I am not quite ready to let loose the
announcement of something special we have coming up. For one thing,
we still do not have the event named yet! I can at least say that
an educational workshop is being planned to take place in the Las
Vegas metro. The target period we're scheduling this for is
February 20-22. The evening of the 20th is travel time, the 21st is
an eight hour session, and then the 22nd is a tourist stuff/return
home day.
The cheapest place to stay that we've found in setting this up is
Fiesta
Henderson. That casino is small but nice with apparently a good
hotel operation. Their buffet is excellent, too.
The best carriers in terms of cost for getting out here are
Southwest Airlines and
Frontier Airlines.
Southwest has a major hub operation in Las Vegas. The crew here has
flown Frontier Airlines and has been well satisfied with the
airline's performance and service. Another airline with a
significant hub operation in Las Vegas will be US Airways that could be considered
if the other two do not pan out.
The event is looking to be one of hands-on education. The focus
will not be on theory but on gaining an appreciation of ways to
apply it. The tentative cost per person is USD$249 with a USD$100
non-refundable deposit required in advance. Topics have not been
settled yet but there will be a practical security lecture with
demonstrations included.
I am expecting that we fire off the press release on this Sunday.
Such would involve a small ad appearing in the next regular episode
of LISTen: The LISNews.org
Podcat.
We'll be happy to have any English-speaking international guests
for the event provided they are actually able to arrive in time and
are paying attendees.
There is a small chance that an episode of LISTen: The LISNews.org
Podcat will be produced during the workshop. Details are
not settled but it appears that participants in the workshop may be
given a chance to try out production tasks directly. This remains
to be finalized, though.