Holy crap Deb, do spend 23 hours a day on the web!!!!! :-)

Well, she kind of stole my thunder but here's a copy of the email I just sent to our alias. Absolutely fantastic and just what we requested!!! Check the email for the sorted spreadsheet that groups us by Address.

Jeff
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Great news! Got the below email earlier today and as requested we are placed on the 9 o'clock Plaza! The email has a link to the placements listed alphabetically but I've saved it in Excel, sorted by address, and included it in this email. You will see all the camps listed on the plaza in bold, "9:00 Plaza and x:xx". The "x:xx" is a reference to where we are placed on the circular plaza based on the reference of a clock. In other words, within the 9:00 plaza we are at the 5pm mark, or bottom right. AND, we are right next to the StarLush lounge! (spin off from Starlust lounge).

I'll send an email in later to verify we are on the grid.

Jeff


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Theme Camps Fellows,

As we hoped, we are getting your placement out to you early. Thanks
to everyone that answered our questions and made themselves available
to our team. We appreciate all of your cooperation. Please read the
information below before going to the URL. It will save you some
stress and us some email correspondence.

1. Welcome to the experiment! This is a brand new year with an
amazing new placement plan. It has been very exciting to have the
opportunity to utilize all of the new space available in Black Rock
City 2005. By studying the placement you will see that we have given
new dimensions of exploration to our participants. To do so we have
broken some of the unspoken conventions in placement; in order to
shift realities things have moved. Old timers remember - change is
good!

2. The map is final. It has gone to press. The new placement design
has created new opportunities that you may not have thought of yet.
We try very hard to please everyone and we read your questionnaires
carefully. If you are surprised by your placement please take time to
consider the new possibilities before you freak out. The esplanade
is going to have a run for its money this year! If you requested
esplanade and did not get it it may be because the value of what you
do would be better suited for these new spaces.

3. If you do freak out when you find out where you are located, take
a deep breath, study the blurbs on the web site of the other camps
near you and contact some of them. There is often a method to our
madness.

4. At Burning Man no one owns real estate. We create our city anew
every year to keep it fresh and vital. You will find that
like-minded camps and themes are placed together to create districts
and neighborhoods.

5. When looking at your space assignment the first street indicated
is your frontage. The second is the one you are nearest to or on the
corner of. Look at the dimensions (e.g. 50' x 100') to envision your
shape and size. The first number is the frontage of your camp. The
second number is the depth. These sizes are approximate! They are
not exact. Do not expect to come in with a measuring tape and find
the exact space. It may be a bit more or a bit less.

6. If you are placed in the inside of center camp or in a plaza there
will be an additional time (e.g. 9:45) associated with your location.
This time indicates your frontage on the circular space with 12:00
pointing to the Man.

7. If you see a (+) or a (-) your camp is an irregular shape with
additional space added to it or subtracted from it. Why? Because we
are mapping a circular city with a square grid and you guys have a
lot of odd-ball requests!

8. Some of you did not get the size space you requested. Some
requests were for the maximum allotment or for something way over
what seemed to be needed by what you described in your questionnaire.
This left us with the task of deciding a realistic space for you. We
only have the information you have provided us to work with. If your
map did not have dimensions we were left to guess. We carefully
reviewed how many people were listed in each camp and how much
additional "stuff" your questionnaire indicated you were bringing to
allocate your space.

9. Your address is NOT exact. It only gives you an approximate idea
of where you will be living. I know many of you hate this, but we
have to do this for two main reasons:

a.) We need you to allow us to place you. It is not as easy as it
seems to find your placement and understand the flagging system. We
hate to move you after you have already begun to set up.

b.) Placement will continue to change as people arrive and we need to
have some flexibility with your exact spot. When an unexpected
problem arises, like you have more people than you expected, we can
sometimes accommodate you without inconveniencing anyone else. We
gently shuffle this and that and that and this and can sometimes work
miracles without changing other addresses.

10. You will find a name listed with your street address and size.
This is the name of your placer. They will be available to assist you
pre-event and on the playa. Expect an email from them shortly. They
can answer questions, let you know if you are on a corner, etc., but
ask your questions of them SOON because we will be packing it up to
leave shortly! If you have no name associated with your camp please
contact us immediately at thememcamps@burningman.com.

Keep reading your theme camp announcements. The next few will be the
most important this year letting you know who has early arrivals, the
process for arriving in Black Rock City and key information about
being a placed camp.

Thanks everyone! It is going to be a great year, I promise!

Harley
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Here you go!

www.burningman.com/themecam...st_05.htm

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