>survey results to see if they support this assessment.
Thanks for the updates, Sarah. :)
Not really "art", but an outside-the-box twist on the Art
Tour, which kept it fresh. That's what we want to see. :)
I've seen the ATM, but not for some time. It's interesting
no matter what side(s) you stand on WRT nuke stuff.
When I saw it, the tour was self-guided, but they had guides
or docents kind of floating about. I remember an older lady
in a white lab coat who told some interesting trivia.
>Art Tour Lunch - Artisan Hotel: I didn't get a great count,
>but it looks like we had between 20 and 22 attend.
>It was unfortunate that they had someone call in sick that
>day and the bartender had to do double duty, mixing drinks
>and being the dining room server. It slowed lunch down
>considerably, but the food was reasonably priced and tasted
>great.
>The facility is very interesting and everyone seemed to like
>the venue, if not the service. The biggest problems are the
>difficulty in finding it and the lack of self parking. Not
>much of a problem for most of us, but there were some comments.
>The bar here is quite large and could serve as a location for
>a social gathering if we could work around the parking/valet
>issues.
We've discussed this venue before, but this is the first time
we've used it for anything.
I see a major issue with it being difficult to find. You can
see it, but you can't get there from here! :)
If we could work around the access issue, plus the mandatory
valet parking, I think it has promise for a regular DLV
venue.
>Afternoon Art Tour - Bellagio Fine Arts Museum: The delay in
>lunch had our group spread out quite a bit by this time and we
>were not all there at the same time. I can only estimate a
>count of 10-14 based on who I saw and other comments I got
>following that leg of the activity. Maybe a note on the
>discussion board would help get some attendance numbers, but
>I don't know if it would be worth it. The exhibit was pricey
>for the numer of items on display (I see they are adding more
>items this week) and this kind of Modern Abstract art is an
>aquired taste. There were a few very interesting pieces and
>some that were very easy to just walk by.
>I don't think the survey will be very complimentary on this
>stop. It was kind of weak compared to some we have seen in
>the past. Marisa has some options for next year that should
>work much better and get us off the Strip for this part of
>the tour.
What I did on the survey is to change it from one to three
entries, Morning Session, Lunch, and Afternoon Session. That
should give you a better idea of how each segment worked.
>Thanks for your work on DLV.
You're very welcome, and thanks to you, JoAnn, Randi, and
Marisa for doing the Art Tour.
>I did see a piece in one of the magazines that indicate Frank
>Marino is working on a new show now that La Cage has closed.
Frank has been "announcing" this ever since he was cann
quit at the Riviera. :)
>He intends to call it Diva Las Vegas. You should file an
>injunction or at least see if we can all get in free if
>it's running next year.
Actually ... (to make a long story long) ... :)
Years ago I had a chat with my attorney (on the clock,
officially "legal advice") regarding the use of the term
"Diva Las Vegas", as it was very evident that others were
using the term as well. Sasha Scarlett was doing an
on-again-off-again drag show at the Freezone which was
titled, you guessed it, Diva Las Vegas. I wanted to know
if we were possibly infringing on anyone's trade/service
mark and if we were legally allowed to use the name.
At that time his search showed no (Federal) trademark or
service mark of that name, and it was clear that the term
was used by quite a few individuals and groups.
He said that it would be difficult for us to register it
as a trademark or service mark since we were an informal
association and had no plans to use it in commerce. He also
said that the prior use was such that it might complicate
any attempts to register it.
He noted that "in case of a legal dispute over the name, it
will be the one with the deepest pockets who will prevail"
and the one at that time (1999) who was obvious would be
Bette Midler, who had used the name in the past.
In another incident, the same attorney remarked (off the
clock, not legal advice) that even though we have not
registered it, both we as a group and I individually,
hold a valid copyright on our "Jellomold" logo, both
the original artwork and the complete Diva Las Vegas
logo. This was a few years back when another group was
riding our coat-tails and used our logo without permission.
We sent them a cease-and-desist note with no luck. My
attorney said that if we "wanted to waste a lot of money"
we could file both legal and civil actions, but the
chance of recovering anything would be very slim. We
worked around the link from their page to ours by
redirecting their referrals to such sites as
www.jbs.org and www.wctu.org :) :) :) :) If you don't
know what those are, try them. Then imagine the shock
of somebody clicking on a link on a sex site and getting
one of those. :)
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Once again, please:
I would like to ask everyone here to please eye-ball this list
again and speak up if you recognize anyone who WAS with us at
DLV 2009. The list is quite a bit shorter than it was on Sunday,
but I want to be very sure we don't flag people who actually
attended as no-shows.
TIA!
-10233 Alaura Claire Morrison
-21089 Amber (nee' Michelle, LV local)
-42598 Andrea (newcomer)
-38985 Ashley (newcomer, LV local)
-41911 Audrey Hopkins
-44397 Barbie (newcomer, New England)
-44711 Beyonka (Devita) (LV local)
-19939 Billie Lee
-18629 Carly (Donna) f (LV local)
-15962 Chrissy Charland
-14840 Courtney Altmann (Linda)
-41780 Danielle (newcomer, LA area)
-10676 Dee Lynn
-40285 Dick (newcomer, Nevada)
-21924 Gloria (returnee)
-40777 Helen (Nancy)
-43441 Jacob (newcomer, DC area)
-45493 Jess (LV local)
-21265 Karen (returnee, LV local)
-15515 Katerina Wilson (returnee, AKA Kate)
-41330 Kellyann (newcomer, Arizona)
-19380 Kimberly Brown (Jilly)
-44751 Lee Shore (newcomer, LA area)
-43695 Linda Jennings
-40092 Lisa Ann Paradis (LV local)
-45063 Lori Casper (newcomer, Phoenix area)
-11471 Lori Monroe (LV local)
-41538 Michelle (newcomer, LV local)
-45489 Missy (newcomer, NYC area)
-28711 Monica Dew
-41986 Monica Finders
-234 Nikki D (LV local)
-41488 Niya Watson (newcomer SF area)
-44219 Rebecca (Courtney) (Canada)
-5099 Rikki Lace (Carla) (LV local)
-44264 Robyn Blake (LV local)
-79222 Sabrina Burns (Nevada)
-45131 Samantha Miller (LV local)
-40831 Sandra Kaye Bell
-45546 Serina (Christine) (LA area)
-44618 Shelby Sharp
-44189 Shrek (LV local)
-14299 Stacie Underwood (LV local)
-4349 Stacy James
-44571 Stefanie Townsend
-42229 Stephanie Green
-44088 Stephanie Sweets
-40527 Stephanie Rene
-22941 Suzette (LV local)
-41302 Teddi Venables
-45190 Tracy (newcomer, southern US)
-41742 Trisha Roberts
-45265 Willow (Diva) (LV local)
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