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Call For Photographs
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 the end of 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.

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 15. 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 2012 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, 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.
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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

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.

One note about music. We can't place anything on line which in
any way infringes upon copyrights. If you use background music,
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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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 now 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 2012,
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 2012 follow-up
Attendee Survey, which is now on line.

You can take the Attendee Survey by clicking here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2012survey.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/2012nasur.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 the month of 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.

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 2012,
a note to that effect will be appreciated.

-10814 Alicia Z
-1287 Alize V
-15617 Allison T (Kelly)
-1094 Amy L
-1192 Amy W
-244 Bea Z
-45437 Cathy B
-2429 Christina P
-39197 Connie F
-14840 Courtney A (Linda)
-4247 Crissie B
-715 Crystal L
-41780 Danielle Q
-4308 Diana P
-34 Elana L
-24352 Fran K
-895 Gabriel M
-3832 Gwen L
-397 Heather S
-329 Karen K
-4748 Laura M
-1981 Leslie W
-9226 Lynn N
-11494 Marci L
-893 Marla B
-2406 Marla P (Doris)
-44711 Penelope O (Devita)
-779 Ray S
-5099 Rikki L (Carla)
-936 Roxanne L
-1015 Shanna R
-5152 Shea M
-191 Sheri R
-981 Solara T
-19855 Susan N
-1331 Sylvia T
-12065 Tami Jo C (Jessica)
-1516 Teresa K (Kathy)
-4884 Tiffany B
-5286 Tori L
-1381 Vivian
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Diva Las Vegas 2012
April 22 - 27, 2012 (concluded)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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