Whatever they're smoking at BMHQ turned into a big public stink on Twitter. It started as a simple tweet from @danger_ranger (aka "Michael Michael", Ambassador and Director of Genetic Engineering for the Black Rock City LLC):
So does this really mean that Burning Man is really becoming 501c? Really??? I'm shocked! I mean... maybe they really are a cult!
Thankfully my fears were allayed because it wasn't long before @mariangoodell (Director of Business and Communications for the Black Rock City LLC) piped up:
The thing that bewilders me is that nowhere in that article Danger Ranger references does it actually state that Burning Man is to become a non-profit. And I'm also wondering: do they realize that Twitter is a public conversation? Maybe the lesson BMorg needs to learn is the difference between a private email and a public tweet.
But then again this could be all just one big joke. Haha! Fuck you, ranger! I mean, you have to keep in mind that M2 is a former member of the Cacophony Society, so maybe this is just a prank. Just like the prank Paul Addis pulled in '07.
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UPDATE 23 July 2009 11:30 - I guess I really should ask myself what I was smoking last night. While at first glance I thought the Hatted One was referencing the Black Rock Arts Foundation in this passage from the article, on a second reading I had to rethink this:
CG: So you wonder how Burning Man might look 50 years from now?This changes the game from a possible prank, to well, pretty much factual, they're going non-profit (at least it seems Larry Harvey and Danger Ranger want it to). Maid Marian? Not so sure. And what about the rest of the board? Who knows. Perhaps this is what Joseph Pred, Senior Staff Emergency Services Operations Chief meant in his tweet.
LH: Oh yeah, that’s what we’re working on. Next year will be our 25th — the silver jubilee if it were a marriage. The event is replenishing itself. Unlike a lot of things, it’s not defined by just one age cohort. It’s thriving. I’ve no trouble imagining it lasting another 25 years and more. We’re in the process of shedding the corporation into a non-profit in order to help take care of the employees who have been with us for so many years and allow them to advance in leadership and responsibility in our absence. We’re involved in a reorganization from top to bottom; it’s going to be very interesting.
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I'll stoke the metaphorical fires by saying that there will be 3 separate organizations (in addition to those already existing). (Note: names provisional) Center Camp will supply infrastructure services, DPW will build physical infrastructure, New Cacophony Society will provide funded art and ParticiSpectacle™.
DoubleTee
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Black Rock City, LLC assumes only promotion, public outreach and ticket sale responsibilities.
Center Camp assumes Black Rock Ranger, Gate & Perimeter, and physical Center Camp services.
DPW is still DPW, basically.
New Cacophony Society LLC has the official greeters, funded on-playa art, The Man, Temple, and wandering pairs of ChaosScouts™ equipped with FRS radios.
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Set cap on city population at one million persons, contingent upon a high-speed railway siding and terminal like something outta a fan-made "Westworld" YouTube video.
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The plot thickens!
“New Cacophony Society LLC”
Now THAT'S funny!
-your joking, right?
Kevin, I'm mostly joking, yes. ChaosScouts™ are sorta like Black Rock Rangers, but not as useful; they find/enourage chaos instead of trying to ameliorate it.
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