Tribe.net. Local Connections Rob http://blazin-raisin.tribe.net/thread/b2ff1148-8e1a-4da7-9374-f42ed6eb6063#b4e0884f-b95e-44b8-be55-3c086a0a42b9 2008-02-06T01:25:50Z 2008-02-06T01:25:50Z

Friends, > > I was lucky to be part of the camp last year. Joe and Jeff, my camp > mates, had the good fortune to be there the last two years. You > may remember me as the guy who got the shade back up, with lots of > help, after the storm. We knew at the end of last year the camp > was going through a change in 2008. We talked about downsizing our > group and involvement. However the spirit of Burning Man lead us > to consider offering to step in and be available to coordinate the > group efforts. We worked for a few months planing how to do this. > Worked on a document to send to everyone offering to volunteer but > only if everyone was for it. However at the end of the year we > found that it was presumptuous for us to try and step in to fill > the void of leadership. We also wondered if going big was really > where everyone wanted to go. Is bigger better or is bigger the > reason we are at this juncture? > > After much discussion we decided to go the route of Solstice Grove > and Sustainable Road Show. Offer a home to about 30 people. > Smaller community kitchen, less trash, less shade structure, less > work. But to be next to the other groups, (we have yet to reach > out to these others groups to see if they are planing on coming to > the same spot.) As I came last year the idea seemed to be smaller > pods all next to each other. This may be the way to move forward. > Each group brings their own resources and shares the space and > vibe. Isn't this what happened last year? > > All we need is to reserve space, have an idea of what groups are > coming so we can set-up in such a way as too allow flow through the > camps and each be responsible for their own. > > Rob, Jeff and Joe - The Penski Truck guys >

Rob 2008-02-06T01:25:50Z