Come one, come all to our first theme camp meeting.

When: Thursday March 29th at 7PM
Where: Sam Berlin's Apartment
331 West 43rd St, Apt 5C
We'll be discussing our theme, camp size, and how many space monkey
roller coasters we can fit in a box.

Bring anyone you think would be interested in coming this year.

See you there!

-Anita

I'm just sending out a little reminder that the deadline for theme camp registration is May 31, 2007. (I've also sent this out to our yahoo groups email.)

So, I think we should have a meeting within the next few weeks to decide
on details like design, who's going, camp name, etc.

Does anyone want to suggest a time and place for the meeting? I think
Manhattan would be best as there's people coming from Brooklyn and Queens.

Hope you guys are as overly excited for this as I am.

-Anita

It's that time of year again, when all good men and women must come to terms with the cold hard reality of planning for burningman.

I'm going.

Who is coming with me?

Necessities for 5:
Water= $72
Food (1 meal/day + snacks)= $240
Scaffolding = $120
PVC & Rebar & Tennis Balls = $50
Trailer (may change to van-> more expensive) = $220
Total = $700 per Person = $140 contribution

Small Expenses:
sledge hammer
lemonade water
lemonade stand materials
pots/pans
tiolet paper
sunblock
cocobutter
wipes
duct tape
5 HTP
liquor
beer

Bring yourself:
bike
sleeping bag
tents
$for ice/coffee/drugs

Gathering in San Fran:
rugs
lawn chairs
stove/hibachi
first aid

If you guys can think of anything else we need/want, post it, and I'll add it to the list so we don't forget anything when putting it together in San Fran.

-AT

Since we know how many people are coming now (6), we need to figure out how much we're spending so we can figure out the camp contribution. If anyone would like to contribute more than the figure we come up with, we could go fancier or alleviate some burden from others. As of now, I don't think we could afford a truck (which means no couches or acoutrements) with a reasonable camp contribution between $100-$200/person. But I could be wrong about that.

So go crazy and post quotes for whatever you want, and we'll figure out what we can do.

-Anita

We need a head count. I need to know who's coming and if their bringing any friends. Also we need to know if your flying into Reno or San Fran so we can arrange rides to the camp. Damon and Rishad will be renting a car in Reno and Sam will have his car in Berkley.

I'll send out an e-mail as well, but you can e-mail me at AnitaT@nyu.edu

Let the madness begin

Theme:
Undecided.

The Setup:
10-15 people.
Black Rock City.

The Method:
Improvisation.

The Players:
Sam -> Taking over for Andrew this year as the Crux of the Biscuit.
Bill -> Treasury. I'll try to fill Monica's shoes, but it'll be tough.
Joel -> Newcomer, Vegan, Maestro of all things Edible.
Claudia -> Veteran Burningman Point Person. She's making sure we actually have a campsite.

Logistics:
1 -> We have no rendezvous point. We need to find a place we can gather and get everything together.

2 -> Shade: We are going to do our traditional parachute and scaffolding system. Sam and Bill are going to be taking care of this.

3 -> Truck: Renting one from wherever we decide is going to be home base.

4 -> Power: Generator or Battery? Who was that guy who did the whole battery thing?

5 -> Food: Gas and charcoal grill, tupperware, and prepared food. All vegan. If you want meat and dairy, bring it yourself. Bring your own snacks, but we're going to try and have much more communal food this year. It's cheaper, in the long run, better food, and cleaner. If you want to bring your own food, I suggest pre-cooking it, and bringing it in tupperware containers.

6 -> Water: Same deal as usual. Square Water Bottles, 2 gallons/person/day.

7 -> Lemonade: We're pretty good at this by now.

8 -> Bikes: We're going to have to rethink this. Apparently last year didn't work out so well. Maybe get bikes in NYC and ship them, or buy children's bikes from walmart: $40 each.

9 -> Camp Dust Masks. We're going to get a bunch.

10 -> EL wire. Might get some for the camp. We'll see.

The Loot:
Camp Fee is probably going to be something like $200, with the idea that we'll refund as much as possible. We're going to try to keep the costs below $150/person. This is so we don't have to ask people to put in more money after the fact to cover costs. It's much easier to give people money back.

Dig?

email me for the details.

That is, party at ourobouros.net

The most important questions, imho, are:
- Is your Theme Camp or Village related to this year's theme, "Hope and Fear: The Future"
- Where do you want the camp to be placed
- Approximate space needed
- Number of campmates
- Arrival date
- Physical Description
- Interactive description

I don't think our camp was too related to the prior years themes, so that shouldn't be too big a deal. We were placed last year around the plaza and it was awesome. Good foot traffic for the lemonade, far enough away from the huge music camps, and not too noisy from esplanade traffic.