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Welcome and updates
Latest activity news
Big Sister volunteers needed
Hotel updates
Keeping in touch during the event
Summary schedule
Administrivia
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Welcome and updates:

Welcome to all who have just registered or just joined the mailing list.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know. (Just reply
to any of these mailings.)

We're now just over six weeks out from the big event and everyone is
getting excited about it! Plans are falling in place and our schedule is
taking shape nicely.

From now until the event, a summary version of our working schedule will
be included with each general mailing. Please be aware that this is a
work in progress and many changes, additions, and perhaps some deletions
will occur between now and show time. Please do not make any
non-refundable arrangements based solely on what's on these tentative
schedules.

Registration for our 2017 event is now open to all. You may register on
line here:

http://divalas.vegas/cgi-bin/dlv/aip.cgi

If you have any questions or issues with registration, please let us
know. (dlv@divalas.vegas or simply reply to any of these mailings.)
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Latest activity news:

We have some exciting new activities which have been added to the
schedule and several others are in the works.

Our first DLV Tennis Tournament will happen on Wednesday morning and
early afternoon. This will be very reasonable in cost, just pay for
tennis racquet rental from the Pro Shop, if necessary. Balls will be
provided!

Exact format has yet to be determined but tennis players of all
backgrounds and skill levels are encouraged to participate.

Big thanks go out to Stacy for securing these arrangements!
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On Tuesday evening we return to the Erotic Heritage Museum (yes, it's
really a museum with many permanent and rotating exhibits). The details
are being finalized but the evening will include entertainment, museum
tours, and social activities. Costumes and exotic dress will be
encouraged for the EHM.
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Our big major gatherings will be held Monday and Thursday of DLV week,
both at popular DLV venues.

We'll also have the New Attendee Welcome and Orientation on Monday just
prior to the evening festivities. All first-time DLV attendees
(regardless of such things as "time out", familiarity with other TG
events, local residence, etc.) are encouraged to attend. The first new
attendee who approaches Annie just prior to the New Attendee session and
says "I'm Thirsty!" will be entitled to the beverage of his/her choice.
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We'll have several daily recurring activities this year including
Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner, Late Night Dancing, and our daily "Lunch
With", all noted on the schedule.

In addition, Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions will be available every day
and MAC Makeup Sessions will be scheduled at times to be determined.
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As we've done in recent years, we'll be posting Activity Highlights in
the DLV Discussion Forum between now and the event. The URL for the
Discussion Forum is:

viewforum.php?f=2

The direct link to the archive of this year's Activity Highlights is:

viewforum.php?f=16
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Big Sister volunteers needed:

Our Big Sister Program has been active since the late 1990s and serves
to match up those who are in need of special one-on-one help and
encouragement with seasoned veterans who can assist, both prior to and
during the event.
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Delaney (Big Sister Coordinator) writes:

Soliciting Volunteers !!!

Many of you are familiar with our Big Sister Program. For those of you
who are not, it is an opportunity for a more experienced girl to help a
new girl, who is often a first time attendee of DLV.

The new girls are looking for various levels of help, from basic
encouragement and the logistics of going out in Las Vegas to some makeup
and clothing advice.

Currently, we haven't any volunteers to be a Big Sister, however we have
several requests from new girls for assistance. Please consider signing
on via the DLV website or by emailing me at eponinedo@yahoo.com

Also, if you have been a Big Sister in the past, and are interested in
helping again, I do not assume that volunteers carry over from year to
year, as their attendance and circumstances may change, so please re-up
via the website or email.

Thanks,
Delaney
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Hotel updates:

According to Cami there are a few rooms left at our special group rate
but they aren't expected to last long. So if you haven't made hotel
arrangements or you have at another hotel but would rather be with the
'crowd', make sure to contact Flamingo immediately.

Rooms are available at the average nightly rate of $59 per night, plus
taxes and fees. This rate is for the Fab Deluxe rooms and some
higher-end rooms are available under this program for slightly higher
rates.

Booking your room and registering for the Diva Las Vegas event are done
separately. Room reservations are now open. DLV registration may be done
via the link posted above.

You do not need to stay at the Flamingo or any other particular hotel in
order to participate in DLV 2017. You may stay wherever you wish.
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To reserve your room at the Flamingo under the special rate program,
please do the following:

Visit this URL on the web:

https://aws.passkey.com/go/sfdlv7

This will allow you to reserve your room on line.
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Further information on our suggested hotels for DLV 2017 appears here:

http://divalas.vegas/dlv2017/2017hotels.html
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Keeping in touch during the event:

Diva Las Vegas Group Text:

For Diva Las Vegas 2017 we'll be doing a full roll-out of our DLV Group
Text, which has been tested in previous years and received a good
shakedown during Pinkfest, our sister event, last fall.

This will allow all DLV attendees to conveniently send and receive group
text messages to and from the others in attendance. All that's needed is
a text-capable cell phone on a major US or Canadian carrier, and our
surveys show that the vast majority of our people have phones of this
capacity.

It's all hassle-free and spam-free.

You can also send and receive DLV Group Text messages via email and
monitor DLV Group Text messages on the web.

You can set up DLV Group Text on your Attendee Information Portal
screen, which is the link you received right after you registered. Just
select the "Group Text" button to the lower-right of the screen.
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Activity Reminder text messages:

We'll also have a feature which has been in use for a few recent years
which will optionally send a reminder text message to your cell phone
and/or email address in advance (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90
minutes, 120 minutes - your choice) of the activities you select.

As with Group Text, you can set up Activity Reminders via your Attendee
Information Portal using the "Activity Reminder" button toward the
bottom right of the screen.

If you have any questions about Group Text and/or Activity Reminders,
please email tech@divalas.vegas for assistance.
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Summary schedule:

Diva Las Vegas 2017 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.

Sunday, March 26:
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch Without Ginger
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
6:00pm: Downtown Happy Hour Options
6:00pm: Denny's Happy Hour option
6:00pm: Magnolia Happy Hour
7:00pm: Downtown Dining Options
7:00pm: Denny's Dining option
7:00pm: Magnolia dining option
8:30pm: Fremont Street Experience
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing

Monday, March 27:
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch With Aejaie
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
5:00pm: New Attendee Welcome and Orientation
6:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: Welcome Dinner
8:30pm: Meet And Greet
9:00pm: Official Group Photo
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing

Tuesday, March 28:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
9:00am: Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf
10:30am: TG Tuesday - Social at The Center
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch Without Ginger
1:00pm: Love Ur Look Luncheon
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
5:00pm: Happy Hour options
5:00pm: Ricardo's Happy Hour
5:00pm: Ruth's Chris Happy Hour
5:00pm: Hofbrauhaus Happy Hour
6:00pm: Eating Out Night
6:00pm: Ricardo's dining option
6:00pm: Ruth's Chris dining option
6:00pm: Hofbrauhaus dining option
8:00pm: Erotic Heritage Museum
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing

Wednesday, March 29:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
10:00am: Tennis Tournament
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch With Aejaie
3:00pm: Topgolf
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
6:00pm: Happy Hour options
6:00pm: Trevi Happy Hour
6:00pm: Taj Place Happy Hour
7:00pm: Dining options
7:00pm: Taj Place dining option
7:00pm: Trevi Dining option
9:00pm: Limousine Tour
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing

Thursday, March 30:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
9:00am: Pistol and rifle shooting
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch Without Ginger
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
6:00pm: Farewell Happy Hour
7:00pm: Farewell Dinner
8:30pm: Farewell Social
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing

Friday, March 31:
11:00am: (hourly) Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch Without Ginger
3:00pm: On-site DLV Check-in
6:00pm: Happy Hour options
6:00pm: Margaritaville Happy Hour
6:00pm: Giordanos Happy Hour
7:00pm: Dining options
7:00pm: Giordanos dining option
7:00pm: Margaritaville dining option
10:30pm: Late Night Dancing
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Administrivia:

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