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Volume 18, Issue #15 | February 7, 2014 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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Greetings fellow Burners! Welcome back to another edition of the Jackrabbit Speaks. We hope you're enoying the image-rich JRSs these days ... we're certainly enjoying compiling them for you. It's fun to be able to dig into the visual richness of our community and culture and share it with you fine folks.
OK enough waxing poetic, let's get down to business. In this edition we have tickets (YAY!) and job opportunities (YAY!) and awesome photo galleries (YAY!) and community grants (YAY!) and hysterical satire (YAY!) and videos of guys in nothing but an orange tutu walking a high slackline (YAY!? Wait, what?) and more.
Very soon here (February 19, to be exact), our Participation Forms (formerly called "questionnaires") will be available for you to apply for or register your art installation, mutant vehicle, theme camp and media project. We'll have more info next time ... stay tuned.
The Man burns in 204 days!
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Meet Burning Man’s New ESD Leadership Team
Joseph Pred, founder of Burning Man’s Emergency Services Department and longstanding Emergency Services Manager, moved on this year after 17 years of exemplary service. During his tenure, he’d surrounded himself with people who are now ready and able to step in to take on this critical role. The Playa Emergency Services Department (ESD) will continue to provide its renowned world class service to the citizens of Black Rock City, working under the leadership of Kate Gonnella, Ben Thompson and Red Grasso.
Learn about these fine folks and their backgrounds.
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Tickets! The Individual Sale is Coming Up
Burning Man tickets will be available in our largest sale, the Individual Sale, starting on Wednesday, February 26 at 12pm (noon) PST.
In order to participate in this sale, you will first need to create and complete a Burner Profile (if you've completed a profile before, there's no need to create a new one). Be aware that completing your Profile is a multi-step process! Once you have a Profile, you will need to pre-register for the Individual Sale through your Burner Profile in order to access the sale. Here are the details:
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38,000 tickets will be offered at $380 each in the Individual Sale.
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Registration will open on Thursday, February 20 at 12pm (noon) Pacific Time and close Sunday, February 23 at 12pm (noon) Pacific Time.
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Those pre-registered will be able to participate in the first-come first-served sale on Wednesday, February 26, starting at 12pm (noon) Pacific Time.
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There is a maximum of 2 tickets and 2 Vehicle Passes per person.
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These tickets are eligible for STEP, and are fully transferrable.
As always, you can find all official, current ticket information on our ticket page, and answers to your questions in our revamped online ticket support desk. You can also follow @BMantickets on Twitter for real-time ticketing announcements.
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Job Opportunity: Controller (Deadline Extended!)
Position Available: Controller
Location: San Francisco, CA
JOB SUMMARY
The Controller will supervise day-to-day accounting (General Ledger, A/P and Payroll, A/R), prepare and present monthly financial statements and analysis, prepare and present budgets and forecasts, and assist with the management of Burning Man Project’s companies. The Controller works closely with the Director of Finance and plays an important role in examining and providing financial insight into the operations of the Project’s companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. The Controller will help in the development of new processes and procedures, and will also identify potential problems and bring these to the attention of the Director of Finance.
This is a full-time, regular position eligible for benefits. For comprehensive details on the duties and essential functions of this role, as well as a list of qualifications, please view the complete job listing.
** Please submit resume and cover letter by 6:00PM PST on Monday, February 10, 2014, using this link.
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Job Opportunity: Program Associate, Burning Man Project
Position Available: Program Associate, Burning Man Project
Location: Burning Man San Francisco office
JOB SUMMARY
The *Program Associate *will provide day-to-day support for Burning Man Project's Programs in the San Francisco office. Duties include organizing meetings and special events; managing monthly and quarterly reports; project management; tracking departmental action items; taking meeting minutes, drafting correspondence, making travel arrangements, copying, scanning, and filing. The successful candidate is a confident, analytical, and agile problem-solver with the ability to handle several programmatic and administrative tasks simultaneously.
This is a full-time, regular position in our San Francisco office. For comprehensive details on the duties and essential functions of this role, as well as a list of qualifications, please view the complete job listing.
** Please submit resume and cover letter by 9:00am on Wednesday, February 19, using this link.
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"Burning Man: Art on Fire" Coming to Your Coffee Table!
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CocoCabana writes:
"Here it is -- a gorgeous full-color hardback book devoted to the world's largest outdoor art gallery and the remarkable people who create it. 'Burning Man: Art on Fire' is a tribute to the art of Black Rock City through 200 lavish photographs by Scott London and Sidney Erthal, with text and artist interviews by Jennifer Raiser.
A thoughtful introduction by Larry Harvey, artist's preface by Leo Villareal, and a rollicking historical essay by Will Chase complete the volume, which depicts some of the best of the past decade of Burning Man art, and the motivation which compelled its creation. Here's a SFW way to share stunning images of Burning Man's extraordinary creativity with your grandmother, your coworkers, and everybody who wonders why you are so exhilarated and exhausted every September.
The hardback (yes, actually hardback) book is now available for $31.50 presale from Amazon, and will ship in June. Pre-orders will greatly help us assure a robust print run and ensure you get receive first edition! Authors Raiser, London, and Erthal promise to personally inscribe your book on the playa this August."
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Bruno's Country Club Still for Sale
Bruno's Country Club (everybody's favorite spot) in Gerlach (everybody's favorite town) is still for sale. If you're interested, get in touch with Tom Corty:
(775) 746-4442
tomcorty@att.net
Just think of the possibilities ....
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To the Flames and Back: A First-Timer's Transformational Story
First-time Burner Christina Cline Schneider wrote this great piece (complete with annotated photos!) about how their first Burning Man changed the lives of she and her husband. [We saw and totally dug the Sammiches mutant vehicle they brought!]. Here's an excerpt:
"Since attending in 2012 our lives have altered, morphed and still continue to transform. We sold the home in suburbia, divorced toxic friends, began a new spiritual journey, attended transformational seminars, joined coaching programs, quit corporate jobs, the list goes on. We began learning to live a life we love through community and contribution."
Check out the whole story.
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Burning Man 2013 Photo Gallery From Ales Prikryl
Every year, we look forward to Ales' Burning Man photos. And once again, he has completely, utterly, resoundingly failed to disappoint. He writes:
"This is the short photo essay opening the window to the last year of dusty memories. Just like my last 14 years, this year was the best and will remain this way. Enjoy."
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My First Burn Changed My Life
It's always cool to see BRC through the eyes of a first-timer -- especially a photographer. There's just something special about their shots. Gaz writes:
"Hey guys, sorry really late on editing my shots! But bringing back so many amazing memories! Thank you for the time of my life … we plan to try and go again this year … this was my first burn and we are from Australia. See you on the playa! Gaz."
Here's his gallery. (Some of the shots are NSFW.)
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Slackline Oasis Brings Volcano Highline to Burning Man
The upshot of the guy in the orange tutu slacklining is reason enough to watch this video. Ray writes:
"For 3 years, Ray Marceau has been building slacklines on the Playa. This year, the Volcano Highline was born."
[Editor's Note: This Rabbit drove into BRC at the same time as these guys this year, and got to watch them enthusiastically share portable slacklines with folks in the Gate line. (We declined to participate, citing potential for a broken ankle.)]
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Burners Without Borders Grant Program 2014
Get in there, people! Carmen Mauk of BWB writes:
"Burners Without Borders is excited to announce the launch of its 7th annual community grant program. You are invited to participate! BWB has provided over $50K in grants for over 80 projects across the globe. Over the years, we have learned that healthy, fun communities emerge from citizens actively creating the kinds of communities they want to live in. The BWB grant program jump-starts creative, civic projects that grow community and make a positive impact. This year, BWB is offering grant awards from $100-$1,000. The deadline for submissions is April1, 2014.
It's easy to create your own project. Gather your community, find out what you care about and let your imaginations run wild.
Looking for some inspiration? Check out the 2013 award winners and download an application here."
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Burning Progeny: The European Efflorescence of Burning Man
Euroburners! Check this out! Graham writes:
"Burning Progeny is a research project exploring the culture of Burning Man in Europe, focusing on European satellites of the world’s largest temporary city. If you’re a Euroburner, and have been a participant in Burning Man Regional Events in Europe, we invite you to participate in this electronic survey, which is designed to assist understanding of the shape and direction of the Burning Man movement (and its Ten Principles) in Europe.
Burning Progeny is inspired by the way Burning Man is flourishing around the world, with Europe being the region of strongest growth outside North America. Designed by Burner researchers (Graham St John and François Gauthier) at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, the survey has been developed in collusion with the Black Rock City Census team.
The survey will close on Feb 28. Complete the survey (your participation is appreciated!).
Please direct all inquiries to Graham St John: g.stjohn@warpmail.net"
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Clutch Village - The Earth is Your Majority Shareholder
Sunflower writes:
"Sustainability and entrepreneurship are seeds of change which are best when paired, like aged wine and good food. Clutch Village aims to facilitate this pairing. Over the course of the past few centuries, human beings have become increasingly disconnected from their natural environments due to urbanization, industrialization, commoditization, and transnational corporatization. We present a vision of entrepreneurship that focuses on the Earth as our majority shareholder.
We’re not just talking about entrepreneurship focused on sustainability, but sustainability focused on entrepreneurship. We could spend days adding our current problems to the list but we’d rather act with solutions. By re-defining entrepreneurship, we look to teach those who assume their role as guardians of the earth to develop their own initiatives, based in a socially just setting.
Startups--meet permaculture. Permaculture--meet startups. Clutch Village in Black Rock City will operate as a place that builds community between sustainability and entrepreneurship, fosters creation of new ideas, operates in action mode and accelerates movements.
We envision several camps in the village. Workshops will be led by a series of guest lecturers and camp members on topics ranging from permaculture, ecology, appropriate technology, local economy, and bridging the tech world with the natural world.
We are currently building our core group of organizers and 40-80 inhabitants of our village. We are seeking individuals who appreciate both the process and results of building sustainable systems and initiatives. If you are interested in getting involved, please send an email to: clutchvillage@gmail.com"
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SF Burnal Equinox - San Francisco, CA - March 8
Burning Man presents ... SF Burnal Equinox art salon & mixer!
Saturday, March 8th - 7pm to 4am
@ Public Works
161 Erie Street, SF, CA 94103
21+ over
Art • Music • Performance * Theme Camps * Video Artistry * Unexpectables * You!
Burning Man is thrilled to invite YOU to participate in creating the Burnal Equinox 2014 salon!
THEME: The Multiverse Outpost!
Join fellow travellers on their way to the Multiverse Outpost! Collaborate in a world in which many realities, cultures and creative universes overlap … an entropic sandwich riddled with tasty worm holes and dark matter unicorns, where everything is a form of string theory and thus equally probable somewhere. You are encouraged to come bearing customs and gifts from your universe to help create a gift market of experience, a showcase of imagination, and an IN-terdimensional OUTpost of sentient expression!
Burnal Equinox is our first community event of the year and we look forward to your participation! So, ramp up your radical self-expression and join a wide variety of performers, artists, theme camps, and friends at this creative salon to encourage arts collaboration in the Bay Area and mark the mid-point in our burning year!
Interested in meeting other imaginative people, sharing your artistry, or finding creative collaborators? Email: flambelounge@burningman.com
To volunteer email: SEvolunteers@burningman.com
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Saguaro Man: An Arizona Regional Burn - Snowflake, AZ - April 30-May 4
Scotto writes:
"Come out to Double Dolphin Farm near Snowflake, AZ and join us for 5 days of large scale art, music, performance art and interactive participation. The AZBurners are a group of artists, performers, musicians and participants of the Burning Man event that takes place in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
Tickets for Saguaro Man 2014 - On Sale Now!!
Saguaro Man is an event created by the AZBurners and the Regional Burner community to bring the culture of Burning Man and Black Rock City to the Great State of Arizona."
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We were listening to ...
Bert Kaempfert, Groove Collective.
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