Below is a letter from Bman on theme camps.
I will try to forward them to camp mates via E-mail,
but will also try to post them here as they come.
If you are not on the camp email list, send your address to
Email
(at) Contraptionists.Com.
At long last! Your placement is here! Actually it is at the URL
listed below. Read the information below first. It will save you
some stress and us some email correspondence.
1. The map is final. It has gone to press. We try very hard to
please everyone and we read your questionnaires carefully. If you
let us know what you wanted in your questionnaire we did our best to
give it to you. If you requested Esplanade and did not get it, it
was because others were more needy or deserving. If you did not
request Esplanade and did get it, it was because you really needed or
deserved it or you are TERRIFIC at filling out our questionnaire! If
you freak out when you find out where you are located, take a deep
breath, study the blurbs on the web site of the other camps near you
and contact some of them. There is often a method to our madness.
2. At Burning Man no one owns real estate. We create our city anew
every year to keep it fresh and vital. You will find that
like-minded camps and themes are placed together to create districts
and neighborhoods.
3. When looking at your space assignment the first street indicated
is your frontage. The second is the one you are nearest to or on the
corner of. Look at the dimensions (e.g. 50' x 100') to envision your
shape and size. The first number is the frontage of your camp. The
second number is the depth. These sizes are approximate! They are
not exact. Do not expect to come in with a measuring tape and find
the exact space. It may be a bit more or it may be a bit less.
4. If you are the inside of Center Camp or in a Plaza there will be
an additional time associated with your location. This time indicates
your frontage on the circular space if you imagine a clock face with
12:00 pointing to the Man.
5. If you see a (+) or a (-) your camp is an irregular shape with
additional space added to it or subtracted from it. Why? Because we
are mapping a circular city with a square grid and you guys have a
lot of odd ball requests!
6. Some of you did not get the size space you requested. Some
requests were for the maximum allotment or for something way over
what seemed to be needed by what you described in your questionnaire.
This left us with the task of deciding a realistic space for you. We
only have the information you have provided us to work with. If your
map did not have dimensions we were left to guess. We carefully
reviewed how many people were listed in each camp and how much
additional "stuff" your questionnaire indicated you were bringing to
allocate your space.
7. Your address is NOT exact. It only gives you an approximate idea
of where you will be living. I know many of you hate this, but we
have to do this for two main reasons:
a.) We need you to allow us to place you. It is not as easy as it
seems to find your placement and understand the flagging system. We
hate to move you after you have already begun to set up.
b.) Placement will continue to change as people arrive and we need to
have some flexibility with your exact spot. When an unexpected
problem arises, like you have more people than you expected, we can
sometimes accommodate you without inconveniencing anyone else. We
gently shuffle this and that and that and this and can sometimes work
miracles without changing other camp addresses.
8. You will find a name listed with your street address and size.
This is the name of your placer. They will be available to assist you
pre-event and on the playa. Expect an email from them shortly. They
can answer questions, let you know if you are on a corner, etc., but
ask your questions of them SOON because we will be packing it up to
leave shortly! If there is no name listed with your camp it is
because you are within a village and your village is responsible for
it's own placement internally. If you have no name associated with
your camp and you are NOT within a village, please contact us
immediately at thememcamps@burningman.com
9. Keep reading your theme camp announcements. The next few will be
the most important this year letting you know the process for
arriving in Black Rock City and key information about being a placed
camp.
10. A map of the city with street names is also live now. Check it
out:
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/maps/04_maps/index.html
Thanks everyone! It is going to be a great year, I promise!
Harley
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Here you go! (NOTE: this URL is long and wraps! Grab the whole
thing!)
http://www.burningman.com/themecamps_installations/themecamps/Final_Camp_List.htm
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Harley K. DuBois
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 15:16:21 -0700
From: Harley K. Dubois
To: themecamps-announce@burningman.com
Subject: [themecamps-announce] Your placement!