In this mailing:
Org List
What's happening
EHM status
Status check and schedule review
Laundry list
Bar Tour
Bare Escentuals minimum
Some other activities
Shooting details
Various concerns
Church Lady headcount
Classic Rock and Roll
Working schedule
Administrivia
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Org List:
This is the DLV 2014 Organizational Mailing List (dlvorg_at_geekbabe.com)
Replies to this message will be forwarded to the DLVORG list and not
the DLV-Announce or DLV-Discuss list.
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What's happening:
All, please read the one significant item in the next section below.
Comments and suggestions are encouraged.
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Thanks to those who helped shake down activity sign-up.
All, please be reminded that the sign-up link sent in last week's ORG
mailing was NOT your personal activity sign-up link! That was for a
test attendee, and the sign-up system is far from being solid. Any
sign-ups you made did make it through the system, but they will end
up in the ashcan when activity sign-up is officially rolled out.
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The flood gates are open!
As of Wednesday morning, February 19, we have 149 signed up to attend,
including 19 SOs. The machine says that out of these, 121 will show.
This compares with 127 signed up as of Wednesday last week. This has
been the biggest "spurt" (just over 3 per day) in registrations that
we've seen so far this year.
The numbers all appear to be right where they should be.
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EHM status:
Marisa writes:
It looks as if the exhibits at the EHM will be moved out in less than 30
days! Harry Mohney (building owner) is evicting the exhibits owned by
Ted McIlvenna.
I'm in touch with the person working with the situation and will be give
updates if anything changes. ...
It probably would be good to get the org group thinking about other
activities. I'm waiting to hear back from Jerry who works for Ted and is
handling the situation. With the eviction notice the exhibits will need
to be gone in less than 30 days.
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Annie responds.
Thanks for the reports, Marisa. :(
Well, gang, we have bad news and good news on this item. :(
The bad news is that it looks like the evening planned for the Erotic
Heritage Museum will not happen as planned.
The good news, if you can call it that, it that we found out about it
five weeks in advance instead of five days in advance and we have plenty
of time to work around it.
Don't worry, throughout our history we've dealt with many closures,
personnel shake-ups, attitude changes, etc., even one case of a delayed
opening, and always had very good outcomes. Some of these have occurred
only a few days before our event!
As a first option, we want to give Marisa, Sherry, and team the option
to "fork lift" this activity to a different location if they choose to
and if they are able to do so.
I'm sure that any effort anyone wants to expend on locating a possible
alternate venue would be appreciated. You don't need any permission to
go looking and to reach out to the operators of potential venues. Just
don't commit to anything until you have the "ok" of the group here.
If that does not work out, then the evening will be open for alternate
activities. Thursday is designated as an "Anchor" evening, so we want
to have one featured activity of the evening of a medium to large scale
and optionally other supporting or alternate track activities.
One possible option, should no plans for a similar activity emerge,
is to bring the Limo Tour out of cold storage and slide it in as a
drop-in replacement anchor activity. Plans were to forego the Limo
Tour this year as we had two very strong anchor activities, those
being NSD and (formerly) EHM.
One thing we don't want to see, which is one trap we've fallen into in
the past, is any kind of a chain-reaction mass-reshuffling of activities
and timeslots due to this item. We have a potential major vacancy in the
Thursday evening after-dinner timeslot and we really don't want to mess
with other emplaced activities unless we absolutely have to.
As for timing, it is now the 19th. of February. Activity sign-up is to
begin toward the first of March, but we can probably hold that until
the second weekend in March (March 8-9) if it looks like things are
moving but just not solid at the time. This means that we're looking
at a two week timeframe, at maximum, in which to make the decisions.
Comments and suggestions, please.
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Status check and schedule review:
Normally at this point in time we would list out the weak spots and then
twist arms to get a few more volunteers to help fill things in.
This year, it's almost the reverse. Right now we'll be reviewing the day
to day schedule from the perspective of where there may be some times
that have room for any additional items that volunteers may have in
mind.
As noted above, Thursday evening is very much up in the air at this time
so we will not even touch upon it in this review.
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We do have a number of Volunteers who are not actively involved in any
planned activity. This include many first-year volunteers. If you are
not actively involved in activities this year and want to be, there are
a few ways you can get your feet wet (and also qualify for voting
status).
1. Volunteer to take charge of any item for which we need a volunteer,
listed below. (As of now, we're down to only ONE of these!)
2. Use your imagination and plan something the group would like to do
in one of the timeslots noted below which has room for something.
3. Volunteer to assist or back up the primary Coordinator at one of
our scheduled activities. You can either volunteer for something in
particular, or let us match you up with an activity which would be
appropriate for learning the ropes.
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Day by day summary ...
+Sunday, March 30:
Sunday, both daytime and evening, looks great! Sunday is essentially
full and solid. If anyone has a strong need to do another dining option,
we could handle it, but it's not a necessity. Ditto for any additional
kind of evening activity.
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+Monday, March 31:
There is room Monday morning for additional daytime activities should
anyone want to plan them. Otherwise Monday is full and solid! One
dangling volunteer vacancy Monday evening. See Laundry List below.
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+Tuesday, April 1:
Not everyone is into golf, so there is room for a morning activity of
just about any type on Tuesday. Other than that, Tuesday is looking
very good.
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+Wednesday, April 2:
Not everyone is into shooting, so there is room yadda yadda yadda.
Wednesday is the only day when we do not have any "personal improvement"
activities of any type scheduled.
We've done some additions and some shuffling of the Wednesday evening
lineup of activities. We now have two strong options, one of them being
local.
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+Thursday, April 3:
Not everyone is into hiking, so there is room {dot dot dot}.
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+Friday, April 4:
Friday, overall, is very strong and solid!
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That was easy! Other than the issue on Thursday we are looking very
good this year! Thanks to all involved for making it so. :)
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Laundry list:
+Sunday
+When: 8:30pm
+What: Scavenger Hunt
+Where: ?????
Valorie? Can you please confirm whether this will start from the Mob
Bar as originally planned or from the Triple George?
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+Monday:
+When: 10:00pm
+What: Dancing at Paris
+Where: Paris - Cabaret Lounge
Coordinator: tbd
This is one of the very few places where we need a volunteer.
This would be a very easy ticket to voting status for somebody new to
the volunteer scene! This one is easy. All you really need to do is
agree to be there on time and do such things as greeting, welcoming,
and directing traffic as needed. No heavy lifting! :)
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+Friday:
+What: Late Night Clubbing
+Where: Club Surrender - Wynn
+Meet: Main club entrance
+Duration: Open
+Exposure to public: Considerable
+Coordinator: Valorie
Valorie? A few questions.
Is the admission really truly free? If so, what hoops need to be
jumped to get this?
Where and when, very specifically, are they to meet?
Do you want an official DLV sign-up, or do you want to do this via
the responses at the Pole Studio?
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All?
Any further discussion regarding information other than names to be
included on the name tags?
Gavel raised >>BANG<< None!
Vera, we'll get you the preliminary name list RSN.
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All?
Any further thoughts regarding the comedian at our closing gathering?
Going three times ...
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Coordinator Phone Numbers:
Keep 'em coming, gang! Thanks! We will review next week.
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Coordinator photos:
Ditto! :)
If you want to see how your photo looks on the schedule, surf here:
http://www.geekbabe.com/cgi-bin/dlv/customsched.cgi
You can simply hit the "I don't care about options ..." button and
the photos will be included on the resulting schedule display.
Those without photos, please consider submitting them. :)
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Bar Tour:
Robyn (with the "y") writes:
With the rental plus a 49 $ insurance package it is closer to 20$. per
person.
I just confirmed the van. We have a 72 hour cancellation without a
charge so if we don't get 9 people to make our tour at a 20 dollar fee
we will have plenty of time to cancel the van and the tour.
Being new at this I thought Stacy could collect the money at the
assembly point while I pick the van up.
With Marisa's experience she mention that we will not have a enough time
to collect the money before Sunday to protect us from no shows since the
tour is on Sunday.
I guess there is not enough time to get people to replace the no shows
from the waiting list.
So I guess our question to you..... How should we have them pay?
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Annie responds:
Thanks Robyn. Things are updated.
I think you are in very good shape with very little risk of taking
a financial bath on this one.
If the maximum capacity is 9, I do not in any way foresee you not
getting enough participants to fill the tour! I envision a moderate
waiting list at least.
Since this activity happens right after DLV officially opens, about the
only practical way is to collect the $$$ right at the rendezvous site.
There are two ways that you can easily control the no-shows and assure
a full (and fully-paid) tour:
One way we can control no-shows to an extent on activities such as this
is to limit sign-up to those who have a cell phone number on file. Then
phone each one to confirm prior to the activity and back-fill from the
waiting list. Please let us know if you want to have this limit in
place.
Another way is to simply tell the waiting list folks to be at the
loading area with cash in hand and if any no-shows happen, first paid,
first loaded (pun intended). :)
Please let us know what you want to do.
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Bare Escentuals minimum:
Kandi writes:
> Is there an official required minimum purchase for the Bare
> Escentuals sessions?
None required. I have visited there many times just to get makeup advice
without any purchase and to visit with these friendly Ladies. They made
me feel like I am One-of-the-Girls! My personal experience with them has
been so positive that they get my highest recommendation. I also got on
their email list and now getting freebies, quite often.They have never
pressured me to purchase anything at any time. During my June 2013 visit,
I wrote up my makeup regimen so others could learn how to do their own
makeup.
If you want to get the most out of these sessions, I recommend getting
one of their Starter kits with the shades they recommend for your skin
type. Bring a print copy of my Makeup cookbook to make notes to remember
what techniques were used to make you look so FAB!
The links can be found in this Activity Highlight - Makeup Sessions
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/mydlv/mainforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2795
Kandi's CookBook for Bare Minerals Make-Up, Nov.2013 update
http://geekbabe.com/dlv/mydlv/mainforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2755
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Thanks, Kandi. Just wanted to confirm since there have been minima in
previous years.
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Some other activities:
JoAnn writes:
Tuesday: I checked on a Drag Show for Tuesday and Good Times moved it to
Friday and Saturday, so that is out. I'm happy to host a Tuesday nite
gathering at 9pm at Good Times.
Wednesday: As an alternate to NSD I would host Audrey's Tour. Advance
tickets for the wax museum at $16.00 [details to follow]; drinks and
food -each person's cost. Transportation-- taxi from the stating point
-- Chandelier.
This is an evening leading to the Diva gathering at the Paris Cabernet
-- Evening dressed --- Ladies in black -- gloves and hat optional---
enjoying and sharing the elegance of Audrey [Hepburn] --
6pm - Chandelier/ Cosmopolitan Hotel- the place for a cocktail with
"pan-ash"
7pm - Bellagio Gardens - awaits for a photo session with Audrey's Ladies
8pm- Bellegio - a "see and be seen" at the piano lounge with hors d'oeuvre
9pm -Wax Museum - a photo session with the "Stars"
10pm- Paris awaits for 'Audrey's Ladies'
This is a sign-up event and requires a pre-purchased ticket to the wax
museum. Having a small group would be just fine.
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Annie responds:
Thanks, JoAnn. All items are now on the schedule. :)
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Shooting details:
Vanessa writes:
Gina will respond back with details on the Pistol Shooting on Wed.
morning... it will be at Discount Firearms and I will provide Trophies
again for our "Top Shot" Annie Oakleys. I"ll be assisting Gina and will
send you a photo and cell phone number.
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Gina writes:
We have decided to alternate years for Rifle and Pistol at Discount
Firearms and Trap Shooting at Clark County Shooting Facility. This year
we will be doing Rifle and Pistol! We will have a good selection of
Rifles and Pistols you can shoot or bring your own. We will have two
lanes for anybody to use and if you would like you can rent your own.
The basic cost is $15 a head (plus ammo cost) if you use our shared
lane, or rent your own lane for about $20 an hour. How much you spend
depends on how itchy your trigger finger is! The shop also rents
Machine Guns.... (way too cool, imagine shooting a Thompson machine, in
Bonnie Parker mode.... oh yeah...).
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Thanks for the updates, ladies. Looks like this one is all set! :)
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Various concerns:
Katie writes:
Hi Gang.
I have a few questions. Hopefully not boring or dumb ones for our
readers.
1) I volunteered to assist with Carmines as an extra Hostess. (Will I be
needed or can I relax and show up fashionably late?). Believe me, I will
not be hurt if option 2 is the answer. I just need to know so I can
arrive at the appropriate time.
2) As for the New attendees early arrival at B/Breeze. Vera should
decide how she would like to run it. I can assist where necessary and
even add 2 or 3 cents worth if she would like me to . (If I will be
required to say a few words, then I would like to know ahead of time so
I can jot down some ideas for use as a prompter when the time comes.)
3). I signed up for Satay but I don't know where it is. I need to know
before the directions to and from arrive in my mail so I can plan now
and not later.
4)Pole dancing.. Can I just tag along? I don't want to dance but would
love to attend, Assuming I will not be charged $$ by the presumably very
qualified instructors. Same goes for the shooting expedotion into
deepest darkest Vegas?
5) Can we see a list of those who have signed up till' this point in
time?. I would like to know if I recognize any names so I can contact
friends who might show up on the list and encourage them to stay the
course and not drop out.
6). Where can I view the Hostess photos? It would be nice to know all
the faces and connect the dots as they say!
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Annie responds:
Cami will need to respond WRT the closing gathering. Cami?
Valorie will need to respond WRT the Pole Dancing. Valorie?
We've spun off the planning of the New Attendee Welcome and Orientation
to a separate list and we'll continue to plan there.
Hostess photos can be viewed either via the link that came with last
week's mailing or else the link above via the test schedule.
Speaking of which, Katie, we don't have a photo for you. Which one would
you like to use?
As for signing up for Satay, no, YOU did not sign up for Satay. You used
a test link that signed up a test attendee named Lawrence Nightinjail
for Satay. :) Somebody has subsequently un-signed Lawrence for Satay and
replaced it with PF chang, which may have been reversed again since the
time of this writing.
Anyway, the address for Satay and a link to the map will appear in the
Large Final Mailing.
The roster has been sent to you under separate cover.
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Church Lady headcount:
Pamela Ann writes:
Could I request a head count for church services.
Please pick a photo for me.
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Got you all set for sign-up for headcount for MCC.
For the photo, please help us out a bit here. It looks like there are
some clear headshots of you at the High Tea last year. Can you please
pick out one? Just send in the URL of the photo you prefer.
Thanks.
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Classic Rock and Roll:
Bob writes:
Please add Susan Rogers as co-host for Classic R & R at the Phoenix
Tues. April 1. We now have 2 guest entertainers and 2 that haven't
committed yet. This is a live music show!
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Thanks Bob. Susan is listed as well now.
Speaking of which, photos for you and Susan? :) :) :)
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Working schedule:
Diva Las Vegas schedule
Tentative and subject to change
All times Pacific Daylight Time
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS AS THE FINAL
AND ACCURATE DIVA LAS VEGAS SCHEDULE.
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