DLV 2004

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This posting is from: Lori Michaels
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Needless to say I can hardly wait for DLV 2004 where I look forward to
spending the week on vacation.

By the way I LOVE the way the host mentions DLV as a reality and not as
a fantasy. I'm choosing not to attend Southern Comfort partly because of
this.

DLV offers EVERYTHING for the novice to the practiced.

By the way, a note to DLV organizers, I spend way too much time in chat
rooms but am amazed to find other Vegas T Girl residents that are
unaware of DLV !!

You Gals are doing an outstanding job organizing DLV !!!!! Roses to you
all !

Still wish we could get the visiting girls to stay at one hotel, maybe
arrange for one floor to be all DLV girls ???

By the way, LOL using the city bus for most of our travels was so fun !
You gotta try it !!!!

$2 where ever you go !

One concern........it has been mentioned that the 2004 DLV is being
considered for early May...... Just wanted to mention that the weather
was PERFECT this year ...

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This posting is from: annie
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> ... but am amazed to find other Vegas T Girl residents that are
> unaware of DLV !!

The local Las Vegas t* community is a very hard group to reach. Many of
them are stuck in the closet, and many of those who aren't are stuck in
one or more of countless factions that may or may not communicate with
each other.

Historically, 15-20% of our people have always come from Las Vegas and
the surrounding area, so we know we're reaching some of them. I would
say that those who haven't heard of us haven't been looking very hard.
<semi grin> We do have a fairly good footprint on the web, so we're not
really that difficult to find.

> Still wish we could get the visiting girls to stay at one hotel, maybe
> arrange for one floor to be all DLV girls ???

This probably won't ever happen. For every person who wants to stay
where the others are, it seems like there's somebody who wants a place
which does not have a large group of the others.

What will drive people to a place, however, is good rates on rooms,
and there appear to be two hotels which are interested in getting our
business that way. Time will tell as to if these will really be much
lower than the average person off the street can get just by phoning
the hotel desk.

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This posting is from: Lori Michaels
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This year the weather in Vegas was stunningly perfect! A low to mid 70/s
during the day and almost sweater weather at nite. Who could ask for
more.

The Year before (2002) DLV was held a little later in May and
it was noticeably warmer, "sweaty" warmer during the day.

I know the dates are still up for discussion so I wanted to add my 2
cents and suggest dates in April for DLV 2004.

Thanks !
Lori

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This posting is from: annie
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>I know the dates are still up for discussion so I wanted to add my 2
>cents and suggest dates in April for DLV 2004.

This is indeed the time to get any concerns regarding the dates to us.

No, DLV 2004 dates are not in stone as of this time, they are in pencil.

However, there was such a clear majority of the ORG people in favor
of the May 3-8 timeframe that I doubt this will change unless some
unforseen factors appear.

The big problem with the April 19-24 timeframe is that it locks out two
of our long-time attendees. One with prior job commitments, the other
with overseas travel difficulties.

Yes, weather was one factor that we considered, and we did look into the
temperature situation. In April and May, the high and low temperatures
will tend to increase on average about 2 degrees F each week. This will,
by the law of averages, make it about 4 degrees warmer during the May
3-8 timeframe than during the April 10-24 timeframe.

Will this change in temperature be perceptable to some? Probably.

Is this enough of a concern to exclude two of our long-time people over
the temperature difference. IMAO, no.

I'm not a meteorologist (my dad was, I'm certainly not one), but I
have a feeling there will be more variance from day to day and from
year to year than there will be predictable increase over two weeks.

For example, DLV 2001 was the first week in May, and on Wednesday I had
to leave Keys and pick up somebody at the airport and it was very cool
out, so much that I almost turned on the heat in the van.

But anyway ...

For a change of these dates to occur, here's what must happen:

1. There must be a significant number of objections raised by the DLV
people as a whole regarding the proposed dates.

2. There must be a motion for a re-vote within the ORG group, and a
second to that motion.

3. A significant number of ORG people who voted for the proposed dates
must change their minds and vote for another timeframe.

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