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Are any of y'all going to Soak? Its the Portland regional burn. I'm going for my 4th year, arriving EA
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# ? May 5, 2015 18:36 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 06:48 |
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This is quality.
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# ? May 5, 2015 23:34 |
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So when do you start on the journey and have you gotten a better baby carrier for your water yet? Edit: whoops, saw the thread title and assumed this was the new walking like crazy thread.
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# ? May 6, 2015 02:47 |
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Anyone in Reno want to just hang out? Don't have tickets for this year but me and my gf want to go next year. We're looking to meet some cool folks and get involved.
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# ? May 6, 2015 04:37 |
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Anyone going to Ignite? Happy to see VA getting its burn on
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# ? May 6, 2015 08:46 |
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Green Mind posted:Anyone in Reno want to just hang out? Don't have tickets for this year but me and my gf want to go next year. We're looking to meet some cool folks and get involved. I live here! Do you?
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# ? May 7, 2015 18:02 |
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Alfajor posted:I live here! Do you? Yeah! We moved here in August. How's the local scene? My gf knows some people that go every year but they live in Austin. I've seen the burner hotel but we heard it was members only.
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# ? May 7, 2015 19:57 |
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Turtle Blogger posted:Are any of y'all going to Soak? Its the Portland regional burn. I'm going for my 4th year, arriving EA I miss my Portland family and I miss a roadside attraction. Question for the group; What's the policy on posting gofundme's for theme camps here? I'm in the process of building a haunted house by night and freakshow by day and will be test running it at Florida Afterburn this year before bringing it to the big burn next year. I have been wanting to do this camp since my first burn and have an amazing team of people with loads of experience, I just want to make it as epic as possible. Throwdown fucked around with this message at 10:28 on May 9, 2015 |
# ? May 8, 2015 12:58 |
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Get mod permission is always a safe bet, unless you don't care about possibly getting banned.
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# ? May 8, 2015 16:12 |
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Throwdown posted:I miss my Portland family and I miss a roadside attraction. This sounds loving awesome. Can't wait to see it. It sounds like you guys have it under control but would love to help or at least be a parttime spooker. I live out of state but rick and storm are my family so I try to get out to help set up CKT on thursday. Where do you live?
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# ? May 9, 2015 06:11 |
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Jesustheastronaut! posted:This sounds loving awesome. Can't wait to see it. It sounds like you guys have it under control but would love to help or at least be a parttime spooker. I live out of state but rick and storm are my family so I try to get out to help set up CKT on thursday. Where do you live? I live in Tampa, Rick and Storm are awesome and CKT is my usual camp, lol. This is Nemo. Edit: Hit me up on Facebook, i'm in the Florida burns group, just search for Nemo and I will add you to the Haunted house group. Only slack I got was from some raver kid and he actually told me burns should be about PLUR... So I named the camp "Pain, Loathing, Unrest, and Rot" Throwdown fucked around with this message at 12:04 on May 9, 2015 |
# ? May 9, 2015 10:28 |
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Cool, I received mod approval to post the gofundme for the haunted house. http://www.gofundme.com/ty46d4
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# ? May 9, 2015 16:59 |
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Just got home from the Kentucky Regional burn! It was seriously the best year ever! Now to start gearing up for Transformus! Anyone else headed to NC?
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# ? May 12, 2015 06:52 |
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SuzieMcAwesome posted:Just got home from the Kentucky Regional burn! It was seriously the best year ever! Now to start gearing up for Transformus! Anyone else headed to NC? Considering it, depends on burning man funds. Had a blast at rainformus last year.
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# ? May 12, 2015 22:11 |
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Well, it looks like my theme camp arrangements are falling apart so I either have to find a new place to camp or just set up in tent city
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# ? May 30, 2015 01:12 |
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For you Bay Area folk, we could definitely use help building the temple (please sign up at https://www.shiftboard.com/templeofpromise/)!
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# ? May 30, 2015 04:29 |
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The burning man subreddit has become the first place I've been banned from. I made a lovely joke about hippies paying taxes.
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# ? Jun 4, 2015 06:01 |
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Throwdown posted:Well, it looks like my theme camp arrangements are falling apart so I either have to find a new place to camp or just set up in tent city It's pretty early in the year - I'm sure you could find something new to hang on to? Have you tried scouting out your local area? Last year I helped a UK burner get relocated from an art car camp that was pretty stressful and miserable to the local London camp and she had a fine old time - it's totally doable!
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# ? Jun 4, 2015 23:06 |
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PS: Having my (goon) wedding on Sept 1st (Tuesday), followed by a massive party all day and night at our theme camp. All goons welcome to attend
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# ? Jun 10, 2015 21:16 |
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Approved theme camps are up, no placement yet. My camp was approved, celebrate https://www.burningman.org/event/brc/2015-theme-camps/
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 20:48 |
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This year we have been talking about collecting camp dues through Venmo, has anyone had problems with this approach in the past?
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# ? Jun 25, 2015 04:44 |
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salted hash browns posted:This year we have been talking about collecting camp dues through Venmo, has anyone had problems with this approach in the past? Google Wallet could be a better option.
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# ? Jun 25, 2015 08:37 |
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salted hash browns posted:This year we have been talking about collecting camp dues through Venmo, has anyone had problems with this approach in the past? It's working fine for us. The only limit on venmo is that each user can only send $3k per week. There's no limit on receiving, so you can have everyone pay one guy and then distribute from there. With a little organization and planning, there really shouldn't be any reason your camp needs to move more than $3k per week around
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 06:02 |
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mitztronic posted:It's working fine for us. Perfect. Thank you!
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 23:04 |
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http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/06/26/blm-wants-vip-compound-burning-man/29318493/quote:BLM wants $1 million VIP compound from Burning Man Fat little piggy went to http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/06/26/blm-demands-burning-man-provide-hour-access-ice-cream/29357065/ quote:BLM demands Burning Man provide 24-hour access to ice cream I edited the longass list obviously, but seriously... Butter, Butter, Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat. The piggies want the ticket sales to let them have a free billionaire campout in the desert. http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/06/26/reid-want-toilets-burning-man-go-gerlach/29357821/ quote:Reid to BLM: You want flush toilets at Burning Man? Go to Gerlach quote:BLM officials contend that their staff can no longer stay in the "primitive" accommodations available in Gerlach Mandatory ChocoTacos! Its almost like the BLM doesnt actually .. care about the land all that much?
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 07:29 |
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It's a government shakedown. "In 2011, Burning Man paid $858,000; in 2012, $1.4 million and in 2013, $2.9 million. This year, Burning Man expects the additional requirements alone to cost between $1 million and $1.2 million, which would bring total dues paid to the BLM to nearly $5 million, Graham said. Burning Man's special recreation permit is the largest in the country." Last year was $4M. gently caress them. This should be illegal.
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 21:31 |
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BMorg doesn't publish their financials so I can't find exact numbers from them regarding ticket sales or costs to put on the festival but I definitely don't feel bad for them regarding land use fees. Nevada should be able to reap the benefits of an annual festival attended by 70,000 people with deep pockets. BMorg takes in more money in ticket sales than it spend on logistics, facilities, staff, and art grants, I'm sure they can spare a few million for land use permits. Not that that's an excuse for the ludicrous demands of the police with that stupid cop village they want... Dotcom Jillionaire fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jun 28, 2015 |
# ? Jun 28, 2015 00:18 |
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:BMorg doesn't publish their financials so I can't find exact numbers from them regarding ticket sales or costs to put on the festival but I definitely don't feel bad for them regarding land use fees. Nevada should be able to reap the benefits of an annual festival attended by 70,000 people with deep pockets. BMorg takes in more money in ticket sales than it spend on logistics, facilities, staff, and art grants, I'm sure they can spare a few million for land use permits. mitztronic posted:"2011 - $858,000 explain how this cost increase is reasonable? edit: found this, they've posted more detailed info for 2013 somewhere online as well: http://burningman.org/event/preparation/ticket-money/ edit 2: Forgot to post this aritcle I saw today: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/06/26/reid-want-toilets-burning-man-go-gerlach/29357821/ mitztronic fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jun 28, 2015 |
# ? Jun 28, 2015 01:39 |
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I'm glad Harry Reid told his own guys to quit acting like whiney bratty children. It was pretty obvious they put in that request as a gently caress you to BMorg with absolutely no expectation of it being fulfilled. Gerlach could use the extra patronage anyway. Forbes estimated about $25 million in profit from ticket sales in 2014 (http://fortune.com/2014/08/29/burning-mans-bacchanal-big-ticket-sales-big-costs/) and it's certainly an event (and full time company) full of expenses, but BM does rake in the dough. They don't even have to worry about the talent/musician fees most other festivals have to endure. They pay some staff but an even bigger army of volunteers help keep the festival running. $5 million is definitely a gouge by BLM and it's unfair at the least to Burning Man but I get the impression it's not an expense they can't reasonably afford. Nevada needs BM more that we need them so there's always going to be that pressure too. I'm surprised BM only gives out $1 million in art grants too, I thought it would be significantly more in support of the arts at the festival.
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# ? Jun 28, 2015 03:08 |
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:. They don't even have to worry about the talent/musician fees most other festivals have to endure. They also don't get merch and alcohol profits, which for the typical 3 day festival I imagine amounts to millions of dollars mitztronic fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Jun 28, 2015 |
# ? Jun 28, 2015 06:02 |
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When I read that article I just assumed that BLM was jealous of the sweet BM commissary.
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# ? Jun 28, 2015 17:21 |
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I had to drop out of the Florida Burns art grant committee this year as I am test running my new theme camp and will be applying. I plan on traveling with this next year to a lot of regional burns as it grows and eventually having it on the playa. We had our first build meeting yesterday and it went great, I couldn't be more happier with my crew. Since this is my first time leading a major theme camp I was wondering if you guys could have a look over my proposal and let me know what you think. I didn't include my budget list as it is incomplete while I wait for section leads to get back with me.quote:Camp Creepshow Please be brutally honest, having been voting on these things for the past few years is making me want to step the game up a bit. We have had trouble at the Florida burns with having anything different than your average chill dome and DJ booths playing EDM and a bunch of us are doing theme camps this year to show how broad of a concept they can be. We also already have around 180 ft of wall done for the main haunted house. Edit: Here is a rough layout of the camp, there is one that is to exact scale but nothing is labeled and I am in lazy mode right now. Throwdown fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Jun 30, 2015 |
# ? Jun 30, 2015 06:38 |
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Weren't applications due over a month ago, and any time to update the application now closed? Or is this for next year? Confused
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 07:21 |
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mitztronic posted:Weren't applications due over a month ago, and any time to update the application now closed? Or is this for next year? Confused It's an application for Florida Afterburn, I will be test running it at regional burns before bringing it to ttitd. Edit: I have mod approval to post the gofundme. http://gofund.me/ty46d4 Throwdown fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jun 30, 2015 |
# ? Jun 30, 2015 07:36 |
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Does anyone know any local burns or conscious gatherings around Arkansas? I plan to be in CO by October which is probably a lot closer to some events.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 07:48 |
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goodness posted:Does anyone know any local burns or conscious gatherings around Arkansas? I plan to be in CO by October which is probably a lot closer to some events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regional_Burning_Man_events#Colorado
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 09:15 |
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:BMorg doesn't publish their financials so I can't find exact numbers from them regarding ticket sales or costs to put on the festival but I definitely don't feel bad for them regarding land use fees. Nevada should be able to reap the benefits of an annual festival attended by 70,000 people with deep pockets. BMorg takes in more money in ticket sales than it spend on logistics, facilities, staff, and art grants, I'm sure they can spare a few million for land use permits. gently caress you very much. Nevada's already picking up a massive tax revenue bump from 70,000 people purchasing goods and services on their way into the middle of nowhere, not even considering what BMOrg actually pays out to handle the logistics out there. Even if you figure every ticket of 70k sold at face value (which they don't, a lot of those are in the low income program/are used for support staff), they're barely clearing 30 million in sales. That means this BLM bullshit is 1/6 of their ticket sales off the top.
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# ? Jul 1, 2015 08:02 |
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Presale - 4000 tickets @ $800/each = $3,200,000 Directed Group Sale - 20,000 tickets @ $390/each = $7,800,000 + (10,000 vehicle passes @ $50/each = $500,000) = $8,300,000 Individual Sale - 40,000 tickets @ $390/each = $15,600,000 + (12,000 vehicle passes @ $50/each = $600,000) = $16,200,000 OMG Sale - 1,000 tickets @ $390/each = $390,000 + (1250 vehicle passes @ $50/each = $62,500) = $452,500 Low Income - 4,000 tickets @ $190/each = $760,000 $3,200,000 + $8,300,000 + $16,200,000 + $452,500 + $760,000 = $28,912,500 $28,912,500 - $5,000,000 = $23,912,500 profit from ticket sales after BLM fees I still don't see a problem here.
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# ? Jul 1, 2015 15:05 |
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I don't think the word profit means what you think it means
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# ? Jul 1, 2015 16:32 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 06:48 |
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Burning Man absolutely posts their financial information. It's in the After Burn report every year. They haven't released 2014's yet but here's 2013's.\ http://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/afterburn/2013-2/financial-chart/
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# ? Jul 2, 2015 00:06 |