Viva Las Vegas Re: Conferences!

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I'm not a huge advocate of having a regular LPA national conference in

Vegas just b/c there doesn't seem to be as much for little kids and

families to do. Unless it's at Exclaibur or Circus Circus. But I bet

most of the adults would rather stay at a hotel like Rio, Palms, MGM,

The Mirage or something like that. [And I'm thinking of the headaches

of chasing after a bunch of the under-21 kids who try to get a

cocktail or a game of craps... face it, it's going to happen)

But on the contrary, I think a mini winter conference or over-21 LPA

event in Vegas is a *great* idea. The whole idea of Vegas is for

everyone to purposely have fun ON the strip and use the casinos,

clubs, restaurants, shop and see the night shows. Obviously this would

be more of a fun gathering event and less LPA business.

Seriously, it would be awesome to hang out with LP friends at any of

those hot nightclubs or lounges like Pure or Tangerine since it's not

something we have the opportunity to do everyday. To be honest - it

can be more fun socializing or dancing with your LP friends in those

environments.

However, not in favor of going to Vegas in the summer... it's not fun.

Yes it's dry heat, but it's sweltering dry heat like 110 F. Everyone

is going to be miserable and holed up in the hotels all day. In

addition, it is a royal pain going from hotel to hotel in the basking

heat and the hotels are by walking-distance far away from each other

(unless you are willing to fork over the funds for taxis). But some

hotels do have partner hotels so there is the monorail and shuttles.

Winter or spring break is pretty good though. Over the holidays may be

interesting as well since most of the hotels deck out with decorations

and have a lot to look at.

Irene

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> I'm seeing a lot of " whoo-hoo! " comments for Vegas and I while I do

> realize Vegas is not currently a conference site at this point, I do

> have a question. Would this really be a good idea for a conference? I

> know I'm a neophyte when it comes to conferences, but it seemed that

> in Orlando Disney was much more of a draw than the workshops that

> were offered. How can " Networking in the Workplace " and " Know your

> rights: an ADA overview " compete with casinos & shows? Do we have

> conferences in order to sightsee or do we have conferences to focus

> on us as a community? I'm not saying that conferences have to be 24/7

> seriousness without any fun. Heck, if that were the case nobody would

> come. I'm just asking if this is ever an issue when discussing sites?

>

> Rose

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