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| − | * | + | *As of Sept. 19th at 12:10AM, there are ''twenty'' people confirmed for attendance at this meetup. |
| − | *There is currently no one organizing rooms for Mecha Vegas. Several people are staying at the [http://www.barbarycoastcasino.com/ Barbary Coast]. | + | *There is a Yahoo! Groups mailinglist for organizing last minute details and exchanging contact info for when we're there. Please email kmellis if you'd like to be invited to the list. |
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| + | *There is currently no one organizing rooms for Mecha Vegas. Several people are staying at the [http://www.barbarycoastcasino.com/ Barbary Coast]. Several others are staying at the [http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/ Gold Coast], which happens to be the sister property of the Gold Coast. There is a shuttle running between the two. | ||
*[http://metachat.org/users/jonmc jonmc] and [http://metachat.org/users/pips pips] are [http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/09/09/bunny_nuptuals_update getting married] at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday 9/23 at the [http://gracelandchapel.com/ Graceland Chapel]. All are invited and encouraged to attend ([http://gracelandchapel.com/ Elvis] will be there!). The post-wedding party will take place at [http://lasvegas.citysearch.com/profile/36180448#editorialreview the Carnaval Court "FLAIR BAR" and Grill located at Harrahs] on the strip around 10 p.m. (''note: there is a $7m/3f cover charge after 9pm'') | *[http://metachat.org/users/jonmc jonmc] and [http://metachat.org/users/pips pips] are [http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/09/09/bunny_nuptuals_update getting married] at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday 9/23 at the [http://gracelandchapel.com/ Graceland Chapel]. All are invited and encouraged to attend ([http://gracelandchapel.com/ Elvis] will be there!). The post-wedding party will take place at [http://lasvegas.citysearch.com/profile/36180448#editorialreview the Carnaval Court "FLAIR BAR" and Grill located at Harrahs] on the strip around 10 p.m. (''note: there is a $7m/3f cover charge after 9pm'') | ||
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| + | *Two other events have been suggested so far. The first is to set an informal, regular meetup happy hour at the Barbary Coast main bar between 4 and 5 pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The second is to organize a group to trek over to the [http://www.nynyhotelcasino.com/pages/ent_coaster.asp Manhattan Express] roller coaster right after the wedding and before it closes at midnight. | ||
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| + | *kmellis/EB's name is Keith Ellis. I'll be at the Barbary Coast. My cell is 505-453-0532. For other information of this sort, see the mailinglist mentioned above. | ||
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Please add your name to the appropriate list below. | Please add your name to the appropriate list below. | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 19 September 2006
This page is your all-in-one convenient information center for the Las Vegas Mega Meetup currently planned for the weekend of September 23, 2006.
Relevant threads
- Drumming up interest
- Agro wonders why mike is so lazy
- Follow-up #1
- TrishaLynn updates the wiki!
- TrishaLynn sweetens the deal!
- Mike updates the wiki. NOW WITH COLOR CODING!
- TrishaLynn has to bow out
- kmellis is in, more vague plans are made
- Mefites: "meh" (not much response in MeTa about the meetup)
- Jonmc and Pips are going to be married! By Elvis!
- Vegas, baby. Vegas. So, I'm planning on going to Jonmc and Pip's nuptials. - ORANGE SWAN
- Las Vegas Attractions (or, What To Do Besides Gamble) - MISCHIEF
- Vegasm Aw yeah. I will be there on Saturday the 23rd. - SCARABIC
External links
MetaFilter Announcement Thread by TPS on Sep. 11
The Rands Vegas System. Required reading.
MechaVegas Swag-o-Rama at CafePress
- If anyone wants to order a bowling shirt or go someplace other than Cafepress, here is the 300dpi transparent PNG image.
- I will redo the shirt/logo with a more accurate date if someone is going to get a shirt and wants me to. - krix
Review Journal "Best of Las Vegas" 2006 Poll results - for anyone looking for ideas of places and things to do...
The details so far
- As of Sept. 19th at 12:10AM, there are twenty people confirmed for attendance at this meetup.
- There is a Yahoo! Groups mailinglist for organizing last minute details and exchanging contact info for when we're there. Please email kmellis if you'd like to be invited to the list.
- There is currently no one organizing rooms for Mecha Vegas. Several people are staying at the Barbary Coast. Several others are staying at the Gold Coast, which happens to be the sister property of the Gold Coast. There is a shuttle running between the two.
- jonmc and pips are getting married at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday 9/23 at the Graceland Chapel. All are invited and encouraged to attend (Elvis will be there!). The post-wedding party will take place at the Carnaval Court "FLAIR BAR" and Grill located at Harrahs on the strip around 10 p.m. (note: there is a $7m/3f cover charge after 9pm)
- Two other events have been suggested so far. The first is to set an informal, regular meetup happy hour at the Barbary Coast main bar between 4 and 5 pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The second is to organize a group to trek over to the Manhattan Express roller coaster right after the wedding and before it closes at midnight.
- kmellis/EB's name is Keith Ellis. I'll be at the Barbary Coast. My cell is 505-453-0532. For other information of this sort, see the mailinglist mentioned above.
Please add your name to the appropriate list below.
Attendees
| User | Possibility | Where Ya Staying? | Dates | Comment |
| essexjan | Definite | Staying at the Barbary Coast | 9/19-9/26 | |
| kmellis | Definite | Staying at the Barbary Coast | 9/21-9/25 | Accompanied by friend, dlarge. |
| jonmc & pips | Definite | Staying at the Barbary Coast | September 21-24 | Getting married September 23rd! |
| ThePinkSuperhero & Stynxno | Definite | MGM Grand September 21 & 22; September 23, not sure; we're hoping the hotel will comp us another night, but until further notice, at mischief's! | September 21-24- on the same flight out of NYC as jonmc/pips | Woooo! I'm excited!. |
| scarabic | Definite | Imperial Palace because the Barbary Coast is apparently too full of jonmc groupies | night of Sat 23rd and gone in the morning | Hell yeah. |
| krix & saf | Definite | Residents | ||
| mischief | Definite | I live within minutes of the Strip and I can accomdate one or two people who want to crash on the floor (or a really uncomfortable couch). Plus I snore. Loud. The upstairs neighbors beat on the floor. I wear industrial strength ear plugs. Anyway, it's free and you get what you pay for. mischief@mail.ru | ||
| Elizard & Zack_Replica | Definite | Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Strip Area, 4000 W Flamingo Rd. | September 21-25 | Tickets are booked, and we're stoked for it! |
| OrangeSwan | Definite | Gold Coast Hotel and Casino | 9/22- 9/24 | Damn, but this is going to be fun. |
| getoffmylawn | Definite | Regular hotel off the strip | 9/23 | Woo hoo! |
| ikkyu2 & occhiblu | Definite | The Venetian, unless ikky loses it all on the hard 8. | 9/22-9/25 | |
| DaShiv | Very Possible | |||
| NortonDC & onlyconnect | Possible | |||
| agropyron & Diva Despina | Possible | Putting off deciding to the last minute | ||
| SassHat | Possible | If I can make it, I might need to split a room with someone or crash on their floor... | I think I may be able to swing the cost of the flight to LV and expenses for the weekend... | |
| Triode | Possible | |||
| Liffey | Possible | Resident | I feel underqualified to attend, but, darnit, I want to believe. |
