Meeting on June 23, 2008

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BGX's first 2008 meeting
BGX's first 2008 meeting

Location:

Tinka's house

Attendees

Craig, Tinka, Beth, Damien, Joe, Lee, Joy, Marty, Adele, David

Meeting notes

  • Contact list: ACTION: please everyone check and update as needed
  • Website
    • Leads
      • Damien: content & design
      • Marty: business, rates, point of contact, etc.
    • Burn Green Express Website is the gateway through which most people reserve space on the truck*** Leads:
    • The website will make clear to viewers which group will benefit from any BGX financial overage (INW, BRAF, etc.)
    • Group Bios - submit 'em!
    • Financial transparency - still up in the air
    • Testimonials
  • Shipping Service
    • Leads: Marty & Lee
    • ACTION: Marty needs dimensions (measurement & weight) of shade structures from people who are bringing them (Lee, SexyBitch, Jeny & Brian)
    • ACTION: Marty asks that camp members consider limiting their gear to three 31 gallon bins per person.
    • Shipping services will investigate the potential of providing locally obtained water.
  • Kitchen
    • Leads:
      • Food: Joy
      • Facilities: Craig (space, kitchen items, etc...)
    • Microwave coming from Sea Monkeys for free
    • ACTION: Read the kitchen document and provide allergy/preferences/etc.
    • Everyone should bring snacks, comfort foods and emergency food (defined by Joy as what you will want when you're grumpy and nothing in the cooler is appealing)
    • DECISION: to not schedule ice runs
    • ACTION: underwriting of food/collect up front (last year food came to about $45 per person) - COLLECT AT NEXT MEETING $50
    • ACTION: Bring coolers to next meeting for Joy to prep
    • ACTION: Craig denies wanting but will probably receive his own personal bag of bacon
    • Craig will be bringing a keg and tap system - LEE: has a friend who runs a brewery who might give us a deal
    • Damien will be covering the Fresca
  • Shower/Evaporator
    • Leads: Joe & Craig
    • Joe will build the evaporator and the shower. Craig will take any credit and any blame that gets thrown around - yay Craig!
  • Load Masters
    • Organizing of loading and lifting stuff
    • Truck
      • Lead: David and Craig
    • Trailer
      • Lead: Lee and Joe
  • Camp Set Up
    • Pre-Run
      • A time to test things out
    • Arrival Friday Night at Midnight has been granted
    • ACTION: email Lee with any specific details your plans for interaction, and/or specific details about how the camp interacted with the city last year
    • ACTION: request early admission for 20 people
    • DEPENDANCY: Who arrives when?
    • departing Seattle Thursday Morning
    • Tear down
  • BM Org
    • Placement
    • How are we interacting with the city?
    • ACTION: email Lee with any specific details your plans for interaction, and/or specific details about how the camp interacted with the city last year
    • We are primarily a shipping service
      • Bar
      • Art Car
      • Minty Fresh
    • Arrival: ask for all early arrivals
         o Bar
               + Lead: Craig and Beth and Lee
               + To have a space for a bar on the street that we open and run at our will
                     # Theme: Get 16 year olds drunk; NAME: Jailbait Bar
                     # Candy-Infused Vodka
                     # Placement for Bar
                     # Drink Themes
                     # Building a Bar
                     # Possible interface with Art Car
                     # Separate from Kitchen
         o Water Meister
               + Lead: Marty and Beth
               + Last year water was brought from Seattle - can we get it locally?
               + Marty has looked into getting a bigger bladder
               + ACTION: if water is gotten there - get it after unloading the truck immediately upon arrival
               + A motion is moved to all fuck on the waterbed in the truck
               + Craig also has a contact at water containers
               + LEE: get in touch with Wally regarding local sources for water
               + Providing water may cover some of our expenses
         o Trailer
               + Lead: Lee
                     # rebuilding of trailer
                     # Hotties with Power Tools
                     # ACTION: at least 2 Work Party are needed to complete the trailer
         o Bikes
               + ACTIO: Bike Repair and/or Decoration party
         o Power
               + Lead: Lee (Generator)
               + Note the faulty string lights
               + Deep Cycle Batteries - Joe may get one
         o Storage
               + Finding a storage space
               + Lead: Damien & Marty
               + 24 hours
               + Ground floor
               + Not stoned elevator operator
               + Marty has done some pre-contacting
                     # last year's vendor (public storage on Fairview) can rent us two units for two months, totally around $500
                     # other vendors are quoting prices around $500 per unit per month
               + Two spaces are required: one for bikes; one for everything else
         o Drive Down/Drive Back
               + Facilitating the getting down there for everyone
               + Coordinate rides
               + Organization of the departure and stuff
               + Coordinate with Load Masters
               + Lead: Joy
               + Boston People: renting a car in Sacremento
               + Tentative Drive Down Schedule
                     # Truck pick-up on Tuesday, August 19
                     # Load Truck Wednesday, August 20
                     # Depart Thursday, August 21
                     # Thursday night at Summer Lake Hot Springs
                     # Friday morning at Summer Lake Hot Springs.
                     # Arrive at BRC Friday, August 22 or Saturday, August 23.
               + Tentative Drive Back Schedule
                     # Break down camp & load truck Sunday, August 31. (let's talk about when/how this can happen)
                     # Complete truck loading morning of Monday, September 1.
                     # Depart BRC
                           * Option 1: by 9:00 AM Monday, September 1 and skip heinous exodus. Seriously. I'm so not kidding here.
                           * Option 2: after 10:30 AM Monday, September 1 and plan to somehow enjoy a 4-hour exodus. We did it last year. Wasn't all that bad.
                     # Have a cooked meal in Cedarville or Alturas.
                     # Arrive at Summer Lake Hot Springs PM Monday, September 1.
                     # Tuesday, September 2: Depart Hot Springs & arrive in Seattle.
                     # Wedneday September 3: N O T H I N G
                     # Thursday September 4: Unload truck
                     # Friday September 5: Finish unload, wash truck, refuel & return truck to Penske.
         o Shipping
               + Leads: Marty & Lee
               + Expenses: about $200 more than last year - estimate
               + ACTION: get some idea of what people are each bringing
                     # 3 31 gallon bins per person?
         o Shade Structures
               + Monkey Parachute and Radio Tower
               + Your Mom - 17 by 50 - shade cloth - Riff Raff
               + Rufus (Low and Nasty)
               + Jeny B Structure
                     # maybe up front in camp?
               + Craig - Carport as Kitchen Structure
               + ACTION: David's dome as the camp chill space?
               + DAVID: Ground Cloth
               + Big Tent - possible chill space
         o Healing Center
               + Lead: Adele and David
               + Under the B-Camp?
               + Intention is for the table to be out and available when not in use and Adele to offer some body/energy work every day
               + And an intention for everyone at camp to get some body/energy work at least once in the week
         o Art Car
               + Lee has a goal of having it ready
               + BETH: Lighting
         o DECISIONS
               + we may be customers of ourselves with our stuff
               + revenue overage will be donated to ignition nw?


Minutes taken by SexyBitch.

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