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Leaving No Trace: Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical the Ten PrincipleS trace of our activities wherever Radical Inclusion: Anyone may Radical Self-Expression: we gather. We clean up after be a part of Burning Man. Radical self-expression arises from ourselves and endeavor, whenever We welcome and respect the the unique gifts of the individual. possible, to leave such places in a stranger. No prerequisites exist for No one other than the individual better state than when we found participation in our community. or a collaborating group can them. determine its content. It is offered Gifting: Burning Man is devoted to as a gift to others. In this spirit, the Participation: Our community acts of gift giving. The value of a giver should respect the rights and is committed to a radically gift is unconditional. Gifting does liberties of the recipient. participatory ethic. We believe that not contemplate a return or an transformative change, whether exchange for something of equal Communal Effort: Our community in the individual or in society, can value. values creative cooperation occur only through the medium and collaboration. We strive to of deeply personal participation. Decommodification: In order to produce, promote and protect We achieve being through doing. preserve the spirit of gifting, our social networks, public spaces, Everyone is invited to work. community seeks to create social works of art, and methods of Everyone is invited to play. We environments that are unmediated communication that support such make the world real through by commercial sponsorships, interaction. actions that open the heart. transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture Civic Responsibility: We value civil Immediacy: Immediate experience from such exploitation. We resist society. Community members who is, in many ways, the most the substitution of consumption for organize events should assume important touchstone of value in participatory experience. responsibility for public welfare our culture. We seek to overcome and endeavor to communicate barriers that stand between us and Radical Self-Reliance: Burning civic responsibilities to participants. a recognition of our inner selves, Man encourages the individual to They must also assume the reality of those around us, discover, exercise, and rely on his responsibility for conducting events participation in society, and contact or her inner resources. in accordance with local, State, and with a natural world exceeding Federal laws. human powers. No idea can You would be so totally goodsub stituteat forthat! this experience. Magic eleves don’t make this event happen. People like you THE MORE YOU KNOW do. Wanna learn more about DEPARTMENT INFOR how “it all works” from the MATION SEssiON people who do stuff and how S FRidAY AND SATUR you can help? Come to the first DAY 3:00 ever volunteer info sessions! pm TO 4:00 pm PARTicip ATION STATION INDEX/StAff/WHAT IS PDF? GRAND UNIFIED DOC: BASICS/GLOSSARY GUD: ...................... 2-15 The Grand Unified Document is the sum total to contribute to. This document contains Volunteer Central - AKA “Participation of all policies, rules, and regulations for Playa information participants need to sustain this Station”; a large temporary shelter located Basics: .................... 2-3 del Fuego. This updated version is presented in sincere experiment. We encourage all partic- next to the red stage. It has volunteer sched- Community standards: ......... 4-5 its entirety. A few minor edits have been made ipants, newbie to gnarled, to look over this ules and sign-ups, lost and found, ranger HQ for print, which are in italics. document and be reminded this experiment in and radios, copies of the WWW Guide, and Rules: ..................... 5-6 collaborative community is not complete anar- a few shady seats. Good place to go with a Sound Policy: ................ 6-7 chy. Generally, if something is not covered in question. Playa DEL FUEGO the GÜD, and it is legal in the larger world, it Public Health and Safety: ..... 8-10 Gate - The Gate is the portal through which GRAND UNIFIED is allowed at the event. you enter the event. The event has 2 gates, Amenities: .................. 13 DOCUMENT Community Process — how the front and back. The front gate turns tickets GÜD evolves and valid IDs into official wristbands during Event/Site Guide: ............ 14 V3.3 May 2015 specific hours posted elsewhere. The back These policies were created by the Planning gate is next to the main parking lot and Planning Participation, Committee or the Board of Directors, which & Organization: ........... 14-15 features the Greeters. Always show your are all volunteer positions. Either a partic- wristband to the nice people working the gate Art: ...................... 15-17 1. BASICS ipant submits a proposal to the Planning when you enter, leave, or bring them a cold Committee and the PC approves it, or not, or beverage/tasty snack. Ongoing events: ............. 17-20 What is Playa del Fuego the BOD makes a decision about something because there is a compelling safety/liability PONY - PONY stands for Planning and Thursday/Friday events: ....... 21-26 Playa del Fuego is the Mid-Atlantic Regional or future-of-the-event issue at stake. Once Organization Need You. It is the official online Saturday events: ............ 26-32 Burning Man Event. Events are held every something becomes an official event policy/ planning and discussion forum for Playa del spring and fall, on Memorial Day and procedure/rule via the BOD or PC, it goes Fuego. http://playadelfuego.org/pony. Sunday events: . .32-36 Columbus Day weekends. Playa del Fuego into the GÜD, which is compiled by humble PC - The Planning Committee makes the nuts is an experiment in collaborative community scribes. The best and easiest way to reach Theme camps: .............. 36-41 featuring art and music created by those who and bolts choices that run the event. The the PC is via the PONY. http://playadelfuego. Planning Committee is comprised of anyone Map: ....................... 43 join us to participate. Attendees are known as org/pony. participants. There are no spectators at Playa and everyone who calls the Planning Meeting del Fuego; everyone collaborates in some way conference call or attends it in person. You GLOSSARY may attend as many or as few meetings as All content is subject to change. Content to create the event. Inspired by the Burning PDF - Playa del Fuego submitted before posted deadlines may be Man festival, it is a place for radical self- you like, however, your vote only counts for expression and an experiment in temporary MOOP - matter out of place, anything that is meetings you actually are a part of. Read edited for length or clarity, or may be left not indigenous the natural environment you more about the PC at the PONY. alone for the sake of Radical Self-Expression. community building. It is a place of accep- tance, inclusivity, and respect. It is organized are in, for example: litter, cigarette butts, PDF, Inc. - a Maryland not-for-profit corpora- Content submitted to the WWW or Theme entirely by volunteers. Art and entertainment glitter tion recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3. Camp coordinator after posted deadlines are created solely by participants. There are Rangers - helpful people who rove about in BOD - Board of Directors. A dozen or so might not be included. We’re all volunteers. no concession stands. No cash transactions khaki with radios. They are neither cops, your unpaid volunteers in search of a hot tub in Apologies for spelling or other errors. The (except ice sales) are permitted at Playa del mom, nor required to wear utilikilts. which to sit and think. They also handle all WWW is not a newspaper; being printed here Fuego — even bartering is discouraged. This VNVMC/ The Vets - Viet Nam Veterans the boring legal parts of the event like taxes, does not make it true and it should not be is a sincere experiment in creating a gift Motorcycle Club, our hosts and landlords who insurance, liability, and adhering to our mis- economy. If you need something, ask for it. If used as the final authority on anything. refer to this place as FIRE BASE LLOYD. Be sion. you have it, gift it! There are no garbage cans; respectful of them. everyone is responsible for packing out their Comp Tickets - There are no comp tickets WWW STAFF garbage or throwing it into one of the handy Coordinator - A super-volunteer who doesn’t at PDF. Not even for volunteers, artists, DJs, just work a shift, they run an entire depart- the Planning Committee, or the Board of Editrix ......................................Vondervixen dumpsters. Playa del Fuego is a blank can- vas; expect nothing...bring everything. ment like DPW, PARKING, THEME CAMPS, or Directors. Key Comando......................... Mess Fudget GATE. Reserve Tickets - These are used to ensure Event Location CB Radio Operator ..........................Karnak Burn - slang for a Burning Man-inspired event that people essential to the smooth opera- VNVMC Vietnam Veterans like ours. Burns are not music festivals. A tion of the event attend. Everyone approved Data Liaison ..................... Ranger Fumbles Motorcycle Club of Delaware few differences being: at burns there are no for a reserve ticket must still pay for it. Art 474 Flemings Landing Road Non www print stuff ......................Whiplash spectators, burns follow The 10 Principles, Grant recipients also receive reserve tickets Townsend, DE 19734 and the pretty girls at burns aren’t dancing because art is central to our mission and Nearby Hospital ankle deep in a pile of beer bottles and cups. artists are bound by contract to be present at Help Wanted “Have a nice burn.” the event. Christiana Hospital Draw good? Got a scanner? Experienced 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road 10 Principles - Burning Man’s version of the in publishing, project management, or Newark, DE 19718, 302-733-1000 10 Commandments, wherein you are per- working with printers? The all-volunteer mitted to covet your neighbor’s wife but not staff of the WWW is always looking for Community Expectations to litter or participate in cash activities like art and a helping hand.