Getting the real Tea will come from watching the recorded video that is published on Burning Man Hive, linked below this paragraph (bloop). There were almost 400 people at the meeting including presenters. Considering the number of camps and mutant vehicles out there, and the importance of the information, there should have been a lot more. But, then again, the powers-that-be and the community are usually good about getting it all out.
TLDR; My quick two cents was that the meeting was great for being packed into a single hour. They can only do so much with a topic a huge as this. Biggest take-aways for me was LNT topics and new sound rules for camps and mutant vehicles. Moreso, while I am glad they verbally acknowledge the Queerborhood, Level had to specifically state that it is not Placements position to officially acknowledge it but a community request to have queer camps together ignoring the topic of why. And when talking about community resources completely ignored queerburners.org as a long standing entity.
| Ups of the Meeting – Transparency – Clarified Sound Policy – Awareness of Exodus issues – Changes to Center Camp | Downs of the Meeting – Seeing how people are leaving their shit behind post event (LNT) – Sound Policy (yes, there is plus and minus) – 1 Violation on Mutant Vehicles could get license revoked? – BMorg still has their head buried in the sand over RIDE/Diversity |
Meeting Notes (from Toaster)
The meeting started at 10am PDT on 7/22/2023 on a Zoom Call
- BM Collaborators Meeting
- The opening was couched By Charlie Dolman as something new to loop in the community on changes to Burning Man for 2023
- 2022 MOOP was a huge problem
- eBikes another huge issue
- Government Regulations in some cases have changed
- D.A. on MOOP
- Biggest MOOP problem was tent stakes, lag bolts, rebar
- There was so much more captured in his slide deck
- Magpie talked about Exodus
- Wants to make it NOT SUCK in 2023
- GARS is coming back 95.1 on the radio dial / BMIR Traffic every 30 mins
- @bmantraffic on Twitter
- New Digital Signs
- F-Lot: impaired vehicles, pullover and fix something, loose loads, find people, etc
- Retro on Community Service
- eBikes : Must follow the same rules as vehicles
- 5 MPH speed limit
- Sparky / Level on Sound Levels
- Sparky (DMV)
- On playa parked vehicles outside DMZ limited to 3 hours with Sound Limits
- On playa parked in DMZ no limits
- Limits around all events and art installations for Mutant Vehicles
- Quiet time in city 2AM to 10AM
- A single violation COULD get your license pulled
- Level (Placement)
- Big Changes!
- Max 300 db GONE, 90 db CHANGED!
- All speakers in a camp must be pointed internally
- 60db @ border of neighbors camp or center of the street (except Esplanade)
- 100 db to open playa
- Case Levels need to be negotiated with neighbors – be a good neighbor
- Big Changes!
- Sparky (DMV)
- Cory and Tinker about Center Camp
- Camps can bring their vibe to Center Camp (sorta like Golden Guy works: IMO)
- SWIFT Team can help you schedule time and space
- e.g. Blood Mary Bacon Bar and more will be setup there…. stay tuned!
- Level and Shaye about Vending
- “Mistakes are the best place to start”
- IMO: this was a great way to start because it allows people to make mistakes and learn from them
- Reporting violations to Placement @burningman.org
- doingitwrong@ or ip@ for intellectual property violations or placement@ or oss@
- These usually make sense to those in the know
- Help the community
- Keeps us in scope of the 10 Principles
- doingitwrong@ or ip@ for intellectual property violations or placement@ or oss@
- “Mistakes are the best place to start”
- Marnee and Katie from Government Relations
- LNT and Environmental Protection
- Earth Guardians / Black Rock Rangers / Playa Restoration
- Provides Education
- Addresses Leaks and Fluids on the Playa
- Look out for your neighbors
- Earth Guardians / Black Rock Rangers / Playa Restoration
- LE (Law Enforcement)
- BLM / Pershing County Sherriff Office (PCSO) – on playa
- Unified Command / Emergency Response
- BLM / Pershing County Sherriff Office (PCSO) – on playa
- Decommodification – Katie
- BLM has strict requirement
- Venders MUST be part of the OSS program
- Housing for payment is Eliminated
- Plug n Play, Mobile Homes Delivered, etc
- Traffic Safety – Katie
- Speed limits are very important
- NO VENDORS at EMPIRE in 2023
- LNT and Environmental Protection
- Starchild on Sustainability
- There was a lot about fuel and solar ideas
- Harley and Level on RIDE
- New dimension this year goes to Sign Language and Blind Burners
- There were a lot of stats and a strong focus on BIPOC that they say made up 13% of the population based on the Census
- LGBT burners got an honorable mention with notes that the Queerborhoods are at 4:30 and 7:30
- The opening was couched By Charlie Dolman as something new to loop in the community on changes to Burning Man for 2023
Like I said, there was a lot to cram into a one hour meeting. And there was a lot missing in the conversation. The RIDE message from the BMorg has never sat well with me, because their focus seems to be on the visible spectrum of Diversity. With 13% BIPOC as a statistic and a desperation to get those numbers up over everyone else it is because those are accountable stats because every picture taken at Burning Man is not all white CIS people. Even having Blind and Deaf participants getting recognition, it is still a visible commodity to be used in the sale of Burning Man as an event and an ideology.