Combustion Chamber Meeting
Monday, April 6, 2015
Facilitator: Turtlebunnie
Stack: Kate
Scribe: Chim-Chim
Attendees (20): Problem, Izzi, Princess, Adam, Turtlebunnie, Decibel, Kate, Chim-Chim, Sparkles, Kit, Beth, Henry, Prost, Wrinn, Psyche, Clovis, Augustin, Bonobo, Thomas, St. Tiki
7:54pm MEETING BEGINS
7:57pm LLC UPDATE (Adam)
– Meeting with Gate Lead this past week; Discussed reaffirmations for plans; On schedule to have the smoothest Gate ever; Gate hours have been determined; Sunday: 9am-4pm; Notifications to parents, Survival Guide will be sent out; Tickets printed; Stickers printed; Wristbands is being finalized by Mark;
– Some going to San Francisco for GLC
– Safetycide coming up
– Leads all hands
– Work weekend
– 3rd and 1st work weekend this weekend; Needs help
– Tannenbaum stepped off board for Burning Man;
8:01pm AF Update (Wrinn)
– Safetycide registration deadline April 10
– Work weekend is this weekend
– Theme camp registration has closed
– Art registration closes April 8; If not complete, send info for space, then work
– 150 theme camps this year; 38+ art projects registered; 21 art cars registered; Effigy coming along—third floor will be worked on soon
8:05pm TOPIC: Cultural Appropriation (Kit)
– Native American headdresses in specific: Worst after last year; Controversial topic; Not appropriate to ban anything or police; Would like to see community through the Flame and Survival Guide with specific language not to wear Indian headdresses and practice cultural appropriation, specific garments ceremonial to Indians; Artistic license and appropriateness; Lightning in a Bottle is a commercial event in California—Cultural Appropriation Appreciation or Disrespect read aloud;
– WRITE ARTICLE ON CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND THE WEARING OF INDIAN HEADRESSES; Include in Survival Guide next year
– Plains Indian headdress needs to be addressed; Think before you take
– Much broader topic; As an organization, kind of extends beyond scope; Don’t want to lead into censorship issues
– Would like to see this communicated to theme camp leads
– This year, we are burning a witch….wait, WIZARD. It’s a boundary we stretch constantly; Drawing attention to this may cause people to do the opposite
– Social media would be a good outlet for forum discussion
– Burning a witch on Apache pass with teepees in the front; Motion to ban Party City
– This topic is something to add to RESPECT series of discussions; Initial first meeting; Racism and sexism discussed; Would be appropriate to add this
– Discussion of similarities with frats and border patrols
– Dangerous to presume who’s not part of our community
8:31pm MOTION TO CLOSE STACK AND SECONDED; PASSED
– It’s an acculturation issue: Truthfully, no matter what we do, there is always someone who is going to be offended; Indigenous people would constitute as inappropriate
8:32pm MOTION HAS BEEN MADE for Kit to be referred to Flipside Flame and other avenues; Seconded; Passed
8:34pm Community Announcement (Sparkles)
– Theme Camp Leads Mixer will be Wednesday, April 22, during Church Night at the warehouse
– ADDED TOPIC: Suggestions for Theme Camp Mixer discussion topics
– Ex. Had Fall Leads mixer: Infrastructure, Fundraising, Interpersonal relationships
– Parking issue: Encourage people to carpool to point of using community truck, reducing number of vehicles; Suggested for community-wide discussion, NOT Theme Camp mixer
8:38pm Facilitator: Prost
Stack: Henry
Scribe: Chim-Chim
Topics: Warehouse (LLC)
Theme Camp Leads Mixer topics of Discussion (Kate)
CC retreat (Kate)
8:43PM MEETING ADJOURNED