The Steering Committee has been having conference calls every Wednesday night. Sorry, I have not had time to post the minutes of each meeting.  Tonight I can announce that ALC got placement in the 6:00 Public Plaza at 9:30 (that's 9:30 within the 6:00 plaza).  We will have 80' of frontage on the plaza and possibly about 200' along I street and 100' along H street but I won't know the exact placement and shape of the camp until we arrive on the playa.

I believe that ALC should rent or purchase a trailer to be brought to Burning Man *empty* for the purpose of hauling away the bags of garbage and recycling.  Every day I drive past a trailer for sale that has given me the idea using a trailer for this purpose.  I present pictures of it here to illustrate the type of trailer that would be ideal for this purpose.  Since it is here in Idaho it is not the best solution.  The best solution would be for someone in CA to rent or purchase a trailer.  However, I could bring it to Winnemucca when I go there soon to get my Star of Shamash art project and I could meet someone there (probably Ken) who could bring it back to CA; so it is a possibility.  The one here has a bed that is about 5 feet wide and about 12 feet long.  The sides are 17” tall at the shortest, 42” tall at the front, and the back/ramp is 52” tall.  To me it looks like it is brand new and in excellent condition; it has trailer brakes (so the guy says) and costs $1700 (which I think is a good price for a trailer in this condition).  Hopefully, someone can find one in CA for less.  Here are the pictures that I took so you know what it looks like:

Minutes of the ALC Steering Committee conference call on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 from about 8:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M., Pacific Time:

Members present:  Jim-dandy!, Anat (for the first part of the call), Sassafras, Logistic, Ken, & Big Sexy.

Discussion topics:

All the same topics that were discussed at the last conference call (May 25) including:

Anat says she does the kitchen best.

We think we should assign chores ahead of time.

Should we provide bikes for our campers?  People can use Yellow Bikes.

Jim-dandy proposes that a trailer be rented or purchased and brought empty behind the rental truck that comes from Nevada City. The trailer should only be used to haul garbage (and recycling) from Burning Man.

Should we have a burn barrel?  If we have our own we can burn all burnables (paper plated, cardboard, etc.) on site.  Some recycling should be brought to the recycle camp on the way to ice camp during an ice run.

Should we increase dues to a minimum of $200 per person?  Higher camp fee but not ask everyone to bring so much food.  Perhaps we can bring all of the meat but still ask people to bring fresh vegetables for the salad later in the week.  Breakfasts are from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and supper (or call it dinner if you wish) right after sunset (I think that is about 7:30 P.M.).

Anat and her crew in Nevada City will not have to buy and bring the bulk food.  We will find other people and assign them the duty of purchasing the bulk food so that Anat and her crew will not have to do that.

Duct tape seal for all of the coolers containing bulk food that is scheduled for certain meals. This will keep the cold in and if it is filled with dry ice it will last longer.

Perhaps we could assign someone such as Auntie-M to help plan out the meals.  Assign people to decide what food to purchase and who to pack it up.  We should put ice on food in coolers with food that will be eaten during the first half of the week and dry ice on food in coolers with food that will be eaten during the second half of the week.  All left over food after a meal has been prepared is available for anyone to eat at any time.

It might be easier to rent a truck in Concord rather than the Bay area.

We must find someone who will ask for volunteers and decide who we assign duties to.

Ken will think about the lights that we will need to line the roads.  Ken and Logistic will work on it.

If the camp decides to have Logistic purchase the materials for a 60’ x 60’ wind proof, multi-purpose, shade structure, mostly for tents to be set up under shade, it will cost about $2500 for materials.

Smoking should be allowed in certain areas only. Smoking should not be allowed in the kitchen and connected lounge area.

We still have to look into the possibility of arranging a bulk delivery of water and fuel.  If someone would like to volunteer to check into this, the following information will give you somewhere to start:

MECO Water  www.meco-reno.com (website reported as an unsafe phishing site)
Sparks – 775-722-1515 – 775-771-0720
Highly recommended you make reservations for water delivery through filling out the form on their website before you head out to the playa. Or you can send an email to meco-reno@live.com or call them.

If we want to have any ALC events entered into the Burning Book then someone has to volunteer to get that information and find out what the deadline is.

Deb & Ricardo might be about to plan to have a bar.  These drinks will probably be Brazilian themes and served in the morning.

Mitch says that he and Catra might plan a Barista party to be held at ALC.

We suggest that Anat has her Samba Dance Class in our camp rather than somewhere else.

We discussed the importance of planning and organizing our meal plan.

I think we nominated Jose as the official videographer.

We nominated Tree Love to be a Steering Committee member.  We think Tree Love would make an excellent coordinator.

We are hoping to make the chore of planning & cooking meals, and cleaning up after less difficult for everyone. We believe that the food should be purchased in bulk, loaded in coolers, loaded in the rental truck, brought to the playa, the coolers not opened until the meal is to be prepared.  This planning and organization is intended to reduce the stress during meal preparation.

I don’t know if I did as good of a job taking the minutes as I did the last time. A lot was discussed. I have invited all of the Steering Committee members to be authors of this blog so that they can add their thoughts directly.

We would like to hold another conference call Wednesday of next week, June 8, and hopefully we can have everyone attend.  Steering Committee members, please be available at 8:00 P.M. Pacific time.  Thank you.

Jim-dandy!