Survey Results
Vision Statement Questionnaire Results
And 1st Draft Vision Statement
for the
Pacific Northwest “Burner” LLC
Background: About three thousand people from the Pacific Northwestgo to Burning Man each year, and in the past several years these “burners” of the Northwest have developed into a thriving, year-round arts community. We see an increasing level of participation in collaborative art, theme camp fundraisers, cross-group socializing, and community wide events such as SeaCompression and Critical Mass. About a year ago members of the local community discussed engaging to the next level: intentionally self-organizing to foster the spirit of Burning Man at the regional level. In response, a preliminary planning committee was developed to discuss how to create a Pacific Northwest Limited Liability Corporation (PNWLLC) for burners, modeled after the Burning Man LLC but retaining the uniquely collaborative flavor of the Pacific Northwest. Up to this point, the planning committee has conducted one town hall meeting to introduce the idea of the PNW LLC and seek out feedback. For the next town hall meeting, the planning committee is further seeking out feedback and participation in a) developing a proposed vision statement, b) defining its constituency — who is a member of the PNWLLC?, c) developing recommendations for the role of a community-elected LLC board of directors, and d) drafting an operating agreement for the LLC. To learn more about the PNWLLC, go to http://www.pnwllcthingie.org/. To learn more about Northwest burners, go to http://www.burningmanseattle.com.
What do YOU think should be the mission of the Pacific Northwest burners’ limited liability corporation (PNWLLC)?
As we proceed in developing the PNWLLC, it is important for us all to define:
- what we believe should be the general vision and mission of the PNWLLC,
- what specific goals we hope to see the PNWLLC accomplish, and
- how we all might like to help the organization accomplish these goals as active participants.
As such, we developed a questionnaire to help us better understand what we all want out of the PNWLLC, and then create a guiding vision statement. An organization’s vision statement answers “why does this organization exist?”, “what will success look like?”, “If we are painting a picture of the ideal future, what will it look like, what are our expectations, aspirations, accomplishments?” A vision statement helps to orient the group’s energy and guide its actions.
We (the vision statement break out group) collated everyone’s responses, and then met to review them. Based on people’s responses and our following discussion, we developed proposed Vision and Mission Statements. See below, following the questionnaire results. The questionnaire results and proposed Vision and Mission Statements will be presented for discussion at the next town hall meeting.
Questionnaire Results
192 people responded to the questionnaire, 53.8 % male, 46.2 % female. The average age was 34.5, and participants had been to Burning Man average of 3.6 years. We recruited people to complete the questionnaire primarily via email through the bcwa and seattle-announce mailing lists, and by asking contacts for various groups to forward to their lists.
Most of people who responded consider themselves artists of some form or another, and were involved in a theme camp. Please see comments, Q5 and Q9 for specific responses. All of them had been to Buring Man at least once, and most intend to go again next year.
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We found that people seemed to most value the strong community aspect of local burning Man activities. See below. Most people who responded with “other” did so to indicate they preferred both the community AND the art.
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The majority of the people (70%) were at least somewhat involved in local, year round Burning Man community.
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When asked to evaluate various potential visions and goals for the PNWLLC, people tended to most highly rate those items that related to strengthening the alternative, burner-based community. On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 = least important and 7 = most important.
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After rating the importance of each item, people then went back and indicated which item they found most important.
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We asked people to provide any further comments about potential visions and goals. See comments Q13 for specific responses. Again we noted in our discussion the emphasis people were placing on community development. A lot of comments mention developing a communal space.
Once people reviewed potential visions and missions, they then rated a series of potential specific activities the PNWLLC could perform to help it achieve its goals. People rated organizing regional events as most important, then organizing workshops and exhibits.
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After rating the importance of each activity, people then went back and indicated which item they found most important.
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We asked people to provide any further comments about potential activities. See comments Q16 for specific responses. Again we noted in our discussion the emphasis people were placing on community development. A lot of comments mention developing a communal space.
We asked people to indicate how they would like to participate. A lot of people were interested in organizing and participating in workshops and events. See comments Q17. We get the sense that people are very interested in learning from each other, collaborating around projects and events, and sharing resources. The hope seems to be that the PNWLLC will help them to do so.
Other, final open-ended comments may be found in comments Q18.
In response to the questionnaire results, we drafted the following proposed vision and mission statement for the PNWLLC.
FIRST DRAFT VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE PNWLLC
Vision Statement
Foster the Burning Man culture of radical self-expression, participatory art, and sustainable community in the Pacific Northwest. Build a strong community in which like-minded people can find each other, exchange resources, educate each other, and develop collaborative relationships and projects. By sustainable community, we specifically mean a community in which people interact now and in the future; that meets the diverse needs of its members; is sensitive to both the social and physical environment in which it is embedded; and contributes to a higher quality of life. It is safe and inclusive, well-planned, built & run, and offers equality of opportunity and good services for all.
Mission
The [PNWLLC] is a Limited Liability Corporation that fosters radical self-expression, participatory art, and sustainable community through regional events, information sharing and education, community space, and so forth for the Burner-based community in the Pacific Northwest.
Achieved through:
- Organize regional events
- Provide opportunities for collaboration
- Art exhibition
- Socializing
- Fundraising for arts
- Organize workshops
- Arts
- Business and finance, grant writing
- Kid/family projects
- How to Burning Man
- Safety/health for burner related activities
- Organize art exhibits
- Offer organizational support for group and individual activities
- Sharing resources
- Insurance for events
- Permits and licensing
- Provide community space
- Workshops
- Meeting rooms
- Social hub
- Maintain information and communication resources: web site, newsletter, mailing lists
Comments
| Q5 | Q5) Do you consider yourself an artist? If so, what kind of art? (e.g., sculptor, DJ, fire performer): |
| Q5 | ???? |
| Q5 | a “diggsmix” of stuff. music, dj, bad paintings and stencilling, furniture design, leftist comics, arcade conversion, costumes |
| Q5 | Actor, camp organizer, builder, |
| Q5 | aspiring fire performer, painter |
| Q5 | Author, sculptor, illustrator, craftsman, guitarist, singer, songwriter |
| Q5 | bah |
| Q5 | carver |
| Q5 | chef |
| Q5 | Dancer |
| Q5 | Designer, performer |
| Q5 | Designer/Fine Woodworker |
| Q5 | Diorama artist, drummer, bassoonist, multi-media, sketching, paint, installations. |
| Q5 | DJ |
| Q5 | dj and light artist |
| Q5 | DJ, juggler, mixed media |
| Q5 | drawing, painting and construction |
| Q5 | eh, cacophonist |
| Q5 | Electro-Mechanical Kinetic Illuminations |
| Q5 | emcee/dj, hip hop |
| Q5 | Film |
| Q5 | film (photography and movie), art car maker, jewlery, costume, collage |
| Q5 | Fine Art (painting/drawing/writing) |
Bellydancing (not very good yet)
performer
writer
particpating and helping others create their art…
boat builder and artist. My artwork
is primarily in wood and paint.
What kind? Whatever turns them on.
consider myself an artist
write short plays and miscellaneous bits of entertaining prose.
didgeridoo, throat sing
Costume maker by night
you know my mom? Used to be a painter, now I feel like an experience artist.
is an art form, dancing with the music, creating synergy with the sound.
for this survey.
art.
intellectuality an art.
photography.
involved in very interactive theme camps (Magic Glasses for a long time;
Ubercarney (the roller coaster) since then.)
answered yes to this question. I have a few ideas of things that I would like
to make, but i need resources. thinking about dorkbot
living room
living room
draftsman (that’s a beer lover)
finder of objects that have been run over.
community organizer
bicycle
management with basic knowledge of lights, sound, and senic design)
designer
visual art, hard to call myself a performer.
welding and electricity), contact juggling,
operations kinda guy.
But I DJ and work on electric art sometimes.
mostly photography, some paint/found art
fine artist, musician, fire artist, art car artist.
dance
reactions.
but I also glue shit to cars (art car artist)
sometime sculptor, gluer of things to other things, writer, haiku tagger,
performance artist, cacaphonous fiend
- sculpure - theme camp
interface pieces.
polyethelene, and metal, sculptor, painter, party decorator, special events
co-ordinator.
also, visual artist and graphic artist
choreographer, costume artist, painter, many arts and crafts, drawing, tool
maker, wood worker
to pick a kind of art I would have to say… design.
mediums- currently- I get paid to write and I play music for free.
Drawing, Photography, Videography,
performance art
artists, installation arts, web site design, illustration
artist, costume
training)
kinetics and flame
woodconstruction, clay, paint and a few others.
allowed to touch), 2-d visuals, life
sculptor
manipulator
performance artist
welder/sculptor/photographer
musician, fire dancing, painting, writing… most things actually
Costume Designer.
I am an actress,design clothing and am a burlesque dancer
Photographer.
Sculpture.
photographer - but I like to conceptualize, make stuff, decorate places and
create costumes (to mention oil painting and sewing.)
weak force that holds everything together, mcguyver.
performance, humor.
organizer, designer.
display
Maker, Photographer, Painter, Boatbuilder.
media and performance art with bullwips.
theatre and film artist
art projects, or other related Burning Man activities have you participated
in over the past several years?
Rangers
2001: Camp Bhutan, Martini Dome, Rangers
2002:No affiliations/major projects
2003: Flight to Mars, Rangers
2004: Flight to Mars, Rangers
vice president of the fan club
SV, SeaComp, CM,
Seacompression 2003 and 2004. Critical Mass 2004. Various Space Virgin
parties and fundraisers. Will be attending B.C. Recompression in a couple of
weeks. Really wanted to go to Burning Man this year, but a family committment
is getting in the way.
Eleusis
Rainforest Refugees
Flight2Mars
Temple of Joy
Area 47
SeaMonkey Lounge/Alien Monkey Love Nest
sea-compressions/Critcal mass
Spacial Deleivery
Control, the Dead Letter Truck, Quixotic Windmills
camps
Mars.
the Sky, Z Arc, The Airflo Shade Structure, The Nova System Progect, and The
Observerrory.
fight club, construction of the temple of honor
Birdz - o - Bliss
Acrobatics
Center camp
Seamonkeys
Alien Monkey Love Nest
greeter training, rangers, Arctica, lamplighters, conclave, dpw, The Worm
Fremont
Rancho Relaxo
P.U.N.
eVille my first year.)
‘03, ‘04, solo playa art piece ‘02, Leopard Martini Lounge camper all three
years.
Rangers, Greeters
Hushville.
Making stuff blink and flash in Hushville, on the Peterman’s bike-car, and
promoting good karma with solar powered prayer wheels.
Space Virgins
Spheres of transformation installation
art projects
(rocks!)
Seacompression
Potsal Service
Dead Letter
kaotic (fire troupe)
Spacevirgins, Area 47, Fire-Pod, all the recomps and decomps in seattle and
vancouver
Inferior Music Project (IMP), Flight to Mars, F2Mars Rover, various theme
camp fundraising
with various theme camps, led one for a couple years, helped out at others,
ice camp, greeting etc.
Island, Johnny & the Playa Cruizers, other, Recompression, fund raisers
Arson Island, Oregon Country Fair, Cirque de Flambe, Burning Earth, Fire
Conclave
Mez/Eville/Comfort
Groovig
Costuming
Delivery
Comfort 2004.
shows
Best Temple
Earth Burners Camp (glass studio on the playa)2004
Rainforest Refugee Camp 2003
Resort, AIRFLO, Alien monkey love nest, and camp diem
Seacompression, Comfort, church of Mez, cirque de flambe, wigs and skirts,
too many party’s to remember (they all mesh together after a while), Fremont
Arts Council, Santarchy, Brides of March, Mythological Ball, Oracle
Gatherings, Dane Ballard parties, Dan McCombs parties, Tiberio’s parties, The
Seattle Glass Blowing Studio parties, Sydney Gannett’s parties, Winter Feast,
Cirque de Flambe (I love it all)
Orange(participated), Space Virgins (fundraisers), Alien Monkey Love Nest,
Dr. Lizard, Area 47, Flight to Mars, GSpot, Brane - interacted with so many
communities!!! Xanadu, etc…
py-rot-island, yet to find a group here in seattle since the move
(this year), Seacompression planning/bartending, PNWllc town hall
meeting
Comfort, BRC Animal Control
Alien Monkey Love Nest (camp), Seacompression
Santacon, Orange
Resort
City Animal Control
Temple; Center Cafe; etc (DPW Rigging Crew)
Conclave
(03&04), kaos kids(04), fire conclave(02-04), bluehouse temple (03)
with other friends projects……….
de los Muertos, PROMiscuity, Spaceball, Firepod
Cruizers Chassis Lube and Body Shop, Black Rock City Post Office, Black Rock
Rangers, Exodus, Greeters, Lamp Lighters, Earth Guardians, David Best
volunteer coordinator, Black Rock City Airport gate.
last theme camp I participated in but usually do my own simple projects.
displays, just about every friggin party - um I mean community building
event.
Trading Outlet, BRCAC, Xanadu, Seventh Seat
related stuff.
planner
Hodge Podge of volunteering for regional events.
Helped build the Man in ‘03
project miss direction
Playa Chicken activities (ticket scholarship, photo booth, chicken journal),
and assorted theme camps
ventures.
Virgins for 4 years, along with Jiffy Lube
and lower their tower last year. i
also worked a shift in the cafe. this
year i am thinking about operating a lemonade stand/kissing booth.
year, just with my boyfriend. At last year’s BMan I camped with a small group
of friends, not registered as a theme camp, just general participants. And of
course I went on the Critical Tits ride and after-party last year. WOO!!
active member of the Seattle Burner Community.
antics of Audacity Camp (7:30-Ridiculous and Dogma)
See us in tuesday’s piss clear of that year.
Blinking Lights, HappyLand, Cyberbuss, Space Virgins, Radio Free Burning Man
Camp Somewhere Else
Cruizers
Rangers
Exodus
Regional Events
Local Events
and Camp Wabi
Flight to Mars
village, flaming lotus girls, a few others who dont want me associated.
gyrosphere
performance
lake city)
Elusys, P.U.N., Wet Rock City Firelfys, Radiant heat, Orange Camp, Johnny and
the Playa Cruizers, Dusty the Wonder Horse, Fallopia, Xara, Blobby
years, Spheres of Transformation performance, Burning Earth performance
Resort, Oregon Country Fair, Pyrosutra
Services, Greeters, Spheres of Transformation
Off Playa: Medical Ranger, planner,
Visuals for parties, photography, etc etc etc
camp, Emomen,
jpc
Ranger training
information volunteer, Hushville inhabitant. Produced a short play on the
playa.
Seacompression
CRTV DSTRCTN preformance
Valentines Massacre Ball; Noche party; Flight to Mars ‘04, Seacompression ‘04
tent 5 years
Tiki Bar (bartender/bouncer) 2 years
services, DPW
kidsville, eVille, Bluehouse, Critical Mass, the lower level thingie, de and
seacompression, whatever this pnwllc thingie is. And lots of parties.
foozeball table). Founded Black Rock
City Animal Control. Comfort
Camp. Build the DogDish/GravityBowl
(www.gravitybowl.com)
camp comfort
camp kaotica
oracle gatherings
lake brown-sun
camp comfort
camp kaotica
oracle gatherings
lake brown-sun
fundraisers — NW Fire Conclave meetings
2003; I made art with food! Oink Oink. Various other events throughout the
year to be ended with Critial Mass in 04, where I was promplty shipped to
afghanistan for 305 days + training time.
Decompression, eschelon, Critical Mass, Johnny and the playacruizers
decompression
Parthenon
Cloud Car Camp
Burning Man Parties.
Continuum
Area 47
organized bars for SeaCompression and many other events in the region, and
have been working on the PNWLLC planning committee.
pod, storm dragon. lot of
organizing. going to meetings etc.
Burning Jugglers, etc.
Temple of tears/temple of honnor/AMLN Talent show
California camps last year (Blue Light district, Newts bar, Gufee Empire)
camp this year- Zu.
Burning Man itself.
virgins, acid caberat, mez, the brane, the novatron lounge
playa: Flight2Mars, Bluehouse, Temple Whore, Area 47
Phoenix Fest & Critical Mass staff member
Worked on large scale art projects like the gyrospheres (03) and the solar
system (04)
couple of those.
and now Pinky’s
airid (theme camps) ; lightwave, ganymede’s wish, congruence (art)
Carnie
sooo…. BUT when I lived in Reno I used to roll with Control Burn - Fire
preformance. Mostly saftey stuff but
I have technically spun about a stick on fire — on pourpose even.
participated in any regional art, but am working on an art piece of my own
for this year. I attended the Seattle
“Newbee” picnic last year and it was great!
loosely with various camps, solo some years…
cosmonuts)
Center Camp cafe
year.
The Brane
Inner Circle of Fire
Burning Earth
Gyrosphere
like to see the PNWLLC adopt? How important are these goals,
relative to the others above?
and with an approved governing body we could know where to ask for, well, anything knowing the community is behind that bodys voice and not have to waste time soliciting from the whole fucking seattle area bm peoples, one stop queries.
and wouldn’t it be nice to assume a solidarity such that larger more meneacing objectives, e.g. the world falling into anarchy, would be more managable with a practiced small scale orginized government capable of quick communication, desision and delegation? you know what i mean. right?
with access to all…oops, i see it below, but not as a goal
2) Educate and lead by example: ethical and sustainable (operationally and
environmentally) approaches to organization, art and bman itself
Transparency 4.) Project Goal Consensus 5.) End of Year Review and Statement
events of 1,000 - 10,000 attendee’s
IE water Sewer facilities
be utilized by the whole community for meetings, doing art, a place to do
fire and possibly include a coffee shop
sources. Some organizations are really good at self-funding, some are less
effective, and individuals often have no funding whatsoever for very good
art.
Burners could isolate themselves from legal risks associated with various
project: e.g. art, performance, events.
This goal is rated a 6 in relation to the above mentioned goals.
the warning that sexual or violence acts or incidents can occur at Burning
Man on the brochure and web site.
all walks of life. I see too often
among BM collectives, a like mindedness and nonacceptance of others that are
“different”.
after the end of the oil age
find assistance, e.g. rides, for those who don’t drive, stories, survival
advice.
city for a community center where we can teach classes, hold workshops, and
stage events.
Support CSA - community supported agriculture. Work with orgs like
balleseattle.org to make local economies real! Bring the self reliance aspect
of burning man to the real world - we can have a gift economy because we all
work really hard to create what we create - you can’t have a gift economy in
a population of narcatized TV watchers who make no art and contribute nothing
to the community. More biodeisel! More sustainability! I can help with the
health care part…let’s put a dent in the man. Let’s take over city council
in 2007.
sense of cooperation, honor, integrigy, responibility, and trust. The one thing the community seems to lack,
from my perspective, it the broader vision of cooperation within the community. Too many folks are self-interested and
self-motivated with little vision of the greater good. The LLC should lead by example in this
area stressing a sense of fairness to ALL not just those with the loudest
voices or the greatest self-percieved sense of power.
events
these things to happen - 6
answer choices
structure that is free (as much as possible) of internal politics, cliquish
behavior, and group or personal self-promotion for the sake of empire
building.
event)
radical sustainability and regional self-sufficiency. Teaching and learning about how the people
of this region can support themselves through sustainable practices.
self-sustainability
self-reliance (as it translates to the default world, sustainability) in the
community at large
attractive to me. It is important
that we help those who enrich our communities through artistic means enrich
their own lives as well. Especially
since city and goverment funding is primarily nonexistant. Artists make better art when they are not
hungry!
value by generating opportunities for people to participate in and support
the creation of Art. Move beyond the temporary installations and establish
enduring Art in the local community that helps to both build community and
support the Arts.
other, trust each other.
achieve a collaborative effort, the collaborators must all be working towards
a common effort. One way to achieve
that is to be as varied as possible in the scope of your services and
mission. In otherwords, provide
resources for EACH member of the community to not only help with a collective
project, but to also be able to envision and bring to fruition a project of
their own leading, either solo or with othe rmembers of the community.
This helps the organization remain flexible and generous without being stuck
to a specific “mission” or “goal” that might not agree with the entire
constituency of collaborators…you dig?
I guess it’s a type of organizational structure, rather than a goal, per
se. I spent eight years with a
collaboratively based theater company, and witnessed alot of tension within
problems just like these: trying to determine what the organization should do
and who’s art would come first. Being
a resource-oriented organization allows for similarly minded people to work
towards the same ends using different means, or different ends using the same
means, or the converse.
Sorry to ramble, but it’s a subject I care alot about. I’d love to share some of this info with
y’all more in depth if you’d care for more in depth imput.
Thanks for asking,
bradley mcdevitt
guys haven’t covered above already.
listed above can happen in and effective and lasting way unless goal d: to
make the PNW community stronger and more active happens first.
for artists and other community-builders to find each other and share ideas,
resources, etc. is a first step towards all of the other goals.
I also think it’s happening organically,
but could probably use some steering at this point. Parties are great, but
what ELSE do people want to be working on?
It would be exciting to see more BM-like gifts in PNW at large.
would like to see the goal be more on the giving side (from us to other
communities), than on the consuming side (geting money to fund out own
personal ideas and plans).
help move vancouver along in getting to where seattle is in its community. I
know that our community here is expanding, but we need help.
the people who care and contribute to all of the Burning Man efforts, should
be a priority. If the people’s needs for things, like Health Insurance, are
made available for the members, the overall participation becomes real. I
resent the accusation that all we do for ourselves and others is Party.
organize retreats and learning opportunities of an extremely diverse nature.
Big parties, small workshops, beach barbeques.
Keep the concept original.
helps the people in the community to have personal growth. COmmunity outreach
to the schools in the area would be nice. I’d like to see more involvement
for teens and non drinking events. Like picnics and kite flying
We live in this area and yet doing anything that is outside of the party
scene is hard to have enough of a turn out that is it worth doing it.
If we had a building that we could have:
workshops/art spaces (reasonable rental)
some storage for large theme camps (money coming in)
a cafe that is open late or 24/7 and serves no hard liquor could be staffed
by burners
Get a wherehouse and convert it into
storage/cafe/art spaces/classrooms and apartments/hostel.
That is what I suggest.
environment and efficient use of resources we could look at a freecycle/swap
meet type activity for sharing/recycling playa gak and art supplies.
least as far as my 30 seconds of thought can see.
the goals outlined above: ultimately *sustaining* our ongoing creative
expression as a community. I honestly think that what we do, using art as an
overt social experiment, is the most important movement in contemporary fine
art. The world doesn’t realize it now, and I don’t care if they ever realize
it. (Nevertheless, we should all apply for art fellowships in Europe…) We
are inventing the cutting edge of modern art, and as long as we take care of
each other like a family, we’re going to be alright.
need and LLC to do this?
less inclusivity about the Burning Man. More involvement with local
government, ie run a city council candidate
quality art. Women need to feel
comfortable instead of being barraged by disrespectful horndogs disguised as
burner community.
great and good, but we are engaged in an unjust war and the burner
“community” is completely irellevant’ or worse,
if its primary goal is basically to just
have a good time. Get it?
a regional festival
legislative initiatives
partying :), we all love booze and fun fun but seattle needs more of the art
in its year round events…like sea compression…
just in or around Seattle)
only comment is regarding :
“(e) Encourage Burning Man styles of art.”
yes”> I see little reason to limit things to
“Burning Man styles of art.”
deprived (I couldn’t believe how many people had never ever HEARD of
sea-compression - ect!)
hostel space for roving burners, maybe gardening space as time goes on
folks realize that there are kids who are part of this community.
one long answer to both questions
important… like Toast, Bitf, and other regional burns, it is the main thing
that brings the local burner community together.
SeaCompression and Critical Mass:ive should be high on the list.
local burn events, open, advertised to, and WELCOMING of the General
Public. Visible force at events like
Folklike festival, arts festivals, etc to change the public concept that it’s
a dirtyhippiedrugfuckfestshowmeyourtits.
I think with understanding comes the ability to become a stronger
presence in our local community, not just to burners, but to everyone else
who lives here.
ages, including those under 21!
accounting. Extremely important.
sustainble ways of living on this planet in community.
-BM Camps
-BM Arts
-Political Action
-Interactive festivities
to help employ, fund and further the community (drink)
property. Very.
complete.
reason to exist. I still say the PNWLLC is the cart before the horse. Who
ever heard of forming an LLC THEN trying to figure out what its for?
“government” that can get the job done.
small tropical island for us all to decomress on.
world through the exercise of communal effort; i.e. voting with our wallets,
endorsing/condeming civic decisions, getting burners elected to school
boards.
Name it Blaze?
would you like to see the PNWLLC perform? How important are these activities,
relative to the others above?
Burners and others to gather in a pleasant “Center Camp” like
space.
and other burners so that we can all get involved to the level we want (which
for me is “more than I am now”).
This might already exist, I’m also lazy at times.
lot of ground here. Can we do ALL these things?
current geopolitical context. Anything at all.
Public impromtu street performance
venues and oportunities for the BM comunity to come together and for artists
to display and perform their art.
ideas/projects/businesses etc that share the same values as burners do.
I believe that building community and
sharing in community is the most important thing burners can do the
other 51 weeks of the year.
parties events and shows, and the legal foot to hire the venue, etc
a practical application of the LLC I’ve heard suggested. The rest is just a
new way to look at welfare for artists.
cityrepair, random acts of generosity
VERY important for day use gathering, all ages, appropriate. Internet access
, both wireless and stations to use in the place
version of Burningman with water effects and art.
yes”> Seriously.
jobshare/barter/gift services for the larger community to use.
In general I feel the biggest gift Burning
Man has to offer is that of the service of gifting.
Whatever it may be, material, emotional, conversational, it
fosters more committment to function and service. That means more gets done
and people are generally happier.
That, to quote the Dali Lama, can only be good.
equipment for artists - such as a PA system, lighting, or a 3 ton metal
press.
art grants = low overhead. I don’t
know enough about the wage and insurance items to be able to rate them
successfully. They are important
issues — but I don’t know how pervasive the need is, or, what PNWLLC could
do to help meet those needs. Could
you educate the community about these topics so we could help you make better
decisions/choices?
practices
nurture Burner values in the Northwest where we live. Grow beyond Burningman
while maintaining the roots and essential spirit of the event. Bring the
playa off-playa
together, throw parties in, have workshops there meet, and perform in, WOW!
reclamation projects, wherein we purchase, replant, and party in, woods for
the next thirty years. Each tribe = one forest. A new kind of network for a
post-apocalyptic society.
opportunity is to light a fire under people’s ass to commit to collaborative
projects and use our collective power and abilities to scale up what we are
capable of acheiving. Artistically,
politically, socially. I think sharing tools, workspace, and knowledge will
get us there. You can’t tell people what to care about, but you can point
them towards a group of 20 others who are passionate about the same
thing.
I know I said that we shouldn’t focus on money, but I think one service
would could work on is helping artists learn more about how to manage thier
work/money issues to be able to focus more on their art. Some of that could
be grant-writing education, career counselling specifically for burners, info
on small business loans and how to erase credit debt, etc. I don’t know
exactly what everyone needs, but that would be a good balance to workshops
like Welding, Fire-spinning, Building a Viable Structure, Proper use of Power
Tools, etc.
the gift economy concept to the general public and reaching out to the
general non-burner public with workshops absolutely repulsive.
insurance that would be amazing!
Project in Seattle. Providing
classes, silk screening, music. Involving people of all ages with good
programming, but not too large
foster a burning man community and help develop and strengthen the community
to do it’s own activities than to provide the space for it to happen. I’m all
about keeping it simple and straighforward and not getting too complex.
best is really take back our local economy and local politics - we are
survivors and organizers. We have charisma and personal power. We can show
others in the community how to be vibrant and alive by turning off the TV,
being with amazing friends, making art - building community throguh art
projects. We can show people how to take back their world from the hands of
the deadening and mind-numbing corporations. We can eventually organize
enough mass and secede with Western Oregon, Northern CA and Vancouver BC -
the united state of burner! OK, so that’s a ways out; something to shoot for!
Don’t worry about an online directory - we use tribe.net for that.
of random ‘gift economy’ events in the local area - my favorite idea is to
target a neighborhood for a “litter-pick-up/scavenger hunt”. Little
events that exhibit BM ideas and engage the community while providing a
valuable service. This would be more important to me than any other item
listed above.
based economic model that would incompace health care, child care,
primary(home school resorces)and secondary education (high school
equivelency, and college ), job training/placement, self defence, and
housing. With as many services as possable provided within the community it’s
self.
activities, but think the art is lame.
Also, as a
woman I feel nervous about having my picture taken in “burner”
clothes (or naked) and being put online.
Once I saw naked pics online of people from Seacompression I decided I
would never attend. It’s one thing to
be comfy, another to be exploited by so-called fellow community members!!
for Burners who sell their art. Not
just an exhibition but an ongoing market. Whether it’s jewelry, sculptures,
paintings, clothing, fire tools, as long as it’s something they create.
I’d like to support and encourage that so
we buy products from other Burners and help support our community.
This market place
could be virtual, or physical.
A once a month bring your whares or a
website they could display it in.
develop a physical community center supported by membership and usage
fees
studio/work/rehearsal space for art and performance, spaces for short and
long use contracts for groups pulling a one time playa experiment, and for
living groups requiring space throughout the year
building workshop spaces (e.g. wood shop, metal shop)
classes and workshops for our community, and the community we live in
large project
storage
spaces for short and long use contracts for groups pulling a one time playa
experiment, and living groups requiring space throughout the year
theater, amphitheater, gallery, sculpture garden
on a large lot, with a fence for outdoor building, testing and performance
perform a handstand. While wearing a
kilt.
Some items above I said “not
important” to not because I think they are not important, but because
they already happening aside from the LLC.
can communicate their plans for parties and ideas
performers can use to perform-display their work, for proffit. This allows
artists to reinvest and create better work.
budget for too long, but it seems like we should proceed very, very
cautiously about things like medical insurance and salaries, with very
detailed advice from experienced people. You probably already know
this.
Anyway, I like the idea of the PNWLLC providing a support
network for all the independent art projects around the area, for people to
make connections and learn how to make their ideas happen. However, I also
think the PNWLLC can have a profound influence on experimenting with a new
and distinct art movement. Perhaps there should be annual
“curators” of the LLC who mainly spark inspiration among other
artists, and help support their efforts.
activities that those under 21 can participate in. More family-oriented
activities, and stuff for kids and teens.
no Burning Man “ghetto”
can we get to know one another better and generate ideas that stick for
further growth and development. at these regional events, there should be
events/ camps that are designed to organize folks for building/ organzing some
of these other goals–like creating/ purchasing a performance/ exhibition
space for burner artists.
events. Very important (to us)
intentional living, random acts of kindness, etc. it is very important to
show others alternate life forms.
for buying food/art supplies/insurance/whatever at better rates
social activities.
teach teenagers collaboration.
get grants.
assistance to those on need in our community.
class
odd numbers people, force chioces
groups/events/organizations/etc that share Burning Man ideals of radical self
expression, radical self-reliance, and/or gifting.
Build a stronger extended community that shares these ideals.
those with the time to take on mentoring someone in a specific field or in
general burn know-how can share their knowledge. more one-on-one than a
workshop, more like an apprentice model. grow skills within the community (like
a tribe/village). Having resources like this is really important, especially
as a way to reach out to younger members of the community.
acting as a community center in that there is a space, either physical or
virtual, to post and communicate with with a group at large where it is
anticipated one could canvas, solicite, or otherwise find persons interestred
in your same activitys.
it just seems that if there is such
dedication and involment within a community it would behove that group to
work together in an orginized fashion so that every individual can contribute
their personal best parts without needing to work through their personal weak
point to acheive anything. how many
awesome projects fail or never even get started because sombody didn’t want
to write up a proposal or didn’t know how to buget adequetly?
with such a varied resouose as this local
bm community, so many possible combinations of of people and thier
skills…… whatever, this questionare would be a weak point for what i have
to offer.
choose from. So many of those seem
important and what a local PNWLLC should do.
think would be cool but they are not imho within the scope of the pnwllc.
GEESSSHHH!!!
subsudize event tickets. — maybe
some fundraising to give scholarship/reduced tickets to those who can prove
extreme finacial/emotional need and contribution to the burn community/ideals
limited number of Events. It would be good to represent the local LLC at BM
in 05 with some thing physical.
involved? What specifically would you
like to do, and what are you good at doing that might be a valuable skill to
offer?
2 be an “official photographer” for
parties, fundraisers, etc.
novel. I do all of the above, and
will continue to do so.
from the playa this year, I’ll continue organizing bi-monthly costume parties
that are attended by numerous burners, and try to promote them to the PNW
burner community as an opportunity for community building and radical self-expression.
I’ll also support local events like WASH,
which brings a Burning Man-esque event to our own state each year.
I’d offer my own time for any data analysis work that needs to be done — my
professional expertise. Advanced
Excel & Access, and basic SQL, primarily.
I’d also love to attend any workshops offered covering stilt-walking, any
costuming topics, and topics related to building structure to live out on the
playa (shade structures, evaporation pools, showers, cooking, etc.).
I have done toys at Mutant Toys
with bookkeeping
experiences at a How To BM workshop
read email updates, offer services
when appropriate. Since I am a web
designer, I might be able to help with some of the internet site functions.
workshops
maybe teaching
maybe publicity
organizing that can be done from home
building things. I want to build a viking long boat to sail around the ether
with. now how to do I find other people who want to help?
burner activites. Participate.
on other time commitments that I have. I would like to paticpate by possibily
organizing workshops, taking notes at meetings, project management. Currently
I’m finishing my MBA in sustainable business and planning a camp..
Sustainabilaville for burning man (our first camp) But keeping the community
and values of the BM community alive at home is really important to me.
production assistant or general other volunteer help
involved I’m apparently not cool enough so screw it.
attendee side. I wouldn’t want regularly active role in the org
events and try to fill in any holes as my abilities suggest and time permits
organize a workshop
go to a regional event
help organize an event
workshop, or organize a workshop, go to regional events, or help organize an
event,help out with the organization’s infrastructure EDUCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE
PRACTICES
fundraisers. could do a workshop on
how to do collaboration, or how to do a theme camp.
gallery, can provide gallery space.
am a bartender who loves the last shift.
I think that is my strong point. When working with SV a couple years
ago, I was always on the last shift and loved it and was able to close down a
bar and maximize the cleaning before joining the party.
and worker- timely and very responsible.
I am involved heavily in 2 other festivals through the Summer,
however, so I couldn’t have a large involvement.
But I would be interested in helping with planning of certain
events- such as seacompression, or other related burn events.
I am also a fire performer, and am
artistic director of my own fire troop, so we could perform at any of these
events. I would also like to
collaborate with BM in my own festival- a non-profit festival we started last
year, called The Wash Festival, if there was interest in this from the BM
community.
especially handling finances, making big decisions, organizing people,
delegating, giving direction and vision, and I am writing a community housing
grant right now. We are all involved with so many communities each (I am
seriously involved in at least 25 communities, glancingly involved in many
more) that we have the power and the reach to draw from the larger community.
We can get the resources we need if we have focus and direction. We need to
have enough discussion to decide what we really want, then do it. I’d like to
take over the political system in Seattle and make Seattle an example to the
rest of the country of what a seriously committed group of amazing
individuals can do when they cooperate to make a goal happen. I am good at
being in the trenches, and I am a good voice and executive. Organizing
subject-matter task forces; videography; fundraising; grant writing are some
of the skills I offer. I have many more. Just don’t make me take notes!
am now in Mexico, though very connected to Seattle burning man folks. So I
cant’ do much now for folks there.
discussion of what specific steps an arts community can take to work,
struggle and strive for global justice and peace.
workshops for sculpting, life casting, EL and LED lighting, etc.
workshop. Nothing consistent because
we live in Mukilteo, and have 2 kids.
newsletter.
newsletter. I could work on
production levels of events.
building skills. I do not yet know
what might be useful to you yet, but I will try to get more involved.
burningman community, find it stagnant and would not choose to get involved
with the PNWLLC.
write copy, run/work in a bar/coffeeshop
mass,but I would be interested in
other similar events. i would be willing to volunteer my skills as a
carpenter,designer,inventor
fire performing. Work with ideas for future social gatherings. I can help
with bars.
will help with celebrations, but I’d like to work on more focused events that
are somewhat challenging to people’s normal frame of reference, but still
interesting and inviting. Large scale, interactive pieces. I would also like
to help organize educational programs for both Burners and non-burners. Sort
of a rotating program with different instructors and locations depending on
subject. Would like to work on newsletter and other communications.
live in Spokane and it seems the HUB of BM activities is in the Seattle area,
I have a 8 to 5 job so my participation would be limited unless you brought
some activities to the Spokane area. I would participate in any way I could,
I’m good at organizing, bookeeping, note taking, group planning etc.
bringing people together.
call an artist but I do have skills that I would like to pass on
wire and sequencing of same would be interesting…
If task forces were required, I might be able to help out with organization
or meeting minutes, etc…
shoes.
workshops and maybe go to some fundraising events.
would be interested in going to workshops as well as regional events.
I have many connections to the film and
theatre world, as well as having skills in both of those areas.
I’d be interested in helping run artistic
events (live performances, gallery openings, etc).
I really love the idea of the LLC having a physical space to
call home and would definitely be into helping make that happen (ie help find
/ remodel / paint the space or help it run once it was found)…
establish the mission of this organization and determing how to best
implement said mission. I know there is a good deal of discussion around
creating the org, but it needs a much clearer sense of purpose as to why it
ought to exist so that it can create a measure of accountability for itself
once it actually achieves an implementation phase. This is big, new,
important, and likely to be time-consuming and expensive. Cost in terms of
both dollars and hours need to controlled and effectively distributed if this
is also to become sustainable and enduring.
workshops (we live out here in the sticks..!!) and would be interested in
helping to organize some local (in my area) events (Port Townsend / Olympic
Peninsula). I would be happy to share
my skills in working with ultralite lashed wood and fabric forms (I build
skin on frame kayaks).
workshops that interest me, and utilize network resources.
I would attend and perform at regional
events and possibly assist with event planning.
I would organize a poi workshop.
I would write and edit newsletters and correspondence and
possibly help with administrative duties.
When you have a community space I’ll volunteer to help staff and
maintain it.
workshops and teach workshops and organize workshops on the things I know
something about (running a small business as an artist: book keeping,
marketing, etc. for example); 2. attend regional events and participate in
the event; 3. contribute to the infrastructure; 4. help conceptualize an
event or decorations for an event and lead a group in creating the
decorations, etc.
workshops to learn how to create costumes on my own.
other artists and work on collabortive pieces/projects
on building/welding/contructing etc.
events and be happy and spread my sunshine to everyone I meet.
would like to help with even planning– critical mass, perhaps.
I’d also like to participate in art
projects, planning, etc. etc. Right
now we’re pretty busy time-commitment wise, but I think when things slow
down, I would like to again become more active.
Skills? SHmills!!
I can cook, make movies, and am pretty
good at planning and executing. And I
am good at taking orders (ask Jen*).
events.
would like to volunteer to help organize (I couldn’t feasabliy head much at
this point) — I have strong comupter/multi tasking organizational/networking
skills (stage management degree) –
also I would love so do some costuming
workshops (I can make some pretty cool shit with only the aid of a referance
book) AND I would totally be willing to do some grunt work here and there,
for “the cause.” — also,
to a lesser extent I can get a sizable amount of free copies from time to
time (like a couple thousand once or twice a month)
etc. I would also be willing to do
some graphic design work.
Probably music-related, although I have some craft skills.
events. I’m sort of burned out on
Burning Man, to be honest! — but would encourage those who are interested to
keep the faith.
reality and fiscal attainability, but in a roomful of dreamers, hippies and
artists I realize there is no place for reality.
like to conduct the series of classes and workshops my group already
offers/teaches in a permanent space
maybe teach more stilting workshops or maybe help organize a simple costume
sewing workshop, e.g.
create a fantastic work to be installed at Burning Man.
people. Teach, take workshops, travel
- all of it! Except taking
notes. I don’t want to do that…
theme camp organizing, sculpture design, and DJ beat matching. I’d also like
to try to design an art piece that can be a “flagship” for what the
LLC is trying to cultivate.
organize workshops on costuming, how to be comfortable at BM, as well as help
organize larger scale events such as SeaCompression and CM.
I can also help with some light
bookkeeping for the organization.
love to teach any number of things: rigging, aerial work, clowning, theater,
acrobalancing, mask making/performance…
I’d love to provide help in an infrastructure capacity, perhaps sit on a
board, or help generate ideas for fundrasing, etc.
love to teach workshops or be a mentor as time permits. I really enjoy
working on the operations teams of regional and smaller events, and i’d love
more opportunity to learn skills from other artists in the community.
interests me, i would attend. and i’ve been known to help any time when
asked. (i.e. helping with events)and likely will continue to spontaniously
help in the future
want to hang out with people while working on pojects.
so all i really want to provide is my
assistence on getting things done.
i’m best at building things.
can
things.
a medical bag and a camera bag.
events. I’m good at partying,
right? Yes I would help however I
could to put that together. Again,
laziness prevails perhaps..
I’m rather good with paperwork BUT I have a very demanding job. I can only
participate at the Theme camp level until at least after BM of this year.
After that, My job may change and I’d have to evaluate how much participation
I could do then.
I wanted to start my own non-profit under the name of “gift
economy” before the whole PNW thingy got started… so you can bet that
I would be willing to participate heavily in most capacities if my
circumstances allowed for it. I’m mostly interesteed in doing things that
benefit the local (seattle/pnw) community though, not just the burner
community.
great with numbers,learns fast. Hell I just like to help out; we’ll see if my
assistance will be needed. If not see ya on the playa.!!
now. I’ve put a *lot* into burning
man over the last five years and I need a break.
I’m interested in getting involved but not till next year.
people, spreading the word- PR, event planning, infrastructure,
committees/task forces. I also make a mean cuppa joe.
newsletter idea. I have a background in graphic design and would like to be
involved with that project. Also, my boyfriend is starting his own business
soon—an alternative bookshop and art gallery—and he is keen to run a
Burner-friendly establishment. It’s still in the planning stages at this
point but I’m sure we could be useful in that capacity as well.
the Seattle community which seems very tight-knit and difficult to penetrate
unless one is an extroverted “party person”, so I’d like a kind of
“orientation” where us shy Burners hiding in the woodworks can meet
the “core” group and others around us. I’d LOVE to attend art
workshops and “how-to-burn” workshops. I’d like to attend regional
events, and support the organization of such in whatever way possible. I’m an
amateur artist, with delusions that I’m an illustrator with great drawing
skills, and skills in InDesign/Photoshop, prepress, marketing, type 75+ wpm,
strong administrative skills. I would like to participate in activities
geared towards kids…art, facepainting, etc.
attending events right now.
effots these days (trying to take more tim for myself) but I could teach fire
workshops to kids, volunteer (esp. at above-referenced day-use space) my time
in other ways, & can/am willing to assist with bookkeeping, etc. (like
helping with scheduling of spaces provided my the LLC).
but want to be involved somehow.
very interested in helping out with the LLC - Workshops and classes, event
planning & organization or possibly writing for a publiation are all
things I might do to “help out.” I would definitely want to take
advantage of an industrial shop space, and would be happy to dedicate myself
to making such a resource a part of our community.
in vancouver makes it difficult for me to be involved in an
organizing/planning/meetings kind of way, but I would definitely make an
effort to attend events and volunteer to help on the day.
photography, or electronics, or gadgetry… not sure if im a very good
teacher though,.. could certainly help out as a web master for somthing.
partner and I do the Black Rock Gazette (on the Playa). We are also currently
doing the Black Top Gazette for the BMan Org. If you need print production
assistance creating a monthly or quarterly newsletter, let us know.
the workshop, artist assistance with nerdly issues, and engineering
areas. Lead a workshop on a tech
topic?
regional burn?
support for local events.
day use space which would fulfill the community cafe/internet/movie
studio/kid play space/mama work out space/Burner(activist) urban hostel
likely to have time to get involved. My ideal activity, however: find
interested actors/dramatists to organize some sort of performance at Burning
Man.
professional background is Technical / ISP & entrepreneurial development,
so I could probably help structurally out with networking-related issues or
corporate governace. Artistically my interests run into integrating traditional
media with electronic systems for greater participation, which I suppose I
could speak about to a degree. I’m not sure how this would work into
‘workshop’, however.
quality.
to help you achieve your goals.
I’m dynamite with all aspects of computers.
more involved is by maybe becoming a sort of liason person between Seattle
and Vancouver. I know that we have our regionals in both areas, and I think
that because I travel to Seattle quite often, I may be able to help them out
a bit more. I am great at taking notes, calling people, and I love to help
organize any event. There is never any job too small for me to do.
Possibly a work shop Etc
and oversight. Meeting facilitation,
board development, project management, conflict resolution
events, set and installation building (light carpentry), legal issues (I’m a
lawyer)
skills/infrastructure contribution
Massage/healing related
Organize BM info meeatings in my home town (Fernie BC)
living sustainably. Reducing petroleum dependence. Local food systems.
Geo-political trends and how we can get
ready for what is coming.
workshop, organize and stage regional events, act as a liason w/other groups.
workshops, spend money at Burner coffee shop, etc. where I know the proceeds
will be used by the community
projects, lead task forces, plan the organization.
workshops, regional events, help with the organization’s infrastructure,
School arts events.
Build and run a goddamned coffee shop
yes”> event location/Warhol factory.
attend.
all of the above. Web and infrastructure support, along with communications.
workshops, facilitating a workshop.
and execution of regional events.
filling-in wherever needed. whatever
I’m doing now and whatever is needed in the future.
carving instructor
Energy healer/instructor
survial first aid instructor (years of dirt bike and farm expiriance of
packing out accident victims.. not the usual first aid you get in the class
rooms but rather the what do you do when you have to make do..
copper sweat fitting, PVC pipe consruction (do’s and don’ts for pvc
structures)
alternative housing ideas.
road kill cooking class
photograph.
(Would need access to shop and tools).
Teach a workshop - Build a Teepee.
Teach a workshop - Tie you shoes, tye dye your shirt.
provide rehearsal or art space
newbies…bare necessities, fun stuff, super dooper preparedness so they can
get the most out of it and not get left in the “dust”. Body
awareness, safety…food planning…and educating newbies on issues such as
moop and porta potty training BEFORE they get there…so on…
coffee shop, constructing the physical space, event organization
- take meeting minutes
- write white papers, technical documents, web content,or commercial
copy
- organize and run a kitchen with support staff and clean up team
- deal with food permits, restaurant licensing,
health inspectors, and suppliers
Just ask I can almost anything except organize parties.
I’m not a socialbutterfly and don’t have the connections.
events
groups, via web, e-mail, photograhphy and videography for events/workshops
workshops.
editing, marketing and PR. I have extensive experience creating newsletters,
from the writing and editing, through layout and print production. Have
knowledge and connections with local printers. Can write copy for website or
any other vehicle of communication. Would like to be involved on any level
from part time employment, to volunteer capacity. As to workshops- I have
experience doing college-level creative writing workshops, and could hold
some sort of music workshop- folk-blues fingerpicking on the guitar or some
such. I would potentially be interested in taking on some level of
responsability depending on the nature of the project. Certainly in
PR/marketing/editorial capacity.
organize workshops, through hand’s on collaboration, and sharing inspiration.
questions, comments, or concerns, please provide them in the space provided
below:
upset.
stock? Can I acquire some?
2. Who comprises the board and will there be stockholder meetings?
friend and I would like to participate in a larger art project for BM.
We are looking for a list of projects and
needed volunteers.
insulate our community from others
PRACTICES
good questionnaire, but some of the questions (insurance ones and live/work
space) are double-barrelled and will affect the validity and reliability of
your results…contact me for more info.
then do it. Don’t try to be all
things to all people. Focus your
scope. Oh — if you don’t do it in a way that’s fun, it won’t be sustainable.
Have fun with what you choose to do.
please that woud help get the ball rollin
is exhaustive and overly ambitious.
This makes it sound like you’re trying to start a massive foundation
or beaurocratic government or business, particularly in question 14.
How about keeping it simple, starting with
attainable goals, and making a point to start out by doing only what needs to
be done and can reasonably be done.
MANY of the things listed here are way beyond what I view as the scope
of the LLC.
together! I wish I had more energy to
participate at the moment, but I’ll be back in the future.
Don’t get so bogged down in consensus that
this process takes forever. Build it,
then let others join/participate/change/tinker/vilify/etc.
survey? I’m either really slow, or 10
minutes is a bit of an understatement.
tone of the PNWLLCC stays positive and caring, even when the inevitable
happens, and someone gets crazy.
been out Sick , but do intend to be more involved.
helpful. You guys have so many great ideas that it’s a bit difficult to
decide which ones are the best or the most important.
process or bureaucracy.
like toast.
Have you ever really thought about what goes into each slice of toast?
Seeds of wheat get their nourishment from
the soil and the sun and provide us with grains.
Then we have to harvest the grains and mill them.
But it doesn’t stop there!
Then you add other ingredients, mix, and
knead the heck out of the dough.
Only after baking and slicing do we have basic bread, which we can then
toast.
I love toast.
you’re doing. Truly..in that burner way. =o)
involved in this community - but with work and school I don’t get to my
e-mail as much as I’d like to — how else can I keep in touch with peeps?
Also I have a decent sized friend base who don’t have computer acess at all.
— help us! We’re from the dark
ages!!! ack.
really wish I was around so I could be a part of this process in person and
not a voice thousands of miles away. Large scale activities give people the
opportunity to colorable and share their works and are great venues for
networking to build stronger community.
larger community and educating each other at the same time is a great goal. I
don’t believe the PNWLLC should be a fundraising mechanism, except to cover
self-sustaining costs. That just
results in another bureacracy with people arguing about how they thing the
money should be spent. Let’s take the
focus OFF money and let people come together with their resources and
creativity. That’s part of what I love most about the community: we support
each other without just throwing money at problems. I think if you start
trying to become a funding organization, it will actually be detrimental to
the community we already have.
survey burners and potential burners to find out their ideas and responses.
great thing to happen to the pacific northwest. it is a sign of growth of the
community, and it brings people together.
disrespected at local events, and measures need to be taken.
Many of my female burner friends do not
participate locally for the same reasons…lame art, lack of respect…in
local events. It’s a shame since I
loved the community on the playa.
something, I want it to be new and I want it to be useful. One of my personal
goals is to make a series of digital films that show people how to take their
lives back - their emotional lives, financial lives, sex lives, work lives,
food lives; EVERYTHING! Most people do not have good models of how to do this
and are shut off from this information by the mainstream press. I am a
revolutionary. I want to change things. I do not want to be stuck in 3 hour
droning meetings with stoned committee people who ramble and get nowhere. I
want clearly stated missions and goals. I am not interested in being in a
glorified social committee. I want real change!
expect to be back some time but not soon, so weigh my opinions accordingly.
vegetarian, existential buddhist, anarchist, hack poet, blah blah.
the community gives me life. my only
concern is that organization gets in the way of living.
my favorite quote is “dance like
nobody’s watching”. you want to
walk down the main street of some small town in tutu’s carrying lawn rakes,
i’m there (if i’m not meditating on an orange).
as anyone here, but I still have to say: beware of the nanny state. As good
as the benefits can be, there are many pitfalls to watch out for. It can be
done (by someone other than me) but they have to really know what they’re
doing.
a lot more than the I have time available will allow.
not so into the Burning Man spirit of open love and affection, I don’t feel
that should be a focus of this organization. It maybe a byproduct, and well
represented through a community by the nature of some of the participants. I
don’t want my work or the efforts of my group to be lumped in with open love,
as that aspect of the community has no relationship to the art that I as an
individual or my group produces.
I am in support of our sex positive community, but
that aspect of our community is creating a stereo type I’d prefer not to be
associated with. As a result I rarely attend functions, mixers or parties.
non-profit?
bradley@deepfriar.com
cool to see something like this come together.
I really like your list of potential goals but your list of
activites is very event/party centric.
My opinion is that events are fun, but if you really want to instill
some kind of social change you need to create a sustainable alternative
community by creating jobs that support both the members and the values of
the community.
numeric input is recognized in question 7’s textbox but I can’t delete a type
and that’s just bad.
furthermore, “PNWLLC” is really fucking akward and sounds like it
was formed by committee to offend the least number of grumpy,
seratonin-deficient burners as possible.
Get creative or get out!
doing this! I feel a little less isolated all of a sudden!
upon what I think the LLC should be doing in the near term… in the first
year or two of its life. My concern has always been that it will attempt to
do too much too soon, and then most likely collapse under its own weight.
getting to big. A special part is
that it is not for everyone, but the driving part is that you want everyone
to experience it. This LLC is spawned
from the thought of this event, but it is not the event.
I believe that it is a good idea, but
further clouds simply the experience.
Why does this LLC have to be so closely related to thrive? Business
& BM.
burners??? gggggg
who knows we may get old some day!
just been extrememle busy with school and work recently - finals are this
week.
really valuable resource!!
putting into making this community stronger!
survey together. I really look forward to seeing what other burners say! Can
we do one for defining constituency?
is interesting and compelling, but I’m concerned that it would become yet
another not-very-used community space that would quickly become neglected
& outdated. Lots of burners, local
and otherwise, are members of tribe.net, which is a very burner-friendly,
very popular community website. It
might be a lot more effective to create something within the tribe.net space,
since many of us are already there, rather than expect people to sign up for
a new online community that will quickly become neglected.
A couple burner-related tribe factoids:
- The CEO is a burner
yes”> - Tribe.net’s usage dropped by 12% during
the week of the 2004 burn.
quickly as possible expand its constituency base. Get through the Mission
statement, draw up the Operating Agreement and Legal Structure, and then pull
people in and allow them to participate. If you keep people out too long you
will end up having to do all the work yourselves, and so this will never get
done. PNWLLC is a recipe for stone soup. Everyone has an ingredient. Get the
water boiling!
is getting old. don’t people have anything better to do with their time?
projects which leave you in the middle, without actual obligations. Handle
the facilitation of projects, rather the projects themselves. Be the conduit
through which we funnel money, for example, rather than the group which actually
handles the forest.