From: annie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Sat May 14 2005 - 20:21:16 CDT
>>Speaking very freely, this was somebody who was not dressed
>>appropriately for a mainstream venue, and was attracting a fair amount
[deletia]
>If you dress like a hooker in a mainstream venue (and AND on too of
>that, to put it bluntly, you look like a guy in a dress), well you're
>only asking for this type of embarrassment.
[bobbitt]
98% of our people "get it", but unfortunately about 2% of our people do
not. Even most of those who had issues in the past were well behaved and
appropriately (I might be tempted to use the term "classy" in a couple
of cases) dressed for DLV 2004 and 2005.
The one thing I do know, however, is that 100% of our attendees
who registered in advance did was to agree to dress and behave
appropriately. (All 3 of those who were noted for issues and incidents
did, I checked.) They did not follow through on this agreement.
I'll go as far, pushover that I am, as to give the one newbee the
benefit of the doubt of possibly being clueless -- the most she will
see is a brief chat in the company of Guida and the clue-by-four
should she return, -- but the other 2 are returnees and do know what
is expected.
Plans are underway to contact these two people, and let them know in
no certain terms that they are under a final warning to, as the cliche'
says, shape up or ship out.
My hunch tells me that in one case, we'll get a tacit apology and a
vague promise to pay $50 and pick up the garbage in the snow and never
be seen in a miniskirt in Bahama Breeze again, but in the other case my
hunch is that it will not be received well at all. (Who? Me?)
I hate to see anybody miss out on DLV, but if they're not going to dress
and act appropriately, it's for the better that they not attend. Sorry
for being so blunt, but I think most of our organizers and attendees
would agree.
>Ladies, for 2006 heed the advise of those who know!! Know where and
>when to dress accordingly.
Unfortunately, because of these 3 individuals, we've learned the hard
way that if we let up on attention to B/D/R issues (this has been the
working abbreviation for behavior, dress, and restroom) some people
will consider themselves only and take advantage of the situation.
Yes, for DLV 2006 there will again be increased attention to being
100% sure that everybody who attends knows what's expected.
Now, we're not the only event to see these issues. One of the largest T*
events there is had a restroom incident during a planning session that
sounded like a replay of one of the DLV 2003 incidents. That event did
adopt some policies and procedures that were quite similar to ours.
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