From: annie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 19:20:38 CDT
>Tina raises an interesting point regarding the number of married versus
>unmarried girls are on the ORG group. I'm married. I know at least two
>others that are definitely married but I have no idea how many are on
>the list nor in total how many are married.
Of those I know the marital status of (quick count on fingers against
the ORG mailing list), I count 22 married and 5 single.
>In NZ Mothers Day is celebrated on the same weekend, unlike Fathers Day
>which are on different weekends. Anyway, it doesn't seem to have the
>same importance that it does in the US and it hasn't really been an
>issue for me.
It is majorly important to some, neutral to others, and to a few it is a
downer, for various reasons.
>As I've previously said I don't think any of the dates proposed were
>ideal and the early May ones (pre N+I) must have seemed the best for
>those that voted.
No period will be ideal for all. We've not only grown in number of
bodies, but in the length of our footprint on the calendar. Throw a dart
at a calendar and pick any 6-day period, and the probability that some
of the ORG people will have a conflict with it will be close to 1.
There are also some relative priorities. In the next ORG mailing there
is an item from somebody who was outspokenly against the 3-8 timeframe
who now, with the addition of one particular proposed activity, now
considers it to be fine. :)
>>Every year, we consider scheduling around Inter-op schedules (the tech
>>convention), motorcycle conventions (Laughlin Run) and other scheduling
>>considerations.
>I see this not much as scheduling as trying to compromise as much as
>possible to allow as many as possible to attend,
I daresay that if there would be a serious motion to do a California
style recall of the DLV 2004 dates, there would be just as much
bitching about it as there is about the Mothers Day issue now.
I think one of the best suggestions for solving the issue is one that
Laura had a couple days ago, and that is to "slide" the schedule forward
a day. That would also allow the High Tea fans to have a "Real Sunday"
for their thing, and make Saturday an optional wind-down day for those
who can stay.
Even those whose families have a two-day Mothers Day will be able to
attend all but the last activities.
Those for whom Mothers Day begins prior to Saturday ... well ... I'm
afraid I don't have an answer. :)
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