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In this mailing:

Headcounts and numbers
Call For Volunteers
DLV 2013 photo staging
Mailing list clean-up
Survey reminder - two-week warning
Still missing in action
Administrivia
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Headcounts and numbers:

As of this time, our unofficial non-final total headcount for DLV
2013 stands at 165, with 136 primary registered attendees and 29 SOs.
It's expected that this will be adjusted upward as more stragglers
are accounted for.

Our Welcome Celebration on Monday had a confirmed headcount of
slightly over 100. An exact count was not possible due to people
continuously moving about. Likewise, it was impossible to get a good
accurate headcount at Bahama Breeze due to the movement, but a count
in the high 90s or low 100s was verified.

Big thanks to all who participated in Diva Las Vegas for one of our
most successful and smoothest-running events in our history!
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Call For Volunteers:

Diva Las Vegas runs entirely on volunteer help!

All of those great times you just had were made possible because
somebody stepped forward and made those activities happen!

During DLV, a number of you asked if there was anything you could
do to help out.

Yes, there is, and now is the time to say so! :)

Planning and organization of DLV is done mostly on line via e-mail.
It's interactive and participatory. Volunteers form what we call the
DLVORG group.

The DLVORG group is not at all closed or exclusive. With very rare
exception, it's open to anybody who expresses interest in helping out
with DLV.

DLVORG people participate at the decision-making level, the organizing
and planning level, and at the nuts-and-bolts level.

All of the activities were "adopted" by one or more of our volunteers,
who took the necessary steps to make them happen.

If you want to do your part to make a great thing even better, to give
back what DLV has given to you, and help to run an event that has
literally changed lives, please step forward!

(Those of you who filled out the volunteer form as part of the DLV
follow-up survey do not need to take any more action.)

To volunteer, please do one of the following:

Visit the URL:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/dlvvol1.html

Fill out the screen and check a few things, click SUBMIT, and
you're on your way!

Alternatively, simply send a brief e-mail message to:

dlvorg@geekbabe.com

.. and state you wish to volunteer. (Or, just reply to this mailing
and state that you wish to volunteer.)

Please include a sentence or two stating how you are most
interested in helping out. Anything general or specific ("I
wanna plan a sky-diving party.", or "I'll help any way I can.")
is perfectly fine. Anything from one sentence to a book length
manuscript will be ok. :)

We're not asking for any kind of a major time or effort
commitment on your part. All we ask is that each volunteer
organize, or assist with one activity. That's it.

If you're a bit shy, that's fine. We'll find something for you
where you don't have to go cold-calling vendors or anything
like that.

And yes, out-of-the-box thinking is encouraged! As you know, we're
not limited to the things that traditionally happen at TG events,
and we're certainly not limited to those which have already happened
at DLV.

Thanks in advance to all who have volunteered to help out with DLV!
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DLV 2013 photo staging:

Earlier this week, everyone who was marked as "present" on our DLV
2013 roster should have received a link to our photo staging area.

This allows you, as a DLV attendee, to pre-screen the submitted
photos and mark for removal any in which you appear and do not wish
to be included in the final DLV 2013 follow-up pages.

If you attended DLV 2013 and did NOT receive your link to the photo
staging area, please write in (simply reply to this mailing) and
explain that you were indeed present but did not receive the link
to the photo staging area.
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Thanks to all who have sent in photos so far. We're starting to get
a very impressive collection this year!

We take pride in the fact that Diva Las Vegas has the most complete
set of photographs of any of the major TG events, several times over,
going all the way back to our very early years.

We'll be automating the removal process this year. No longer will
you have to request removal by e-mail. There will be a "Mark this
photo for removal" button on each displayed photo.

This year we'll also have a "Like" button, for photos you definitely
want to see included in the final pages!

The review period will remain open until about August 1. There will
be a two-week warning when this is about to close.
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Thanks to those who have submitted their photos!

Call For Photos remains open.

Here are the ways you can submit photos:

1. By e-mail, attach using any sane method or format. Send photos to
the main DLV address: dlv@geekbabe.com

You may simply reply to this mailing and attach photos.

2. By FTP. Faster and cleaner than by e-mail. Please let us know
if you want to submit photos by FTP and we'll get you the login
credentials.

3. By snailmail. CDs, DVDs, floppies, or hardcopy prints, any sane
format. If you want these back, please say so and we'll cover the
return postage. Write in for the mailing address.

4. Via the MyDLV Gallery. Upload them to your MyDLV Gallery and send
us a note that "Photos X Y and Z are intended for the main DLV pages"
or to that effect.
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Mailing list clean-up:

We're overdue for this. Our last clean-up was done about ten years
ago.

During the month of May we'll be cleaning up our mailing lists and
removing the e-mail addresses which have shown no sign of recent
activity.

Most of you who are recent attendees or have been recently active
on line do not have to do anything.

Here's the way we will do this:

1. Those who attended DLV in the last 5 years will be retained on
the general mailing list.

2. Those who subscribed to our mailing list in the last 3 years
will be retained on the general mailing list.

3. Current MyDLV members and those who have participated in the
DLV Discussion Forum within the past 2 years will be retained on
the general mailing list.

4. Current DLVORG members will be retained on the general DLV
mailing list.

Those for whom none of 1-4 above apply will be sent a mailing list
subscription reconfirmation message. Those who do not reply to the
affirmative "Keep me on the list" will be removed from our general
mailing list.

If you wish to remain on our mailing list, you do not need to do
anything unless you receive the Subscription Confirmation e-mail
within the next week or so.
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Survey reminder - two-week warning:

Our DLV 2013 surveys will close Sunday, May 19.

If you haven't taken either our DLV 2013 Attendee Survey or our DLV
Non-attendee Survey, we invite you to please do so.

You can take the Attendee Survey by clicking here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2013survey.html

This year we're also asking those who DID NOT attend to please take
our very brief Non-Attendee Survey, on line here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2013nasur.html
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Both surveys will give us considerable valuable information for
summarizing this year's event and for planning events to come.

To make it easier for you and to speed things along, if you did not
participate in any particular activity, or if any particular question
does not apply to you, you may leave the corresponding answer blank
and skip to the next.

Please take the surveys only once, with one major exception:

If you ever want to add any additional comments, please bring up
the survey again, go directly to the final free-form text boxes,
and submit another entry without checking any of the buttons or
checkboxes in the main part of the survey. You may do this as many
times as you like.

If you wish to comment further, or you wish to comment in the first
person in your name, please do so in the DLV Discussion Forum on
line at:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/mydlv/mainforum/viewforum.php?f=2

If you wish to comment in private, please send your comments, both
positive and negative, to: dlv@geekbabe.com

Thie surveys will remain on line until May 19.

Thanks to all for giving us very valuable feedback!
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Still missing in action:

Thanks to all who have reported sightings or reported themselves as
present or absent. You'll see the list is far shorter now! :)

We want to be sure that everyone who attended has been counted.

Please look over the following list. If your name is NOT on it, you
don't need to do anything.

If your name IS on it, and you DID attend, please let us know.

Just reply to this mailing, and please give us the first DLV
activity you attended so we can mark that as your actual date
of arrival.

If you should find your name on this list and you did attend, please
don't panic and please don't get upset. It may be something like a
clerical error, an oversight, or it may be that you did not get an
opportunity to formally check in. Please let us know that you were
indeed in attendance.

And, if you see your name on this list and already responded that
you were present or absent, please accept our apology and send in
a reminder.

Also, if you indeed sighted any of these individuals at DLV, a note
to that effect will be appreciated.

-15617 Allison T (Kelly) Arizona
-2180 Ashley White (Chelsea) (new) Southern California
-2962 Becky Moore (Christy) (new) Southeastern US
-166 Camille Derring (new) Phoenix area
-3462 Carol Ann (new) ???
-106 Cathy P. (new) Los Angeles area
-490 Cindy B. (new) Mountain States
-39197 Connie F. Northern California
-14840 Courtney A. (Linda) Midwest
-3059 Cristine B. Northwest
-49006 Crystal L. (Jennifer) Mountain States
-41780 Danielle Q. Los Angeles area
-1310 Deanna B. (new) Midwest
-20604 Debbie S. Local Las Vegas
-132 Dennise D. (Joddi) (new) Mountain States
-28311 Diane M. Arizona
-14814 Eva Marie B. Mountain States
-3832 Gwen L. Local Las Vegas
-464 Jamie D. Southern US
-1352 Janessa W. (new) Local Las Vegas
-1639 Jenifer J. Southern California
-9440 Jenny L. Canada
-1073 Jenny Marie M. (Brenda Lee) Local Las Vegas
-1117 Jessy L. (new) New Mexico
-21744 Julie Anne M. Local Las Vegas
-1522 Kelli B. (new) Northwest
-6118 Kumiko Yvonne W. Hawaii
-528 Lauren G. (new) San Francisco area
-1365 Lisa R. (new) Southern California
-11494 Marci L. Local Las Vegas
-61 Mia (new) Phoenix area
-1580 Monica W. (new) Southeastern US
-273 Ms Renee S. (new) Local Las Vegas
-234 Nikki D. Local Las Vegas
-14585 Pauline D. Northern California
-44711 Penelope O. (Devita) Local Las Vegas
-5099 Rikki L. (Carla) Local Las Vegas
-79 Rita L. (new) Northern California
-19975 Shanna R. Local Las Vegas
-2081 Simone Michelle (new) Northern California
-945 Tiffany B. (new) Southern US
-525 Tina C. (new) Chicago area
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Administrivia:

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Diva Las Vegas 2013
Sunday, April 14 - Friday, April 19 (concluded)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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