From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Jun 03 2009 - 07:02:55 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
More summary and follow-up
Laundry list
What-worked summaries
Paree
Pity Party
Numbers game
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.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
More summary and follow-up:
Please take a look at the Laundry List below. We still lack
approximate headcounts on several activities. If you were
at any of them, please send in a headcount, if even a rough
guess.
. . . . .
147 is our latest headcount. The trickle has slowed to a drip,
but I do expect that we'll get a few more when they realize
they aren't able to view the photo staging area. :)
Speaking of photos, thanks to all who have sent in their
photos. Keep them coming, please. We're on target to open
the photo staging area on the 15th.
The summary general mailing is scheduled to to out this weekend.
. . . . .
Survey continues. Please take this if you have not already:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2009survey.html
. . . . .
Clarificarion on volunteering:
If you're one of those on record for coordinating or assisting
with one or more activities over DLV 2008 and DLV 2009, you
don't have to re-volunteer unless you specifically want to.
You will be part of the DLV 2010 ORG team automatically.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Laundry list:
Is anyone aware of a group of our people being told not to
use a ladies room at Bellagio during the limo tour? Anyone
know any details about this?
. . . . .
For the survey report, we want to have approximate headcounts
on all of the rated activities.
Still need approximate headcounts on the following:
Anyone: Pre-DLV MCC: ?????
Marisa: Dos Caminos option (Dos Caminos - Palazzo): ?????
Lisa: Pub Crawl: ?????
AJ: Drinks at Encore: ?????
Anyone: Glamour Boutique Open House: ?????
AJ: Local Happy Hour (Bellagio - Petrossian Bar): ?????
AJ: Local dinner (Bellagio): ?????
Anyone: Post-NSD gathering (Escape Lounge): ?????
AJ: Wynn option (Wynn): ?????
Anyone: (Saturday) Dancing option (Krave): ?????
Anyone: (Saturday) Gaming option (Paris): ?????
Anyone: (Saturday) Socializing option (Goodtimes) ?????
Post-DLV MCC: ?????
Thanks, Gang.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What-worked summaries:
Just a few notes on some activities I believe significantly
added to the success of DLV 2009:
Pre-DLV get-together:
The venue, PT's Pub, was probably as good as we could ever
want for something like this. It satisifies the criteria of
being mainstream yet safe.
The staff was friendly, drinks were reasonably-priced, and
the food was good.
I know that some of our people, on their own, went back to
PT's over the course of the week.
I envision PT's, at the Sahara location, to be a good candidate
for use next year.
. . . . .
Welcome Night:
Blue Ox. Again, I don't think we could have done better. The
venue is unquestionably mainstream, yet it's safe enough for
the shyest of beginners.
Our people continuously request large "get to meet everyone"
gatherings, and I believe the one we had this year was the
most effective in our history in realizing that.
Despite the confusion and hassles of working details out,
everything fell into place. The food, while not haute
cuisine by any means, was good.
My observation was that our people were indeed mingling
and circulating.
I think the small(er) size of the Blue Ox worked to our
advantage. "Never rent a hall you can't fill." held true
for us, likewise "never have enough seats for everyone"
encouraged our people to mingle.
As with PT's, I did hear of groups of our people going
back on their own to BO over the course of the week.
As we know, this was our largest headcount (105) at any
single activity in our history!
. . . . .
Trevi:
Trevi is another activity which I think worked out
exceptionally well this year. It's about as mainstream
as you can get.
My big surprise of the evening was that drinks were very
reasonable in price. I had expected upscale prices, but I
was pleasantly surprised.
I don't think I heard a single complaint about the food.
I am glad that they allowed us the full menu. I think that
helped out with overall satisfaction.
>From observing the seating, I think the group was well
mixed. I know at our table we had a good mix of long-time
veterans and those relatively new.
I can envision this one expanding in future years.
. . . . .
Charles Bar:
Although this is way-upscale in price and happens at
0-dark-30, the Charles Bar does seem to draw a consistent
crowd.
This serves the desire for Quality Social Time<tm>, it's
about as Mainstream-with-a-capital-M as you can get, and
at that time of night on a weekday, the crowds will be
down somewhat and it won't be as intimidating for those
who are new to mainstream public.
. . . . .
Night Of The Soiled Doves:
This year we had better participation from the "independent
contractors" at the facility, combined with the new format,
and I think things worked out quite well.
I think we were at capacity this year, with possibly a few
stow-aways in there too.
. . . . .
Ending night:
This was our second most attended activity this year, with
a total headcount of around 80. Registration records did
show somewhat of an exodus on Friday and Saturday, so this
accounts for the lower total in comparison to Monday.
I think the rooms we had this year added to the success
of the evening. There was plenty of room to circulate,
and yes, I observed quite a bit of mingling, although
not as much as on Monday. Yes, some just took a seat at
a table and camped there.
I think having the room far away from the restrooms
makes restroom use less obvious to civilians.
I do have one concern with the BB arrangements, as I have
had for the past few years, and that is that it ends rather
early in the evening for a true "final bash" kind of thing.
We did have some linger after dinner, but the crowd did
thin quite visibly as the dining wrapped up.
We've had attempts at single-track post-BB activities in
the past (Suede/Blyss, Goodtimes), but that involved that
dreaded "move" and associated fallout. In years to come I
would like to try to keep more of the group together for
more of the final evening.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paree:
Mary Beth writes:
>For the late night get-together at Paris on Monday night, I
>got there at around 10:15 and hung around until around 11:15,
>and didn't see anyone else. As I was leaving at 11-ish I ran
>into 3 girls who were coming in. I guess that makes the
>headcount 4.
Thanks, MB. We'll mark this down as 4.
>I don't think this was a reflection on the Paris per se as
>much as I think most people just preferred to stay at the Blue
>Ox, or just went home after the Blue Ox.
Agreed.
IMAO, the lack of our people at Paris was most likely a side
effect of the success of the goings-on at the Blue Ox.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pity Party:
Kimberly Komplin writes:
>I did not think to take an official head count, I'm estimating
>that there were between 25 and 30 who were there during the
>Pity Party period.
Let's split the difference and call it 27 1/2. :)
>We are grateful to Amy for the use of the Glamour Boutique
>and other then a few glitches in queuing and starting the
>music at the correct time, and a couple of wardrobe glitches.
>The performances seemed to go well, especially for not having
>any rehearsal time before the show. Thanks go out to all of
>those who participated in the performances and I hope that
>they had a good time doing so.
Thanks, Kimberly. :)
I wasn't there, but I heard things went well and those who
were there had a good time. That's what we want.
Although the Pity Party was intentionally started as a
second-track activity, this year showed that it can
indeed serve on the main track.
And, thanks again to you, Kimberly, for jumping in and
taking charge of this! :)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Numbers game:
Please look over the numbers below. If any don't look
correct, please send in a correction.
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): 4
Harmony Nail Spa Open House (Harmony Nail Spa): ca. 10
Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf (Desert Rose): 15-16
Lunch With Mary Beth (Rio Buffet): 12
SO Get-Together (Claim Jumper): 8
Magic's A Drag show (Krave - Harmon Theater): 18
Joes Stone Crab option (Joes - Caesars): 16
Quiet evening at home option: 8
Pajama Party: 8
Milanos option (Milanos): 10
Post-show dinner (Cantina - Tuscany): 20
Star Trek IMAX Experience: ca. 8
Theater Night - Jersey Boys (Palazzo): ca. 20
Art Tour, morning session (Atomic Test Museum): 15
Lunch With Ginger (Paris Buffet): 13
Art Tour Lunch (Artisan): ca. 21
Art Tour, afternoon session (Bellagio): ca. 12
Happy Hour, Dinner (Trevi): ca. 44
Official group photo (Caesars): ca. 40
Limousine Tour (Caesars): 46 + 2 stowaways, total: 48
Karaoke (Goodtimes Lounge): ca. 30
Charles Bar (Bellagio): ca. 22
Lunch With Ginger (Harrahs Buffet): 8
Night Of The Soiled Doves (CR): 44
Irish Pubbing (McMullans Irish Pub): ca. 25
Pistol/rifle shooting: 8
Boat Tour Breakfast: 14
Lake Mead Boat Tour: ca. 13
Lunch With Ginger (Bellagio Buffet): 5
High Tea (Four Seasons): 11
Affordable option (Komol): 19
Upscale option (Roy's): 11
Murder Mystery interactive: 21
Pity Party: ca. 27
Acoustic Jam Session: ca. 15
Gaming option (Paris): 4
SBS Social (Blue Ox): 26
Fashion Show Mall Fashion Show: 12
Happy Hour, Dinner, Ending Bash: 80
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 (concluded)
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 - 07:12:05 CDT