MeetingMinutes03062012

Members Present: Pete, Brian “Gowgey” , Doug, Damon, Sharon “Kubo”, Lark, Xala, David Levy, Pecan, Tristram, Jeremy, MattO “Struggles”, Jon McD, Dewb, Mindy, Erika “Atari”, Rich, “Dream” Jenn, Q

Remote: Xuth

Virgins Present: Jessie, Amanda, David House

Agenda: 1) Do we want AutoSub to happen at Burning Man this year? Do we have the motivation, time, money and tickets to make it happen

Assuming yes: 2) Ticket update Pete discloses how many tickets we have and how many we need as of today

3) What form will AutoSub take in 2012? Structured open discussion. -Will we be 30 people? 50? Merge with another Hive Camp? Another non-Hive Camp? -Will we look the same? Continue Dome project? Be on Esplanade? Be in the Hive?

4) What's NEW for AutoSub in 2012? Stagnation = death. What new things will the camp do this year? -Dream's crazy ideas -Dan's crazy ideas -Pete's crazy ideas

5) Fund Raising. Its never too early -Steam & Smoke 2? -Pete's crazy collaboration idea

6) Placement Questionnaire Decisions Will we have an: -Art Car? -Flame effects?

How should we answer these new questions: -Acculturation *This question is required. Save and continue if you need to return at another time. As the Burning Man event and culture grows, we are all challenged by demonstrating our values to the newest members of our community. How will your camp meet this challenge?

-Interactivity Description *This question is required. Save and continue if you need to return at another time. Please describe your Camp's concepts and goals, philosophy and plans for personal interaction with the community for this year’s event.(This is the most important information we are collecting from you).

-Heavy Equipment Use *This question is required. Save and continue if you need to return at another time. Will you be bringing construction heavy equipment (i.e. forklift, VR lift, crane) to assemble your camp?

-Year-round Construction and Assembly Facilities *This question is required. Save and continue if you need to return at another time.

Are you interested in year-round facilities for construction and assembly near the event area?

-Large Crowds *This question is required. Save and continue if you need to return at another time. Do you anticipate hosting crowds of 250 or more at any one event?

Minutes:

1. Yes AutoSub will exist again this year.

2. Ticket Update From people replying to Pete’s e-mails, we know that:

People who will not be coming this year: Linda May and Eric, FiG and JenFish, Lil Debbie, Mat Fries, Cobalt, Hannah, Dani and Stevi, Pete Lyons

People who are interested and have tickets: Dream, Xuth, Kubo, Rich, MattO, Jeremy, David Levy, Doug, Dewb, Dan Levy and Hayley, Phil & Liz (may not be able to attend), Mindy (not 100% sure of AS)

Interested Vets with out tix: Pete Z, Dan Strange, Gougy, Damon, Tristram, el Brew Ho, Lark, Max Eskin, Jon McD,

Not currently camping with AutoSub but possibly convincible: Chuck, Tish, Ike (has ticket)

Interested old Subbers/ not Subbers Pecan, Emile, Sabrina, Brian and Ashley, David House, Jessie and Amanda

Total: 11-14 ticketed members 28-35 already interested

July 20 last year at 25 paid. Ended up at 37.

Pete will submit the application tomorrow. Hopefully know in a week.

If you need more info on STEP Pete can send an email.

3. What form will AutoSub take this year?

Forgoing discussion of merging with other camps due to large member interest. If other smaller camps want to glom on want to merge in, will be a case by case basis.

Last week a very good Hive (Boston Village) meeting. Jered is happy to run the Hive again.

Hive is currently: AutoSub, Dub Scouts, Quality, Covered in Bees, Kaos, sriracha camp

All camps very optimistic

4. What’s NEW for AutoSub this year?

AutoSub has had an ellipsoidal diagrid dome with an annular net for the past 3 years.

New and exciting ideas!

A. Dan Strange: Rotating dome! Trench with wheels Anyone interested in helping? Doug, Damon, Sharon, Xuth, David, Dewb, Hous, Tristram, Erika, Rich.

B. Dream: Re-do interior dome deco Working Group: Pecan, Erika, Rich, Struggles, Jessie

C. Pete Z: 1. Modify and improve the slide to have a second exit from the dome. Working Group: Jon McD, Doug, Damon, Sharon, Dewb, Amanda, Levy, Tristram, Erika, Jessie, Struggles, 2. Work with Pete Durand and have Hive and early arrivals in one truck to have one empty truck to do something like a night market truck or have a viewing platform on top.

Doug has design for a zipline in a trailer, with spikes. Working Group: Gowdy, Doug, Damon, Sharon, Dewb., Amanda, House, Pecan, Erika, Tristram, Dream.

Melinda: Something different each day as private project

D. Amanda: Tight rope inside dome: structural?

Gang plank or tightrope from trailer to dome.

E: Matto: hip skirt if we raise the dome to create more floor space, gallery style seating. Also assumes that uf raise the dome, need to extend the skin: Dome Tutu??!!

F. Q: Longest running Stilter bar – could be done from container, if we raise the dome, the widest part of the diagrid would be out and could lean out as a bar, depending on how we construct the slide, if need a support platform.

• need to let you know it’s there (especially for stiltter pub crawl)
• Also, want a place to hang out and lean (high chairs)

Working group: Pecan, Pete, Q

G. Sculpture garden, garden of optical illusions (someone else in Hive?)

H. Jessie: Propaganda - creating a symbol as powerful as a totalitarian state symbol. Working group: Gowdey, Damon Sharon, Lark, Q, Melinda, House, Pecan, Tristram, Jeremy, Pete, Dream.

FIRE? Struggles: Propane bubbler? Damon: Has a design

Need lit signs.

Working groups will submit proposals next meeting.

In events: Hive and AutoSub

Questions: Where does money come from and how is it distributed? Camper dues

What happened to the flags from the cube? Made new each year due to loss. Can make easily. Discussion for future.

5. Fundraising

A. Steam and Smoke 5 people we don’t know have asked when the Smoke and Steam is going to happen! Mega Seth has offered his place.

Who is interest in helping to organize something in April? Gowdey, Levy, Q, Dewb, Melinda, Jessie, Amanda, Erika, Pete, Struggles, dream

B. Becoming a year-round group Approached by Disorient to have a joint party. Concerns that they just want our $$$ If we are going out of our ‘market’ they have the resources to tap those. Tie in to North Hampton, Providence or Worcester. Discomfort with the concept of Market, desire to not co-modify us. Community building. Concerns about cultural annilation – don’t want to become a porange suburb and lose sight of our own identity . Liking some qualities of work ethic of NY. Event by event basis., add Disorient to our events Larger push for NE regional events. Work with Disorient to build up community in 3rd city (New Haven, Worcester, Providence, etc…) Would not be doing ALL events with them. Do it once see how it goes. Date has been proposed: Last weekend of April, first weekend of May Mix of DJs Mix of Porange Monthly events through CEMMI sat Wonderland?

Psyforia: co-opted by Figment as a fundraiser on the 28th

VOTE: Who wants to be involved with an initial Disorient collaboration party: Jon McD, Melinda, Tristram, Erika, Struggles, Dream,

Sharon: possibility of non-steam events closer to the burn @ her place.

6. Placement Questionnaire Decisions Who is the camp leader? Pete Z Secondary contact: Doug LNT: Sharon

Are we going to have an art car? No

Fire Art? No.

Acculturation Figment, open our space to anyone who ould like to run an event, silks, subgroups in boston, virgins that become leaders, vigins within camp learn quick

Interactivity Beer cannon Stuff going on all the time Wide variety of activities drawing in a wide variety of people Antartic Happy Hour to Movie Mashups Classical Café for morning people Beginners Silks classes and Jonestown Happy Hour Beard Rock City Not just the next big spectacle Bootie BRC

Bringing heavy equipment? No. (But we’re going to need it.)

Year-round storage? TBD Pete & Chuck

Year-round construction & assembly? No.

Anticipate hosting crowds of 250+ Not really

Agenda for next meeting:

Do we want to get involved in Cambridge Science fest, SOS, Together, FIGMENT other entities? What does it mean to be AutoSub? On playa “what do you guys do?” is there value in providing an easy answer? Membership/recruitment Pod leaders

Random announcements: Erika’s chorus has a concert next Saturday. Will send information to the list. Boston CORE project: Codpiece! Join BM-CORE-NE google group Needs a storage place and/or workshop Together Festival coming up: togetherboston.com