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RIDESHARE & TICKETS
A reminder that the burningvan.org forums are at your service at:
http://burningvan.org/a2z/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=35∞
Please post each rideshare or ticket offer/need as a NEW TOPIC.
WHAT WHERE WHEN
The deadline for content submissions for the program (aka the "Who, What, When") is SUNDAY, MARCH 13. If you want to get some useful info in the program, please email it to program@recompression.com.
This is the kind of info you should send me: cabin activities, art installations, meetings, and other happenings.
If it's a workshop or performance, you don't need to send the info to me -- I'll collect that info from the leads in charge of those areas. Please note that I've already got the 10 Guiding Principles, Site Rules, Code of Conduct, Evictions info, and Return Ferry Schedule.
Official Communiqués from Recompression 2009!
Forwarded message
From:
RecompXProdTeam <prodteam@recompression.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Subject: Announce: TICKET EDITION - PLEASE READ IN FULL!
To: BMV Announce <vancouver-announce@burningman.com>, bmvan chat <bmvan@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: bmv_events <bmv_events_org@yahoogroups.com>
The moment you've all been waiting for... tickets to Recompression X will soon be on sale!!!
Apologies for sending this out so late, but what you don't know is that behind the scenes, a bunch of re-negotiations with the camp were going on, in every effort to keep the costs as low as possible and to accommodate as many people as possible.
Then, we found out late Wednesday that Lodge # 6 is under renovations & not available to us!
We managed to negotiate; a reduced rate, AND additional beds/bunks to the remaining 4 lodges, so that we can keep our capacity at max, yay!
You may have heard some rumours about some changes happening at Camp Elphinstone, and they are having multiple impacts on our event. Most impactful is overall cost of the event.
While we wish that costs could remain the same as last year, we have seen several significant increases (detailed below). These are reflected by an increase of $30 on the average ticket price over last year. We know that the price reflects fantastic value for a fully-catered, fully-housed major event, especially compared to any other event of it's style.
In previous years, Elphinstone has unintentionally undercharged us; this has been corrected: adds ~$6 to each ticket
Elphinstone daily fees have got up to $35/person/day plus GST
Elphinstone has insisted on putting on extra staff during our event: adds ~$4 per ticket
GVIAS must now collect & pay GST: adds $4 - $6 per ticket
Art Grants budget has been increased to reflect growth in our community and a large increase in applications this year: adds over $8 per ticket
To protect the safety of the participants, we have hired full-time paramedic staff as we did at
BiTF last year: adds $8 per ticket
We felt very strongly that passing the full cost of these expenses on to purchasers would raise ticket prices too high, so we have eliminated the early bird rate and made a few small budget cuts to keep the price increase at $30.
NEW TICKET STRUCTURE
Recompression X begins Friday April 2, 2010 at 8:00 AM and ends Sunday April 4 at 1:30 PM. Please plan accordingly.
Greeters will be in full effect, but GATE will be handled by CAMP STAFF, in order to maintain a tight control over entrance to the camp.
In order to simplify the ticketing process & in order follow GVIAS Accounting requirements, ALL TICKETS to Recompression will have a face value of $190, including GST.
All registered participants will be required to pay the $190 ticket fee
(see scholarship section below).
Unlike last year, we will be printing physical numbered tickets & mailing them to you. The purchaser will then be responsible for reselling their own ticket, if they are unable to attend.
We have eliminated the early bird & generosity levels as options.
There will be an option to donate any amount into the Scholarship Fund, allowing more people to benefit, due to the kind generosity of those who can afford to pay extra.
SCHOLARSHIP TICKETS
We have allotted 25 scholarship tickets in the budget at $120. This is 5 more than last year, and they are available on a first-come, first-served basis, following which there will be a waiting list. As more donations into the scholarship fund come in from donations from participants, we'll be able to give out more scholarships to those on the wait list.
As mentioned above, even if you are applying for a scholarship ticket, you are required to purchase a $190 ticket. As scholarship tickets are allotted, the Scholarship Pod will advise the successful recipients that they have been awarded the rebate. The rebate cheque in their name will be handed to them once they arrive at camp & sign in with Gate. This avoids any confusion if someone needs to sell their ticket at any point and keeps our accounting clear.
THURSDAY EARLY SETUP PASS (ESP)
Anyone wishing to arrive early for set up on Thursday is required to obtain an Early Setup Pass. As in previous years, a budget has been set aside to subsidize those leads who are required to be there early. Anyone else wanting to arrive Thursday must purchase an Early Setup Pass for $40
.
All who arrive onsite Thursday April 1st (even on the last ferry after supper) must have a Early Arrival Pass. Anyone arriving at Gate without an Early Setup Pass will be turned away by Gate Staff, manned by YMCA Camp Elphinstone! Please purchase your Early Arrival Pass at the same time as your Event ticket so that we don't incur extra costs in mailing the tickets out separately.
HOW TO REGISTER
Registration will open at 7pm, this coming Monday February 15th!
In-person registrations (cash or cheque) will be accepted from 7pm until 7:30pm, when we start the meeting, then once again afterwards or during the break.
Online registrations will go live at 7pm at http://www.recompression.com/tickets∞.
Please review requirements on the Registration page & return there on Monday at 7pm, refresh the page & voila!
ALL registered participants will be required to sign some legal documents / waivers upon arrival at camp. Online versions will be available for your review prior to purchasing your ticket.
You will need a Paypal account to purchase your ticket online. Please be sure to sign up for one immediately in preparation for Monday. You can set up a paypal account to charge your credit card, but did you know that if you connect it to your bank account, there are NO fees for personal transfer transactions!?
"Personal Transfer: Free when the money comes from PayPal balance or bank account. 2.9% + $0.30 CAD when the money comes from a credit card (the sender decides who pays this fee)."
In-person ticket sales end on Sunday March 14th, online ticket sales end March 19th, as we must provide camp with an accurate head count for our meals.
All prices include GST, ticket handling and payment processing fees (regardless of the method used for purchase).
Forwarded message
From:
RecompXProdTeam <prodteam@recompression.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:01 AM
Subject: Recomp Announce Issue 1: Basic News, Team Leads, Org List cleanup
To: BMV Announce <vancouver-announce@burningman.com>, bmvan chat <bmvan@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: bmv_events <bmv_events_org@yahoogroups.com>
Greetings all you fine Burnery types!
Can you believe we had 24 people at our first planners meeting! Vavoom, the energy around Recompression X is off the hook!
Please pass this on to your friends who are coming but who might not be on these lists!
In this email:
NEW PRODUCTION TEAM
NEW REPORTING STRUCTURE
INSTALLATIONS IN COMMON SPACES
COMMUNICATIONS
ORG LIST CLEANUP
WEBSITE UPDATES
MEETING DATES & MINUTES
POD LEADS & contact emails
NEW PRODUCTION TEAM
As you may have surmised, we have made some changes to how the event is going to be managed this year.
With very successful sold out events our 2 past years, new management at Camp with tighter rules (more on that at a later date), and increased enthusiasm for participation this year, with very limited space to fit it all in (we're not on an open playa, alas), the GVIAS decided to expand the management team and as such, we're experimenting with a new way of being. We ask that you be patient & accepting of these changes and remember that the success of the event is what we all want.
We now have a top level Production Team of 4 fabulous, talented people with very well-matched skillsets, as follows:
Producers: Abel and squishelle
Technical Director: Simon H.
Volunteer Coordinator: Claire R
NEW REPORTING STRUCTURE
Each of the pods (teams) will be assigned to "report" to their production team leader (see chart below). The idea is to give autonomy to each pod lead/leads to go about their business of making stuff happen with the community, and then reporting their findings & decisions to their assigned producer. If there are any issues, discrepancies, within a pod or between pods, then it will be up to the Production Team to mediate & make the final call, as is deemed to be the best solution for the whole of the event.
INSTALLATIONS IN COMMON SPACES
If you are planning any kind of permanent installation in a common space, and we don't know about it since you haven't requested a grant, please email placement@recompression.com before next Monday February 15th, so that the placement team can draft out an initial camp layout & assign use of the common spaces available to us. Note that "permanent" refers to weekend-long installations (eg. party dome=yes, workshop=no), and common space does not refer to cabins or lodges. The procedure to submit proposals for workshops and theme cabins/lodges will be sent out in the near future.
COMMUNICATIONS
All main communications / callouts should be written by each pod lead, then passed onto communications pod, to ensure that we send out succinct & digestible chunks of information, vs each pod posting callouts separately. This will also ensure that all of the proper communication channels are utilized. Subsequent communications to individuals (ie. A request from the First Aid lead to a member asking for certification information) will not be routed through the communications pod. In other words, if you have something you want to tell everyone on the recompression email list, it should be sent to communications, not directly to the members. Email callouts to communications@recompression.com.
ORG LIST CLEANUP
Instead of creating yet another email list, the Production Team has decided that in an effort to manage the event most effectively, we will be clearing house on the bmv_events_org list & at this time only have the team leads, producers & GVIAS Board Members on it. As more leads are identified, they will be added to the group. We'll do the same type of cleanout before the next big event as well (bitf) & remove anyone not involved at that time.This will make for a more manageable list & planning process! If you have any questions about organization of the event, please refer to the meeting minutes that will be posted on the recompression.com site shortly after each meeting, or direct your question to the relevant pod lead.
WEBSITE UPDATES
Only a few things have been updated on the recompression.com website. Each team lead can go ahead & edit their pod page, contact web@recompression.com if you need direction. Archive & revamp, including registration details will be updated early next week. Producers are meeting Monday to hammer out all kinds of deets, so please be patient. Thanks to Stripey for stepping up again this year to take this on!
MEETING DATES & MINUTES
Meeting Schedule and Minutes posted here:
http://www.recompression.com/meetings.php∞
POD LEADS
With 24 people at the first meeting, a most magical thing occurred! Almost ALL of the pods now have leads. Thanks to all of you for stepping up!
That being said, there is lots of room for more leads & co-leads to step up and beef up some of the bigger pods.
If you weren't at the first meeting, you can certainly contact the Production Team or the currently assigned leads directly & offer your ideas & talents to the areas that interest you.
Most of you will be involved with these leads on site; there will be a spot on the registration form for you to identify what area(s) you are most interested in, and you can expect the team lead to contact you.
Production Team Abel, Squishelle, Simon & Claire prodteam@recompression.com
PRODUCERS: Abel & Squishelle producers@recompression.com
Art Grants Erik P grants@recompression.com
Food/Menu Jenny M menu@recompression.com
Communications Squishelle & Abel communications@recompression.com
Program (booklet) Sam program@recompression.com
Registration Abel & Squishelle registration@recompression.com
Theme Sam/Kristina theme@recompression.com
Web Maintenance Stripey/Squishelle web@recompression.com
Workshops Sarah W workshops@recompression.com
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Simon techdirector@recompression.com
Burn Entertainment Mr. Fire-
ManSimon livemusic@recompression.com
Décor (moose lodge & chill) Kristina/Jenny decor@recompression.com
DJs
ScienceQueen & Chris djs@recompression.com
DPW/Ground Safety Tori/Noam dpw@recompression.com
Healing Space Baha healing@recompression.com
Effigy/The Man Dylan/Sam effigy@recompression.com
Fire Performance Belva fire@recompression.com
Leave No Trace/Lost & Found Wendy lnt@recompression.com
Placement (installations & art) Simon/Kristina placement@recompression.com
Sound Tech Uber sound@recompression.com
Theme Cabins Yvonne/Noam themecabins@recompression.com
Transportation Ashley/Chris H transportation@recompression.com
VJs James D vjs@recompression.com
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Claire volunteercoord@recompression.com
Cabin Monitor Wendy cabinmonitor@recompression.com
First Aid Benson (needs co-lead) firstaid@recompression.com
Gate Ashley/Andy W gate@recompression.com
Greeters Ashley/Andy W greeters@recompression.com
Involvement Outreach Bebe participate@recompression.com
MC (dining hall) Aaron M mc@recompression.com
Ritual/Opening Circle TBA ritual@recompression.com
Peer Support Jason G & Pockets peersupport@recompression.com
Rangers Tempus rangers@recompression.com
Talent Show Aaron M talentshow@recompression.com
Volunteers Claire volunteers@recompression.com
Thanks & stay tuned for lots more info coming soon.
Your Recompression X Production Team
prodteam@recompression.com
BMV Announce: https://lists.burningman.com/mailman/listinfo/vancouver-announce∞
BMC Chat List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmvan∞
Recompression Website: http://www.recompression.com∞
Need some inspiration? Check out some stuff from 2008!
What Where When Recompression Program!∞
Recompression 8 Event Photos∞
Recompression 8 Photo Booth∞
and
Recompression group pool∞