From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Tue Apr 06 2010 - 07:37:15 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Less than two weeks
Laundry list
HRC updates
Pretty-printed schedule
Nora's status
Sign-up help
Coordinator contact, etc.
Shooting location
Curtis Book Signing
M Resort
M Resort
Sign-up confirmation
Working schedule
Administrivia
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Less than two weeks:
Lots of various items to cover this time. No particular order.
It seems like it's Crunch Time with a capital "C" this year!
Most everything is still looking good. We just need to fill in
some blanks, dot I's and cross T's and such.
We appear to be on target for "locking down" the schedule
next Monday, April 12. This lets those who will be doing the
final actions get going without a concern that their efforts
will need to be re-done.
To all:
If you know that something won't be happening (or conversely,
something new will be happening), for the word to be passed
effectively, we need to be sure the details are in at the
time the schedule is locked and Large Final Mailing is put
to bed.
Monday, April 12, is the last day for items that appear on
the schedule or will appear in the LFM.
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Our last general mailing prior to DLV will go out this weekend.
If anyone has any almost-last-minute announcements to the
general DLV audience, please send them in.
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E-mail reminder:
E-mail is not a perfect medium. If you ever send something
to ORG and do not see at minimum at least a reference to it,
please resend. Black-hole e-mail is rare, but it does happen.
Likewise if you send anything to another volunteer and don't
get a response, resend or inquire. E-mail is not perfect,
neither are humans.
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In looking over the soon-to-be-final roster, we do have a
few ORG members who are sitting in a "cancellation pending"
state.
Please, gang. Help us out here and help us clear as many
of these as we can. If you're going to be making it, but
either have not made your activity selections or don't
wish to do any of the optional activities, please give us
a quick note (just reply to this) and say you are still
coming.
If you know you will not be making it this year, please
send us a note and say so, or go on the web and cancel
your registration. You don't have to explain anything, but
please help us clean up the hanging items.
We don't want any volunteers to be marked as "no-shows",
do we? :)
Thanks for your cooperation on this.
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Activities with low sign-ups:
Although most activities have moderate to very heavy sign
up numbers, there are two for which the sign-ups are
unusually low.
I don't think that anyone here is to blame for this, just
that there are factors limiting the interest and sign-up.
These are:
Morton's Dinner on Sunday, currently 1 sign-up.
Roller Derby, second session, Thursday, 1 sign-up.
I would like to ask Alanna and Rosada to please consider
the circumstances and give us a final "go" or "no-go" on
these two around the end of this week. Please don't make
hasty decisions here, but consider all circumstances.
With 90%+ of the activity sign-ups in, I think we won't
have any significant expansion of the list for any of
the optional activities.
For Morton's, I think it's simply the "sticker shock" of
the estimated cost that dissuaded sign-ups. For Roller
Derby Boot Camp, session 2, I think it's just the fact
that it's a duplication of a previously-occurring special
interest activity.
Anyway, please update us on these by this coming weekend if
you would.
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Numbers:
As of Tuesday morning, we have 168 primary attendees and
36 SOs reconfirmed, for a total reconfirmed headcount of
204. The Magic Machine says 161 of them will show, which
is (intentionally) a conservative number.
I estimate that over 90% of the activity sign-ups which
will come in are now in, so add a few to both of those
numbers, split the difference, and we still get a final
projection in the 180-ish range. That's about as close a
figure as we're ever gonna get until we actually reconcile
all of the check-in sheets.
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Laundry list:
{empty}
Thanks to all! :)
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HRC updates:
Suzane writes:
>I am watching the numbers for my two events at the HRC Strip
>Location. I have contacted Peter Lin and Alex (Great Waiter)
>they are looking forward to having us. I believe it will be
>a WONDEFUL EVENT for all involved.
>Expect to have a section for us at the Bar (Second Floor) and
>then have a area of table in CLOSE proximity for dinner.
>Good possibility that we can get FREE Admission to a live
>band event BUT I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FACTS YET SO DO NOT
>REPAEAT OR EXPECT. If I get the OK and details I will advise.
>I expect these events to go very well. Any questions from
>the group please let me know. I will be arriving on Saturday
>mid-day (4-17-10) so IF anyone needs to see me for anything
>let me know! Take care and stay safe I am looking forward
>to a GREAT event for everyone!
Thanks for the report, Suzane. I think both of your gatherings
will be well-attended and highly-rated. I hope you will be
attending the Pre-DLV gathering at Las Palmas on Saturday.
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Pretty-printed schedule:
Kimberly Kael writes:
>Hmmm. I'm a little behind on my email but I thought I had
>already confirmed that I'm happy to do this. I've attached
>a first draft of the one-pager. Even on legal-sized paper
>this is starting to get pretty darned dense - but it does
>still fit. Barely.
Thanks, Kimberly. We just needed confirmation that you are
still on track. We'll plan on having the schedule locked down
next Monday and you can do the final versions then.
>I'll pull together a draft of the multi-pager by the end of
>the weekend.
Thanks, Kimberly.
The only significant change I would suggest is to substitute
the term "Activity" for the term "Event" on the column
headings. This is to be consistent across the board in our
terminology.
To all, I would like to have everyone please eyeball and
proofread these. These were made from the working schedule
as it sat last Saturday, so a few details may have changed.
They are on line at the following locations:
Summary: http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/dlv2010/dlv2010s2.pdf
Full: http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/dlv2010/dlv2010s1.pdf
Please pay particular attention to the activities you are
involved with, but if you see any glaring errors elsewhere,
please scream soon and loudly. :)
Thanks again, Kimberly.
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Nora's status:
Nora writes:
>It is too early to tell but things are looking up for my
>getting to at least several DLV events. My son will still
>be with us but I may be able to get away by checking into
>a hotel.
This is sounding much better, Nora! :) I know I speak for
all in saying that we hope you can be with us as much as
you can.
>Either way I can probably still help with the phone contacts.
>So include my name as a phone contact.
Thanks, Nora. We'll include your name and number, and please
don't be afraid to "hand off" a call to one of the others if
it would be awkward for you to handle it at the time.
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Sign-up help:
Vivian Chen writes:
>I will be at the Welcoming on Monday bright and early (6PM)
>to help out with the sign-ins.
Thanks for the confirmation, and the help, Vivian! :)
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Coordinator contact, etc.
Cynthia writes:
>Hi Annie
Hewwo. :)
>In response to your request for Activity Coordinator phone
>numbers, you can give my phone number to Holly and any other
>of the hostesses and coordinators. I will be available to
>answer any questions for the Thrift Shop Tour all week long.
Thanks, Cynthia. I've forwarded it to Holly. (Holly, if you
didn't get this, scream!)
>Also, I will be attending the Firefly Meet and Greet opener
>Monday night, and plan on arriving early (around 6:00 ish
>or so) to prance around the casino some and have a beer to
>loosen up. If you could use me as a greeter or a sign-in
>person, or some such, I would be more than happy to help
>you with that.
Thanks, Cynthia.
We'll definitely use you.
Please wander to the Firefly around 6 and we'll get you
set up. Depending on the load, we'll ask you to either
greet and/or help with check-in.
>Since you've never seen me before, you'll probably want to
>get a look at me first to see if I'm up to expectations.
>My "look" is decidedly Vegas in nature, since I have to
>live here (I'm being held captive :))
>I've found, over the years, that it's easier to blend in
>with the crowd here and go unnoticed if you actually stand
>out somewhat, so I add a dash of flash to my appearance.
>Everybody here is a performer or entertainer of some sort,
>and it's kinda' expected that one will look a little on the
>tacky side, with an aire of class thrown in just for laughs.
All that we really ask with regard to dress and appearance
is that you consider others. Please consider the rank and
file attendees, with whom you will be seen in public, and
please consider the activity coordinators and the senior
volunteers who will have to deal with any potential complaints.
For the Welcome Celebration in particular, this is a "Major
Venue" activity, and there is a certain degree of liberty
permitted in dress which would otherwise not be allowed at
more blatantly-mainstream things.
The general guidelines for such an activity as the Welcome
Celebration can be stated that dressy is fine, formal is
fine, "Vegas-y" is fine, and flashy, within reason, is fine.
You can't possibly overdress for this.
Trashy/slutty/fetish outfits are not OK for this, neither
are size/age inappropriate outfits, or costumes.
If you consider others, you will most likely be fine.
>I'm so excited.
Yes, all of us are. It's getting close! :)
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Shooting location:
Vanessa writes:
>I've been correspondng with Gina and she indicates that we
>will probably be using the same indoor range near the Strip
>that was used last year, but that she is checking out one
>more option... and will be in touch with you in the next
>day or two and will advise on range location or a rallying
>point from where we will head to the range on Friday
>morning.
Thanks, Vanessa.
Please let us know ASAP when a venue has been decided upon,
and also send in the exact name of the place and the street
address. I looked through last year's information and I don't
see explicit details on "the same indoor range near the Strip
that was used last year", only instructions ot phone Gina. We
want to avoid that situation this year.
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Curtis Book Signing:
Rosada writes (slightly edited):
>Do you have a hostess for "Some Like It Hot" yet?
No we don't. :)
You have first dibs on it, assuming it fits your schedule.
Please confirm "go" or "no go" by this weekend.
>You stated it is on opening day, but I didn't see it on the
>activity list or any other info on it. Did I miss it?
You didn't see it on the schedule because nobody has
"adopted" it and it's not scheduled yet.
This year in particular, we want to be sure that when some
attendee arrives somewhere at the posted time, we *WILL*
have a DLV host or hostess present to greet him or her.
We want to avoid as much as we can the cases where a (nervous)
newbee gathers up the guts to go somewhere, walks in, finds
nobody from DLV there, then sees her shadow and goes back
into her hole never to be seen again.
>If it's not in conflict with anything else I'm signed up for,
>I would like to toss my wig, I mean my hat, into the ring for
>consideration. The more I have been getting out in femme the
>more confident I am getting. I would love to do this.
>I would still like to volunteer to be hostess for a certain
>time frame, but not all day for one of the days....
Thanks, Rosada.
This would not involve a day's commitment. I would say that
for us to put it on the schedule and announce it, we need
to have a commitment for two hours or so. Arm bands get
passed out at 1:00pm Sunday, so that's the time we need
somebody there and visible, if not shortly before.
If you can agree to be there between 1 and 3 or so on Sunday
afternoon, we'll get this on the schedule. Please let us
know one way or another by this coming weekend.
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M Resort:
Tracy writes (edited as per request):
>this is my plan.
>I'm thinking of hire-ing two Limos to take the willing to
>the Luv in at the M, Yes I know but I'm paying the bill if
>I can find a good price and from what I have researched it
>looks like 65 to 80 dollars per hour so I have found
>( don't laugh please I'm sensitive) so could you tell me
>what the limo service you girls use??? for the Limo tour maybe
>I could try them.
Thanks, Tracy. :)
The service we use is Bell-Trans. 702-739-7990. JoAnn can give
the contact names if you want them. I've met two of them, but
I can't recall the names.
The 6-passenger cars we normally use are $52 per hour, and the
8-passenger cars we've used in the past are $80 per hour, with
an additional variable fuel surcharge applying to all rates.
(Don't forget the driver's tip!) :)
>I Know it seems a bit lavish and last the eleventh hour but
>that's Tracy so anyway if that falls short I think on a
>sensible level also and the willing participants could just
>all meet at 6:45 PM at the valet at The Paris Hotel and go in
>assorted transportation to the destination. gee that was
>easy???? That's plan B But if I can get some better info on
>the Limo thingie I would Luv to do that but only with a limit
>of two cars/Limousine's (I did see some that hold to 10 so that
>might do for maybe Twenty fun loving persons.
>Limo pick up and drop off at the Paris hotel same time as
>carpool total time 3 hours if I can to it for 500.00 or less???
Ok, I will add a "M Resort Transportation Assembly" at the
Paris at 6:45pm on Wednesday. Meet at main casino valet.
This will work whichever way you decide to go.
A few suggestions and comments here.
Before you commit to paying for any limo services, do a
real-time real-world check with as many of your participants
as you can contact during the early days of DLV and be sure
they are indeed participating. (DLVers can be very fickle
about showing up, particularly toward the middle to end
of DLV week.) Then size your vehicles accordingly. Bell
Trans has everything from a 4-passenger black sedan to
a 20-some passenger party bus, all of them being quite
nice.
An alternative if the cost for this seems high might be
to take the limos down there, then dismiss them, and take
taxis back. All of your group may not want to leave at
the same time.
Another caveat, please be sure to have the direct number
to the limo dispatcher handy. Occasionally there have been
foul-ups. Be sure to give the limo service the EXACT place
to pick up your group and who to look for. I would also
reconfirm the time/place with the limo dispatcher a few
hours before pick-up just to be sure.
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M Resort:
Katie writes (edited slightly):
>I wrote to Tracy at and asked of there is anything I can do
>to help at the M resort and I haven't had any reply.
>I wondered if there might me a miss spelling or a dot I might
>have missed on the address?
E-mail is not a perfect medium. I would resend. If you
mistype a fairly unique and unusual e-mail name, you will
almost always get a "bounce" message in response.
>I also wrote and asked if I could help at the opening night
>at the Plaza but had no reply on that either, I suspect there
>must be enough help there anyway so. Not to worry, I can always
>be just a participant.
I just double-checked the incoming queue to DLVORG, which gets
saved prior to any processing. I did not find a note to this
effect from you. E-mail is not perfect.
You didn't say whether you wanted to volunteer to help Marisa
with the activity in general, or to help doing check-in and
greeting and such. I can't speak for Marisa, but if it's the
latter, we'll definitely use you.
We do have a need for greeters, and possible help or relief
on check-in.
Those who served as greeters last year reported that the job
was low-maintenance, but we still got one specific complaint
that there was nobody who was visible as a hostess or a
greeter. We need to try to avoid things such as this for
this year if at all possible.
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Sign-up confirmation:
Edy writes:
>I guess I qualify for the category of having signed up with
>a designated transaction number but have not recieved any
>validation via email. Am I good to go???? literally??
Yes, you're good to go, literally.
A quick peg count shows that you're signed up for 16 of the
optional activities. (Wow!) :)
The reason we don't send out an e-mail each and every time
somebody signs up for activities is because many attendees
will change their selections, some of them many times. We
want to give them one and only one accurate and final summary,
which goes out with the LFM.
One thing we may want to do is add a button to optionally send
the sign-up summary via e-mail. It's easy to add, but this
close to the event I don't want to be making any noncritical
changes to any programs.
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Working schedule:
Diva Las Vegas 2010 schedule
Tentative and subject to change
All times Pacific Daylight Time
Sunday, April 18:
0:01am: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Onyx Theater) - sv
11:00am: Religious services (Metropolitan Community Church) - sv
2:00pm: Studio Lites Open House (Studio Lites) - mv
4:00pm: Art Tour, session 1 (Imperial Palace Auto Collection) - ms
6:00pm: Happy Hour options (various)
6:00pm: Irish Pub Happy Hour (McMullan's) - ms
6:00pm: Mortons Happy Hour (Morton's) - ms
6:00pm: Sin City Happy Hour (Sin City Brewing - Flamingo) - ms
6:00pm: Hard Rock Happy Hour (Hard Rock Cafe STRIP) - ms
7:00pm: Dinner options (Various)
7:00pm: Irish Pub Dinner (McMullan's) - ms
7:00pm: Flamingo Buffet dinner (Flamingo) - ms
7:00pm: Mortons Dinner (Morton's) - ms
7:00pm: Hard Rock Dinner (Hard Rock Cafe STRIP) - ms
8:30pm: After-dinner options (n/a)
8:30pm: Alternative common gathering (Escape Lounge) - sv
8:30pm: Mainstream common gathering (Hard Rock Cafe STRIP) - ms
8:30pm: Irish Pub common gathering (McMullans) - ms
Monday, April 19:
9:30am: Makeover Tips with Stacey, session 1 (Bare Escentuals) - mv
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Stratosphere Buffet) - ms
3:00pm: Beginner Open House session 1 (See notes) - sv
6:00pm: Happy Hour (Firefly Plaza) - mv
7:00pm: Dinner (Firefly Plaza) - mv
8:00pm: Welcome Meet and Greet (Firefly Plaza) - mv
8:30pm: Official group photo (Firefly Plaza) - mv
10:00pm: Beauty Bar Karaoke (Beauty Bar) - ms
Tuesday, April 20:
8:00am: Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf (Desert Rose) - ms
9:00am: Harmony Nail Spa Open House (Harmony Nail Spa) - mv
9:30am: Makeover Tips with Stacey, session 2 (Bare Escentuals) - mv
1:00pm: Lunch With Mary Beth (Hilton Buffet) - ms
3:00pm: Beginner Open House session 2 (See notes) - sv
6:00pm: Happy Hour options (various) - ms
6:00pm: PTs Happy Hour (PTs 6th and Sahara) - ms
6:00pm: HRC Harmon Happy Hour (Hard Rock Cafe HARMON) - ms
6:00pm: Joe's Happy Hour (Joe's Crab and Steak) - ms
6:00pm: HRC Strip Happy Hour (Hard Rock Cafe STRIP) - ms
7:00pm: Eating Out Night (Various)
7:00pm: Milano's option (Milano's) - mv
7:00pm: Joe's option (Joe's Crab and Steak) - ms
7:00pm: PTs option (PTs Pub 6th and Sahara) - ms
7:00pm: Hard Rock Cafe STRIP option (Hard Rock Cafe STRIP) - ms
8:00pm: Jam Session (Goodtimes) - sv
8:30pm: Mainstream-Alternative Night (Various)
8:30pm: Alternative Bar Crawl (Goodtimes) - sv
8:30pm: Roller Derby Boot Camp, session 1 (Roller Derby Training Center) - ms
9:00pm: Viva Elvis show (Aria - City Center) - ms
9:30pm: Divas - Frank Marino Show (Imperial Palace) - ms
Wednesday, April 21:
10:00am: Thrift Shop Tour (Imperial Palace) - ms
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Paris Buffet) - ms
2:00pm: SO and Partners Get-together (Claim Jumper) - ms
2:00pm: Boutique at Power Exchange Open House (Boutique at Power Exchange) - sv
3:00pm: Beginner Open House session 3 (See notes) - sv
4:00pm: Art Tour, Session 2 (City Center) - ms
6:00pm: Quiet Evening At Home HH and Dinner (See notes) - sv
6:00pm: Happy Hour (Trevi) - ms
6:45pm: M Resort transportation assembly (Paris) - ms
7:00pm: Dinner (Trevi) - ms
7:00pm: Murder Mystery Interactive Dinner-Theater (Glamour Boutique) - sv
7:30pm: M Resort Get-together (M Resort) - ms
8:00pm: Pajama Party (See notes) - sv
9:30pm: Limousine Tour (Caesars) - ms
Thursday, April 22:
2:00am: Charles Bar (Bellagio) - ms
11:00am: Glamour Boutique Open House (Glamour Boutique) - sv
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Harrahs Buffet) - ms
3:30pm: Art Tour, Session 3 (Arts Factory) - ms
6:00pm: Local Happy Hour (Firefly Plaza) - ms
7:00pm: Local Dinner (Firefly Plaza) - ms
8:00pm: Level 107 Lounge (Stratosphere) - ms
8:30pm: Roller Derby Boot Camp, session 2 (Roller Derby Training Center) - ms
8:30pm: Pity Party (Escape Lounge) - sv
11:00pm: Late Evening Dancing (Paris) - ms
Friday, April 23:
9:00am: Pistol/rifle shooting (TBA) - ms
12:30pm: Fashion Show Lunch (Fashion Show Mall) - ms
1:00pm: Lunch With Kimberly (Sushi Roku) - ms
2:00pm: Walk off your lunch (Forum Shops) - ms
2:00pm: Fashion Show (Fashion Show Mall) - ms
2:00pm: High Tea (Four Seasons) - ms
6:00pm: Happy Hour (Bahama Breeze) - ms
7:00pm: Farewell dinner and social (Bahama Breeze) - ms
11:00pm: Late Evening Dancing (Paris) - ms
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