recipe 10 Principles of Burning Man - p. 15 Original extra crispy 10 Principles of Burning Man, Southern Style - p. 45 Never heard of the 10 Principles? Welcome to a Burn, always take your trash with you, ask before taking or touching, and read the 10 Principles. “You’re special. Everybody is special. Nobody is special.” This event is run entirely by volunteers. When Two heads ARE better than one. Having both working with volunteers two issues emerge: on-site and off-site leads is a great use of finding great people, and the volunteer-who- skills and availability. Knowledge and task wouldn’t-leave. It’s been great working on sharing eliminates single points of failure, the What Where When Guide. Now, I’m going. pokes tyrants in their “I am invaluable” egos, What about you? and ensures there’ll still be porta potties Newbie enthusiasm is a precious resource. after you enroll in Unicycle College. Never signed up for a shift? Do it! Sign up. There is no “I” in community. Crap, there is, Show up. See if that spot is a good fit. It may and also a “U.” This event deserves better than take a second try but you’ll find your niche. peeps who won’t share operational knowledge or Then you’ll be hooked on helping this event! who have held the same leadership position for Once you get a reserve ticket, then what? a decade. Playa del Fuego is venerable among Some flit from task to task, others drift away, regionals so a decade plus of attendance or flake out, lose track of time, move on up, or volunteering is common. move on. Lots of volunteers, especially leads Leadership, like anything that doesn’t flow, and up, burn out and run away. Having clear stagnates. Not saying anything wacky like boundaries helps stave that off. Repeat after the event should reflect and serve the diverse me, “No thanks, I’m OK just doing this one community that supports it. Truthfully, a thing here.” fistful of top-level volunteers have been at Long-term volunteers provide stability and it for a decade or close. Would ten-year term continuity in a blinky sea. Volunteer retention limits be draconian? is crucial especially when specialized skills Like most policy crap, term limits seem to are involved, yet volunteers are human. Like be required for a tiny, but disproportionately all humans are some are earnest benevolent influential, percent of peeps. Their knowledge spirits, others are passive aggressive petty and energy will always be welcome — just tyrants, most are somewhere in-between. in a whole new volunteer slot or as advisor/ Despot disposal is tricky. How do you fire a pinch hitter/superhero. volunteer? Or replace one who has alienated This is a participatory, celebratory, potential replacements? Or someone who exploratory, inclusive safe place for weirdoes invented their own position/department? to be weird — not a super serious place like “If I don’t, then who will?” said every a nuclear power plant or vegan bakery.* We volunteer ever. Good question. What would can fix this. It may take some white gas from happen? Would it get fugged up or done the anarchists or at least for them to call into better? Would it even get done? If it doesn’t a PC Meeting but we can do it. get done, is that bad? Wouldn’t it be nice to Editorial by Miss Fidget, exiting What Where When let someone else try while you go to Belize? Guide layout & production volunteer Every lead or higher volunteer needs written * For some volunteers - aspects of this event are How-Tos for what they do, maybe a calendar. super serious. At the GLC a member of the Flipside Anyone who does a vital task needs a Board once said,“Safety third? Fuck that guy.” Plan B for how stuff works when/if someone Lucky for us, many volunteers agree with him. else has to do it. Playa del fuego May 2016 GUD: ...................... 2-15 The Grand Unified Document is the sum total Community Expectations sign-ups, lost and found, ranger HQ and radios, of all policies, rules, and regulations for Playa Playa del Fuego believes its participants want copies of the WWW Guide, and a few shady Basics: .................... 2-3 del Fuego. Contact the BOD or the PC to make to be good citizens. Getting to PDF can be a lot seats. Good place to go with a question. Community standards: ......... 3-5 updates or revisions to these guidelines. The of hard work. We think people genuinely care Gate - The Gate is the portal through which WWW doesn’t write this stuff — just prints it. about the community they work so hard to con- you enter the event. The event has 2 gates, Rules: ..................... 5-6 We’ve added a few notes. They are in italic. tribute to. This document contains information front and back. The front gate turns tickets and Sound Policy: ................ 6-7 participants need to sustain this sincere exper- valid IDs into official wristbands during specific iment. We encourage all participants, newbie hours posted elsewhere. The back gate is Public Health and Safety: ..... 8-10 Playa DEL FUEGO to gnarled, to look over this document and next to the main parking lot and features the Planning Participation, GRAND UNIFIED be reminded this experiment in collaborative Greeters. Always show your wristband to the community is not complete anarchy. Generally, nice people working the gate when you enter, & Organization: ........... 10-11 DOCUMENT if something is not covered in the GÜD, and it leave, or bring them a cold beverage/tasty Amenities: .................. 13 V3.3 May 2015 is legal in the larger world, it is allowed at the snack. event. Event/Site Guide: ............ 14 PONY - PONY stands for Planning and Community Process — how the Organization Need You. It is the official online Art: ...................... 16-17 1. BASICS GÜD evolves planning and discussion forum for Playa del Ongoing events: ............. 18-22 These policies were created by the Planning Fuego. http://playadelfuego.org/pony. Committee or the Board of Directors, which are PC - The Planning Committee makes the nuts Thursday/Friday events: ....... 22-29 What is Playa del Fuego and bolts choices that run the event. The Playa del Fuego is the Mid-Atlantic Regional all volunteer positions. Either a participant sub- Planning Committee is comprised of anyone Saturday events: ............ 29-36 Burning Man Event. Events are held every mits a proposal to the Planning Committee and and everyone who calls the Planning Meeting spring and fall, on Memorial Day and the PC approves it, or not, or the BOD makes Sunday events: . .37-42 conference call or attends it in person. You Columbus Day weekends. Playa del Fuego a decision about something because there is a may attend as many or as few meetings as Theme camps: .............. 42-45 is an experiment in collaborative community compelling safety/liability or future-of-the-event you like, however, your vote only counts for featuring art and music created by those who issue at stake. Once something becomes an Maps: .................... 46-47 meetings you actually are a part of. Read more join us to participate. Attendees are known as official event policy/procedure/rule via the BOD about the PC at the PONY. participants. There are no spectators at Playa or PC, it goes into the GÜD, which is compiled All content is subject to change. Content del Fuego; everyone collaborates in some way by humble scribes. The best and easiest way PDF, Inc. - a Maryland not-for-profit corporation to reach the PC is via the PONY. http:// recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3. submitted before posted deadlines may be to create the event. Inspired by the Burning playadelfuego.org/pony. BOD - Board of Directors. A dozen or so unpaid edited for length or clarity, or may be left Man festival, it is a place for radical self-ex- pression and an experiment in temporary GLOSSARY volunteers in search of a hot tub in which to sit alone for the sake of Radical Self-Expression. community building. It is a place of accep- PDF - Playa del Fuego and think. They also handle all the boring legal Content submitted to the WWW or Theme tance, inclusivity, and respect. It is organized MOOP - matter out of place, anything that is parts of the event like taxes, insurance, liability, Camp coordinator after posted deadlines might entirely by volunteers. Art and entertainment not indigenous the natural environment you are and adhering to our mission. not be included. We’re all volunteers. Apologies are created solely by participants. There are in, for example: litter, cigarette butts, glitter Comp Tickets - There are no comp tickets at no concession stands. No cash transactions for spelling or other errors. The WWW is not a Rangers - helpful people who rove about in PDF. Not even for volunteers, artists, DJs, the (except ice sales) are permitted at Playa del newspaper; being printed here does not make khaki with radios. They are neither cops, your Planning Committee, or the Board of Directors. Fuego — even bartering is discouraged. This it true and it should not be used as the final mom, nor required to wear utilikilts. Reserve Tickets - These are used to ensure is a sincere experiment in creating a gift that people essential to the smooth operation authority on anything. economy. If you need something, ask for it. If VNVMC/ The Vets - Viet Nam Veterans Motorcycle Club, our hosts and landlords who of the event attend. Everyone approved for a you have it, gift it! There are no garbage cans; reserve ticket must still pay for it.