first, Mike O (one day I actually will learn the correct pronunciation of your last name...)
;-)
I am a big fan of yours & the list here. I am also the meeting planner for DefCon (yeah, really, I promise you, I actually am... being so for DefCon is not necessarily something one wants to fabricate in the 'normal' hospitality industry world for their resume...) I also am the meeting planner for BlackHat, and Produce ApacheCon.
Cliff Skolnick (and the now defunct but the legend lives on) "BeerCon Boys" aka the never produced but we tried FreeNetworks Conference referred me to you guys a long time ago and I read the posts every day...
:-)
so, with that in mind, I am enjoying the post regarding DefCon, but though you guys might want to hear things 'from the source' per se'...
1) I have stash room (secretly held rooms that it looks like we are not going to need for additional staff, the kennel for the bomb-sniffing dogs, green room for 'stripper-con' oxygen tent, etc., so-
if you want to sleep at the hotel, e-mail me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] & I'll make a list and in a few days cc you to call to give your info to garentee it.
2) the air conditioning will be adequate this year. The hotel has been purchased & is managed by (though the cool people working there are still there) a really good co. that I have made uber-amounts of money for in other markets in the past, respect me & want to continue to make even more money with me and really turn the hotel around (in a miraculous act of magic, they actually have done what they said they were going to do, i,e., out money into the hotel, you'll notice immediately the Apollo Ballroom is completely re-furbished) plus, they know how I get when people are not happy with areas of my immediate responsibility... (ummm, the reason Zac, uber-DefCon Goon, graced me with the cyber-handle, years ago when I started with DT & DC & BlackHat "Psycho-Bitch")
3) yeah, we absolutely do not really want to know (well, in some cases really anything) "real" about some of you guys, particularly your name... but we'll have a great time hanging with ya' for the weekend...
4) like the DefCon Program usually starts out saying- "Hi, welcome to my Party, Tina says please don't blow up the hotel..." Dark Tangent
5) I have dark red hair, a very rare "I sign the checks so I can go where I damn-well please" goon-squad badge & will have the happy smiling enjoying the heck out of myself but "don't even think about it" attitude, so come say hello & do introduce yourselves, as you are invading my cyberspace teaching me much more than i ever remembered wanting to know about all things wireless in the privacy of my Hollywood Hills humble abode... :-)
6) 80 bucks covers everything, no extra charge for speaking tracks, lock-picking classes, etc... (yes, there is a lock picking class...
7) DefCon trivia question of the week, what is the Schmoo Rule?
see you there, am at a brief respite of semi-normalcy, if you are into baseball, & I mean really, really into baseball, you will love this... am meeting planner for :
http://www.sabr.org
see you there, Tina.
From: "Stan Slonkosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Defcon WiFi Shootout 2004 July 30 - August 1, 2004 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:24:59 -0700
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaveh Shokravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:11 Subject: RE: [SOCALWUG] Defcon WiFi Shootout 2004 July 30 - August 1, 2004
> I know its $80 to get in but are there additional charges to attend the
> different sessions they have? Is it informative for beginners to attend?
Do
> I need to pre-register or once there where would I go to pay and register?
They don't do pre-registrations. You go to the Apollo Foyer at Alexis Park and pay them cash and they give you a badge. No checks or credit cards are accepted. They don't ask for your name or anything like that. Some of the attendees probably wouldn't want to give their real names or addresses anyway.
It can be informative, but be prepared to uncomfortably warm. The air
conditioning isn't capable of handling the load, especially if you are in a
tent outdoors. Last year, it was cooler than usual and it wasn't as bad as
the year before. If you booked a room at the Alexis Park (now sold out), you
could watch the sessions on the TV in your room and probably be more
comfortable. I didn't want to pay the price of a room at the Alexis Park and
stayed at a Motel 6. There wasn't any parking left at the Alexis Park, so I
parked at the Hard Rock on the other side of the street and a bit farther
east.
While they do have WiFi at the Alexis Park, they have people there sniffing for passwords which they then write on a board for all to see.
For more information, see their web site: http://www.defcon.org
