Myriads
Tzar of the TMF
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Hello folks,
Over the past superbowl weekend a gathering was held in Upstate NY, Albany, thus the 'UNY' part of the name. It was also jokingly called 'Tzarfest' by some of us who organized it.
Some of us (Venray, Raya, myself) felt that there was a huge gap in the larger gatherings of the year, held in the fall, and NEST in Spring, and wanted to see if we could fill that gap with the Albany gathering where we could see folks from all over the nation, as opposed to a smaller local meet.
We'd never run a big event before, so we chose to use this years as a big live test. And because of that we chose to make it a 'by invitation' event. We pulled our gust list from NEST, and other gatherings (NHlee and Bella's bash) and wanted to keep things smaller and controlled with people we knew well for this first run.
Things went very well. This was not an 'event' driven meet. It was a make your own fun sort. And people did that very well. We virtually took over the majority of a hotel's building, and people circulated between our home base suites and other rooms, and talked, played, and so on. Some videos were shot (look for Bella being tickled, and Tortunga being mummified from MTP.) and people seemed to have a lot of fun.
We learned a lot of things to do, and to avoid, and feel that we are ready for a solid try next year, and we'll be having the gathering with open requests for attendance that will be screened and approved. So come the fall look for us to be getting things ready for Albany '10.
I want to give my thanks to Venray and Raya who helped with almost all of the planning and getting of things for the rooms, and such. And Bella for acting as our payment hub. Thank you very much.
To all people who helped with 'gathering moderation' thank you. And a hats off to those who made sure that bondage was done with care and that energetic lees were not hurt.
I had a wonderful time over the weekend, and it was a pleasure to see a lot of members for the first time, and to get to talk with, and even play with some of them. I don't travel much these days, so it was a nice vacation for me, that was well needed.
I'm sure that this thread will fill up with folks sharing stories and such, and I look forward to that.
To those who are curious about next year please feel free to drop me a PM, or ask a question here in the thread. We want UNY Albany '10 to be an accessible gathering that is a good 'first gathering' for a member who wants to see what these are about, but not feel totally overwhelmed.
And now, lets see what folks have to say!
Myriads
Over the past superbowl weekend a gathering was held in Upstate NY, Albany, thus the 'UNY' part of the name. It was also jokingly called 'Tzarfest' by some of us who organized it.
Some of us (Venray, Raya, myself) felt that there was a huge gap in the larger gatherings of the year, held in the fall, and NEST in Spring, and wanted to see if we could fill that gap with the Albany gathering where we could see folks from all over the nation, as opposed to a smaller local meet.
We'd never run a big event before, so we chose to use this years as a big live test. And because of that we chose to make it a 'by invitation' event. We pulled our gust list from NEST, and other gatherings (NHlee and Bella's bash) and wanted to keep things smaller and controlled with people we knew well for this first run.
Things went very well. This was not an 'event' driven meet. It was a make your own fun sort. And people did that very well. We virtually took over the majority of a hotel's building, and people circulated between our home base suites and other rooms, and talked, played, and so on. Some videos were shot (look for Bella being tickled, and Tortunga being mummified from MTP.) and people seemed to have a lot of fun.
We learned a lot of things to do, and to avoid, and feel that we are ready for a solid try next year, and we'll be having the gathering with open requests for attendance that will be screened and approved. So come the fall look for us to be getting things ready for Albany '10.
I want to give my thanks to Venray and Raya who helped with almost all of the planning and getting of things for the rooms, and such. And Bella for acting as our payment hub. Thank you very much.
To all people who helped with 'gathering moderation' thank you. And a hats off to those who made sure that bondage was done with care and that energetic lees were not hurt.
I had a wonderful time over the weekend, and it was a pleasure to see a lot of members for the first time, and to get to talk with, and even play with some of them. I don't travel much these days, so it was a nice vacation for me, that was well needed.
I'm sure that this thread will fill up with folks sharing stories and such, and I look forward to that.
To those who are curious about next year please feel free to drop me a PM, or ask a question here in the thread. We want UNY Albany '10 to be an accessible gathering that is a good 'first gathering' for a member who wants to see what these are about, but not feel totally overwhelmed.
And now, lets see what folks have to say!
Myriads
, sorry I couldnt make it
