Some concerns have been expressed about Exclusion/ Inclusion/Selectiveness/Clickishness in Pod formation . If I might add some info and my personal opinions on this matter :
Raisin Camp started on the tailgate of Elana's truck 6 years ago (at Omar's ) with 4 people and no shade . For the next few years , Raisin numbers increased , rarely exceeding 20 people . In 2004 , for some reason, that number more than doubled . The same thing happened again last year and some people noticed a strained feeling in regard to infrastructure(kitchen use/cleanliness/trash/elbow room)and public permability(unknown random people crowding the scene/eating without asking/ect.) . We are now numbering 150+ PEOPLE , all are beloved friends who CHOOSE to camp together for the great homespace vibe we have sucessfully created year after year . Pods are a way that we can all camp together as close neighbors without the hassles of everyone being in each others space/face/grocceries/kitchen/groove . Hopefully with a combination of better site planning(pod grouping/clear boundries between public and private spaces) and
a committed group of people willing to do neccissary camp maintance tasks, will allow Raisin Camp to continue to function smoothly and offer great vibes . Radical self-reliance + cooperation+ participation = community fun. This is pleasurable practice in community building , necissary in these crazy times .

All of the above merely frames my personal request to all Raisins : Please set aside any ideas of
Inclusion/Exclusion/Selectivity/Clickishness and instead embrace the neccisary reorganization of Raisin Camp by grouping up in Pods of 2 to 20 people .

Please post to this site your intention/pod numbers and-or
contact Indria/Elana/AJ/Susie K. to coordinate your pod's inclusion . Also those who are coming solo or in small numbers , please consider joining with others to form conglomerate pods . Space will quickly become
very limited , sooner your group communicates , sooner space can be allocated . Random drop-in campers on the Playa WILL be turned away , so DO NOT tell everybody " hey, come camp with us" This is neccisary to make room for the number of Raisin campers already anticipated . I really do wish it could be all relaxed like it used to be but that is how we got this big and we need to see how the pods idea will work and get group concensus before expanding furthur . Theoretically, pod grouping organization would allow for near infinate expansion .
Hopefully this communication will be seen as intended , a offer of info and a request .
Peace , Adam