GABIT attendees thread

[Skydiver]

I'm not seeing a problem with it.

If folks in here feel that it's exclusionary, then you could make a AT5 cocktail party thread to discuss details. Or perhaps, there could be a dedicated AT5 thread, like we did with MTM and SE, separate threads that co-existed with this one

I think the only issue i've had with anything appearing 'exclusionary' is people planning 'invite only' events, that they are discussing in public. So for an event that's part of the con and - theoretically - open to all, I have no issue with discussion and planning. The same if there's something like 'let's meet up in the lobby at this time for dinner' or the like

But if it's a 'the six of us are going to go out to dinner, and only the six of us are allowed to attend'...that's the stuff I think is best discussed in private.

So, in public, events that anyone can attend, or has the ability to attend, but private events with a limited number of attendees or welcome participants, that's best discussed via E-mail or on your live journal or the like.

ETA: clarification

[DOIKECARTER]

Third time seemed to be the charm for me so I can only relate what I know about the CP second-hand at the moment, if that would suffice?

The Cocktail Party is limited in number which is why it's so sought after (for the most part) and the chance to play dress up, eat a very nice meal with friends and with the added bonus of AT chatting at your table for a few minutes afterward is pretty special. You also get a group pic of Amanda and everyone else at your table which is included in the ticket price.

If I'm not mistaken, I do believe you can choose who you would like to sit with at your table as well. I'll wait confirmation on this from the G4 though as I sort of waiting myself. If so, then you will definitely know your seatmates if that makes you feel more comfortable.

Hope this helps with your decision!

Thanks for the information. I´ll definitely thik about it

[DOIKECARTER]

the cocktail party is 'smart attire'. no jeans, no sweats, no shorts, no tennies/trainers.
Business casual/professional at the minimum. and you can get as fancy as you want. some wear their evening attire, suits, gowns, etc.

Making up the times here, you'll gt into the room at 645ish. you'll have a drink ticket for 1 cocktail/alcoholic beverage or two soft drinks. there will also be water at the table. You will have assigned seating. At each place is a charm specially made just for you. There will also be a centerpiece of some sort, also hand made.

Horsdourves will be served, which are often just as good as a meal (might even be a meal)

You'll have time to eat, likely 45 minutes to an hour or so. Then amanda will come in. She'll make a few comments, she'll circulate through the room, spending about 10 minutes at each table (or more as Julia struggles not to break out her silk cattle prod )

You'll get a group shot of amanda with all of you. then she'll move on.

Once she's visited at each table, she'll leave and you can leave or stay, most leave (and they do only have the room for so long)

As long as she's in the room, people are asked to not wander around....meaning if you're at table 4 and she's at table 5, don't go lurking around and adding to the chaos and being a distraction.

Also, if she's at your table, you are asked to NOT take photos. She's got abouot 10 minutes to chat with you guys, and that's what she wants to do, chat. It's not fair for one person to 'hog' the time getting photos or blinding everyone with flash bulbs.

and that is the cocktail party, in a nutshell.

Disclaimer: this is based on experience from the past, this one might be like this, might be less like, might be different...but will likely follow the same basic outline

Thank yoy very much. Exactly what I needed!

[SamJackShipLover]

OK, here are all lists and I added one for the cocktailparty, I would like to know who is going
Feel free to add yourself to any list.

AT5 attendees
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) + Flow + possibly Nubbin- Holland
Celandine/Brenda - USA
LeeFraser - Alison - UK
2Shy/Sanna - Sweden (But really �land)
EH-T- land of moose and beaver
Scythe - Jen - UK
antoa - land of unemployment (for now)
Hannah (Tittamiire) - UK and my own planet
Julia (samcarterrules) - Scotland
Donna (Julia's carer) - Scotland
Doris (Julia's carer) - Scotland
PengYn - land of shiny hair and hug-me eyes
Andrea (Andy) - Germany
Laurie (llp) - Pacific North West
ames / bluejelloqueen - Crazy Canuck (like there's really any other kind, eh? LOL)
Chloe aka Prelsey_carter (Australia, but will be in Vancouver at that time)
elephantgirl - weird Belgian that used to call Chicago home
Donamac/Dona - another Pacific Northwester (love that rainy weather)
Claire (clairec007) - Scotland
Fresh Horse - Eureka!
Wendy - m_wendy_r -- UK!
Tesla_Twin / Cynthia - Switzerland (country of chocolates and mountains and lake!)
ShimmeringStar - US
Nat - halfbloodme - + Kazzie + Kerry - UK
Isabelle (Oris) - France (AT.... ♥)
CJM - New Zealand
Suse (suse2301 or suse_germany) - Germany
Franny - Ireland / Germany
Susanne - Germany
Neep/Eileen - New Zealand
XFchemist (Silvia) - Italy
Devilish Me (Irena) - Serbia
Jumble - UK
Josiane - UK
Sarai - UK
Cags - UK
MoB- Brooklyn
lame moose (mocha)-chicagoland-land of chicago bears, but no moose
trindajae - oregon
Len - Canada (Land of Gentle Giants?)

AT5 cocktailparty attendees
Celandine / Brenda
Neep / Eileen
MoB / Jennifer
SamJackShipLover / Annelies (still undecided)

Musical! Thursday 10th February
NZNeep/Eileen
Cel/Brenda
MidwifeOnBoard/Jennifer
Flow
Susanne
Len
Ames
EH-T
Franzi

Dinner @ Anderson's, Surrey
Monday 14th February
Sarai
Jumble
Josi
Cags
Wendy
MoB(can do either date)
Laurie (LLP) either day
lame moose(mocha)possibly

Wednesday 9th February preferred
NZNeep
Cel

[penjab]

OK, here are all lists and I added one for the cocktail party, I would like to know who is going
Feel free to add yourself to any list.

AT5 attendees
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) + Flow + possibly Nubbin- Holland
Celandine/Brenda - USA
LeeFraser - Alison - UK
2Shy/Sanna - Sweden (But really �land)
EH-T- land of moose and beaver
Scythe - Jen - UK
antoa - land of unemployment (for now)
Hannah (Tittamiire) - UK and my own planet
Julia (samcarterrules) - Scotland
Donna (Julia's carer) - Scotland
Doris (Julia's carer) - Scotland
PengYn - land of shiny hair and hug-me eyes
Andrea (Andy) - Germany
Laurie (llp) - Pacific North West
ames / bluejelloqueen - Crazy Canuck (like there's really any other kind, eh? LOL)
Chloe aka Prelsey_carter (Australia, but will be in Vancouver at that time)
elephantgirl - weird Belgian that used to call Chicago home
Donamac/Dona - another Pacific Northwester (love that rainy weather)
Claire (clairec007) - Scotland
Fresh Horse - Eureka!
Wendy - m_wendy_r -- UK!
Tesla_Twin / Cynthia - Switzerland (country of chocolates and mountains and lake!)
ShimmeringStar - US
Nat - halfbloodme - + Kazzie + Kerry - UK
Isabelle (Oris) - France (AT.... ♥)
CJM - New Zealand
Suse (suse2301 or suse_germany) - Germany
Franny - Ireland / Germany
Susanne - Germany
Neep/Eileen - New Zealand
XFchemist (Silvia) - Italy
Devilish Me (Irena) - Serbia
Jumble - UK
Josiane - UK
Sarai - UK
Cags - UK
MoB- Brooklyn
lame moose (mocha)-chicagoland-land of chicago bears, but no moose
trindajae - oregon
Len - Canada (Land of Gentle Giants?)
penjab

AT5 cocktail party attendees
Celandine / Brenda
Neep / Eileen
MoB / Jennifer
SamJackShipLover / Annelies (still undecided)

Musical! Thursday 10th February
NZNeep/Eileen
Cel/Brenda
MidwifeOnBoard/Jennifer
Flow
Susanne
Len
Ames
EH-T
Franzi

Dinner @ Anderson's, Surrey
Monday 14th February
Sarai
Jumble
Josi
Cags
Wendy
MoB(can do either date)
Laurie (LLP) either day
lame moose(mocha)possibly

Wednesday 9th February preferred
NZNeep
Cel


I got left off. By the way, would anyone be interested in doing dinner Thursday night if you aren't going to be attending the musical theatre?

[samcarterrules]

Hi everyone,

Loving all the baby talk, Lies, Milou looks beautiful! And I loved her little gabit bib, so cute!

All this talk makes me want a baby LOL. I have a niece who is 8 years old, and a nephew who is 1 ½ I remember the first time I looked after them both together, it was hard because the little one wasn't used to being away from his Mum and when he cried I couldn't pick him up and my carer had to do it for me. But I know this won't last long as little ones very quickly learn to climb up on my feet to reach me for cuddles and things. One really cool thing he has done since he was about a year old without ever been encouraged or asked to do is, if I drop something on the floor he will automatically come over pick it up and give it back to me. It's like that he understands even at his age there are some things his aunty can't do.

And of course my niece is brilliant and she still listens to me when she's being naughty even though she knows that if she was to disobey me there isn't an awful lot I can do about it. She does tests my rules at times but she is a good girl mostly. I love them both very much!

Oooh and don't worry guys there is always an able bodied person with me when I babysit my niece and nephew.

Oh dear and now I've hijacked the thread with baby and little one talk, please forgive me.

Isn't there a convention going on somewhere soon?!

Julia(samcarterrules)

[SamJackShipLover]

I got left off. By the way, would anyone be interested in doing dinner Thursday night if you aren't going to be attending the musical theatre?

Definitely interested!! But I'm still not making definite plans lol. There are a couple of pubs (one with an attached restaurant) and a McDonalds nearby and there's also the hotel restaurant, maybe we can just decide then where we want to go? But we can start a list, so we know how many people and who to wait for.

Dinner! Thursday 10th February location to be decided then
Penjab
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) possibly

Julia, love the story about your niece and nephew! That's so cute and nice of both of them.

I have decided that in case my husband doesn't want to come along, I won't bring Milou. Because I'll be travelling all alone then (normally I travel with Flow, but she is going earlier together with her BF). And I don't think I can manage travelling alone with a 6 months old!
Hubby is still undecided what he wants to do ...

[lame moose (mocha)]

OK, here are all lists and I added one for the cocktail party, I would like to know who is going
Feel free to add yourself to any list.

AT5 attendees
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) + Flow + possibly Nubbin- Holland
Celandine/Brenda - USA
LeeFraser - Alison - UK
2Shy/Sanna - Sweden (But really �land)
EH-T- land of moose and beaver
Scythe - Jen - UK
antoa - land of unemployment (for now)
Hannah (Tittamiire) - UK and my own planet
Julia (samcarterrules) - Scotland
Donna (Julia's carer) - Scotland
Doris (Julia's carer) - Scotland
PengYn - land of shiny hair and hug-me eyes
Andrea (Andy) - Germany
Laurie (llp) - Pacific North West
ames / bluejelloqueen - Crazy Canuck (like there's really any other kind, eh? LOL)
Chloe aka Prelsey_carter (Australia, but will be in Vancouver at that time)
elephantgirl - weird Belgian that used to call Chicago home
Donamac/Dona - another Pacific Northwester (love that rainy weather)
Claire (clairec007) - Scotland
Fresh Horse - Eureka!
Wendy - m_wendy_r -- UK!
Tesla_Twin / Cynthia - Switzerland (country of chocolates and mountains and lake!)
ShimmeringStar - US
Nat - halfbloodme - + Kazzie + Kerry - UK
Isabelle (Oris) - France (AT.... ♥)
CJM - New Zealand
Suse (suse2301 or suse_germany) - Germany
Franny - Ireland / Germany
Susanne - Germany
Neep/Eileen - New Zealand
XFchemist (Silvia) - Italy
Devilish Me (Irena) - Serbia
Jumble - UK
Josiane - UK
Sarai - UK
Cags - UK
MoB- Brooklyn
lame moose (mocha)-chicagoland-land of chicago bears, but no moose
trindajae - oregon
Len - Canada (Land of Gentle Giants?)
penjab

AT5 cocktail party attendees
Celandine / Brenda
Neep / Eileen
MoB / Jennifer
SamJackShipLover / Annelies (still undecided)
lame moose (mocha)

Musical! Thursday 10th February
NZNeep/Eileen
Cel/Brenda
MidwifeOnBoard/Jennifer
Flow
Susanne
Len
Ames
EH-T
Franzi

Dinner @ Anderson's, Surrey
Monday 14th February
Sarai
Jumble
Josi
Cags
Wendy
MoB(can do either date)
Laurie (LLP) either day


Wednesday 9th February preferred
NZNeep
Cel

had to take my name off the monday dinner list. i'll be day tripping by train each day and will be getting back to the ren late each night i think, so doubt i'll be able to go.

[Celandine]

AT5 attendees
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) + Flow + possibly Nubbin- Holland
Celandine/Brenda - USA
LeeFraser - Alison - UK
2Shy/Sanna - Sweden (But really �land)
EH-T- land of moose and beaver
Scythe - Jen - UK
antoa - land of unemployment (for now)
Hannah (Tittamiire) - UK and my own planet
Julia (samcarterrules) - Scotland
Donna (Julia's carer) - Scotland
Doris (Julia's carer) - Scotland
PengYn - land of shiny hair and hug-me eyes
Andrea (Andy) - Germany
Laurie (llp) - Pacific North West
ames / bluejelloqueen - Crazy Canuck (like there's really any other kind, eh? LOL)
Chloe aka Prelsey_carter (Australia, but will be in Vancouver at that time)
elephantgirl - weird Belgian that used to call Chicago home
Donamac/Dona - another Pacific Northwester (love that rainy weather)
Claire (clairec007) - Scotland
Fresh Horse - Eureka!
Wendy - m_wendy_r -- UK!
Tesla_Twin / Cynthia - Switzerland (country of chocolates and mountains and lake!)
ShimmeringStar - US
Nat - halfbloodme - + Kazzie + Kerry - UK
Isabelle (Oris) - France (AT.... ♥)
CJM - New Zealand
Suse (suse2301 or suse_germany) - Germany
Franny - Ireland / Germany
Susanne - Germany
Neep/Eileen - New Zealand
XFchemist (Silvia) - Italy
Devilish Me (Irena) - Serbia
Jumble - UK
Josiane - UK
Sarai - UK
Cags - UK
MoB- Brooklyn
lame moose (mocha)-chicagoland-land of chicago bears, but no moose
trindajae - oregon
Len - Canada (Land of Gentle Giants?)
penjab

AT5 cocktail party attendees
Celandine / Brenda
Neep / Eileen
MoB / Jennifer
SamJackShipLover / Annelies (still undecided)
lame moose (mocha)

Musical! Thursday 10th February
NZNeep/Eileen
Cel/Brenda
MidwifeOnBoard/Jennifer
Flow
Susanne
Len
Ames
EH-T
Franzi

Dinner! Thursday 10th February - location to be decided then
Penjab
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) possibly

Dinner @ Anderson's, Surrey
Monday 14th February
Sarai
Jumble
Josi
Cags
Wendy
MoB(can do either date)
Laurie (LLP) either day

Wednesday 9th February preferred
NZNeep
Cel


Thanks Lies for starting it and bringing the main list down, too. I've added your Thursday dinner out option to it as well so it won't get missed in the mass of posts.

All I might add to the baby talk, is that mother's will learn their babies own individual cry and what they mean. It might take a few days or weeks to distinguish, but some innate sense lets you know when baby is hungry, soiled or even fearful. The pitches are different. I even heard one study where mother's could pick their child's cry out of a few they listened to. It's just natural.

As to toddlers crying/tantrums... Well, that's mostly done for show. I say tough love wins out in all cases. Heeding their cries and bending to their wills makes them quite spoiled. If it's really something serious they're crying about, something life-threatening, a mother (or even father!) will be able to distinguish between the two. Developing boundaries of what you expect in different situations is also key and needs to start early.

Okay, enough.

[EH-T]

The next Sanctuary For Kids auction will run from October 21-31 and will consist of props and costumes. No details yet on the exact items but will let you know.

BTW, no coktail party ticket for me but I am happy for those who did get one, especially the first timers. I have absolutely no problem with all attendees posting about the party on this thread. Happy to share in their joy (looking for it wherever I can find it these days).

[Chelle DB]

The next Sanctuary For Kids auction will run from October 21-31 and will consist of props and costumes. No details yet on the exact items but will let you know.
BTW, no coktail party ticket for me but I am happy for those who did get one, especially the first timers. I have absolutely no problem with all attendees posting about the party on this thread. Happy to share in their joy (looking for it wherever I can find it these days).

It's good to see you back EH-T but I do wish circumstances were better for you. *hugs* Take care. xo

[lame moose (mocha)]

120 days till i leave!!!

[NZNeep]

Hugs Eh-T. Ma-hoosive hugs.

[Chelle DB]

Hugs Eh-T. Ma-hoosive hugs.

I thought you were trying to say moose-ive hugs as in moose/massive hugs. But yeah, that'll work too.

[samcarterrules]

The next Sanctuary For Kids auction will run from October 21-31 and will consist of props and costumes. No details yet on the exact items but will let you know.

BTW, no coktail party ticket for me but I am happy for those who did get one, especially the first timers. I have absolutely no problem with all attendees posting about the party on this thread. Happy to share in their joy (looking for it wherever I can find it these days).

I have no problem with people posting about the cocktail party on this thread either, as EH-T says, happy to share in their joy.

Julia(samcarterrules)