Re: Las Vegas for NSA

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Remember the discussion about Las Vegas for the NSA convention for1998 or
> 1999?  And there was the comment that the hotels want the conventioneers to
> partake of gambling and drinking and only if certain guarantees are made,
> are good rates available.  Well, as busy as I am, I have talked with several
> hotels and have started to get quotes from the various ones. AND FOLKS, the
> gambling and drinking requirement is bull____!  If you haven't been to Las
> Vegas lately, it is no longer Sin City, but the place where you take your
> wife and kids, not your mistress.

My father had setup a mini-convention a couple years ago in Vegas (he
wouldn't even consider doing it again, so don't ask) and there weren't
any such conditions either.

The gambling isn't a *requirement*, it's an *expectation*.  At least 
statistically with everybody surrounded by it.

> I can't believe the kind of quotes I'm getting.  Room rates like $65 per
> night and reasonable banquet rates.  When I finally have all the

My father had got quotes for under a hundred a night at *all* hotels
even the Mirage (very fancy).

> information, I will send each NSA Board Member all the quotes.  Afterall,
> these are the folks who have the final yes or no.  And if you wish to send
> them a letter about Las Vegas as a convention site, you'll find them listed
> in Stereo World.  Remember NSA Officers have NO vote so it's the Board
> members that make the decisions.  So direct your cards and letters to the
> Board. 

Sounds like a good idea.  It'd be a great site, I think.

You can take your wife and kids... but, um, uh.... you can take your
mistress as well still.  :-)

Mike K.

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> Dalia Miller
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