Helpful link, ahoy! https://burningman.org/event/preparatio ... /weddings/

Can't imagine the size of facility we'd need to hold onto things indefinitely just in case someone remembered they lost something this many months later. It's already such a major project to attempt to reunite people with their stuff; at a certain point you have to move on to the future.

Aw thanks, Token. When I left I kind of turned off all my Burning Man news, and I have slowly been re-assimilating, so I've been lurking on the ePlaya for about six months now getting my bearings.

I'm around again, and although it's not in the scope of my new role personally, I can say that there are several staffers renewing interest in this forum and I think you'll see it get the love it deserves again. Trilo can surely tell you more from his perspective, but I've been pleased to see some r...

I know that STEP had to be turned off for the OMG sale since the two can't be live at the same time; it's coming back on Friday. And I do know that although I don't speak for ticketing, I have heard that all tickets have NOT yet shipped out of the building and it's not time to panic yet.

Thank you. It was fun to be out on the edge of the universe with neither generator nor radio.

Odd world out there at 9:30 and K. Chased off a couple of plug and play camp dropoffs, we did. We were totally NIMBY's about it.

In the storms sometime Sunday or Monday a huge purple pennant shaped flag with a gold dragon went flying past our camp at 9:30 and K. My husband and daughter ran for a block and caught it. Later, when the sun came out, they bungeed it on top of our shade structure to announce its location in case it...

*waving back at Cryptofish!* See, I'm still here, a little for now.

The organization's communications arm, anyway, is very careful not to call it a festival, which connotes the presence of ten dollar pizza stands and paid entertainment for many people around the world. We (they, now, I guess, though I'm still sort of helping out here and there) call it an event, an ...

I'm just dropping two cents in the bucket! And I've been on ePlaya since 2000 -- and since before it was in my job description -- so why would I leave now?

I don't know if it has been brought up or not, but the whole purpose of plonk as I see it is to quietly ignore someone. It seems in very poor taste to plonk someone (= ignore them for your own good) and then turn around and talk about them and make a big showing of how you've done so -- completely t...

Whoa. Just noticed you posted the Wild Things yesterday.
That's eerie, given that Maurice Sendak died this morning!

Ratty I love your thread!

In srsness: don't overthink it, and don't bring too much more than you need for the number of days you're there -- it's fun to have choices, but don't fret on this one too much. You won't want to deal with a lot of crap by the end of the week when it's time to pack up and go home anyway, and it wast...

Where the heck is Isotopia to set them straight?

The answer is ALL of them, of course.

*minus: feathers; sequins; those you can't bear to lose or ruin or dust-patina for life

YES we will. Stay tuned to JRS.

Thanks T! Don't worry, I'll be around, and there will be a great touchstone at HQ for you and the other mods. I hasten to add, I was voted Best Actress by the faculty of my high school. If I'm going to fall on a sword, you won't be mistaking it for the gentle sigh of a passing life era. The screams ...

Falling on a sword? I have nothing to fall for, sir. I am darn proud of my work here, including my contributions to making the best that could be made of a tough situation when we saw this ticket thing coming down the pike. I was part of the team that created the system, part of the team that commun...

dust

Uh-huh. Well, I expect some dust when I go, but if some pile of people in a big fan car drive up and blow dangerous quantities of it in my face, that's called assault.

...if you don't like 24/7 loudness, DON'T GO TO BURNING MAN!!!!!!! Here's what I read: Give me a break, if you don't like people running up and stabbing you in the ear , DON'T GO TO BURNING MAN!!!!! because that's what we are talking about. We're not asking for it to be quiet, but we're asking not ...

""people should be able to choose to be near large scale sound""

ding ding ding.

you guys earn special extra love for donating this year to these great organizations. thank you.

John Law has moved on from Burning Man. Larry does draw a salary, and serves as Executive Director of the BRC LLC. In addition to lectures and interviews, there is quite a bit of work involved in that. He has also helped to found the Black Rock Arts Foundation and now the Burning Man Project, a proc...

This sounds like a lot of fun! Just offering vocal support - i work full time during the event so can't help with execution but wanted to cheer you on!

It's not totally out of the realm of possibility - reservations do start to fill up annually around this time.

Try also Oakland, maybe San Jose yet?

I believe it might depend also on laws in your home state about who can be declared guardian. You definitely need a legal note from the parent assigning temporary guardianship. You also want to be sure you're really ready to say, act on the person's behalf in a medical emergency, or other issues of ...

I work for Burning Man and it's part of my job to care. Been an ePlayan since 2000, and care a lot about it.
...and I HAVE red hair, and am a stepchild to boot.

BRAF doesn't fund playa art. CORE is being discussed and hopefully will happen again!

The FULL information including precise shipping costs and date ranges for billing (they will be within a few days, not weeks, and until we've done it once we can only tell you it will be within that week, not precisely which day the cycle will be completed and run the charges) will be included in th...

...like 20 new board members?

The Burning Man Project is a separate organization and does not produce Burning Man. And, its new board members (11 of them, actually) are not paid.

http://www.burningmanproject.org