Subject: Viridian Note 00065: Burning Man Festival

Key concepts:  Burning Man, Viridian public events

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festival which is held every year in a godforsaken dry 
lake in the middle of the Nevada desert, USA.  Up to ten 
thousand people go, and there's no water, no electricity, 
it's hard to get to, and the route there is rather 
dangerous.

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From: catnhat@dnai.com^^^^^****?  (Cassandra Thomas)

Bruce,

Would it be off-base to consider having a Viridian camp at 
Burning Man? I think it would be a great place for a "meme 
show" and we could sell some of our T-shirts and other 
products, assuming we have some by Labor Day.

Other ideas for Burning Man:

* we could trade very hip Viridian merchandise for 
services to our camp
* we could hold Viridian performances and happenings
* we could publicize our design principles
* we could hold Viridian roundtables where people exchange 
ideas with us

I volunteer to register the camp and help with the 
organizing if you think it is a good idea. It would also 
be a time where Viridian people could get together and see 
each other face to face.

Cassandra Thomas
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(((bruces remarks:  It's an interesting proposal, so let's 
"look at the underside first," shall we?  Given the usual 
standard of public behavior at Burning Man, I hardly see 
how this could do us any harm.  The worst you could do at 
Burning Man is die of thirst, set fire to yourself, freak 
out on drugs or get run over by some kind of large truck.  
And, on the positive side, it could be a lot of fun.  I'm 
not going, because hey, I've been there and I wrote about 
for WIRED.  So I hereby appoint the aptly-named Cassandra 
"Viridian High Priestess of Burning Man 01999."  If you 
feel a burning need to get way-out-there and dominate the 
playa, get in touch with her.)))

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