Member Registration Form
In order to join Ignition Northwest as a voting member, we ask that you a) be a participating member of the Pacific Northwest burner community, and b) you agree to the statement of principles modeled after that of the Burning Man organization. Your responsibilities as a voting member of Ignition Northwest will be to:- Vote for a Board of Directors that you believe will best enable the burner community here in the Pacific Northwest to accomplish its goals.
- Keep participating as a member of the community in accordance with the statement of principles below.
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The 10 Principles The following is a statement of principles developed by the Burning Man organization to represent the spirit of the Burning Man event. A mission of Ignition Northwest is to foster these principles in the local burner community, so we ask that all voting members to endorse the following statements as a member of the community. Radical Inclusion Anyone may be a part of our community. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community. Gifting Our community is devoted to acts of giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value. Decommodification In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience. Radical Self-Reliance Our community encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources. Radical Self-Expression Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient. Communal Effort Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that enable such interaction. Civic Responsibility We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws. Leaving No Trace Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them. Participation Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart. Immediacy Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value within our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience. |
Privacy Statement: The information collected during this registration process will be used only to build the Ignition Northwest membership list, and to determine eligibility to vote in this and future elections. It will not be sold, given or in any way transferred to another party, even if they offer us insane amounts of cash or try to blackmail us by showing those pictures to our parents. |