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Stop the Presses! Change of Plans for the Big Water Night Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas

On Monday I told you about Water Night - a special fundraising party benefiting The Water School that was going to get underway at 9pm on the opening night (May 29) of the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference that runs May 29 - June 1 at the Bellagio Hotel.  A minimum $50 donation was required for the event that was going to follow T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s official opening night Cocktail Party. 

There has now been a change in plans. Water Night has joined forces with T.R.A.F.F.I.C to make it an official show event and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is going to pay the $50 charge for every T.R.A.F.F.I.C. registrant who wants to go to the Water Night event (and that should be ALL of them)! As part of that change, the party - now dubbed the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WaterNight Vegas Charity Party sponsored by NameCheap -  is being shifted to Thursday night, May 30 with the same running time (9pm to 1am) and the same location - the PBR Rock Bar - just across the street from the Bellagio.

It is important to note that all T.R.A.F.F.I.C. attendees still MUST sign up for WaterNight at www.WaterNight.org as everyone has to be on the separate guest list to attend. In addition to covering the minimum admission cost (you can donate more to this worthy cause to help them reach their $20,000 goal), T.R.A.F.F.I.C. will

pay for the food and NameCheap will cover the cost of the open bar and entertainment to make sure every dollar goes to The Water School.

Non-domain industry guests are also welcome with a minimum donation amount, while all domain industry guests must be paid T.R.A.F.F.I.C. attendees and wear their badges to the event.

By the way, in case you missed our May newsletter that was sent out to opt-in subscribers yesterday, it features a special T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas preview interview with show co-founders Rick Schwartz (who celebrated a birthday yesterday) and Howard Neu.

They talk about why it has been 5 years since they last ran a show in Las Vegas, what is in store this time around and, in  something that will be of special interest to many, why new gTLDs won't have a high profile at this show. Check that out here.

In another related noted, you may recall from my post a couple of weeks ago the details of Domaining Spain conference co-producer Jodi Chamberlain's successful fundraising effort for The Water School. Jodi allowed her long brown hair to be shaved off in exchange for donations to the charity and wound up attracting $35,000 in pledges. 

The Water School's blog has just published Jodi's own account of her entire hair-raising (I mean hair-lowering) and heart warming  experience in Spain. Jodi's journey is not over either. As she explains in the story, she will be heading to Africa this summer to see the Water School's life saving work in person. Check out her full story here.

Jodi Chamberlain sacrificing her hair at last month's Domaining Spain conference in an effort that raised $35,000 for The Water School.

(Posted May 10, 2013)


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