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Hey there my loves!
I can't believe I'm writing this... but..... it's time to start thinking about coming back to Burningman! Maybe you're chilly and it's rainy where you are- how about setting your sights on that dry (so dry), dusty (so dusty), loud (so much whomp), giggly (so much giggles) place we all know and love ❤️❤️ Camp registration opens May 1 through our super dope camp website https://www.firecamp3.com Feel free to take a gander at it now (check out the camp news page for fun-having)- we'll be posting updates and this is where you will find all the who, whats and whens of Fire Camp. Also! Tell your friends! We had to turn away a few folks last year, but for the most part if you register on time (May 1-15) we can pretty much assure you a spot. We will plan to offer the same program as years past- camping with shower and shade/bar, buy in for meal plan, generator, and RV services. So start thinking about what you will be needing bc we'll be asking on your camp registration. Questions? Email me! Have you felt an inspiration over these past months to get involved in camp? Any ideas to share? Let me know- I love to hear from you, even if it's just to say hey (hey back you cutie!). Ok- more soon! Love to all, Stefie
Time for the fun stuff! See below for camp events! Also, if you haven't signed up to volunteer yet, please do! We have a couple pre/ post event chef jobs (easy peasy food prep and serving for helpers) and many positions towards the end of the week in the kitchen that need to be filled. Please help fill in all the slots! Wondering what to pack? Santa hat collecting dust? Check out the camp events: Monday thru Wednesday 8/28-8/30(ish) -COSTUME EXCHANGE in the Undome! Bring your lightly worn costumes looking for another home to share with campmates. Please make sure items are clean and costume-y (no old stained default world clothes!). Monday 8pm to 11 pm Logs Party!! Join us at the UnDome Monday night for an unforgettable night from 8 PM to 11 PM! Our theme is “last year was better” so your favorite Animalia costume and dry off your favorite ziplock footwear and bring along any extra swag from last year to celebrate in style! Bring a CUP! Tuesday 10:30 am Val’s world Famous Art Tour! Leaving from the camp facade on 3&C Tuesday 8:30pm Santa rampage holiday party- Celebrate the Holiday together in August! Holiday themed costume or outfit party. Example: Come as a naughty elf, or a wrapped present or a candy cane. Christmas sweater, suit or any holiday themed idea. White elephant gift exchange under $15 if you want to participate. Holiday snack and a specialty holiday cocktail and mocktail. UnDome party starts at 8:30pm Tuesday 27th open to all ESD and friends so talk about it early so people can plan to bring some fun holiday wear. Special appearance by Das Germans!! Wednesday 4pm: ESD Awards! Don’t forget about our amazing Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday at 1600 hrs during event week. Hosted by our friends at Fire Camp, we will recognize those who have been with us for 5, 10, 15, 20, and yes even 25 years! Wondering how many years you might have under your belt? Check out this handy spreadsheet with years of service. We’ll have great snacks!!! Friday 6pm Corseted Cocktail Hour! Strap up your best Corset or fancy bra and let’s have a cocktail to celebrate the burn weekend! Wait! There’s more!! Check out the camp info table next to the Undome for more activities (ESD Foam Party! D street bars! Bloody Mary Bar! Tarot Readings?!) and announcements. Have something to share with camp? Plan to post it at the info table to invite campers! Have questions? Let me know! Much love, Camp Cor (This one's from Stefie! ) Hey buds,
Here's our annual Camp Culture Email. Please read up- it's important stuff! Let us know if you have any questions. Camp 3 ESD is a very special place. It’s been around since 2001, and is unique in that it has survived so many years. Many (if not most!) theme camps eventually implode or disband. People grow tired or burned out, the burden is unequally shared, false assumptions are made, and many other reasons abound. Yet Camp 3 persists. What makes our camp so special and a place where people want to return year after year? It’s the culture of mutual respect and responsibility, and a culture of contributing. Our carefully organized kitchen, camp layout, and camp chore chart makes for a high functioning arrangement where everyone’s basic needs are taken care of thanks to high levels of participation by campers. Things get done with seemingly little effort. Fabulous meals are made. There is an actual functioning shower, tended by a volunteer who loves a clean-ish shower. Campers put on ridiculously fun events, and there is always a fine cocktail waiting for you in the Undome. The breakdown day, Monday after the Temple Burn, has evolved into a high energy and lighthearted exercise in teamwork that is downright fun. Having an established framework and roles for everyone is key. Thanks to all of you for showing up. If you haven’t shown up to help, please do. It means so much to the group as a whole, and it’s a great exercise in mutual support and gratitude. Along with the physical contributions that each makes, we also maintain the highest standards in mutual respect, common decency, and generosity of spirit. Camp 3 is our home at Burning Man, and all should expect to feel welcome and comfortable. One thing of note about Burning Man is that emotions are often amplified. Joy is even more joyous, and irritations can grow into something bigger and onerous. We also tend to forget about some basic self-care that can affect our outlook: sleep, hydration, and eating enough. The heat, the altitude, and the distractions often prevent us from doing a scan of the body to see how it's doing. Look after yourself; it benefits the people around you as well. Experience tells us that uncomfortable social situations are often resolved with honest conversations. Often a false assumption can lead to discord. Conversations can uncover and correct that. Assuming the best intention from your fellow campers is a great start, but there is no shame in recruiting some help to sort out situations. It goes without saying that any situation that feels unsafe can and should be escalated to ESD management, camp organizers, or the helpful Rangers who are stationed directly across the road from the medic station. We don’t tolerate harassment of any sort, to any degree. And finally, a note about preparedness. Those of us who witnessed the unexpected rain event last year got to enjoy continued comforts of our special camp, with extra unplanned chef-prepared meals, a shelter from the rain, and semi-private portos. We got through it beautifully, but still, we each need to ensure we individually have the extras in case of other unplanned events beyond our control. Bring extra supplies of all kinds, and maybe even your own inexpensive home-made porto. Be prepared to share, too. In a few short days we will be meeting in the dust for another epic year. If you haven’t seen previous correspondences about a range of topics pertinent to Camp 3, go find them and read them. It will make entry onto the Playa smooth. It’s gonna be great! Much love, Camp Cor (This one's from Diane! ) ps- Look for the next 2 emails Events later this week and Placement around August 15! Hey Folks! Here’s a loooooong but important email to get us ready for Fire Camp 2024! Please read it and let us know if you have any questions.
Holy smokies, it’s almost August and we’re getting so close! Are you excited? Did you spend all your disposable income on fuzzy platform boots and Pabst Blue Ribbon? Are you stressed out because there is so much to do? You’re not alone! Read on to help settle some of your burning camp questions! If you are new to BRC or want a refresh on city life, there’s a great website with LOTS of details about BRC. Check out: https://survival.burningman.org. And it doesn't hurt to revisit the 10 principles as we pack and think about our experience on playa this year. Also! There’s a couple camp needs to consider as you start to pack up:
Camp Housekeeping: 1. KINDNESS: We're starting with an important one again this year. You may have heard- camp is VERY full. This means we're going to be cozy. It also means there is no spreading out, we will need you to stick to the footprint you signed up for. Some really dope placement people are going to be our guiding light through this process. Let's all be aware of our space, compassionate to our neighbors and kind to our fellow campers. 2. CHANGE TO YOUR FOOTPRINT? Last minute changes to your rig/ footprint? Please fill out PLACEMENT UPDATE QUESTIONNAIRE if you haven’t done so already. 3. KEEP INFORMED: How do you know what the heck is going on in camp before you arrive? Well on the camp website of course! We are posting the camp updates there in case your emails get tangled. What about once you arrive? Find the info table! At the camp info table you will find an assortment of AMAZING whiteboards filled with information and an info table. Info you can find there includes camp events, the volunteer list, a map of camp, etc. Check them out!! 4. BAR: Bring something to contribute, here's the sign up for the Booze list! We need booze and lots of mixers and even some non-alc beverages to share in the bar (no such thing as too many sparkling waters to share). And then use the bar! It’s for everyone and it has ice, it has shade, it has music- what else do you need? Make your neighbor a drink, maybe even make one for the folks cleaning up after dinner. Bring your own cup please! 5. RIDE SHARE: Vehicle passes are not plentiful this year- do you need a ride to playa? Can you offer a ride to playa? Check out the Ride Share list 6. EVENTS: We have events in camp! When we get a little closer you will receive a list of camp and ESD wide events. Look for these emails! Also find an active list of camp events on the whiteboards! 7. VOLUNTEER: We need you to volunteer in camp. We ask 5 hours, but really it takes much more to put all this awesomeness together and take it down. Please make sure you and your guests are signed up to volunteer at least for 5 hours, but really as much as your little selves can. We need all the jobs filled!! There will also be a white board on playa near the info table to fill in any last minute jobs and in addition you will have an opportunity to sign up for volunteer work when you pick up your meal bracelet at the first meal. Our stunning volunteer coordinators will be facilitating on playa to make sure we have 100% participation this year. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084CA5AA22A4F9C52-50223540-camp#/ Pre and post event setup and breakdown of camp is a lot of work and we need YOU!!! Right now-we don't have many people signed up, and there's a lot to coordinate on those days, so we need to know how many hands we'll have on deck. BIggest need pre-event are on Thursday 8/22 and Friday 8/23, post event- many hands needed Monday 9/2. People signed up for pre and post shifts will have a simple meal (breakfast and dinner) made available to them. You can find AM and PM shifts on the signup genius, please add your name! If it's crazy hot, we'll start early and have midday siesta, then more evening build. Scroll all the way down for Monday, September 2 for the breakdown shifts. Want to come help set up camp but don't have a SAP? Please let me (Stefie) know I have a couple left. We really need help in the kitchen later in the week. Bringing a guest? Sign their tushies up to help us during burn weekend in the kitchen! No guest? Sign yourself up because you're awesome and it's fun! 8. LIGHT UP: Light your rig. Are you coming in a RV? If so, we need you to light it up. The city makers have requested we brighten camp along the C and D roads so it looks less like murderville. Please bring some solar lights or whatevs to hang or put out on the road by your camper and help make burning man less dark and unfriendly. Camp colors are red if you really want to get fancy and theme out. 9. WHERE TO PARK YOUR CAR: If you are not living in your vehicle you will be required to move it out of camp. Keep this in mind as you make your camping plans. There is an off site location for car parking, placement will give you instructions on playa to get your vehicle there as soon as you unpack. Please plan to unload or unhook your trailer and repark. Camps that look like parking lots are no bueno and we need the space for other campers. The placement folks will help you when you arrive. If you are arriving pre-placement people, please ask Ben where to take your vehicle. 10. RV SERVICE/ GENERATOR: If you signed up for RV service or the camp generator, you will be receiving emails from me (Stefie). Generator is only for people who have prepaid before we arrive, no hooking in if you didn’t buy in. Please don’t ask your neighbors to piggyback off them, the generator is a luxury and expensive and it takes everyone buying in to make it work. 11. SHOWER: Your camp dues provide for two showers for the week. Please keep your showers to 5 glorious minutes. Consensual shower sharing is encouraged as long as you stay within the 5 MINUTE RULE. Please remove all of your shower supplies when done – we ask that you don’t leave items even for sharing as it complicates shower maintenance during the week. 12. MEAL PLAN/ WATER: For those of you on meal plan- meals start at dinner on Sunday Aug. 25th and extend until Breakfast on Monday Sept 2. We offer breakfast and dinner with an occasional unplanned lunch. On burn nights we eat early (something like 4:30/5) to accommodate the fire team. After the burn we will have a grilled cheese or something else spectacular available as a snack. If you are around pre or post event- plan to feed yourself unless you are signed up to help in camp (see #7 above). We don’t offer drinking water- so bring your own! Meal times are posted on the white boards (have I mentioned the amazing white boards?), so check them out when you arrive, I’ll have them posted by the first meal. We don’t save food for late eaters, if you want to eat- show up, we are cooking for all of you who signed up and food waste sucks! 13. LEAVE NO TRACE: Just like the rest of BRC- plan to pack it out. During your stay be sure to keep your space tidy and create no moop. When you depart from camp, plan an extra 1/2 hr to rake your space and gather any moop RAIN OR SHINE. Help your neighbors too- the footprint of camp is all of our responsibilities- we want to go green on the post-event moop map. Let’s make it happen! Rakes will be available by the kitchen at break down. 14. ICE: Want ice? sign up/ pay up by 10 am each morning at the info table by the coffee cart and the amazing Ice Queen will head off to pick it up for us. Plan to hang out for when they return to receive your ice or else it goes into someone else’s cocktail. 2024 Pricing: $7 for 10lb block and $12 for 16lb crushed. You may have heard you can pay with a card this year- it’s true! But to keep things simple, if you are ordering ice through camp, you’ll need to bring cash. If you want to pay with a card- you’ll need to go to Artica yourself. 15. COFFEE: Hot shots is our dope espresso cart by the eating shade. The hours are 7am to 10am-ish. Bring your own cup! Treats to share at the cart are cool too (see above). 16. HEALTH AND SAFETY: Hand-Washing: Do you enjoy intestinal health? While we can't prevent you from taking that shot from that crusty cup at a pop up bar on the playa near a ball pit that looks awfully suspicious (am I speaking from experience? yes, yes I am), we can ask you to take care of yourself in camp. Radical self reliance, right? Well this year we ask that you take your radical self over to the hand washing station behind the med station to wash those funky hands of yours before meals. We will also have a hand sanitizer dispenser at the start of the food line- use it! In the kitchen: We have a great crew of chefs this year. In the kitchen- they are in charge. The kitchen is not a hang out space or a help yourself space. If you are an eater, please abide by the rules of the line (servers will serve you, no fingers in the food, wear pants, etc). If you are a volunteer in the kitchen- follow the lead of your chef, they will be your guiding light towards food safety (also come dressed to cook- so ALL your parts need to be covered). The kitchen is not open to washing your personal dishes or storage of your food. THE KITCHEN DOES NOT ACCEPT FOOD DONATIONS (No Dumping your leftover food for us to deal with during breakdown). 17. PLACEMENT: Placement map and instructions will be out the week before build week. Are you arriving pre-event, pre- placement team? Plan to be flexible and squeeze in. Ben and Lorraine will give strict orders on where people go. Snug in, no elbow room this year. When Placement arrives on playa, be prepared to move if need be. 18. SHADE/ PREPARING FOR HEAT: We offer a mostly shady eating area and bar. We do not offer shade for tents, Rv's, etc. Please come prepared to be radically-self-shade-reliant. And to boot, it's likely to be really really hot (remember that one year? you are probably trying not to), and it might even rain (again!). Prepare yourself to live in very hot weather, very wet, very windy, very dusty, very cold weather (why do we do this?). It could be 110 degrees, it could be 40 degrees. It's the desert, we are the tourists. Don't underestimate what you need to stay cool and make sure you are hydrating. 19. REACH OUT: We have many new campers this year. Preparing for playa is an overwhelming process even for the very not virgins to playa. If you need support or have questions, please reach out and I'll be happy to help. Camp culture, events, and placement emails to follow! Until next time, much love, The Camp Cor (this one's from Stefie) Stefie B Fire Camp, ESD Station 3, 3&C (831) 239-2809 Hello Fire Campers!
Please read through this email carefully, it's got important stuff in it! Three sections... and ... go! THANK YOU! A big thank you to everyone for getting camp dues paid on time. Things went well with our new payment system and I was able to get funds in to pay for all our services. In the coming weeks you will receive emails on camp housekeeping, health and safety, events, and placement. Stay tuned and keep me posted on questions you may have about camp, getting super duper close!! -Stefie PLACEMENT We’re deep into tetris-ing 150+ campers and organizing our famous neighborhoods. To get all our vehicles in and out of camp during setup, we look at your arrival times and rig type/sizes. The more accurate these bits, the easier it is to create a map that might sorta match reality. Since many of us didn’t yet have our ESD shifts or know our travel timing back when we filled out the camp survey, we have a lot of TBD information in our spreadsheet. So here’s your chance to give us the real deal deets! If you have new info, please go to THIS SURVEY. Why? - Playa arrival date: Helps plan who pulls into what spots, helps in/out maneuvering. - Departure date: Helps us make sure you’re not blocked if you need to leave early. - Type and size of vehicle you’re living in: Helps in/out maneuvering and making sure you fit. Looking for rig type like, RV, trailer, van, truck. Disregard this question if you’re in a tent or shiftpod. PLACEMENT UPDATE QUESTIONNAIRE -Lorraine VOLUNTEER SIGN UP IS HAPPENING NOW!! Now is the time to sign up for camp shifts. These are the shifts that make the camp a smoothly running operation. A few reminders and exhortations: 1. Minimum hours to contribute is 4 - 8 per camper. 2. The final weekend shifts always go empty. If you are still in camp when Friday rolls around, please consider signing up for shifts for that day and beyond. Also, note that shifts are designed such that no camper will miss any of the major burns. 3. When you arrive on Playa and settled in, please check in at the Volunteer Coordinator check in desk in the Undome. You can find your shifts listed there, and your cheery VC will give you instructions on how to check in for each of your shifts and where to find details on the responsibilities if needed. 4. If for some unforeseen reason you need to miss a shift, please try to find a replacement. If you can't, at minimum please tell a VC. This year we have a small army of VCs to ensure that all the things get done while on Playa. Their camps will have signs indicating that a VC dwells within, and the VCs are available for questions, problems, or a hug. They are: Karita Genay-Wolf Rebecca Graham Diane Hodgkins June Thompson Please find volunteer sign up on the camp website: https://www.firecamp3.com -Diane Send us your questions, virtual high-fives, and love, Camp Cor (this one's from Stefie, Lorraine, and Diane- WOWZA!) Stefie B Fire Camp, ESD Station 3, 3&C (831) 239-2809 Intrepid volunteers Camp 3 ESD 2024 Note some new positions are available to keep everything moving as smoothly as possible with minimum effort! You must sign up for at least 5 hours. Camp Cor thanks you!
Looking for Ride Share opportunities? Want to help stock the camp bar? (alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages appreciated!) The google sheet has been started. Click on over & sign up! Long time no hang out! Guess what time of the year it is?! It’s start thinking about Burning Man time! If you are a 2024 ESD volunteer it’s likely you’ve already been thinking about that desolate wonder that we call home. You probably are amped about your shift sign ups, getting emails from your VC and maybe even trying on some jazzy new playa couture. Now, it’s also time to start thinking about your home within home called Fire Camp. If you are getting this email it means you’ve camped with us before and we think maybe you might come again. Here are a couple important things to know: 1. Camp sign ups are starting around May 1st and will close May 15th. I will post the link to sign up on ESD.ops, the Station 3 Facebook group and I will be sending the link again by email. When you go to sign up, it’s important to let us know what your camp set up is going to be (ex: how much space you need, what rig you are bringing, and if you are bringing a guest...etc) Remember, ESD camps (that’s us, we’re a work-support-camp) only allow ONE guest per ESD volunteer. The past couple years we have filled Fire Camp to full capacity and had to turn campers away (at roughly 150 campers), so if you want a space in camp it’s important to sign up on time! 2. Around June 1st: We will send out a Welcome to Camp email along with instructions to pay for your camping, meal plan, and any add on services (generator, RV water fill and RV dump services). I have a short window of time to order these services, including generator, RV water and RV pumps. If I don’t have your PAID order by the end of June it is unlikely that we will be able to add you later. Last year was a rodeo of folks changing their services and this year we cannot make changes after June 30th. 3. Do you art? We need some talent to create a design to print on the kitchen aprons this year. Please be in touch if you think you can help out! Have questions? Please reach out! Love to all, Stefie |
AuthorCamp Coordinators Supreme: Stefie, Diane, and Lorraine Archives
March 2025
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