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Art by Kernul Killbuck Kamp Apokiliptika

Mission Statement of the ePlaya Bar Camp

The following ten one liners comprise the core values of the ePlaya Bar Camp.

1 - "To solve unsolved problems innovatively while playing, perusing and imbibing."

2 - "To give unlimited opportunity for fun to all campers and guests."

3 -"To preserve and improve human existence by solving all the problems in the world"

4 - "To give ePlaya Bar folk the chance to drink the same thing as rich people."

5 - "To make people happy."

6 - “To honor and respect virgins assisting them in the passage from virginity.”

7 - “To be desirous of everything yet nothing at the same time.”

8 - “To pass the good Karma whenever possible.”

9 - “To revel in fervent participation with other Burners.”

10 - “To have fun doing uncommon, extraordinary things for others and self”

Each ePlaya Bar Camper is supported by a set of values that set the performance standards and direct the implementation of the mission critical values set forth as such. We ePlaya Bar Campers (eplayain playas erectus) publicly uphold the following values.

Camp social responsibility.
Unequivocal excellence in all aspects of the camp operation, LNT policy, and security.
Alcohol-based innovation in spontaneous camp improvements.
Honesty & integrity in all interactions in camp.
Fellowship and fraternity.
Hooping will always be respected and hoopers yielded to.
Fun, but fun from participation that benefits the experience for all.
Fire will be respected and controlled.
Water is life.
Alcohol is the nectar of the Gods or blood of the big bang
Grey water is evil generate very little of it.
Moop is fun to pick up at all times.
Buddy system is a good thing
Thou shall wear blinky glowie things at night
We are not desirous of baby wipes in the JOT’s
And all ePlaya Bar Campers state their commitment to core interactive values as follows.
What happens at ePlaya Bar Camp stays in ePlaya Bar Camp
All non- virgin members are Meta BRC Rangers that means “Head first mouth last”.
All cynicism will be respected.
Nurturing and promulgation of "wholesome yet erotic Burner values".
Creativity, dreams and imagination shared, celebrated and respected.
Fanatical attention to consistency and detail while dreaming.
Preservation and control of the ePlaya Bar Camp "magic" with constant and generous application of good Karma.

Commitments
The ePlaya bar camp ritual experience beliefs will be added to our commitments as they are universally adopted and magically appear as predicted in the old ePlaya long lost threads. This list is expected to grow until the end of the Mayan calendar. The following are only starter seed’s.
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NEB – The NEB “Never ending blanket” shall never end.

Booze – Booze pictures online are real drinks in your hand.

Boobs –Boob pictures online are real boobs in your hand.

Hunks- Hunky guy pictures online really suck in the bar!

Love - Love is real love in your hand.

Mooping another camper - The ePlaya Bar Camp Moop game is an integral part of the ePlaya bar camp ritual experience since 2006 Moop can be handed off once to another eplayain if the receiver accepts it they must now dispose of it properly. This will lead to always playing the fun “Is it Swag or Moop” game day and night creating a fun little constant social experience.

“What will it be?” A question of great social significance and an ancient eplayain bar greeting shall be held reverent through out the lands of ePlaya Bar Camp. If the question is answered all efforts shall be made to comply with the request.

Eplaya Bar Camp Black Rock City Nevada 2006
All rights reserved subject to spontaneous change without notice.

Stolen from BurningMan.com

PLANNING A VILLAGE (or large camp)

Organization The village starts in the minds of those involved, grows in the group effort of making it happen, lives in the glorious unpredictable chaos of life on the playa, and ends with the aftermath of cleaning up and packing away everything you have brought with you. But bringing together all of the personalities, ideas and needs of a village is no easy task. What will it take to make it happen?


Here are some suggestions:
What do you want to do? First of all, you will need a clear idea.
Call it a "Mission Statement", "Master Plan," or whatever you want. What is crucially important is that you have a distinct plan of what you intend to do and that everyone else in your group understands it and agrees to implement it. The "Mission Statement" is helpful in defining the identity of the village so that potential residents can find out where they fit in.

Embracing those involved with "social planning events" is your foundation. These strategy meetings will help to relieve the stress in organizing your community. Strive to have as much fun planning your village as you will have living in it! Everyone should help in the creation from the start. Here you will find the personalities you can count on "out there." You will need far more than a handful of "doers" to pull this off. An organizer/organizers must acknowledge the true potential of those around him/her and weigh them against their ability to follow through. Building a village differs from building a theme camp because you will have to build and run the village infrastructure as well as build and run your own camp. Village residents must be willing to not only create their own dream but contribute to the community as well.

Get in touch with the Burning Man Project and stay in touch! The organizers of Burning Man are here to help you make it the village of your dreams. The more you stay in touch with them, the better job they can do of finding you a place and the support you need. On the flip side, a blow-by-blow of your development will tie up organizers time. After initial contact, alert them when important changes in dimension, structural, or critical needs arise.

Identify your core members. You may have several hundred people as part of your village, but you must have a core group of village organizers you can depend upon, come hell or high water. These are the persons who will be responsible 24 hours a day to deal with problems as they happen. These organizers should know each other well and should know how to work together. A general rule of thumb is: 1 organizer for every 20 people who are part of your group. If you have 100 people, then you should have at least 5 people who are alert and ready to deal with the inevitable challenges that occur. Likewise, if you have 300, you should have 15.

Appoint a person to be your contact with the Burning Man Project. Your contact person should be the person who completes the questionnaire. They should be vested with the authority to represent your group to the Burning Man organization both pre-playa and on the playa. This person should be available for conversations about placement of your camp throughout the summer starting July 1st.

Plan your space to embrace the Burning Man Community at-large. Here are things that have proven to be crucial in the previous years. Note that this is just a list of hints, not a list of requirements.Plan to have entrance portals to your community. People will need to know that they are leaving "there" and entering your "here." Artists in your group should be put to work.

You will also need a public gathering area: a civic center where the village community meets and interacts with the outer community.

Create a central artistic structure that will encourage people to gravitate to that communal ground. Civic structures in the form of public art and stages are a natural outgrowth of people gathering together and are a true necessity to social cohesion and communal identity. They are something that will be shared with everyone.

Every community needs a voice. It is yours to schedule and your responsibility to facilitate the creativity of your village. Some questions to keep in mind are,"When are things going to happen? How long and how loud? " Planning events ahead of time will promote a high level of visibility to non-residents.

Every village must have a location for people to have their private campsites. Take into account how many people you may have in your villages and be aware of their size requirements. It is wise to give yourself a degree of separation between civic, communal and private space.

Villages benefit greatly by having a bulletin board. They are helpful for information dissemination within your community and the community at-large. We encourage out-reach efforts aimed at directly communicating with the districts that border your village. The written and spoken word at Burning Man is our friend.

A Major Safety Point All structures should be properly secured to prevent injuries during and after construction due to the possibility of extreme weather.

Villages are not required to have resident rangers, but since villages are bigger, they are more likely to attract people in need of assistance. Therefore, villages are encouraged to have resident rangers.



An experienced first aid provider and a fully equipped aid kit are strongly recommended.
Center Camp or a Plaza may be a long walk away. Every part of your real estate should be examined in regard to the personal safety of others.

If you create a central meeting place it is also essential that a clear space of at least 30 feet with an entrance and an exit be maintained as a fire lane for emergency vehicles. Fire extinguishers are also a very good safety item to have on hand and available to all villagers.
Visualize everything that can possibly go wrong and plan for it. Everyone has been up for 48 hours with no food and your supply truck is stuck in the mud 50 miles west of camp. You have a show planned for your main stage, which hasn't been built yet since your main carpenter has disappeared onto the playa. The sound man had an allergic reaction to buffet food from Reno and his girlfriend is driving him back to Fresno. What are you going to do? Again, anticipate worst case scenarios. Remind yourself that it is Burning Man and things never happen the way you expect anyway. Villlages must be flexible enough to allow for these changes.

Bring what you need. This is obvious, but also anticipate that others may have forgotten or may have run into unavoidable snags which leave you without important provisions. Anticipate having to pick up the slack.

Pack your shit out. Again obvious, but ignored by many and very frustrating. Plan ahead of time for at least a quarter of your people to stick around after the Burn to help with clean up. Know that half of those expected to help may bail. Keep the other quarter in the back of your mind as "undecided." Plan again for a core group of people to stay several days afterwards to make sure that your village is as clean and blank as when you came. These people are the real gems of our community at-large. Appoint a person or group of persons who will be responsible for this.
Please read the Protecting the Environment and the Earth Guardians' sections of this website and your Survival Guide very carefully.
We have found that the amount of debris deposited on the playa is directly proportional to length of stay. Densely settled areas such a villages can leave a greater trace. Such debris includes many smaller items, such as nut shells, bottle caps, cigarette butts, plastic ties -- the list goes on and on. It is easy to ignore such items on so small a scale, but ALL of these things must be cleaned up. We recommend that all campers, and especially villages, imitate our large-scale clean up effort and employ a systematic grid to police their area for trash. Walk this grid before departing with your fellow villagers and pick up EVERYTHING in your path. A second and more basic rule to follow is don't let things hit the ground in the first place! This will save you time and effort at the end of the event.

Recycle. There is recycling for Aluminum cans and villages are expected to be role models in this endeavor. We encourage everyone to check out Recycle Camp so that you can be "waste savvy." This will ultimately make your job easier, as you will have less to pack out. Nonetheless, it is your responsibility to make sure that whatever you bring out to the playa will also leave. The recycling program is a wonderful program and idea. IT IS NOT A GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICE.

Be responsible for your crew. Some members of your village are more than likely camping in the desert for the first time. It is your responsibility to ensure that they understand what that actually means. Make sure that everyone, at the very least, reads and follows the survival guide, and pass down any wisdom you have picked up along the way. The more you can do to prepare people ahead of time the less hassles you will have once isolated in the desert.

Embrace those around you. The reason you are planning a village is to bring others into your circle. Obviously, certain barriers for privacy are needed, but fortressing is not only unnecessary but counterproductive to the event. Burning Man is by nature radically inclusive and, although certain personal boundaries are necessary, fortifying your the public portion of your camp is debilitating to the overall concept. Being a village means welcoming outsiders; that's what villages do. For old timers, the years of renegade driving are over and the need for compounds is gone.

Some edits by editor 2006

ePlaya Bar Camp will be checking ID's!

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/onion_news1296.jpg


LONGMONT, CO.
Addressing a group of fellow Carver High School students assembled in the school's commons area, 17-year-old Todd Kelso announced Monday that he is "definitely" going to Burning Man next year.
"There's no way I'm gonna miss Burning Man next year," Kelso said of the annual week-long gathering in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, held Aug. 31-Sept. 7 this year. "It's the coolest fuckin' thing ever, man–I heard from this guy that all these naked chicks dance around in silver body paint, and there's this 50-foot floating couch that has lasers coming out of it. It's like this whole alternative community."
Kelso, who was unable to attend this year's event due to transportation problems, first learned of Burning Man in September 1997, when MTV News anchor Kurt Loder delivered a live, on-location report from the festival. Ever since seeing the MTV segment, Kelso has been committed to attending the festival.
"All these really cool people drive out to the middle of the desert to smoke weed and set this big huge statue on fire," Kelso said. "But it's not about acting all crazy. It's about getting in touch with your primal roots. It's about creating this whole other way of living in this alternate community. Plus, supposedly, there's a fire-breathing car that looks like a shark."
Added Kelso: "It's gonna be so awesome."
Already preparing for next year's event, Kelso said he is setting aside $5 from each paycheck from his bagboy job at Pic-N-Sav for the $100 Burning Man admission fee. He is earmarking an additional $5 from each paycheck for much-needed repairs for his 1982 Chevy Chevette.
Kelso has also begun giving serious consideration to his choice of costume. "I was thinking about going in some kinda crazy outfit with Christmas lights," he said, "or maybe something with big metal spikes like in The Road Warrior."
Added Kelso: "I think I'm going to cover my whole car in aluminum foil."
Kelso, who said he expects next year's Burning Man to be "twice as insane" as this year's, has already invited his best friend, Carver High School junior Matt Fleischer, to come along. t
"I don't know too much about it, but I'm up for anything," said Fleischer, who has already agreed to pitch in half the gas money. "From what Todd says, it sounds seriously out of control."
According to Kelso, Fleischer is the only Carver High student he could ask to accompany him to Burning Man.
"Anyone else at this school would totally freak over a scene like that," Kelso said. "But me and Matt are mature enough to handle it. Plus, the girls at Burning Man are supposed to be way more sexually liberated than the ones at Carver. The chicks here suck."
"Burning Man is going to be mind-blowing. And I'll be 18 next summer, so I won't have to answer to anyone," said Kelso, heading to his fifth-period algebra class. "I missed out big-time this year, but there's no way I'm going to make the same mistake next year. No fucking way."

Editor note: I found this hilarious story posted by Bob on ePlaya with unquoted quotes and googled it to see if it was a real story...
He also has a interesting Black rock city compass story here which explains how the man and the city as a whole are aligned in relationship to the compass.

Future Top Secret night vision photo of ePlaya Bar Camp

Future night photo of ePlaya bar Camp.

We have placement! Anxious and 3:00

Eplaya Bar Camp

Anxious near 3:00

Camp Description: The ePlaya Bar Camp is the physical extension of "The Bar" from the Burning Man.com ePlaya, the most prolific topic on the ePlaya. We exist as a meeting point for anyone and everyone who ever has, or ever will, drop by "The Bar" whether virtually or not. We hope to see you in the future at the Eplaya Bar on the Playa and off the Playa at the Eplaya Bar thread. We fear you may have too much fun, meet new friends and generally get addicted to the Eplaya Bar. Full Description: Following BurningMan 2004, the ePlayan known as Tisha2 created a topic for discussion on the ePlaya called "The Bar". I think her opening lines are worth quoting here: "Well kids, I was just appreciating how much this here Eplaya is like the real playa with the witty conversation, and the mayhem, and the diverse opinions; being able to jump from one camp (thread) to another...just realized that besides the dust, there was something missing....hey! Where's my fucking drink?! SO - I take my needs into my own hands... Welcome to the Eplaya Bar! Tish the Dish, the Hostess with the Mostess at your service! She is plenty experienced (you heard me) and pretty darn hot to boot. Step right up, pull up a barstool and have a seat. The bar is fully stocked and lookee there! A hundred kegs with every beer you've ever wanted on tap! Act appropriately (as defined by you of course) and no puking! What'll it be, baby?" Now, it's true that we don't have a hundred kegs, but everything else is true! We're the physical incarnation of the virtual theme camp that our Ms Tisha dreamt up. More than that, we give you a place to come and be with those barflies you've come to know and love. We'll be recreating as much of the virtual world in the real world as is physically possible. On display, and for general use will be the bar, the NEB (never ending blanket), the megaphone, the beer, the whiskey, the stripper pole (hey I don't remember seeing that in "The Bar"), the drinks, the coffee, the people, etc, etc, ad infinitum.

Stolen from a ePlaya thread

Ugly Dougly wrote:

Night arrivals have a mystique all their own. You've been lumbering along the freeway lo many hours, suddenly all is quiet as you glide to a stop, with your hazard lights blinking, stopping short of the outskirts of BRC to get you bearings. Exit the car like an Apollo astronaut. All is quiet in the alien landscape, but your car's blinkers like a steel cricket. You wander away from your craft to get your bearings, in search of the nearest camp (hoping that they know where they are), or any nearby marker in the baked earth. A cool breeze springs up and you glance up at the mad splash of stars covering the sky. The growing city before you is likewise a crazy mix of glittering jewels. Somewhere in the distance, a generator hums. You sit on the ground, dazzled by the realization that you are sitting where - in a few days - will be the buzzing center of the Weirdness Festival that you've been anticipating for many months. For now, things are quiet, and you stop briefly to cherish this moment before finding your campsite, a square of cracked earth like many others, that you will soon mark with your own unique vision.

Yeah, like that.

This is terrible

No eplaya, no tribe. I had to pm cyn with my drinks.

POOF!

Ok so my Son who say's he doesn't want to go to Burning Man and in fact laughs at the very idea sneeks on to Eplaya and post's this thematic art piece.
Which shows another version of my Eplaya Avatar(my dog Dakota) and his puppy

Sneeky just like his dad!

Original post at http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=12798&start=150