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This is the Diva Las Vegas 2019 announcement mailing list.
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In this mailing:
One week to go
What you need to do
Early Birds
Crossdressers.com update
Golf update
Big Sister thanks
Final Attendee Information
Making contact and checking in
Deadlines and cutoffs
Activity reminders and DLV Group Text
Activity capacity status
Summary schedule
Administrivia
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One week to go:
Unless unforeseen circumstances develop, this will be the last general
mailing prior to our DLV 2019 event.
There's still time to get in on things, but this is LAST CALL and you
need to act now. See instructions below if you want to join us next
week.
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We are now in our "Crunch Time" and it's very important that anything
that needs to be addressed be addressed sooner rather than later.
If there's anything that's unclear, uncertain, or un-done, please bring
it up soon, as in now!
See specific deadlines, cut-offs, and capacity notices below.
Big thanks go out to our many volunteers who have put together a very
exciting schedule of activities this year!
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What you need to do:
It's getting very close, but yes, there's still time to get in on our
big DLV 2019 event!
Here's a summary of the steps you need to take if you want to join us:
1. Register for the DLV 2019 event. You may register on line here:
http://divalas.vegas/cgi-bin/dlv/aip.cgi
MyDLV members may register using the Attendee Information Portal link on
the main MyDLV screen.
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2. Sign up for activities. You can do this via the Attendee Information
Portal link that you receive when you register.
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3. Make your travel and lodging arrangements.
DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!
Prices are rising and hotels are filling up!
Information about our suggested hotels for DLV 2019 is here:
http://divalas.vegas/dlv2019/2019hotels.html
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4. Plan your wardrobe.
Specific dress suggestions for every DLV activity will appear on the
final detailed schedule.
If you have any questions on what is and is not appropriate to wear to
anything, a good place to get an answer is the DLV Discussion Forum.
A good reference, of course, are the photos from prior events, going
all the way back to 1997. You can view these here:
http://divalas.vegas/
Just click on any of the previous year tiles.
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5. Join us and have a great time!
You can "check in" at all of the major DLV activities and many of the
smaller ones. If you have concerns or just want to know exactly how to
meet the group, phone our contact people. The numbers will be included
in the Final Attendee Information.
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Early Birds:
There is a Pre-dlv costume event on Saturday evening, March 30, at
the Milleneum Fandom Bar. This is at 900 South Las Vegas Blvd, at the
intersection with Hoover. The main entrance is on Hoover, just east
of LVB.
The theme is vampire ball pre-party, but any costume or not is fine (no
fetish, but somewhat risque is ok).
They say the party starts at 9:00pm, but we have one DLVer who plans to
be there around 8:00pm.
This is a very social place and there is usually a food truck outside.
No sign-up, just show up.
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Crossdressers.com update:
The Crossdressers.com Luncheon and Social will be held Thursday at 12:00
noon at Chayo At The Linq.
This is accessible from the main Linq casino (the sign is obvious) on
the south side of the casino or from the Linq Promenade directly across
from the north Flamingo exit.
Meet in the bar area at noon. Food service will be available, Mexican
cuisine is their specialty, moderate in price.
All members, former members, lurkers and prospective members (in other
words, everyone) will be welcome. If you did not sign up for this on
the Activity Sign-Up screen, you are welcome to attend as well.
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Golf update:
Cassandra (Tournament Director) writes:
3 IMPORTANT things about our Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf
Tournament!
1) It would be awesome if we can get 5 more people for the tournament!
Sign up now!... you have 6 days left!
2) I must pay the golf course in full by March 25th! If you want to join
us, you must sign up and Paypal me the money at:
cassandra@rosecitytgirls.com right away!
3) We have two more of you that signed up but haven't paid yet! Make sure
you get you me the money ASAP!
Anyone interested in the golfing, it is for any level of golfer..... feel
free to join!
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Big Sister thanks:
Delaney (Big Sister Coordinator) writes:
Thanks to those who volunteered as Big Sisters this year.
We were short of volunteers throughout the process, and also had a
number of last minute requests for Big Sisters, but many of you came
through, either by volunteering anew or taking a second Little Sister.
My gratitude to all who participated.
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Final Attendee Information:
Our next big milestone will be the roll-out of the Final Attendee
Information, which will happen on or about Tuesday, March 26.
The Final Attendee Information will be on the web, accessible via
your Attendee Information Portal, and will include the following:
* The Bare Minimum - a "Quick Start Guide" to DLV.
* Late Notices - Changes - Updates
* Deadlines and Cutoffs
* Maps And Schedules
* Local Contact Information
* Setting up cell phone and e-mail activity reminders
* If you are feeling uneasy or uncertain
* Making contact, checking in, etc.
* Getting there and getting around
* Detailed instructions for local transportation
* Photography information and Guidelines
* What to do in case something is wrong
* Thanks!
* Things To Come and About Next Year
Registered attendees will receive an email when the Final Attendee
Information is rolled out.
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Making contact and checking in:
When you arrive in Las Vegas, please feel free to attend any and all DLV
activities whether or not you are officially checked in.
If anything is unclear or if you have any difficulty finding any of the
venues or finding the group at any of the venues, text or phone the DLV
contact people listed in the Final Attendee Information.
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Please use the DLV On-site Check-in if at all possible to reduce the
check-in waiting time at the Monday evening activities. If at all
possible, please pre-print your name tag inserts before you arrive in
order to speed up the check-in process. You can print your tag inserts
via the Attendee Information Portal (the URL you received when you
registered).
"Full-service Check-In", including name tags and tag holders, will be
available at the following times:
Sunday, March 31 at 1:00pm at the DLV On-site Check-in at the Flamingo.
This will be held in the seating area just outside of the Spa Elevators.
Monday, April 1 at 2:00pm at the DLV On-site Check-in at the Flamingo.
This will be held in the seating area just outside of the Spa Elevators.
Monday, April 1 at any of the evening activities at Bahama Breeze.
Monday, April 1 at the Nightcap With Cindy at the Flamingo.
Thursday, April 4 at any of the evening activities at Off The Strip.
Other times and locations by special arrangement. Phone or text Annie
(number in Contact Numbers in Final Attendee Information) to make
arrangements.
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"Express Check-In" (tags and tag holders may or may not be available)
will be available at the following activities:
Sunday, March 31 at the Denny's activities downtown.
Tuesday, April 2 at 1:00pm at the Hair Ladies luncheon.
Tuesday, April 2 at 5:00pm at the Ruths Chris Happy Hour.
Wednesday, April 3 at 1:00pm at the Model Railroad and Railfan Social.
Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00pm at the Trevi Happy Hour.
Thursday, April 4 at 12:00 noon at the Crossdressers.com Social.
Friday, April 5 at 5:00pm at the Virgil's Happy Hour.
New for DLV 2019: Express check-in by phone. Phone or text Annie
(number in Contact Numbers in Final Attendee Information) to check in.
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Deadlines and cutoffs:
Activity payment deadlines:
Monday, March 25 (THIS COMING MONDAY) is the deadline to sign up and to
pay for Golf. This is a hard-stop cutoff. See payment instructions on the
Activity Sign-Up screen.
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Monday, March 25 (THIS COMING MONDAY) is also the deadline for payment
for the Big Lift Bar Tour. Unpaid sign-ups after Monday will be
released to the waiting list.
See Big Lift update below.
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Monday, March 25 (THIS COMING MONDAY) is also the deadline for sign-up
and payment for Piff The Magic Dragon. See payment instructions on the
Activity Sign-Up screen.
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Monday evening, April 1, at the major evening activities, is the
last opportunity to sign up or pay for Tennis. Please listen for
announcement.
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Tuesday, April 2, 3:00pm PDT is the deadline for payment for the High
Tea. See payment instructions on the Activity Sign-Up screen.
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General deadlines:
On Thursday, March 28, approximately 1:00am PDT, general registration
for DLV 2019 will close. You must be registered prior to March 28 in
order to fully participate in our 2019 event.
Also beginning on Thursday, March 28, we will hold all non-emergency
email for response until after the event has concluded.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT!
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Sunday evening, March 31, 6:00pm PDT is the deadline to tell Annie that
you are thirsty and that you would enjoy a complimentary beverage.
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On Friday, March 29, approximately noon PDT, Activity Sign-Up will
close. After that time, any activity sign-ups and changes will need
to be made in person with the activity Coordinators during the event.
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Activity reminders and DLV Group Text:
If you would like text or email reminders for DLV 2019 activities, it's
very easy to set them up.
Just visit your Attendee Information Portal, which is the link you
received shortly after you registered, and select Communications
Options and then Set/Clear Activity Reminders.
You can specify which activities you wish to be reminded of and the lead
time (30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.) that you need.
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We will be featuring our DLV Group Text as an option for DLV 2019 to
help keep you in touch with the group and what's going on during the
week.
This will allow you and other DLV attendees to conveniently send and
receive group text messages to and from the others in attendance who are
subscribed to the service. 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.
This year you will also be able to sign up for DLV Group Text on your
activity sign-up screen.
You can also set up DLV Group Text on your Attendee Information Portal
screen, which is the link you received right after you registered. Just
select the green Communications Options and then Group Text.
In the event you ever feel that the number of messages that you are
receiving is becoming annoying, you have two new options this year:
1. Replying "suspend" (one word, nothing else) will stop all DLVText
messages to your device for the remainder of the day.
2. Replying "unsubscribe" (one word, nothing else) will stop all DLVText
messages to your device for the remainder of the DLV 2019 event.
On Saturday evening, March 30, at approximately 6:00pm PDT, a brief test
text message will be sent to all who are subscribed to the DLV Group
Text service. If you are subscribed to the DLV Group Text service and do
not receive this, please email tech@divalas.vegas or phone Annie, whose
number will appear in the Contact List in the Final Attendee
Information.
Brief daily touch-base messages will be sent to those subscribed. You
may send text messages to those subscribed to the DLV Group Text by
simply replying to any message you receive from that service.
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Activity capacity status:
This is current as of Saturday morning, March 23.
The following activities are full and in a waiting list state:
Ruth's Chris dining, Tueday evening.
Waiting list instructions: Attend the preceding Happy Hour. If space is
available, you will be seated for dinner with the group.
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Big Lift Bar Crawl, Wednesday evening.
Robin sends in this note:
There are just a few places left that we can squeeze some people in if they
want to participate in the bar crawl Wednesday night. We start boarding at
8:45 and leave promptly at 9pm from the Flamingo. Since we've now missed
the deadline for signups you'll need to email me directly at
robin.kliment@gmail.com if you're committed to attend.
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Summary schedule:
Diva Las Vegas 2019 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.
Various dates and times:
Bare Plus Beauty Makeovers
Sunday, March 31:
12:00am: Lunch With AJ
1:00pm: DLV On-site Check-in
3:00pm: Carnaval Court Dance Party
5:30pm: Happy Hour options
5:30pm: Happy Hour
5:30pm: Happy Hour
6:30pm: Dining options
6:30pm: Denny's dining option
6:30pm: Center Cut dining option
8:00pm: Evening options
8:00pm: Explore Downtown
8:00pm: Piff The Magic Dragon (comedy show)
Monday, April 1:
12:00am: Lunch With Aejaie
1:00pm: Bowling
2:00pm: DLV On-site Check-in
5:00pm: New Attendee Welcome and Orientation
5:45pm: New Attendee Meet and Greet
6:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: Welcome Dinner
8:30pm: Welcome Meet and Greet
9:00pm: Official Group Photo
10:00pm: Nightcap with Cindy
Tuesday, April 2:
6:30am: Power Walk with Cathy
8:00am: Coffee with Aunt Katie
9:30am: Tennis
10:00am: Outlet Mall Shopping with JoAnn
1:00pm: Lunch, Cocktails and Hair with Wendi and Michelle
5:00pm: Happy Hour options
5:00pm: PF Chang option
5:00pm: Ruths Chris option
5:00pm: Ricardo's option
6:00pm: Eating Out Night
6:00pm: Ruths Chris option
6:00pm: PF Chang option
6:00pm: Ricardo's option
7:00pm: Evening options
7:00pm: Australian Bee Gees show
10:00pm: Dancing at Paris
Wednesday, April 3:
6:30am: Power Walk with Cathy
9:00am: Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf
10:00am: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
12:00am: Lunch With Aejaie
1:00pm: Model Railroad and Railfan Social
2:00pm: Art Tour
5:00pm: Eat Drink and Be Mary
6:00pm: Happy Hour options
6:00pm: Happy Hour
6:00pm: Happy Hour
6:30pm: Bingo at Hamburger Mary's
7:00pm: Dining options
7:00pm: Carmine's dining option
7:00pm: Trevi dining option
9:00pm: Big Lift Bar Crawl
10:00pm: Dancing at Paris
Thursday, April 4:
6:30am: Power Walk with Cathy
8:00am: Coffee with Aunt Katie
9:00am: Pistol and rifle shooting
10:00am: Neon Museum
12:00am: Crossdressers.com Luncheon and Social
1:45pm: High Roller Big Wheel
2:00pm: KISS Monster Mini Golf
3:00pm: High Tea
6:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: Farewell Dinner
8:30pm: Farewell Social
9:30pm: Karaoke Tour
10:00pm: Carnaval Court Dance Party
Friday, April 5:
8:00am: Coffee with Aunt Katie
12:00am: Lunch With Ginger
3:00pm: Carnaval Court Dance Party
5:00pm: Happy Hour options
5:00pm: Margaritaville option
5:00pm: Virgil's option
6:00pm: Dining options
6:00pm: Virgil's option
6:00pm: Margaritaville option
8:00pm: Evening options
8:00pm: Explore The Linq
8:00pm: Stars n Stilettos
10:00pm: Dancing at Paris
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Administrivia:
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