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Welcome everybody
Returnee re-registration is open
Things to come
Important notes for DLV 2011
Introducing MyDLV
Administrivia
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Only 85 days Until DLV 2011!
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Welcome everybody:
Welcome to those who just joined the list!
Welcome back to those who have been with us!
Hope to see all of you in April!
If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.
This is the "kick-off" mailing for Diva Las Vegas 2011. Quite
a bit of information appears below, so please read carefully,
and let us know if there's anything that requires any
clarification.
Our next general mailing (about a week from now) will cover
things such as newcomer registration, our suggested hotels,
Big Sisters, room sharing, etc.
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Headcount:
"How many will be attending?" is our most frequently-asked
question.
We will be posting registration numbers and projections as the
registrations come in. It's still far too early for any kind
of an absolute count prediction. Best guess as of this time,
and that's what it is, a guess, is somewhere in the 150-180
range for a total.
As of this time we have 98 attendees signed up, all returnees.
Newcomer registration for those who subscribe to this list
will open next week.
Again, we're expecting a varied mix of attendees, people from
all points on the TG spectrum from those just peeking out of
the closet to those who are fully transitioned, SO's, friends,
admirers, etc.
One important note about attendance numbers. You will never
see the entire group in any one place at any one time. Our
attendees will be coming and going all week.
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Attending DLV:
For those who are new, the steps you need to take if you
want to attend can be summed up:
1. Read the web site (http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/) to be
sure you know what Diva Las Vegas is, what it is not, and
if DLV is something you would want to attend.
2. Register for DLV. Re-registration for returnees is now
open (see instructions below), and registration for newcomers
who are members of this list will begin January 15, which is
next week.
3. Make your travel and/or hotel reservations, if necessary.
4. Show up and have a great time!
Simple, isn't it?
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Our mailings:
You can expect a mailing to come out every 1-2 weeks until
around mid March, depending on the need. Mailings will almost
always be made during the weekend.
Beginning around March 15, mailings will come out as needed,
sticking to the weekend schedule as much as possible.
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Returnee re-registration is open:
Re-registration for returnees is now open.
In most cases you will be able to use express re-registration,
which only takes a minute or so.
Most of you who previously attended have received a personalized
clickable express registration link via e-mail.
If you have previously attended and didn't receive this, if it
does not seem to work for you, or if you just want to do things
the hard way
use the url:http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/registerdlv2011.html
If you have any difficulty registering on line, or if you see
any kind of unexpected result or error message, please report
it. If anything is wrong, e-mail dlv@geekbabe.com and we will
check out the error and help you get registered.
Registration for newcomers who are members of this list will
begin next Saturday, January 15. Watch for the mailing!
Please remember, when you register you should receive a
confirmation e-mail very shortly afterwards.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT SENTENCE VERY CAREFULLY:
IN THE EVENT YOU RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING VIA E-MAIL
AFTER YOU REGISTER, SOMETHING IS WRONG AND WE NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT IT!
If you don't receive anything, write to dlv@geekbabe.com
and explain the circumstances.
We cannot over-emphasize this! Each year we print this over
and over in bold type, and a few people miss it.
The most common problems we see, and we do see a number of
them each year, are mis-typing your e-mail address when you
register and undeliverable e-mail due to "mailbox full",
"user not accepting mail", etc.
One particularly troublesome item is cross-registered couples,
where both members of a couple register, each listing the
other as an attending SO. This confuses things and inflates
our numbers. This year when we come across cross-registered
couples we will convert these to two single registrations,
as that is the easiest for us to do.
Please remember, couples only need to register once, and the
one registration gets both of you on the roster.
Your understanding is appreciated.
We've recently cleaned up our registration database, merging
duplicate registrations. Therefore, your registration number
may have changed. The number on the automated re-registration
e-mail is the one you should use. If you need help with
determining your registration number, please use the "Recover
registration number" button on the registration screen.
If you have any questions, concerns, or issues regarding
registration, please let us know. Just reply to this mailing.
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Things to come:
Diva Las Vegas 2011 occurs sooner in the calendar year than any
previous event in our history. You may notice that some of our
checkpoints and milestones occur earlier than in previous years.
Here are some important red-letter dates:
January 15: DLV 2011 registration opens for newcomers who are
on this mailing list. If you're reading this via e-mail, this
does include you. See next week's general mailing.
February 15: General DLV 2011 registration opens. Please note
that you must be registered to be admitted to DLV 2011
functions.
(On or about) March 7: Activity sign-up begins. Those who
are registered will be sent a mailing with a clickable link
to a screen for all optional activities which require a
hoop-jump or a headcount. This is a one-stop-shop for all
of these.
There will be a number of activity-specific deadlines and
cutoffs which will occur late March and early April. Details
of these will be announced in the mailings as the dates
approach.
March 30: Registration closes, activity sign-up closes, Large
Final Mailing is sent out.
April 3: DLV!
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Important notes for DLV 2011:
A few significant items and adjustments this year:
As with DLV 2010, we will not be preparing lists of volunteer
drivers and those who need rides. This process, which worked
well in the early years of DLV, has not worked well as DLV has
grown to the size it has become.
If you will be needing transportation to DLV activities, we
very strongly suggest that you stay in one of our suggested
hotels so you will be near others with whom you can ride.
We encourage those who have vehicles and are willing to give
rides to others, and those who need rides, to use the DLV
Discussion Forum to exchange contact information. This is on
the web at:
viewforum.php?f=2
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To help eliminate confusion, we're asking all to submit a
last name or initial when you register this year. No, it
does not need to be a "legal" surname.
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As we did last year, we will be handing out a hardcopy
printed schedule and map at check-in.
This will not, however, replace our Large Final Mailing. The
printed schedule will be a one page summary with a map, and
will not contain many of the details.
Much material which you will need for your participation in
DLV will be sent out in what we call the Large Final Mailing,
which happens a few days before DLV.
We'll cover the schedule and the Large Final Mailing in detail
as the event approaches.
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If you will be attending with your "Significant Other" (spouse
or life partner), you only need to register once. The one
registration will cover both of you. Just check the "SO
attending" checkbox when you register, enter your SO's name,
and you're both on your way!
Spouses and "significant others" are most welcome at DLV and
are encouraged to participate in any DLV activities they
find of interest. We are a very diverse group, and our
invitation to SOs includes male SOs, TG-TG couples, and
those in other "nontraditional" relationships.
We will have at least one specific activity intended for SOs.
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For DLV 2011, we will not be admitting unannounced or "walk-in"
attendees. If you want to be part of DLV 2011, you will need to
register in advance. This includes DLV volunteers, well-known
persons in the TG community, and Las Vegas locals. We ask all
who wish to attend to register, please.
Registration is quick, easy, and free. If you want to attend
DLV, there's no reason not to register.
If you have any difficulty registering, e-mail us, and we'll
help you. We can even do it manually if necessary.
Your understanding and cooperation are appreciated. Thanks.
Likewise, if you are planning to bring guests (other than your
SO, of course) to DLV 2011, they will need to register as DLV
attendees. This gets them on the roster, allows them to sign up
for any of the optional activities they wish to do, and admits
them to all of the regular DLV activities they want to attend.
Unannounced guests will not be admitted to DLV 2011, sorry.
Your understanding and cooperation are appreciated.
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Due to some very frustrating problems, we will no longer
respond to "challenge-response" or "click to activate"
e-mails. You must give us an "in the clear" e-mail address
to register for DLV. (If you don't know what this is, don't
worry, it doesn't apply to you.)
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If you need to tell us something, or you need to ask us
something, the correct way is to either post a note in the
DLV Discussion Forum (see link above) or write us directly
via e-mail at: dlv@geekbabe.com
About once a week on average we receive a note "So and so
has asked you a question" or "There is a message for you"
from some third party site, and almost all of these are
simply promoting something, so it's our policy not to
respond to them.
Likewise, we do not pick up e-cards addressed to DLV. Most
of these are spam or worse.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
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Introducing MyDLV:
MyDLV is an expansion of our on-line presence which allows you
as a DLV attendee (or prospective attendee) to contribute to
the experience of all users.
MyDLV is on line now and active, and we're inviting you to join
and participate. It's free and there are very few conditions
and rules.
Some of the features of MyDLV which are currently in place
include:
1. Photo Gallery. I've put in some hooks to the vast (over
12,000 photos) collection of collections of DLV photos. Users
can easily upload their own photos from their PC or browse the
DLV collections and include those photos in their gallery. Other
users can then view the photos and add comments to them.
This is intended to replace the former high-maintenance
gallery we had during the early and mid 2000s.
2. Chirping (microblogging - yes, an admitted rip-off of
Twitter). I see this as a great way to spread the word on
things during DLV if people will subscribe to "chirps" on
their text-capable cell phones. It has convenient informal
uses too. "I'm at the bar at Imperial Palace, anyone wanna
join me for a drink?"
3. Discussion Forum. Clean interface, threaded by topic,
archives going back to the early 2000s on line for browsing.
Easy one-click reply with sane quoting. This will replace
the current Hypermail interface which I admit is kludgy,
clumsy, and a magnet for spammers.
4. "Friend" mechanism. Basically a way to focus Chirps
to groups of users, but it has other potential as well.
5. The Whiteboard. A just-for-fun widget.
6. Blogs. We have a full multi-user implementation of
Wordpress, the blog software to which all others are compared.
This is available to MyDLV users who wish to publish a blog.
7. Last but not least, easy one-click access to the DLV
registration and activity sign-up screens. No hassles with
forgetting those numbers or digging back through old e-mail
for the correct links.
Please give it a try and let us know if you have any issues.
To get started and try this out, surf here:
http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/mydlv/
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Administrivia:
This is the Diva Las Vegas 2011 Announcement mailing list.
This list is limited to announcements and other high-importance
items.
Replies to this mailing will be forwarded to: dlv@geekbabe.com
Submissions/questions should be sent to: dlv@geekbabe.com
Abuse/complaints should be sent to: abuse@geekbabe.com
Questions/answers and discussion items are redirected to the DLV
Discussion Forum, which may be subscribed to separately or viewed
on the web. To subscribe to the DLV Discussion Forum, send a brief
message to dlvdisc@geekbabe.com and state that you wish to receive
the DLV Discussion Forum.
To view the DLV Discussion Forum on line, visit the URL:
viewforum.php?f=2
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