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Call For Photographs
When will the photos be posted?
Please rate our vendors
Survey reminder
Still missing in action
Administrivia
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Call For Photographs:

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 know that many of you took photos during the event and we're
asking all of you to please send in your photos to be part of this
ever-growing collection.
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Here's the way this works:

We call for photos. That's what we're doing now. The Call For Photos
will remain open until mid June. A two-week warning will be given
before it closes.

We place the submitted photos into a special staging and reviewing
area on the web. Everyone who attended can then look these over, and
everyone gets a reasonable number of "NO WAY" requests on the photos
in which they appear.

As we did last year, 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.

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.

Once the photos are reviewed by those who may be in them, we will
then assemble the finished DLV 2013 follow-up photo pages on our web
site.
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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, thumb drive 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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Now, as for size and format ...

We'll take them any way you want to send them, but a good sane
size would be around 800-1500 pixels on the long side, .jpg, medium
quality, 72dpi. We do have scripts to normalize the size, brightness,
and contrast.

Zip or tar files are not necessary. We'll take them that way if you
want to send them that way, but it's not required.

If you don't know anything about pixels, zips, and tars, don't worry,
just send them in. :)

If you wish to send prints instead of digital files, plain old drug
store mini-lab prints are fine and, unless they are unusually dark,
they scan and present quite well on the web.

Please don't send in any photos which are altered, such as faces
blurred, eyes blacked out, etc., nor those which are captioned,
composites, or fakes.

Please submit video/multimedia the same ways as photos using any
sane format. We'll plan to post them on the web in the format in
which they are received, so please use a well-accepted universally-
recognized video format.

Videos will be subject to the same review as photos. Anyone whose
recognizable likeness appears within it has the "VETO" option.

For videos, one note about music. We can't place anything on line
which in any way infringes upon copyrights.

If you use background music in your video, please include a statement
to the effect that it's royalty-free, in the public domain, or that
you have authorization from the copyright holder to use it.
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When will the photos be posted?

This is our most frequently asked question in the summer months,
and in reality, we won't know the exact day, hour, minute, and
second that the photos will be posted until very shortly before
it actually happens.

We'll try this year to move things along as quickly as we can, as
this is something that many of you eagerly wait.

If you want to help move things along, you can do so in the
following ways:

1. Look over the "Missing In Action" list below. (YES, this *IS*
relevant to the Call For Photos.) If your name is listed, please
reply stating if you did or did not actually attend DLV this year,
and if you did attend, what was the first activity that you actually
attended. We will not be able to send out staging area links until
stragglers are accounted for.

2. Get your photos in promptly. The sooner the better.

3. Review the staging area frequently. If there are photos you want
taken down, mark them for removal.

4. DO NOT RESEND without being told to do so. If you don't see your
photos in the staging area, ask why. Don't resend "just to be sure"
and such. Tracking down and removing duplicate photos is very time-
consuming and does delay things as far as getting the final pages on
line.

5. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions list before sending in
questions about the photos. The main DLV FAQ page is on line at:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/faq/

The direct link to the "photo" section of the FAQ is here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/cgi-bin/afaq.cgi?k=/dlv/faq&c=12
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Please rate our vendors:

One ongoing project of Diva Las Vegas is to keep an accurate list
of TG-friendly merchants, vendors, clubs, hotels, bars, restaurants,
etc. in the Las Vegas area.

This is made up entirely of user-supplied information, such as
ratings, comments, property information, etc.

We call this our "Big List" and it's on line here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/vendors/

The Big List has become our most "hit-on" page! It's very well
indexed by all of the major search engines.

We would like to ask all of you to please visit the Big List and rate
any merchants and vendors you came in contact with during DLV, both
those we used for DLV functions, and those you may have visited on
your own.

Did you have a great time at a bar or club? Please let others know
about it! Did your hotel room suck? If so, please warn others about
it!

Do you see something missing? Just follow the link to add a new vendor
or e-mail us and we'll do the busy work for you and get it added.

It's very easy to do, just a few simple mouse clicks. Why not do it
right now! :)

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/vendors/
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Survey reminder:

We're asking all who attended to please take our DLV 2013 follow-up
Attendee Survey, which is now on line.

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 through mid May.

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.

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
-1497 Chrissy Sue M. (new) Southeastern US
-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
-98797 Dina H. Local Las Vegas
-15733 Elizabeth H. Local Las Vegas
-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
-2406 Marla P. Arizona
-61 Mia (new) Phoenix area
-1580 Monica W. (new) Southeastern US
-273 MsRenee S. (new) Local Las Vegas
-234 Nikki D. Local Las Vegas
-14585 Pauline D. Northern California
-44711 Penelope O. (Devita) Local Las Vegas
-265 Rayla O. (new) New England
-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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Diva Las Vegas 2013
Sunday, April 14 - Friday, April 19 (concluded)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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