If you were given $50,000 to spend on your Burning Man camp

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:26 pm

You would get to be the big shot at your camp for sure, and your camp would be $50,000 more awesome. Whatever amount of the $50,000 you do not spend on your camp will get rolled over toward the Dan Quayle National Library fund. Whatever you buy must be used for your camp for the 2011 Burning Man and can also be for subsequent Burning Man festivals. So, what sort of things would you buy to contribute to your camp?

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Post by **AntiM** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:25 am

I'm pretty happy with my low tech camp. So I'd fund a cool shady village hang out for the Town Round in Hushville, and commission art for the village from Hushers, and if anyone wanted to make and run a Hushville art car, I'd pay for that too. And I'd make sure we had the fabulous banners the village used to put up.
I'd fund showers and a kitchen for the village, maybe. They'd have to be elegant works of art in themselves, with plenty of eager hands to get them up and down. Only if a Head Kitchen Bitch and a Head Shower Boss would like to oversee them.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:46 am

I'd probably fly all my friends to Fiji and burn our own Man on the beach right there.

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:58 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:I'd probably fly all my friends to Fiji and burn our own Man on the beach right there.

That $50,000 goes straight to the Dan Quayle National Library.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:03 am

Would send it south to help out our Kiwi campmates and their families.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:48 am

+1. Start a camp at Kiwiburn (to keep it out of the hands of the DQNL) , and use it down under to help them out.

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:36 pm

I think to help New Zealand or anywhere else, you would have to put a comment on the official forms attached to the funds and ask Dan Quayle's office if they would divert the funds to your charity of choice. So far, his office has declined the offer to donate and have instead decided to use the funds for administration costs of the construction of the library.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:21 pm

Packoderm wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:I'd probably fly all my friends to Fiji and burn our own Man on the beach right there.
That $50,000 goes straight to the Dan Quayle National Library.

Mister Quayle would have to come out to the beach and personally take it from the children of Fiji.

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:45 pm

Ok, ok, fair enough, matching funds would be sent to the charity of your choice. For instance, if you feel you only need $20,000 in improvements to your camp, then $20,000 would go to the camp, $20,000 would go to your charity of choice, and the remaining $30,000 of the grant would go toward the Dan Quayle National Library. The more you trick out your camp, the better things would be for the people in need. The less you trick out your camp, the better it would be for the library instead of your desired charity. The monies that go toward any charities would be granted only after proof of camp improvements has been made and would be made payable after the closing of the Burning Man 2011 festival. I'm a dreamer not a lawyer.

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motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:46 pm

$1000 of this and $1000 for frame.

A bunch of this.

And

With

Bring your own cup!

Oh and

with fixings
Bring your own cup.
Something like this to transport it all and more year after year.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:35 pm

Shipping containers! Custom built with solar, sound and one kickass freezer for ice cream and pop sickles!

Probably invest some into our well-endowed mascots with something better than step-ladders to stage themselves.

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:32 am

If our camp was given $50,000, and I was in charge of how it was spent:

We really need a good strong dome to shade us and keep us out of the dust. I like the idea of this dome that can be climbed even with the cover on. It is hard to get prices on the bigger domes online, but with shopping, I'd surmise that a 60 foot diameter dome with a nice cover could be had for $30,000.

We'd need a buttload of solar panels, batteries, and several swamp coolers. $5,000 should do the trick.

That still gives up $15,000 to play with. To be continued.

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:07 pm

I would buy flight tickets and BM tickets to 15 of my friends who I would love to bring and who would deserve to have this experience, rent one RV, rent bus to get us and all we need on playa, buy shade structure, some tents, basic equipment, rent a space for year round so we can store this things untill next year. Buy food and drinks if some money are left.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:15 pm

Probably get a somewhat decent motorhome to take....as long as it is diesel powered.

Could any left overs go to the Ronald Reagan Library instead?

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:56 pm

$50,000 gratis:
A box truck like Reid Flemings, equipped with flip-down interior bench beds and a swamp cooler.
Load it up with PBR and other DPW necessities.
Attach a flame cannon on the roof, bring propane canisters (a fuckload)
A searchlight, exterior lighting and a assorted EL wire to make the truck night authorized.
A PA that singes hair.
A detachable observation deck on the roof, with microphones, speaker cabinets and jacks for amplified musical instruments if the mood hits anyone.
A neon sign on the sides that says"I don't care how stoned you are, no fucking babywipes in the potties."