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Autosub Meeting March 18th 2012
7:23pm - People introduced!
Attending: Pete (man in charge), Ripley (1, not with AS), Q (since 2003), Tish (3 times), Chuck (4 years), Max, Brian (newb), Doug (12), Sharon (1, LNT biznitch), Rich (1), Tristram (3), John (1 year, not with AS), Anne (newb), David L (4th with AS), DreamyJenn (as long as Pete), Erika (2nd), Brian 'Gougey' (4th year)
AutoSub has a long excellent history of people stepping forward and running things in their 2nd/3rd years, seasoned burners etc.
Agenda:
- Placement news
- Reconvening of working groups
- Autosub at other local events
- Membership/Recruitment update
- Pod leadership potentials
- Placement News:
- Hive will happen! Woo!
- Unexpectedly they told us our placement. Hopping sides for the first time in years, at 7:30&Esplenade
- Considerably closer to center camp
- Closer to Oasis 47 and Steambath project. Bah-ston.
MOVING ON
Working Groups:
- Rotating Dome (did not meet)
- Dome Re-Deco
- Split into two working groups
- Reskinning
- Ideas: Two levels, doesn’t just come down add additional pvc pipe which forms a couch area for more dance floor space, covered in spandex.
- Erika: The dome “muffin top”
- Deco (Needs to reconvene)
Slide group - 3 Different designs!
- Design from Doug: Covered wagon model: full of hoops, $1k, made modular, can be made preplaya entirely. Gusset plates and pvc on the playa.
- Tristram: Cloth shute, steel pipes running parallel, high strength aerial acro fabric, hangy slide! Deforms left and right, but not length wise. Estimated cost: $200-300, packs up like a boss.(Doug- Inflatable slides for airplane crashes might be findable (Cliff).)
- David L: Similar to Doug’s design but not a trough. Plywood surface coered in vinyl. You can oil it! Estimated Cost: $270 at a height of 19 ft. Made up of 3 sections, for easy storage. Takes up 8 cu ft.
- Concerns
- Leatherman wearing people destroying the fabric slide
- Pocketing would be too much
- Provide people with things to slide on? “Pants Recommended”
Pete is now moving things along!
Working group will re-convene, look over detailed proposals and bring them back to the Camp.
- Stilter Bar
- Pecan & Q
- Goal for this year:
- Keep it as simple and easy as possible. Might need a sign...
- Q wants to be in touch with the other worker groups to see how designs can be modified to account for a person up high, with a bottle to pour from.
- Slide: Support tower made such that a person can pour drinks?
- Skinning dome: Skin so that a flap can be raised? Or structure to stand on?
- On top of containers? Too tall.
- Pump liquids up to stilter height! Self driven bar, delivery device, pump (electric, hand cranked)
Pete is moving things along!
- People are going to talk to Q.
- Ideas have to be cheap, simple, easy, non-complex. And not complicated.
- People who want to talk: David Gardner II, Erika and Ripley.
- Propaganda Working Group
- D. House
- Mind control exists throughout society, totalitarianism. Why did you do that silly thing, human?
- Performance art, progressively more militaristic brand, bright colors as logo, prop films.
- Prop movie night, talk of the aesthetic of prop.
- Is the group going to splinter?
- Melinda wants to do Propaganda of Autosub, D. House Propaganda
- The art for the Dome could be really influenced by this.
- Ideas: running an election campaign wagon, Mayor of Burningman, Governor of Tuesday, wearing sashes, “1950’s campaign wagon,” buttons.
- Forming a “State” of people, how is it majestic. “Every state needs an enemy to fight against, Tottenkitten?”
- Melinda is splintering off from Propaganda to make Camp Identity, year round instead of one year project.
8:24pm
- Zipline working group
- Doug an others
- Cost: $200, cable and testing to see if it is viable.
- REDACTED TO MAINTAIN SURPRISE**
- NO ass-less chaps.
- Contact Doug Ruuska for more info.
- Smoke & Steam Part II - Pete, Jenn, Steve
- Using larger area, Steve K’s house
- Mental block being farther away from. BUT stress test checked out turnout to March 17th event, 50+ turnout.
- Noon to maybe 9/10pm, not competing with evening plans, there is room to setup the dome.
- Porta potties, closed house as it is too small.
- Hooping, poi.
- Dates: Almost definitely May 12, Saturday before Mother’s day. Least likely to detract.
- Capacity: 150-200
- Work needs to be done getting word out, door needs to be repaired, 1 more grill, maybe two, seating, picnic tables, lights for grill area
- Invitation over the next week, rain or shine event.
- Another idea: Button inside the steam bath goes up to cooking area, vacancy/no vacancy.
- Fundraiser for AutoSub. Part would also go to Steve.
- Smoker scaled up? Dewb? Gardner II has 2 smokers might be available to offset size bump.
- Jenn - “Wet Taint” Towels
- Performance in the dome if it is set up?
- Fundraiser is meant not for friends, but people not in the scene who will be more likely to be surprised by the awesome. Donation price: $30-35
- Ordinance rules for dome?
- Last year had 80ish people. Church of Steve!
CRANKING THROUGH
- AutoSub associated with other groups.
- Together, Cambridge Science Fest, etc.
- Person to coordinate AutoSub’s presence, submitting things as an art project, figuring out how things can be coordinated.
- Ripley?
- May 12/13th Waltham is having Charles River Museum Steampunk City
- “Figment” connected, sculpture and interactive art.
- Having a Cat Wrangler to handle the art being sent out.
- People send art idea/festival ideas to Ripley.
- Storage - Chuck
- $3700 up front storage container from Burning Man (may be less I we can move the container at Iveson Ranch), $500/ year for storage, $200 for transp back and forth.
- How to deal with 15 empty water barrels.
- JB: thought we could move back and forth. Isn’t looking like the best viable option.
- Water- the Hive wanted water service, didn’t get it, $1/gallon, willing to negotiate again this year.
- The money we would save on storage we would spend on water.
- People should meet and talk about water.
- Membership
- More people have tickets than aware of!
- Camp is strangely lucky...
- 22 people with tix want to camp with AutoSub already.
- 11 people have been contacted to potential buy from “Placement Tickets”.
- 9 people have never camped with AutoSub and want to go, don’t have tix.
- Total number of interested, ticketed people: ~40
- People have to jump on tickets early, because of the ticketing issue.
- March 30th is the date!
- There will be another meeting around March 30th.
- If there is a person who wants to come and be part of AutoSub, invite them! Send them Pete’s way.
- Pod Leadership - AutoSub creates a dizzying array of THINGS TO DO and titles, so many delicious titles.
- There is A camp leader “Pete”
- Beancounting Pod: Chuck
- Buildings and Grounds
- Make sure things get built and look good. Early crew builds structure, B&G makes sure everything is placed, built well and well kept.
- Coordinate a lot with the early crew lead and wrangles volunteers.
- Power
- Coordinating with other members of the camp to have power distributed the way it should be. And that things get fixed! Also responsible for fuel (kitchen and fire art)
- Water
- Self explanatory, kitchen needs water, water is managed. People drinking enough water.
- Water use is not linear throughout the week.
- Evap pond and coordinating whomever is leading the steambath.
- Q - Any chance of being able to budget AS water for limited shower project?
- Cooler water was sufficient for needs.
- Ruuska - We have a fixed amount of water we bring each year. We had more water than we needed last year...
- Safety Pod
- Ensuring extinguishers are located, known and available. First aid kits are restocked, accessible.
- Knows medical issues of members in camp.
- LNT
- VERY important. Leave No Trace. It is ongoing and perpetual; the reason why BMorg likes us.
- AutoSUb should not be the only LNT camp in the hive...
- Art Pod
- Working with buildings and grounds, grants to work on art projects, coordinating funds and money isn’t disappearing into abyss.
- Sound Pod
- In charge of sound! Getting sound up and running, handling logistics, etc.
- Workshop
- People are putting things back where they belong.
- Kitchen
- 2 people, coordinate dietary restrictions, shopping pre-playa, setting up kitchen, communal food/meal food-Bar and Kitchen more integration
- Pre-Playa early crew handy
- Bar Pod
- shop pre-playa, organize easy to make drinks, coordinate volunteers.
- Bookings
- EPlaya, contact lists, fun interesting events happening throughout the week, person has assistant for early morning things. Jeremy?
- Must have Daft Punk this year.
- Virgin
- Help out the Virgins! Big kick from the Org is acculturation, BM ethos is passed on to the next generation and new members.
- Make sure they read the survivor guides, lay in the dust, drink water, etc.
- Fluffer pod!
- Cheerleaders, plate full of delicious, fluffing the workers.
- Beer Pod
- Very important
- Trash and Recycling
- Very important, dealing with refuse. Properly accounted for, recycling center, composts.
- Early Crew Lead and Late Crew Lead
- Self explanatory
- DPW has asked we be more self reliant.
- Less call for trenching and dome raising.
- May need crane (or crane like thing) to raise dome...
- SHORT COMMERCIAL
- Rangers, training is ran by Q.
- Talking to Burner groups about how great it is to be a Ranger!
- Consider both hear both in the coming weeks. Questions, ask Q.
- Off playa training, on playa training.
- Autosub Camp at Firefly---
- People interested? go team! Needs a leader... is it you?
- Before wrap
- Any other things?
- Another Doodle poll will be sent out, final stuff for working groups, expenses, etc.
- Next meeting will probably be named by the house yet to be named or Doug’s.
1, 2, 3....
And we are done!
Descend into Chaos.