From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2011 - 07:15:44 CST
In this mailing:
Org List
JoAnn's words
Scheduling and strategy
Activity suggestions
Mexican Dining
Hotels, Europe, RHPS, etc.
Working schedule
Administrivia
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JoAnn's words:
Now is the time!
Not let someone else do it, but rather YOU !!!
We have approximately 4 weeks to get an Activity Schedule drafted.
So please read through this e-mail and let us know where we can
count on you to help this all happen.
Thanks and hugs if you volunteer... JoAnn
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Scheduling and strategy:
As of January 4 we have 96 registered attendees, all returnees,
signed up. We haven't even started taking the first-year people
yet! It's very difficult to do an apples-to-apples comparison
of where we stand in comparison to previous years due to the
scheduling differences, but it's very safe to say that this has
been a very strong returnee re-registration showing this early
in the process!
We've seeded the schedule, and the working schedule will be in
all of our mailings between now and DLV. Please look this over
and be thinking of timeslots for the activities you want to be
involved with.
Nothing on the schedule is in stone yet. Toward the end of the
year we appeared to be in agreement on which days would have
our maximum-attendance, feature-activity, and multi-track
evenings. If there are to be any significant changes, those to
be made with a meat cleaver as opposed to a scalpel, they need
to happen very soon.
By our long-standing precedent, those who have coordinated a
successful DLV activity have the "first refusal rights" to
coordinate the same activity or a similar activity for the
current year's event.
Now is the time for all of you who coordinated previous things
to (please pardon the expression) "defecate or abdicate" and
let us know, one way or the other, if you are interested in
coordinating it again for this year. If you aren't interested,
we ask that you please give us the courtesy of a "regret" and
not simply remain silent. That way we can let others pick up
the ball and run with it.
It's also time for all of us to be planning the other things
we want to do to make DLV 2011 all it can be.
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Activity suggestions:
Let's summarize the activity ideas and suggestions which have
been brought up since DLV 2010.
To all, please look over this list, pick one of the items
shown, and let us know what you have in mind to make it
happen, what help you will need, and where you think it
will fit on our schedule.
>From the survey (wording may be odd in some cases):
* Let's try the Roller Derby Boot Camp again.
* Oh and The Power Exchange
* Mexican dining (taken, but we are not limited to 1)
* Pool party
* Resurrect the Arthur Murray Dance lesson
* Fantastic indoor swap meet on decatue blvd.
* Gambling nite! Swimming party! Power Exchange!
* have the boat tour have som group breakfasts more tours
* Maybe so great music at the Palazzo with Jersey boys.
* Morning breafast or coffee.
* Fashion discussion and demonstrations. Make-up demos.
* More main-stream make-over lessons.
* The Motown show at Imperial Palace.
* Bring back the Lake Mead Steamboat Ride.
* dinner at SW at Wynn's it would be a great activity,
* dinner at Mon Ami Gabi at the Paris
* outlet mall, south, one afternoon,
* Rio Carnival in the sky might be fun.
* Bally's and Saraha's late night dancing
* OMG the Power Exchange!
* Leatherby's Ice Cream Parlor- Ice Cream Social
* I think clubbing can be really nice...
* Komol's
* Lion King Legends Donny and Marie
* Madama Tussaud's wax museum!
* batistas hole in the wall
* Strings (very good italian cuisine) is very accepting,
* tour of Vegas.
* Top of the Rio Dinner - Dance
* Flea Market on Decatur is a blast - Friday
* erotic history museum (which really is a museum)
* Ellis Island steak and BBQ rib special.
* Erotic Museum and Power Exchange.
* Light show downtown
* bathroom-101 training session for new gurls.
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>From the Discussion Forum and ORG list:
* Prom or Formal.
* Neon Boneyard. (taken)
* China Ranch Date Farm.
* Air Tours. (taken)
* Karaoke. (taken, but not limited to 1)
* Shopping tours.
* Shiloh Horse Ranch (taken)
* Mount Charleston Ski Trip (possibly taken)
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Those we've done in the past but have not done in recent years:
* Driving/walking tour of Strip
* Hoover Dam Tour
* Side trip, Valley Of Fire
* Matinee movie
* Late Night Gaming Imperial Palace
* Side trip - Rhyolite
* All day Blond Hair Day
* Slumber Party (and swap meet)
* Side trip, A-le-Inn and Area 51
* Primm Valley Mall shopping
* SBS Garden Party
* Side trip (Mt Charleston)
* Bowling
* Gun Show
* Little Girl Tea Party
* Slumber Party
* Sunbathing (Lake Mead)
* Secret Garden / Dolphin Habitat
* Rocky Horror Picture Show (taken)
* Little Girl" Get-together
* George Wallace Show
* Movie outing
* Mature Fashion Roundtable
* Slot Tournament
* Fremont Street Experience
* Retro Bash
* Town Square shopping
* Dueling Pianos
* Pajama Party (most likely taken)
* Boat Tour Breakfast
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Anything not marked as "taken" is up for grabs.
Now is the time to step forward!
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Mexican Dining:
Rosada writes:
I'm not sure if this issue was previously addressed. I vaguely
recall seeing something but not sure, but when contacting the
restaurants do I need to mention the nature of our crowd? Who
we are and who our membership consists of?
Did Nora have to explain to the restaurants what Diva is all
about? How much information do I need to give to the management?
Thanks for the help so far.
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Annie responds:
Thanks for taking this on, Rosada. :)
First, here's chapter and verse from the guidelines given in
the "Cpolicy" document. Your activity will, depending on the
exact circumstances, fall into either the "Major Venue" or
"Mainstream" category.
+Major Venue activities: In these situations the venue hosts
+should be advised of the type of group we are. {deletia} ...
+No commitment to special (restroom) arrangements should be
+made unless agreed in advance by the current DLV organising
+group.
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+DLV Mainstream activities: Venue hosts should not be advised
+of the nature of our group. {cut-paste} ... and special
+(restroom) arrangements should not be discussed.
The complete document is on line here:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/administ/cpolicy.html
Everybody has this one bookmarked, right? :) (Yeah, right!) :)
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That's the "wonk" stuff. Now let's talk about the real-world
planning and scheduling. Since our schedule is now "live", we
can discuss possible timeslots.
First thing you need to decide is the size/scale of the dinner
you wish to host(ess). This could be small (up to 15 or so),
larger (up to 30-50 or so), or very large, serving as one of
our maximum-attendance gatherings, in which case you'll most
likely see around 100 bodies.
A smaller gathering would probably be a "DLV Mainstream"
activity. A very large one would most likely be a "Major Venue"
type of thing, and something inbetween might fall in either
class, depending on the phase of the moon and such.
For a smaller thing you could do what both Nora and I have
suggested and that is to simply show up unnanounced, get on
the wait list if necessary, and use available tables. This
type of thing would be appropriate for an Eating Out Night
option on Wednesday or an extra-track option opposite one
of the "anchor" activities on Tuesday or Thursday.
A medium-scale thing could work as the lead-in to something
like the Limo Tour, as we've done with Trevi, a local option
opposite Night Of The Soiled Doves, or one option for Sunday
evening.
A large-scale dinner would work as either the opening or the
closing bash, should those who planned last year's affairs
choose to exercise their "right of refusal" to (not) repeat
them or a similar thing this year.
As to "spilling the beans" as to who we are, many of the
places know our group and want our business, such as Cantina
in Tuscany or Las Palmas. For a smaller dinner at one of the
places on our Big List, even if you do a reservation, there's
probably no reason to bring up the subject unless you really
feel a need to.
Please be thinking about the scale of your dinner and where
you might want it to fall on the schedule. All options are
currently open, and those who act first get the best pick! :)
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Hotels, Europe, RHPS, etc.:
Densie writes (quoted):
>>Final hotel scoreboard:
>We'll probably be at the Strat, but you know me...I don't
>really care if my hotel is nominated or approved, or whatever.
>They like to give us free rooms and shows there, I guess because
>we enter a lot of poker tournies.
>Hey, you know, we could have some outrageous psych value going
>if we all entered a tournie... especially if we dressed up as
>nuns.
Uh, you won't give up on that nun thing, will you?
I still don't get it!
>How the Sahara ended up on the list, despite all its bad publicity,
>I dunno. The last time I stayed there, I thought that the Del-Mar
>might be more fun... with or without Lester. (see footnote 1)
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>>not absolutely sure because I will be taking an anniversary
>>(March 15) vaction with my beloved SuzieMo and am not sure when
>>we will be leaving Europe ... at least we are tentatively planning
>>a trip to Europe, but that is so far in the future ....
>Is anyone else interested in going to Europe? Maybe we could get
>a group thing going, and charter a private flight. If there are
>enough of us, the cost isn't too unreasonable. The only reason I
>haven't gone to Europe is that I don't fly airlines these days,
>and the little plane that we do air tours with is really not
>adequate for going overseas. I am not interested in being "gate
>raped" or having pictures of my naked body spread all over the
>Internet, so I am one of the few who just refuse to get on an
>airline.
>I speak fluent French, and Tony spent two years in Germany, so
>if anyone is interested in doing the European Vacation thing,
>maybe we could start talking about it. J'ai vachement d'sire d'y
>aller!
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>>List joins have been coming in spurts (watch Densie make a
>>smart@$$ remark)
>Moi?
Uh-huh!
>>and seem to average about one every couple of days or so.
>That's actually not bad. I'm lucky if I get one a year.
>Sorry, that's the best I could do for a smarta$$ remark. It's
>been a 7200 - mile week.
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>>We also have a loser this year, only the second time in our
>>history where a nominated/seconded hotel has failed to be
>>confirmed as a suggested hotel. The previous discussion on
>>this topic more than adequately explains said failure.
>What was the first time... when I nominated the Del-Mar?
No, that was the rebranded San Remo, now known as Hooters,
a few years ago just after the renaming.
>I just wanna know, in case there is a trivia test later.
Hmmmm ... Maybe it's time to re-introduce the DLV Trivia
Quiz? :)
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>>I would like to roll this out to the general attendee base
>>around the first of the year. I would like to ask volunteers
>>to help give this a real-world test and shake-down.
>OK, I'm just sitting here wringing my hands, waiting for
>someone to approve my registration (hint hint). One comment
>already, I like the way the message board is organized.
Thank you. :)
Oh, and for those listening in, there are quite a few unanswered
friend requests sitting out there! >>hint!<<
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Rocky Horror:
>We have ignored this very important part of the original event
>for too long, I think. As far as which cast is playing, and who
>is fighting with whom over what, j'en ai vraiment rien a foutre.
>Most of us don't follow cast politics and will not be interested
>in anything but a good time and a good show. I would like to
>sponsor this event on Saturday night the 4th at 10pm, 3330 E
>Tropicana, no dress code, anything goes.
Are you SURE that time (10:00pm) is correct? I thought all RHPS
shows were midnight. Also the date? The Saturday leading up to
DLV 2011 is April 2.
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>(1) Lester, refer to Densie's Blow By Blow Summary, in the Lore
>Section. Lester was the wino at the Four Queens. I've forgotten
>what year it was, maybe 99? Annie can probably tell you where
>Lester hangs out these days, if you're interested, but don't
>wear your glasses.
That was 2001, the year of the first Limo Tour. You're really
the expert on Lester, and I seem to recall you saying that one
of his favorite sites is www.girlswithglasses.com
For those listening in, Densie's write-up appears here:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/war1.html
For the main "War Stories" section, surf here:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/war.html
All kinds of stuff, the story of the Del Mar, the Galiano [sic]
story, the second version of the DLV Trivia Quiz, etc. :)
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Working schedule:
Diva Las Vegas 2011 schedule
Tentative and subject to change
All times Pacific Daylight Time
Sunday, April 3:
11:00am: Religious Services (Metropolitan Community Church) - sv
6:00pm: Happy Hour options (various)
6:00pm: Caesars Happy Hour (Caesars) - ms
7:00pm: Dining options (various)
7:00pm: Caesars Buffet Dinner (Caesars) - ms
8:30pm: After-dinner options (various)
Monday, April 4:
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Stratosphere Buffet) - ms
3:00pm: Beginner Open House (See notes) - sv
6:00pm: Happy Hour (TBD) - mv
7:00pm: Dinner (TBD) - mv
8:30pm: Welcome Celebration (TBD) - mv
Tuesday, April 5:
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (LV Hilton Buffet) - ms
Wednesday, April 6:
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Harrahs Buffet) - ms
6:00pm: Happy Hour options (various)
6:00pm: Buffalo Happy Hour (The Buffalo) - sv
7:00pm: Eating Out Night (various)
7:00pm: Milano's option (Milano's) - mv
8:30pm: Mainstream-Alternative Night (various)
8:30pm: Alternative Bar Crawl (Buffalo) - sv
Thursday, April 7:
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Paris Buffet) - ms
9:00pm: Limousine Tour (tba) - ms
Friday, April 8:
1:00pm: Lunch With Ginger (Imperial Palace Buffet) - ms
6:00pm: Happy Hour (TBD) - mv
7:00pm: Dinner (TBD) - mv
8:30pm: Farewell Celebration (TBD) - mv
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