eric pulls shit together
May/14/2007 Filed in: getting
ready
Hey guys, today
I'm experimenting with toxins...
No, not injesting them, using them to
bond the vinyl together for
pyramid construction. No huge success yet. I've tried pvc cement,
abs cement, and pvc sheet glue--
none seem to be just right. I think I'll have to experiment with some
epoxies. Whatever adhesive it is, I think the key will be to design
the seams so that they're not dependent on the glue as much as the
design (folded several times so nothing can come apart).
I went out to Donna's house, just outside of Ferndale, it shall be
the home of our work parties in the near future. Her family has got
118 acres--plenty of room to build a big ol' pyramid. I'll place the
order monday and have it shipped there.
I found a serious hook-up on generators. We could get two 6,000 watt
gennny's (generic, kind of bottom of the line, but new) for $200
each! That's cheaper than renting half that amount of power for a
single trip to the playa. If I wasn't so broke, I'd snatch them up
right away. The guy has also got a single 15,000 watt generator,
higher quality than the others, for just over $1,000---that's a
screaming good deal. He's also got one other Honda 7,000 watt for
$500. Any/all of these are very tempting.
I expected to pay around $1,000 for generators this year and figured
we'd probably have to throw a fund-raiser to get that money. I'm
wondering a bit about booking a club in Seattle and throwing a party
down there for our fund-raiser. I'm open to any other ideas if
anyone has got anything in mind.
I've uploaded a file to the files section if anyone is curious about
our power needs. If I seem way off here, please let me know. I
think we probably should be pretty good with the two 6,000 watt
generators.
We're getting really close to needing to send in our theme camp
questionaire for placement. Does anyone want to help with this? If
anyone has very basic graphic design skills, we could use a simple
plan of our camp layout. I think if we request less real estate,
we're more likely to get a better spot, (I learned that the hard way
last year).
I've also posted a resource tally sheet. Please post whatever stuff
you've got to share with the camp. Also if you think of things we
need or want to take on a project on the list, please post it.
One last thing and I'll quit rambling on. Most of you that have
camped with big camps are familiar with Camp Fees. This along with
fund-raisers is generally what pays for the infrastructure of a camp
and a rental truck to get it there. This topic is entirely up for
discussion. The camps I've been with have been sliding-scale and
have been effective. I think a likely sum to shoot for will be
between $150 - $200 per person and/or an infrastructure contribution
equivalent (i.e. use of a generator, shade structures, etc.). If
there's someone that is totally broke and just can't come up with
that kind of money (on top of all of the other expenses of going to
BM), but still wants to actively participate and contribute, of
course we'll still welcome them. I'm bringing this up now so that
people on tight budgets can start saving and people overflowing with
abundance can pay theirs now so as to help get things rolling. It
would only take a couple/few people to pay on the high end of the
scale for us to be able to buy those generators now. Then we might
use the them for the fund-raiser.... In camps past, we've had
people pay camp fees that didn't even camp with us. We've had people
pay several times the suggested amount. For this camp, I'm sure we'd
all warmly welcome more of the same. I've just set-up a paypall
account to send money directly to the Boogie Universal bank account.
It's linked to my e-mail address: ***. Yeah, there's a certain amount of trust in sending money to my name, but
hey, if we can't trust each other, why the hell would we be doing
this? I think my five years of volunteering with Boogie Universal
should serve as an adequate reference of trust and dedication to big
fun projects that don't make money.
I think we're around 12 or so pretty solid camp members right now.
The magic number I'm shooting for is around 15-20. I'd say we're in
pretty good shape!
Thanks for reading all this,
E
pyramid construction. No huge success yet. I've tried pvc cement,
abs cement, and pvc sheet glue--
none seem to be just right. I think I'll have to experiment with some
epoxies. Whatever adhesive it is, I think the key will be to design
the seams so that they're not dependent on the glue as much as the
design (folded several times so nothing can come apart).
I went out to Donna's house, just outside of Ferndale, it shall be
the home of our work parties in the near future. Her family has got
118 acres--plenty of room to build a big ol' pyramid. I'll place the
order monday and have it shipped there.
I found a serious hook-up on generators. We could get two 6,000 watt
gennny's (generic, kind of bottom of the line, but new) for $200
each! That's cheaper than renting half that amount of power for a
single trip to the playa. If I wasn't so broke, I'd snatch them up
right away. The guy has also got a single 15,000 watt generator,
higher quality than the others, for just over $1,000---that's a
screaming good deal. He's also got one other Honda 7,000 watt for
$500. Any/all of these are very tempting.
I expected to pay around $1,000 for generators this year and figured
we'd probably have to throw a fund-raiser to get that money. I'm
wondering a bit about booking a club in Seattle and throwing a party
down there for our fund-raiser. I'm open to any other ideas if
anyone has got anything in mind.
I've uploaded a file to the files section if anyone is curious about
our power needs. If I seem way off here, please let me know. I
think we probably should be pretty good with the two 6,000 watt
generators.
We're getting really close to needing to send in our theme camp
questionaire for placement. Does anyone want to help with this? If
anyone has very basic graphic design skills, we could use a simple
plan of our camp layout. I think if we request less real estate,
we're more likely to get a better spot, (I learned that the hard way
last year).
I've also posted a resource tally sheet. Please post whatever stuff
you've got to share with the camp. Also if you think of things we
need or want to take on a project on the list, please post it.
One last thing and I'll quit rambling on. Most of you that have
camped with big camps are familiar with Camp Fees. This along with
fund-raisers is generally what pays for the infrastructure of a camp
and a rental truck to get it there. This topic is entirely up for
discussion. The camps I've been with have been sliding-scale and
have been effective. I think a likely sum to shoot for will be
between $150 - $200 per person and/or an infrastructure contribution
equivalent (i.e. use of a generator, shade structures, etc.). If
there's someone that is totally broke and just can't come up with
that kind of money (on top of all of the other expenses of going to
BM), but still wants to actively participate and contribute, of
course we'll still welcome them. I'm bringing this up now so that
people on tight budgets can start saving and people overflowing with
abundance can pay theirs now so as to help get things rolling. It
would only take a couple/few people to pay on the high end of the
scale for us to be able to buy those generators now. Then we might
use the them for the fund-raiser.... In camps past, we've had
people pay camp fees that didn't even camp with us. We've had people
pay several times the suggested amount. For this camp, I'm sure we'd
all warmly welcome more of the same. I've just set-up a paypall
account to send money directly to the Boogie Universal bank account.
It's linked to my e-mail address: ***. Yeah, there's a certain amount of trust in sending money to my name, but
hey, if we can't trust each other, why the hell would we be doing
this? I think my five years of volunteering with Boogie Universal
should serve as an adequate reference of trust and dedication to big
fun projects that don't make money.
I think we're around 12 or so pretty solid camp members right now.
The magic number I'm shooting for is around 15-20. I'd say we're in
pretty good shape!
Thanks for reading all this,
E
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