How to join
A Burning Man Camp
How to Join a Theme Camp at Burning Man
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it is 68 days from the Mount Bears and
today we're talking about how to join a
theme camp so I've already done videos
on whether or not you should join us
being plan and how to find a theme camp
but now it's like how you actually join
one
so obviously step one is finding a theme
camp and there are all sorts out there
pretty much anything you can imagine you
can probably find a theme platform
there's big ones and small ones but
allowable as the quiet ones and adult
ones and kid walls there would be big
well-established camp so once they've
been going for years and years is
they're the easiest ones to find so
because if not they tend to get a lot of
requests to join them which means that
you know sometimes they just don't have
enough space for everyone that wants to
join that theme camp so if you're going
for one of the bigger ones you might
find it they just have no space to let
you join them usually Burning Man
doesn't release the list of skin cancer
going into quite close to the time and a
lot of people kind of want to get set up
with a theme camp before that list is
released so the best thing to do is
check out the list from the previous
year look for anything cats that
interest you and you know try to find
out more information about them so even
though the most important thing when
you're finding a theme camp should be
that the things that the same cat is
doing it really excites you
you will want to have a think about you
know what your needs are so you know is
there anything specific that you kind of
want while you're at Burning Man is it
that you know it's going to be a kind of
community theme camp where there's a
very like social feel to it is it like a
tangible thing where you have to have
like a shower how much are you willing
to dedicate to like camp duties and
things like that so really think about
what your needs are so that when you're
looking at all the theme camp you can
see you know which ones are kind of
fulfilling those things for you so you
found your ideal team cab and now it's
time to actually start the process of
trying to become part of that theme camp
so with something has it's really easy
they will have some kind of instructions
or a registration process on their
website or you know their Facebook group
or whatever online presence they have
with others you're going to have to kind
of dig around
to figure out how exactly you go about
joining them if the thing does have like
a very clear process of what you need to
do to try and join it and obviously just
follow along with that do whatever it is
that they ask that you do and you know
that should hopefully be it but if not
you know dig around see if you can find
you know one of the organizers of the
theme plan to contact them to find out
you know how exactly you join them so a
lot of people screw up the kind of first
contact they just kind of send out a
vague blanket email to multiple team
kind of thing like hey I want to join
your theme camp what do I need to do and
you know try and imagine how that looks
- the theme camp organizers they're
spending all this time and effort to
arrange this amazing theme calves that
have some kind of purpose something that
they're you know it's floated about
enthusiastic and passionate about and
people are contacting them and showing
none of that enthusiasm so it's like hey
I want to join your theme plan how do I
join it and chances out they get a ton
of emails like that from strangers that
you know they don't know you and you're
just like hey I want to join your theme
cast like they don't know if secretly
you're like really passionate and
excited and that's just not coming
across in your email so put some time
and effort into it show that you have
actually researched their theme camp you
know what they're doing you know what
the purpose is and it's something that
you're very passionate about all that
you're excited to be a part of and
increase an information about yourself
you know they don't know who are so you
know introduce yourself you need to
write like a huge essay about your like
life history like an autobiography you
know just introduce yourself and let
them know that you are actually excited
about their specific theme plan then
once you say that of all you can really
do is wait and hope those they get back
to you quickly and you might be lucky
you might just get a response back sighs
and quick saying yet but come and be
part of our theme Club we'd love to have
you
they might request some more information
from you or you know it might be a bit
of a back and forth discussion for a
little while in some cases you might
never hear that from them at all which
stuff and in some cases they might say
no they might not have any space they
might feel that you're just not really a
good fit for that cab you know for
whatever reason you may not be able to
your first choice of being town and you
might want to contact a few theme camps
at the same time especially we know that
some of the theme clubs that you are
contacting are not really taking on many
new members or they're quite full yeah
you don't want to put all your eggs in
one basket so if you get expected it is
time to find out you know what you need
to do now hopefully the same cab will
direct you to some kind of resource or
information or just email you
information you know about kind of how
things work what the theme can provide
what you need to provide for yourself if
there's any Jews you need to pay if
there's camp responsibilities that
you're going to have to do all of that
kind of information it's incredibly
important to know that stuff you don't
want to turn up with no water because
you assume that scene tab would be
providing all the water that everyone
needed and discover that no they're not
you were supposed to bring your own
water if you don't have all that
information you know don't be shy about
sending often emails to the club
organizers or getting in touch with them
in some way and just asking any
questions you have getting them to just
clarify things for you but if you are
like a control freak or an oval
organizer and you can see yourself being
the kind of person that's going to be
sending off like little questions all
the time try and save up all your
questions so like one big email so
you're not like constantly bothering
there being I don't hey what about this
hey what about this it's also nice to
know what the communication process
leading up to Burning Man is going to be
are they going to be sending out like
status updates things like that and
they're going to be by email and they're
going to be on like a Facebook group or
on the website like where can you get
information to kind of see how
everything's moving a lot or to see if
there's like problems that department is
coming need to get involved with to help
solve those problems
is there any like fundraising or their
projects or anything that you can get
involved with the for Burning Man it's
just nice to know about the
communication process so that you're not
kind of sitting there in the run-up to
Burning Man being like well you know I
haven't heard anything I wonder if
everything's okay and it's the cloud
like ready is it going to be there when
I get there like what's going on if you
know what that communication process is
you're not going to feel like stressed
or worried if you don't hear
from them until you know two weeks
before the phone because you already
knows that that was what was going to
happen if it's a fairly new king-crab
you know it might be something that
they're just still working out they
haven't really thought about you know
updating the people that have joined the
camp or sending out information and
stuff so if you are feeling you know a
little bit apprehensive you haven't been
given any kind of updates or information
you know shoot off an email or contact
them and just say like hey I was just
wondering like what's going on any
update on what's happening with the
Steenkamp here at my dispute that
they're super busy it might be that they
never really thought about sending out
update maybe all those updates are
happening and they just you know they're
putting them online or something you
didn't know to go to that place also
debating Maps is a really long way off
and those that don't really have
anything to update anyone on for a lot
of larger thing plans they have all that
information on their online presence so
there isn't really that much that they
need to be updating people with because
they can see all that information anyway
really the most important communication
should be if things go wrong so if for
some reason the scene tab is not going
to be going to Burning Man if they are
not going to be able to provide the
things that they originally thought that
they would you obviously want to know
that in advance so that you can prepare
and bring any of that stuff that you
need to that you sort the scene Cowboys
supply or you know if they end up not
coming at all so that you are prepared
for your own camp and if everything is
going right the main thing you want to
know is where is that thing going to be
so that when you arrive you know where
you need to go so once you get through
the gate you go ahead there and get
stuff in so I hope this is helpful guys
and if any of you are joining up with
scene class that it all goes well you
end up with amazing theme camps and you
just have a brilliant time and if you
see me at Burning Man this yet feel free
to come and say hi to me hi guys
