Greetings from the Burning Man Town Hall Meeting!

Dear Friends and Family,
In April, Burning Man held its annual Town Hall meeting at the SOMarts building in San Francisco. The meeting is usually scheduled the same weekend as a Flambé Lounge event, so that people traveling into town can participate in both. The Town Hall meeting gives groups a chance to set up informational tables, meet members of the community, and connect with volunteers. The Café, and our fabulous comrades in Camp Arctica and the Commissary, had a row of tables, displays, slideshows, signs, and a handful of eager folks ready to answer questions about our projects.

The meeting gives the organizers a chance to speak to the community, and gives the community a chance to ask questions of Burning Man in a moderated forum. This year's event was moderated by Howard Cohen, a friend who built the Desert Nose, is part of the Camp Roller Disco, creates wearable glow-in-the-dark polymer jewelry, builds wonderful art projects using Cool Neon (he even taught me how to solder!), and has helped on the Burning Man database team. You see, almost everyone in this community is a multidimensional renaissance person!

The Senior Staff - about a dozen incredible individuals who have dedicated their lives to the production, preservation, and evolution of the Burning Man event and community - provided updates on some of the big accomplishments from the previous year and plans for the upcoming event. Questions asked at this meeting ranged from curiosities about the art theme to very specific inquiries about porta-potties, ticket prices, and the future of the project.