Dear Campers,

Things are going along very well. I believe we
will get your placement out you early this year,
with any luck it will be this week, so stand by!

There are some old time camps that missed our
deadline for a bunch of reasons and will not be
listed on our map when you enter the city. We
encourage you to go to Playa Info in center camp
to look for them. They will be listed on the
Dynamic Board or in the Directory.

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Web Site Blurbs

Some of you have complained that your theme camp
blurb was not up on the web site. Please be
patient with our completely volunteer web crew.
They should all be up now, after working on the
weekend for you. There was a back log from last
minute submissions.

When you are looking, please remember that if you
used "The" to begin your camp name it may well be
under "T", The same goes for the word "Camp".


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Live Plants

Live plants die on the playa. Ask anyone that has
brought them. They always make a mess. In our
history no one has ever brought in plants, trees
or palm fronds without creating a M.O.O.P. (Mater
Out of Place) disaster. Every sight that has
used them in any quantity has cost the clean up
crew days and days of work post event.

There have been a couple of camps that have
successfully brought out sod, but they have been
few and far between. Thought we do not recommend
the use, there are some tried and true technics
to containing it that we are happy to discuss
with a phone call.

The Gate, Earth Guardians and DPW clean up crew
are highly sensitized to the issue and keep a
close eye out for anything that enters our city.
They will stop you at the gate or come and find
you. They have been know to incinerate projects
before they were even begun.

With respect to every ones reaction to more rules
we have not pressed the issue hard to the general
public. We have included language in the
Survival Guide and have chosen to take the softer
approach of talking to individuals and likely
groups, such as this one. We have had some bad
exceptions, due to extenuating circumstance, in
the past few years and are determined to end this
cycle.

Please support us in this effort. Help us keep
the clean up crew sane! Plastic plants work just
as well and look better with a quick watering.

Please leave your live plants behind,


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This is the final final official word on fire and your campŠŠŠ.

Fire and open flame within theme camps.

Everyone enjoys a camp fire to gather around or
the light of a tiki torch to guide them back to
camp at night but fire and open flame present a
unique set of challenges on the playa. Wind is an
ever-present aspect of the Black Rock desert and
must be taken into consideration. Winds can blow
sparks and embers out of fire barrels and blow
them across the open playa great distances until
they settle against something (tents, shade
structures, camping gear, art works, etc). Wind
is also a factor with tiki torches and taller
flame effects. Precautions should be taken to
prevent the wind from knocking them over and a
sufficient perimeter around them kept clear from
flammables. To help you prepare for and use open
flame or flame effects in you camp we have
created these guidelines to help keep you camp
safe and to protect the safety of participants
please read them thoroughly.

Please note that Burn Barrels are considered a
public work and shall be available for all to
enjoy.


Guidelines for open flame, burn barrels, Tiki torches etc within theme camps

1. No fire barrels or open flames shall be left
unattended. At least one camp member will be
designated fire tender and be within visual
distance at all times. If found unattended while
lit, open flames or burn barrels may be
extinguished and/or confiscated if there is
sufficient hazard.

2. If winds pick up, all open flames must be put
out immediately and burn barrels must be
extinguished if they begin to throw sparks.

3. Open flame above 10 feet tall shall be secured
from the wind and safety perimeter increased
appropriately to the hazard.

4. Open flames or burn barrels must be
extinguished at the request of any Ranger or
Emergency Services personnel.

5. A 20' area around the fire must be free of any
flammable materials such as cloth, paper, tents,
plastic, etc.

6. All liquid fuels must be kept at least 50'
away. Please check out the guidelines for the
storage of fuels at Burning man.

7. A supply of at lest 5 gallons of water and a
fire extinguisher must be kept on hand to
extinguish the fire in case due to high winds
(wind can blow embers and sparks a long distance
on the playa!) or other hazardous conditions.

8. Burn barrels shall be anchored to the playa
and constructed in a way that the burning surface
is at least 6" from the playa to prevent baking
or scaring of the playa surface.

9. A special note about starting fires with
Gasoline: Gasoline is a very dangerous fuel to
use to start fires because explosive vapors can
instantly build up as it is applied and as the
fire is lit it can flash and burn you!!

Guidelines for flame effects within theme camps.

1. No large scale flame effects using 40 or more
gallons of fuel or burning of large art
installations that when fully engulfed in flames
produce a tremendous amount of heat require a
Burn Shield Platform.

2. No pressurized liquid fuels are to be used within the camping area.

3. Flame effects shall be anchored to the playa
and constructed in a way that the burning surface
is at least 6" from the playa to prevent baking
or scaring of the playa surface

4. If winds pick up, all flame effects must be extinguished.

5. Flame effects above 10 feet tall shall be
secured from the wind and safety perimeter
increased appropriately.

6. Flame effects must be extinguished at the
request of any Ranger or Emergency Services
personnel.

7. If found unattended while lit, flame effects
may be extinguished and/or confiscated if there
is sufficient hazard.

8. A 20' zone around the flame effect must be
free of any flammable materials such as cloth,
paper, tents, plastic, etc

9. An appropriate safe perimeter will be
maintained at all times to prevent injury to
participants.
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10. No flame effect shall be left unattended. At
least one camp member will be designated fire
effect operator and be within visual distance at
all times.

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Material Culture

Once again we will be collecting your wonderful
playa gifts and theme camp memorabilia at the
ARTery in Center Camp - in between Media Mecca
and Arctica. Please drop off one or, even better,
two of each item and we'll place it in our
Material Culture box. If we're not present you
can simply leave it in the box.

Each item should be contained in a ziplock bag or
envelope with a Material Culture form. You can
pick up and fill out a form at the Artery(
they'll be in the Material Culture box) or you
can print one out now from our website:

www.burningman.com/pdf/prin...facts.pdf

and include it with your object. More info can be found here:

pa.burningman.com/index.cgi .

Be sure to check out our on-line archive:

pa.burningman.com/index.cgi .

To contribute images to it, follow the
instructions in the FAQ, on each page of the
archive.

The Art Department

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A re-post of our early arrival policy just incase you missed it!

Deliveries to Black Rock City

If your camp must receive a delivery from the
outside world on the playa you must clear it with
the gate crew and manage the process yourself.
You will need to meet the delivery at the gate
and escort them to your camp and back out of our
city again. A credit card will be required of
the driver before he is allowed to enter our
city. One ticket per passenger will be charged to
it. If the delivery vehicle leaves the city with
in four hours the charges will be reversed. Cash
will be accepted instead of a credit card. If
someone from your camp is not at the gate when
your delivery arrives they will be turned away.

We recommend you:
1. Prepare your delivery driver to ask for you at
the gate when he arrives. Give him as much
information as possible about what to expect upon
arrival.
2. Travel to the gate before your delivery is due
and introduce yourself to the Gate staff. Wait
for your driver.
3. Escort your delivery in and out.

The gate staff will LOVE you for this and so will your driver!

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Till next time!

Harley

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