It was pricey and took a while to find, but I finally have the 1973 booklet that details how to make a working mist shower (dubbed a “fog gun” by Buckminister Fuller). The book has lots of testing details on various nozzles and configurations so with any luck I’ll actually be able to build one this year.

• More meals less snacks.
• Solar panels and accessories.
  • Panel and charge controller need to be added to Plan A.
• Poop is a funny word.
  • Sure is.
• Better grill(I would propose charcoal but this would be a moop issues)
  • At least 30,000 BTU/hr
• Spatula for grill
  • Yes
• Bike rack so we have storage on the roof.
  • How about on the trailer.
• Green laser.
  • Feel free.
• Some kind of wind blocking system.
  • Stack extra junk under southern RV.
• Midnight snacks.
  • More Chorizo!
• Space blankets for RV
  • Silvered tarp for the roof and Eastern side of RV.
• Better system for trash and recycling.
  • Where to drop off recycling?
• Bring champagne to the burn.
  • Yes! Several Bottles
• Expand costume area.
  • Or reduce tents in costume area

• Bar doors to close.
• Much more organization with regard to food.
• “Art Car” golf cart for carrying ice.
• Carts for bikes
• Baskets for bikes
• Permanent lighting (No more glow sticks!)
  • Battery Powered glowsticks, body EL
• Better/permanent lighting for bikes
• Everyone has bikes.
• More supplies for BloodyMaryland
  • Tomato Juice
  • Old Bay
• A few more chairs than people
• Michal
• Lots more H2O
• System for showers(plus backup)
• Prelabel gallon jugs for the week
• Supplies for 2-3 showers.
• More caffeine products.
• Better camp lighting.
  • Cold cathodes, programmed
• 2^nd Garage tent.
• Full shade structure between two RVs
• More planned costumes.
• Perhaps a different bar area design.
• Better sound system. (Better than the Weave?)
• Better hat (Better than the Kangol?)
• Better leaving time.(either Tuesday or Monday at 4am)
• Gifts: matchbooks
  • Lip balm
  • A few special handmade items
  • Necklaces
• Get a haircut beforehand.
• More pre-made meals.
• More meals less snacks.
• Solar panels and accessories.
• Poop is a funny word.
• Better grill(I would propose charcoal but this would be a moop issue)
• Spatula for grill
• Bike rack so we have storage on the roof.
• Green laser.
• Some kind of wind blocking system.
• Midnight snacks.
• Space blankets for RV
• Better system for trash and recycling.
  • Where to drop off recycling.
• Bring champagne to the burn.
• Expand costume area.

This instructable also made me wonder how to build a yurt.  Here’s a site that tells you how, and includes instructions for several other structures, such as wigwams and domes: http://housing.byrene.com

It was a rainy day so I spent some time surfing for gray water evaporation methods. This is the best one I could find.

http://www.ae-zone.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=greywater

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=12911

They evaporated 30 gallons per day.

I believe the round design with the kiddie pool is too bulky to carry. I’ve got a preliminary design for a linear model which could be rolled up or laid flat for shipping. It could be powered by a dedicated solar panel or the camp windmill or it’s own smaller windmill. It only needs about 40W. It was also suggested to use chlorine pellets like pools use, to disinfect the gray water.

Alison adds: Here’s a video of a similar design.

Herb, Alison, Mindy, Eric, Ryan W., Will, Fitz, Meredith, Sean

In case you don’t believe we managed to get that many people together at the same place at the same time, I have photo proof. Click any image to view the larger version.

Meeting Notes:
At this first meeting we dusted off our notes from 2006 and reviewed what needs improvement in 2008. We worked off a list of handwritten notes that came from the return RV trip to the east coast. We also have a fantastic starting point in this list for improving the bloody mary bar, provided by Dave just after the ‘06 burn.

We talked about who would be driving and who would be flying, and how many people we should bank on making it to ‘08. For planning purposes only, we estimate that we will have 15 campers. We’ll have more of a definite idea when people start buying their tickets.

Definitely driving from the east are:
Will, Fitz, Mindy, Ryan W., Sean
This is important, because if there are too few drivers, we don’t have an RV coming from the east coast. Ryan S. and Meredith may also join the drivers in one direction.

We will also have an RV from the west, captained by Weaver. The remainder will be flying into Reno. Logistics of getting the flyers to the playa are yet to be determined, but should there be too many to squeeze into the west coast RV, there is always the rideshare option.

We started in on the handwritten notes and made these additional comments:

• we need more chile for the cowboy sunset
• we ran out of drinking water last time. more needed.
• gallon jugs of water should be labeled on Monday, first thing, to be sure everyone has and is drinking their alotted amount. no more labeling as you go.
• presume you will be responsible for your own breakfast. bring breakfast bars or whatever it is you like to eat that requires little preparation
• more premade food, like the frozen chile, or boil in a bag meals, would make our lives easier, and create less mess.
• we need to be better about reducing the amount of trash we produce. it is hard to haul out all those bags. bring CANS of tomato juice instead of plastic, because we can flatten them more easily
• bring a can crusher
• we need trash and recycling bins, with large openings and easy to identify
• the bloody mary bar needs shutters or something to indicate it is closed
• the bar needs to be longer, to fit 3 people behind it and in front of it
• let’s try to keep the ice we put in drinks dust-free (TRY, at least)
• make it easier to identify our group’s bikes at night

HOMEWORK:
Herb – windmill power research. get the specs and supply list. start figuring out where to get parts.
Sean - shade structure research. tell us how to build the tension structure you were talking about
Eric – grey water evaporation research. can we make this work better than the pond we built previously?