[ Elisabeth-Maria's Plans ]

• Date: Monday December 21st (winter solstice)
• Expect: about 75 people (60 Berlin + 15 outside guests)
• Find a proper venue
  • More neutral than the palace, but similar style
  • Rooms
    • Ball room
    • Entrance Stairway
    • Private Changing Rooms for those in need
    • Three more private / secluded area's (balcony, garden, side room?)
    • Sitting area
• Arrange for catering
  • Prepare for enough blood to be served (+- 150 points of blood)
  • Provide blood dolls?
• Decorations, Flowers and Lighting
  • Prepare and do decorating
    • Flowers
    • Banners
    • Table settings
    • Lighting
    • Clean up garden
  • Get someone less murderous to plants to do flowers
• Write invitations
  • Everyone in the city
  • Special Guests
    • Archon(s)
    • Mistress Giovanni + Entourage
  • Option: Invite a few guests from other cities?
    • Bordeaux (Giovanni)
    • Hamburg (own history)
    • Vienna (own history + recent visit)
    • Frankfurt (upcoming mission)
    • Ask Prince, Ian Carfax about others
• Arrange accommodations and food for outsider guests
  • Hotel with special accommodations
  • Princes Palace for Ventrue members?
  • Arrange food for them! (+/- 105 points of blood over a week)
• Arrange an orchestra that is masquerade friendly¹⁾
• Motivate people to come and participate
  • Costume Contest
  • Prize to remain unknown?
  • Auction with desirable items
  • Sell tickets so people show up who want to be there?
• Identify a proper charity
  • Fighting AIDS
• Find things to auction off
  • Art
  • Arcane / mystical objects
  • Special vintage blood?
  • Boons?
• Contest Prizes
  • Something unique and memorable, if not valuable
  • Make it a point of pride
• OOC Event details
  • Masquerade event