Placement Newsletter #7
In this issue:
1. New Subscribers
2. Emailing Placement
3. Reminder of EA pass request deadline - August 1, 2014.
4. GATE and Exodus FAQ
5. Vehicle Passes and OMG ticket sale
6. Playa Info Facts
7. Burning Man PlayaInfo Lost & Found Information
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1 Welcome new subscribers to the Placement-Announce List
To Review All Previous Announcements
Look for an email with the subject line "Welcome to the placement-newsletter-announce mailing list". Save it - It has your password.*
When you visit https://lists.burningman.com/mailman/listinfo/placement-newsletter-announce use your email address and password to access the archive.
* You can also easily retrieve your password by entering your email at https://lists.burningman.com/mailman/listinfo/placement-newsletter-announce
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2 Emailing the Placement Team
Camp Leads: You wanna know how you can help route your placement emails a little faster? Add your sector and your camp name in the subject line, along with a concise description of your need. For example:
[6:00] Midnight Poutine: Need more EA Passes, or
[9.00] BRCH3: Confused about camp location.
...these are WAY more descriptive than 200 emails that all say Placement Newsletter #7.
Also, make sure that your campmates route all questions to the Camp Lead for submission to Placement. They shouldn't be submitting questions or making requests without your approval. Thanks for your attention!
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3 Early Arrival Passes for 2014 - make changes by August 1.
Early Arrival Passes are ONLY be issued until Saturday pre-event.
The Gate is opening at 10 AM on Sunday in 2014, so we will do our best to hold your reserved spot until Sunday at 10 AM. We expect and want you to arrive by Saturday August 23 to secure your spot and start building your theme camp.
You MUST have an Early Arrival pass to enter Black Rock City before the gates open at 10 AM. If you arrive on Sunday before 10 AM (when the gates open) you need your Early Arrival pass to get in.
The deadline for requesting additional EA passes is AUGUST 1, 2014. No last minute requests will be accepted this year.
When requesting additional EA passes - write to placement@burningman.com with your camp name in the subject line.
The Placement Team does not supple EA passes for Mutant Vehicle Camps, ART support camps or Work Support Camps.
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4 GATE and Exodus FAQ
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5 Playa Info Facts!
Location: Inner Circle @ 12:30
Hours of operations:
9:00am-9pm Monday through Friday during event
9:00am-6pm Saturday, Sunday during event, and Labor Day
24-hour self-service information via White Boards, Directory computer system and message center
First day of operation: Wednesday (8/20)
Last day of operation: Monday (9/1)
Services offered
Lost and Found
First day of operation: Wednesday (8/20)
Last day of operation: Tuesday (9/2) until 1PM
NOTE: A bike is not considered lost until after the event. All bikes remaining on playa will be impounded on Tuesday & Wednesday in Yellow Bike facility for claim
Directory
Via computers:
Locate & register people/camps/art/events
Rideshare (offer or get a ride!)
Leave a message OR look for a message left for you
911@ Burning Man
Playa Info is the reception point for emergency messages Example: participant checks whether a 911@burningman.com message has come from friends or family members in the hospital, verifying that they are OK or not
This is not a destination for folks to check their personal messages.
For more information please inquire during operating hours
Missing Persons
Participants looking for missing persons can inquire at Playa Info
If a participant has left the playa (whether voluntarily or not), and if they have signed a waiver allowing their information to be released, the waiver may include information that we can give out
Participants can inquire about missing persons at Ranger HQ whenever Playa Info is closed.
Oracles
Gather and dispense general information
Video camera registration
Register for personal-use video cameras
Please direct professional-use individuals to Media Mecca
What-Where-When guides (while supplies last)
BRC mini maps (fit in pocket)
Massive wall-map of BRC containing theme-camp locations!
Lock-out info (locked keys in car). NOTE: We provide info (not services)
Non-Burning Man services
Nevada State Health Division: Questions, inspections, pick-up permits
Note: Permits must be applied-for prior to event
Hours of operation: 1:00-2:30pm Sunday (8/24) though Friday (8/29)
Census forms and collection box
Service with a smile
Air Playa Info
Location: Reno-Tahoe International Airport next to Baggage Claim
First day of operation: Thursday, August 21st
Last day of operation: Thursday, August 28th
Hours of operation: 9am-10pm daily
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6 Burning Man Playa Info Lost & Found
We VOLUNTEERS at Playa Info try our best to reunite items with their owners. That is one of the service gifts Playa Info provides to Black Rock City (BRC)
Spread word!!....There is no such thing as a, "playa gift" or, "ground score". If you find it, it belongs to some one else! Encourage people to bring found items down to lost and found.
There are steps you can take pre- and on-playa to help yourself, others and us before you lose something!
Prevention is the best cure
Consider putting a label or a luggage tag on anything precious or better yet on everything, while you are packing for the playa.
Think about the "real estate" area on the item. If you have a large space (big real estate) label the item with your name, phone number, email address, Facebook page and playa camp location if you are sure of it.
If small real estate – label with minimum of name and phone number or e-mail address or other
reliable way to contact you. Airline counters are great places to get free luggage tags.
For cameras write up your contact info on a sheet of paper and take a photograph of it. Leave the image as the first one in your photo set, then, better yet, label the camera.
Take address labels with you so you can tag everything you didn't think you needed to tag. The mighty wind can whisk away the most essential items. Yes, we have had tarps, small tents, back packs and sleeping bags all turned into Lost and Found
Label everything you want to get back!
Consider leaving very precious items at home: your childhood bike, your great-grandmother's ring, or that special item of clothing that means so much to you.
Bikes
They are the only thing we don't take at lost and found.
NOTE bike is considered lost until after the event. All bikes will be retrieved on Tuesday & Wednesday and sent to Yellow Bike facility
Avoid the headache of a lost bike!... simply lock your bike at all times. After your bike is stolen once, you probably will lock the next bike.
Car Keys
Get a hide-a-key box, put your vehicle key in it and hide it on your vehicle, where you'll remember where it is a week later
Other valuables
Lock up your wallets, passports, airline tickets in your vehicle, hide your spare key, and party/sleep easy.
Next, check your ID!
Many passports and drivers licenses are sent back to the owner every year, only to be returned because the owner has moved on.
Write your current address in permanent ink on your ID
For on playa travels, make a copy of your official ID and health insurance and carry it instead of the original.
How to find Lost & Found
We are behind Playa Info's shade structure, in the Center Camp key hole. We are open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm every day. (8/20—9/2)
Lost & Found will provide limited services: Labor Day (9/1) 1p-6p. & Tuesday (9/2) 9am-1pm
After (9/2) contact lostandfound@burningman.com to look for a lost item
Other info
If you find a lost item, turn it into Lost and Found or to a roaming Playa Info Ambassador.
We also get the lost luggage from the airport.
Although our primary goal is to return as much stuff on playa to the rightful owners as we can, post-playa we take all of the remaining items back to BM in San Francisco.
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Thank you for your attention!
- The 2014 Placement Team:
Abdullah, Answergirl, BlackJack (and the Flaggers!), Bravo, GetRich, Happy, HepKitten, Level, Machine, Muppet, Panty Free, Papa Bear, Retro, Rev. Bloodshot, SparkleBalls, SwAmPy, Sweetthang, The Governess, and WhatsIt.
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