CC meeting 6 April 2015

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