Depending on the dates we go with, I can most likely take Friday and Monday off to get folks to and from the airport. If people want to do a drive to the mountains, that can be arranged, too. Plus everything else Suzi mentioned.
I hate that I haven't been around here a whole lot. I still read Natter & Bitches but it's usually in 200 or 300 post chunks in between flights or during boring meetings. (In November I was promoted to work with the Puerto Rico market, which I love, but it has required quite a bit of travel for various looooong meetings. Meetings in places like Milwaukee and Albany - not Puerto Rico, which is total BS!)
I've been told that things should begin to calm down now for a while, so, fingers crossed, I'll have more time to help scout locations and make arrangements and maybe even post once in a while.
Erin, I think a poll is a good idea. Does anyone have opinions or thoughts on other possible dates or should we just poll on the June 17th & 23rd dates to see how many are likely to attend each?
A Nicole sighting! The hotel I wrote about is the one we discussed. I will call tomorrow to check availability for both weekends.
I'd say just poll on the dates up for grabs now, since there are big ol conventions in town.
What's fun to do in Denver? Good restaurants with private rooms, cool places to drink or have fine?
I would kinda love to go on a trail ride in the mountains. Would anyone be interested in this as possibility?
TRUDS! You're coming! Wanna be roomies, or so you want your own room?
I'll cross my fingers the 18th works well.
So am I. Can't make it the 25th.
I'm am getting excited! Yay -- people I haven't seen in years, and people I've not met F2F!!
Ok - good news and bad news.
The hotel has rooms available both weekends, we just need to commit to one or the other. Room rates would be $74.95 for either a king or a room with two doubles. All rooms have microwaves and (maybe) a mini fridge. Plus all the free stuff I noted earlier.
For hospitality space we could do a suite with two rooms, though they won't remove the bed, for $125/day OR they have a meeting space on each floor that has a murphy bed and that is $150/day.
Bad news - they do not do alcohol or loud music in any of their meeting rooms (I'm thinking we are ok in our rooms and the hopitality space if we do a suite).
I know that isn't quite deal breaker news - we can do the prom off site. Though off site means driving as there isn't anything workable in walking distance.
Ideas, thoughts, recommendations?
And would someone throw up a poll for the weekends since we can choose from either. The first weekend is Pride, so if anyone is interested, that is a short light rail ride away.
ROOMIESSSSSSS!!!!!
Erin, that would be a blast!
