... latest installment. More info on fires (Dan) .... they are allowed but need to be attended. No wood delivere though (but for the burn barrels?).

JW

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Dear Campsters,

Well, we are in the home stretch now. We can smell the playa. The
placers are getting ready to pull out, so get your questions in in
the next two weeks. Before you email them it is worth your while to
revisit the previous announcement to see if your questions have not
already been addressed. Most of what we are getting has been.

Some of you are still bring your placement issues directly to me.
Please take your questions to the placers. They have all of the
latest information and the authority to address anything that is
asked. My job is done and they are in charge.

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FIRE IN A TENT CITY!

So imagine this, it's 3:00 AM and you have just crawled into your
tent with your new friend. It is cold outside and you have pulled all
of the covers around you both as you drift off to sleep. Meanwhile,
outside in your theme camp, the fire in your burn barrel is still
burning away unattended. A windstorm suddenly consumes the city. As
you sleep the sleep of the unaware, sparks blow out of the burn
barrel in handfuls. The sparks tumble unhindered over the playa,
building up as they reach your tent. Moments later you wake to find
that your plastic tent is aflame and melting onto your flesh. Your
new friend runs from the tent burning and setting other flammable
materials in your camp ablaze before finally collapsing on the
Esplanade. Your whole camp is up like a torch in moments.

Seem unlikely? Well so is partying all night in a white whale as it
cruises at slow speeds across a desert!

Fire in theme camps is a very serious thing and while we are allowing
it this year we caution you to take care in the planning of any fire
in your camp. There must be someone who is responsible and present at
all times to monitor the fire and be prepared to completely
extinguish it if wind conditions kick up. At least 5 gallons of water
must be kept close for this purpose. A fire extinguisher must also be
present.

Part of the fun of Burning Man is gathering around a fire at night
meeting folks, sharing a story and enjoying the warmth. BUT we do not
need a fire in every camp. If you can do without it save yourself the
trouble and responsibility and gather around someone else's fire.
The ability of the Black Rock City emergency services to provide
fire suppression would be stretched to the breaking point if multiple
fires brook out in a severe windstorm in our tent city.

There are no fires allowed on the ground. An open flame (meaning not
completely covered) is only allowed if it is in a raised, secured
burn container. Please remember that any fires found unattended,
without water and fire extinguishers or burning in a unsafe manner
will be extinguished and confiscated as well as affect your camp's
status in the future.

Dave X
Fire Safety Manager
Burning Man

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WOOD

Wood needs to be brought in for any fires in camps. There has been
some wood provided to some camps in the past. Unfortunately, those
days are gone. Please bring any wood that you will need to burn in
your SAFE, SECURED, and MONITORED fires. We recommend you bring a
tarp to put the wood on so you don't send all day Monday on your
hands and knees picking up chips.

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MEDIA FRIENDLY CAMPS

This year we have news and documentary crews coming from all over the
world - from domestic newspapers of every ilk to documentary crews
from Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands,
and many more!

If your camp has an interesting story to tell, and would not mind
speaking with news crews, we would be happy to point them your way.
Just send a note to mediafriendly@burningman.com, and let us know
your name and location, and any special story you have to tell in
your camp. If you happen to have members who speak a second language,
it's great to have a place to send international crews for a native
tongue interview, so be sure to let us know!

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PROMOTE YOUR CAMP'S PARTICIPATION ON BMIR 94.5 FM

It's that time of the year, and BMIR 94.5 FM wants to publicize your
psyche-shattering event or theme camp on-air to the entire Black Rock
City community. But we don't want to announce it only once; we'd like
get it out over the radio waves repeatedly throughout the entire
week. So crank up that home studio, record those MP3 spots, and send
them to
bmir@burningman.com.

Be sure they arrive via email no later than Monday, August 22 to
guarantee they get on the air. Or, if necessary, drop by the station
during the week to hand deliver your hunka hunka burned CD into the
receptive and waiting hands of your friendly BMIR DJ. (We'll also be
open from noon to 5pm each day of the event if you'd like to come by
and record your announcement on site...)

BMIR: It's not just a radio station. It's a radio station programmed
by you, a bunch of radical, celebratory self-expressionists living in
the middle of one of North America's harshest environments for seven
days, creating the single greatest people-produced miracle ever to
grace the face of planet Earth.

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THE BLACK ROCK CITY TEMP AGENCY CAN HELP YOU!

The Black Rock City temp agency, located at feedback loop and amnesia
at center camp, will interview potential volunteers and send them to
camps looking for help. If your camp could use a few more hands,
please let us know how many people you would like, when you would
like them, for how long, and doing what---also, let us know if there
are skills you need and the address and theme of you camp. We will
try to provide "day labor" to needy Black Rock city projects and
camps. We will also provide volunteers with a website to use when
they leave Burning Man. The website provides a listing of
organizations near the volunteer's zip code so the spirit of
volunteerism will continue past the burn.

E-mail dino at fundino1@aol.com
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SUCCESSFUL SOD

Ron with Shady Asylum has generously offered to help out with tips on
how to lay and remove sod leaving no trace on the playa. He has a
track record (with Blue House) of success. Feel free to ask him any
questions by contacting him at corwin@televar.com.

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FROM THE BRCPO

Here is some information for people who want to send their friends or
enemies mail on the playa:

How to receive mail on the playa -

Send mail at the appropriate time (8/26 or 8/27) to:

Your Friend or Enemy
Camp Name
Camp Address
c/o BRCPO
Burning Man
Black Rock City, NV 89412

From our Postmistress, Sylvia, via the BRCPO list:

That's the Zip code for Gerlach. But to get a delivery onto the playa
and to the BRCPO, it has to be addressed "c/o BRCPO" and have a very
detailed description of the person it is intended for and suspected
camp location. (You can always do a "double-wrap" with the VERY
detailed specifics from being read by USPS officials on the inside--
as long as it is addressed "c/o BRCPO" on the outer package, the
volunteers at the BRCPO are authorized to open the outer wrap and
attempt a delivery.)

- Suggestion: Send mail to everyone you know on the playa - I'd
recommend mailing it within the US on 8/26 or 8/27.

- mail is picked up in Gerlach daily.

- We are still looking for quality employees/volunteers - get in
touch if you're looking for a good time/able to work
overtime/bringing more than one case of beer to the playa/are wearing
red today.

Nutmeg Alfredo - there is no team in Fuck U
BRCPO.com

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Thanks everyone. Stay tuned for more!

Harley

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Harley K. DuBois
Black Rock City LLC
Community Services and Playa Safety
415 865-3800, ext 103