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* Consider hosting events outside of lounge hours. Consider making the [[MoSC]] responsible for this. | * Consider hosting events outside of lounge hours. Consider making the [[MoSC]] responsible for this. | ||
* Merge lounge and tea shifts, have 2 3-hour shifts per night instead of 3 2-hour shifts | * Merge lounge and tea shifts, have 2 3-hour shifts per night instead of 3 2-hour shifts | ||
− | * Eco hat should be responsible for post-teardown cleanup, getting trash and recycling to the dump | + | * Eco hat should be responsible for post-teardown cleanup, getting trash and recycling to the dump, taking photos after moop sweep |
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=== Kitchen === | === Kitchen === |
Latest revision as of 01:37, 10 October 2018
- Camp size: 33
- EA size: 7
- Placement: 3:30 & B, enormous 150' x 100' corner plot
Contents
What Went Well
- The lounge is a well-oiled smoke machine. Tara estimates 3k people served over the course of the week, and calls that a conservative estimate
- Meals were excellent, kitchen also a well-oiled smoke machine
- Modular shade cloth (multiple 10' x 20' sections) made setting up the back of the house much easier
- 10' extension to front of the house looked great, let us fill our giant plot
- Staggered diagonal layout worked surprisingly well, good use of corner frontage
- Lots of floor space in the lounge made for a nice environment, e.g. for Michelle and Eliot's wedding reception
- Virtually unlimited supply of water, no problem filling both 275G totes and move with existing truck
- Tea lounge was nice, need to advertise it better though
- Music improvements were well received, USB audio recording from the mixer to the laptop worked beautifully
- Piano, live music performances, and gonzo karaoke continue to bring people together and drive people apart
What Went Badly
- 2kW generator was woefully underpowered
- Hose adapters for 275G totes broke/leaked, had to pump water out of the top
- Staggered arrivals hurt camp cohesion, sponsors need to sponsor better
- People smoking pot (and etc.) in the lounge, need people on shift in the lounge to shoo them out
- As always, bike racks go unused while bikes pile up in front of the lounge and into the street
- One yurt never set up, left to languish in the truck
- Late-teardown was difficult, need more people to stay through exodus
Things to Remember to do Differently Next Year
- Mumble-ups should include acculturation and opportunities to get to know each other before the main event, not just logistics talk.
- Add a camp Code of Conduct, with a specific emphasis on consent. Cover this during the mumble-ups.
- Sponsors should handle camp walk through if their sponsees show up late
- Get 2 2kW generators or 1 3kW, not 1 2kW
- Have headcount for setup/teardown, know how many people will be staying through sunday night and packing the storage unit
- Have clear setup/teardown expectations, people should generally plan to do at least one
- Put EA/setup/teardown on roster
- Consider adding a Housing and Urban Development Hat to deal with yurts, tents
- Consider hosting events outside of lounge hours. Consider making the MoSC responsible for this.
- Merge lounge and tea shifts, have 2 3-hour shifts per night instead of 3 2-hour shifts
- Eco hat should be responsible for post-teardown cleanup, getting trash and recycling to the dump, taking photos after moop sweep
Hat-specific Notes
Power
- Generator needs to be >3kW, have enough gas capacity that we don't have to fill it multiple times per day
- Running the generator 24 hours over the weekend was a great choice
- Separate power rails for lighting and music: nothing but music equipment should be plugged into the power conditioner, and you shouldn't have to run the lights to play music.
- We finally had enough power cords
Water
- Replace and test tote adapters
- Do not bring more than 2G/p/d, dumping out water is a hassle
Build and infrastructure
- 2018 build inventory:
- 32x 8' conduit
- 102x 10' conduit
- shadecloth TODO
- Get two more full-sized ladders, consider losing the stepstools
- Modular shadecloth is the future
- Get a long spool of paracord, use running lines instead of bungee balls. See Suspended Animation's excellent camp setup primer.
- We had 10 lag bolts left after setup; don't forget to get more bolts if we expand camp
- More literal soft stuff in the dome/lounge
- More furniture in the lounge
- From last year: tool organization is weak, consider getting an actual toolbox
Layout
- Consider cutting 2' conduit sections to attach 8' and 10' cells
- Putting the truck south of camp helped block the sun
- Diagonal frontage worked well
- Chris needs to put this and the last couple years' layouts online
Kitchen
- Still need to replace the fridge, but keeping it in the truck helped
- Get giant ziplock bags for ice to preserve meltwater
Lounge
- Need more people on lounge shift on saturday, possibly fewer earlier in the week
- Either get many more plastic hookah tips or give them out on request only
- Need more lounge furniture now that we've got a bigger lounge, consider playatech tables or a long standing bar
- Consider advertising for tea lounge or lighting the lounge up more at night
Trucking and logistics
- Think long and hard before using u-haul again, make sure cleaning and overage are explicit in contract
- Dusty Trucker needs to be responsible for cleaning/returning the truck
Etc.
- Add email/preferred contact info to the roster
- Checklists in camp manual went totally unused, is there a better way?
- It's probably time for new blackboards
- Digital organization continues to be a disaster
- Need a better way of tracking consumables year over year