To the experienced burners and theme camp organizers of Sol System:

Carousel (the Logan’s Run ‘last day celebration’ dome) continues to grow in support and participants. The old Alien Nathan’s Roadhouse ‘brand’ holds little to no importance at BM this year and will probably be a very small side focus as the bar for Carousel or as our personal space. I refer to the conglomerate of the three camps that now make up the backbone of the bar/dance environment/music dome being developed for BM 2006.

We have discussed the possibility of a pledge/payment plan system so as to minimize individual financial burden to our campmates at the last moment. We are not planning a communal kitchen but we are planning to have the bar and ‘Carousel’ dome as our daytime chill space, maybe a different sci-fi movie every night at 8pm then dancing till dawn and beyond. What do your camps offer your campmates to justify their “investment”? What have you asked of them other than work?

Presently, we expect to ship dome materials, subwoofers, midrange cabinets and horns via the NYC container. What was the cost per cubic foot last year? Estimated cost for this year? We need to plan a budget.

We have proposed that the East Coast crew would handle the physical structure and part of the sound system, the Colorado and Euro crew would handle power and DJ equipment and the San Francisco Crew would handle the bar.

We are asking that each crew put together a relatively accurate budget that would be finessed then broken down as a whole to be shared among the whole camp. Does anyone have a recommendation of a banking system/holding company or LLC approach by which this can be handled financially?

As for April, myself, Slag & Dorrie, we have been trying to plan our trip out and back for this year’s burn. We know we can do the drive in about 4.5 days easy. We know we will be picking up some campmates at the Salt Lake City airport on Saturday afternoon. If we are granted early admission because of the daunting task of assembling the dome and its fixtures, when would be the earliest we would be allowed in? When do the containers arrive? Is it wise to plan breakdown of the dome for Sunday? How difficult is it to get DPW (lift or crane) assistance on Sunday? Monday? Both pre-event and post-event.

If you can address your experience with dealing with any of the subjects that I’m asking about I’d appreciate any comments and advice. It has grown into something that must be dealt with in an organized and responsible fashion and we need to develop a plan now.

Thanks in advance,

Rage