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Hello Beautiful Shining Blazin' Raisin Family!
Its that time of year again! Time to rally the community back to the playa!
“It Takes a Village…”
We had our first official planning meeting for Burning Man '06 on this last Friday night and it was a very positive, productive, and pro-active meeting with about 9 main ‘focalizers’ of us in attendance, (the reluctant bureaucrats who are really anarchists at heart).
There are some changes this year, as all healthy entities evolve, so we will explain those, as well as reiterate some of the basic guidelines and recommendations of camp life.
Well we’ve done it! We have organically become a village! We are applying to officially gain "village status", as our numbers keep growing and so do our space demands. We are up around 130 people at our peak last year and this year we expect an increase. At the same time we are also aware of the need to keep the numbers down to keep communal spaces workable and livable. In order to set ourselves up for keeping a harmonious vibe we will to have to cap our enrollment. Please note that SPACE IS LIMITED! Not everyone is guaranteed a spot in Raisin Camp, and we are inviting you to be proactive to ensure your place in the sun so please read this letter carefully.
THINK PODS!
Brad and Adam have come up with a very inspired camp design this year -- a spiral based on the Golden Mean. We will have our group structures which comprise the heart of Raisin Camp -- The Bedouin living room, The grand meeting place/workshop space/dance-party zone under the giant parachute, the palapa bar, and the group kitchen.
But the chief difference is that we will be grouping together as "pods" of about 8-20 people. Each pod will have a location along the spiral and pods are encouraged to be self-sufficient with their own kitchen set-ups and shower set-ups, water (2-5 gallons per person per day) and composting stations. We are requesting pods to be as eco-friendly and self sufficient as possible this year.
We will still set up a large group kitchen space, however it will be used for group events, (Wednesday mojito party, Friday morning pancake breakfast, Friday night goddess feast, Saturday night pre-burn potluck? etc). We emphasize the formation of pod kitchens for other meals, as keeping the kitchen sanitary for this many people at once is a full time job, and some people experienced illness because of this last year. We request that we all work in supporting a low- impact clean kitchen environment. We appreciate those pods who had their own kitchen set up last year and encourage all to follow this necessary adjustment.
So the best way for you to secure your niche at Blazin' Raisin is start coordinating your pod together ASAP - find out who you/they are, elect a focalizer for your pod who will be the main person representing you all and handling the logistics with the “organizers who will be coming to the event on the early side to help start setting up your pod-space. Also, sending in your camp contributions early, (as in NOW) to help secure your place and enable us to start buying what is needed this year for improving our infrastructure. We have already begun to receive contributions, and space is limited to a first come first serve basis.
** please note –For maximum harmonization, and camp revival fun we REALLY encourage people to be in pod groups!
If you are really having a hard time getting it together, then don't despair, we can help you coordinate possibly or make a few exceptions for people who just really want to camp solo but we are really trying to create cohesion in a way that also makes practical sense based on our size this year.
***ABOUT CAMP CONTRIBUTIONS/FEES
We are asking for the same contribution per person as last year, sliding scale from $50- $???.
Some of the things this money goes to are: infrastructure support and upgrades, installation of the camp and the preparation of this endeavor, transportation of infrastructure out to playa (many large, heavy items may require repeated trips from our storage space in Reno out to Black Rock and/or need for a rental vehicle for hauling), filling and re-filling of large group water vessels during Burning Man, fuel for generator, lighting, photovoltaics, camp-beautification, building of storage shed near Reno to store all camp infrastructure, group kitchen and cleaning supplies, and some communal food and beverages.
We are creating a spread sheet this year keeping track of contributions, expenses and expenditures. We are committed to transparency in all areas of our finance, and if anyone is curious about our book-keeping skills than we are happy to show it to you!
Brad, our camp Legend and Hero, who installs the 350’ parachute, made the kitchen, stores the goods, and does a million other jobs during camp is always the first one to put in to the fund! He refuses to let Raisin Camp pay for his ticket, so devoted is he to creating this community for everyone and being an equal contributor. I think everyone knows how hard Brad works his ass off before, during, and after! last year after we all left Pyramid Lake and went home to sleep for days, he went to our dear friend Captain Robert's land outside of Reno and spent two weeks building a storage shed for Raisin Camp! I say this by way of inspiring all of you to embody that spirit of giving from the heart to enhance the Whole.
Please send contributions in the form of check or money order to: AJ Pell
2025 Essex St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
There will also be some positions available on an energy-exchange basis. Meaning if you are low on funds but rich in reliability and motivation. We would love certain people to take on more responsibility in the form of certain roles such as: kitchen manager, compost-garbage-recycling manager, living-space manager, electrical guru, etc.
Please be in touch with us personally if this is something you are interested in.
There are many more topics to cover but we will stagger all the information to maximize absorption and undermine overwhelm!
Some of the other things that we will be imminently sending postings about include:
-- The "Greening" of Raisin Camp - working towards making Blazin' Raisin a model of sustainability practices and philosophy
-- Offerings of workshops, classes, discussions, etc. in our common space for the common good
-- a list of items that everyone should plan on bringing, as well as requests for certain items that only some people need bring
-- Our camp-sponsored events such as: mojito party, post-hamsa-lila pancake breakfast, (and possibly others), and some communal food items such as watermelons, chips and salsa, etc.)
Of course input is encouraged and anticipated! But please be conscious of e-mail exchanges... i.e. if you are directing your e-mail to a certain person or group of people, please don't copy to the entire list, etc. If you have not already please go to tribe.net and join (for free) blazin’ raisin tribe to network and receive up to date important new threads. Indriya will also be posting things as they come up so check it out! It is the best resource for current information and to help you connect with potential pod members and out only webpage.
If you are planning on bringing friends who have never camped with us before, and/or have never been to Burning Man before, please let us know and also be totally accountable for that friend or friends we request that the pods be no larger than 20 people max. Make sure their needs are met, they are well-prepared, they know about "Leave no Trace" policy, and they are well-acquainted with Raisin Camp etiquette! Let's take care of our new family and make sure they have the most positive experience ever!
REMEMBER the earlier you start dialoguing with us and get your funds in, the better your chances for securing your spot and co-creating the beautiful, bountiful, loving miracle that is Blazin' Raisin!
Stay tuned! More coming soon...
Loving all you Raisins for helping us keep it raisin'...we are all co-creating this experience so lets do it with loving awareness.
Elana (aka Diva Delerium), Andrea, and AJ, Susie and the Blazin’ crew!
please CC all e-mails to: elanamermaid@yahoo.com
Indriya at andevec@yahoo.com
Susie K at Susiekinthailand@yahoo.com
A.J. at ajpell@msn.com
Its that time of year again! Time to rally the community back to the playa!
“It Takes a Village…”
We had our first official planning meeting for Burning Man '06 on this last Friday night and it was a very positive, productive, and pro-active meeting with about 9 main ‘focalizers’ of us in attendance, (the reluctant bureaucrats who are really anarchists at heart).
There are some changes this year, as all healthy entities evolve, so we will explain those, as well as reiterate some of the basic guidelines and recommendations of camp life.
Well we’ve done it! We have organically become a village! We are applying to officially gain "village status", as our numbers keep growing and so do our space demands. We are up around 130 people at our peak last year and this year we expect an increase. At the same time we are also aware of the need to keep the numbers down to keep communal spaces workable and livable. In order to set ourselves up for keeping a harmonious vibe we will to have to cap our enrollment. Please note that SPACE IS LIMITED! Not everyone is guaranteed a spot in Raisin Camp, and we are inviting you to be proactive to ensure your place in the sun so please read this letter carefully.
THINK PODS!
Brad and Adam have come up with a very inspired camp design this year -- a spiral based on the Golden Mean. We will have our group structures which comprise the heart of Raisin Camp -- The Bedouin living room, The grand meeting place/workshop space/dance-party zone under the giant parachute, the palapa bar, and the group kitchen.
But the chief difference is that we will be grouping together as "pods" of about 8-20 people. Each pod will have a location along the spiral and pods are encouraged to be self-sufficient with their own kitchen set-ups and shower set-ups, water (2-5 gallons per person per day) and composting stations. We are requesting pods to be as eco-friendly and self sufficient as possible this year.
We will still set up a large group kitchen space, however it will be used for group events, (Wednesday mojito party, Friday morning pancake breakfast, Friday night goddess feast, Saturday night pre-burn potluck? etc). We emphasize the formation of pod kitchens for other meals, as keeping the kitchen sanitary for this many people at once is a full time job, and some people experienced illness because of this last year. We request that we all work in supporting a low- impact clean kitchen environment. We appreciate those pods who had their own kitchen set up last year and encourage all to follow this necessary adjustment.
So the best way for you to secure your niche at Blazin' Raisin is start coordinating your pod together ASAP - find out who you/they are, elect a focalizer for your pod who will be the main person representing you all and handling the logistics with the “organizers who will be coming to the event on the early side to help start setting up your pod-space. Also, sending in your camp contributions early, (as in NOW) to help secure your place and enable us to start buying what is needed this year for improving our infrastructure. We have already begun to receive contributions, and space is limited to a first come first serve basis.
** please note –For maximum harmonization, and camp revival fun we REALLY encourage people to be in pod groups!
If you are really having a hard time getting it together, then don't despair, we can help you coordinate possibly or make a few exceptions for people who just really want to camp solo but we are really trying to create cohesion in a way that also makes practical sense based on our size this year.
***ABOUT CAMP CONTRIBUTIONS/FEES
We are asking for the same contribution per person as last year, sliding scale from $50- $???.
Some of the things this money goes to are: infrastructure support and upgrades, installation of the camp and the preparation of this endeavor, transportation of infrastructure out to playa (many large, heavy items may require repeated trips from our storage space in Reno out to Black Rock and/or need for a rental vehicle for hauling), filling and re-filling of large group water vessels during Burning Man, fuel for generator, lighting, photovoltaics, camp-beautification, building of storage shed near Reno to store all camp infrastructure, group kitchen and cleaning supplies, and some communal food and beverages.
We are creating a spread sheet this year keeping track of contributions, expenses and expenditures. We are committed to transparency in all areas of our finance, and if anyone is curious about our book-keeping skills than we are happy to show it to you!
Brad, our camp Legend and Hero, who installs the 350’ parachute, made the kitchen, stores the goods, and does a million other jobs during camp is always the first one to put in to the fund! He refuses to let Raisin Camp pay for his ticket, so devoted is he to creating this community for everyone and being an equal contributor. I think everyone knows how hard Brad works his ass off before, during, and after! last year after we all left Pyramid Lake and went home to sleep for days, he went to our dear friend Captain Robert's land outside of Reno and spent two weeks building a storage shed for Raisin Camp! I say this by way of inspiring all of you to embody that spirit of giving from the heart to enhance the Whole.
Please send contributions in the form of check or money order to: AJ Pell
2025 Essex St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
There will also be some positions available on an energy-exchange basis. Meaning if you are low on funds but rich in reliability and motivation. We would love certain people to take on more responsibility in the form of certain roles such as: kitchen manager, compost-garbage-recycling manager, living-space manager, electrical guru, etc.
Please be in touch with us personally if this is something you are interested in.
There are many more topics to cover but we will stagger all the information to maximize absorption and undermine overwhelm!
Some of the other things that we will be imminently sending postings about include:
-- The "Greening" of Raisin Camp - working towards making Blazin' Raisin a model of sustainability practices and philosophy
-- Offerings of workshops, classes, discussions, etc. in our common space for the common good
-- a list of items that everyone should plan on bringing, as well as requests for certain items that only some people need bring
-- Our camp-sponsored events such as: mojito party, post-hamsa-lila pancake breakfast, (and possibly others), and some communal food items such as watermelons, chips and salsa, etc.)
Of course input is encouraged and anticipated! But please be conscious of e-mail exchanges... i.e. if you are directing your e-mail to a certain person or group of people, please don't copy to the entire list, etc. If you have not already please go to tribe.net and join (for free) blazin’ raisin tribe to network and receive up to date important new threads. Indriya will also be posting things as they come up so check it out! It is the best resource for current information and to help you connect with potential pod members and out only webpage.
If you are planning on bringing friends who have never camped with us before, and/or have never been to Burning Man before, please let us know and also be totally accountable for that friend or friends we request that the pods be no larger than 20 people max. Make sure their needs are met, they are well-prepared, they know about "Leave no Trace" policy, and they are well-acquainted with Raisin Camp etiquette! Let's take care of our new family and make sure they have the most positive experience ever!
REMEMBER the earlier you start dialoguing with us and get your funds in, the better your chances for securing your spot and co-creating the beautiful, bountiful, loving miracle that is Blazin' Raisin!
Stay tuned! More coming soon...
Loving all you Raisins for helping us keep it raisin'...we are all co-creating this experience so lets do it with loving awareness.
Elana (aka Diva Delerium), Andrea, and AJ, Susie and the Blazin’ crew!
please CC all e-mails to: elanamermaid@yahoo.com
Indriya at andevec@yahoo.com
Susie K at Susiekinthailand@yahoo.com
A.J. at ajpell@msn.com
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>REMEMBER the earlier you start dialoguing with us and get your funds in, the better your chances for securing your spot and co-creating the beautiful, bountiful, loving miracle that is Blazin' Raisin!<
taking this to heart i'm going to officially introduce myself . friend of Heather, spent not enough time in your wonderful space last year. you can check my profile to get some idea of who i am if so inclined. just so stoked to have the oppurtunity to be a part of such an amazing group of people. camping with the santa barbara pod. dave/rose/alchemy, lucky lover of heather, is returning to the mainland next week. we will be meeting with others here and getting our funds in a.s.a.p.
just wanted to open the door.
love and light,
jameseye
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Just so everyone knows, POD SITES will be arranged along the larger CIRCLES that radiate out from the center mast , not along the SPIRAL as stated in the invite text . This arrangement encourages cohesivenes and equality between neighboring pods . The spiral will be intended as a meditative path leading to the Temple . A glance at the Camp Diagram will make every thing plain , also see acompanying description attached to an earlier post by Susie K. . All praise to the Comunicators for gracefully distilling all the info we need to know into the invite .
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Additional adamendum added by Adam : the parachute is 100 ft in size(50ft circumferance)
not 350 ft as stated in the invite text . Also I wish to mention that there will be more pod sites
than are graphicly represented in the camp plan diagram . I have checked this site resonably often and notice VERY FEW responses to the new posts , is there anybody out there ? Come on out and play /say your say .
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