READ: Playa Load-In Procedure & Call for Volunteers
Michael Dewberry
I will be your Designated Sanity Fuse for the playa container reload.
First of all, to make the load run as smoothly as possible, please
commit to memory these already-mentioned rules:
#1. No piles. Bring your stuff to the truck, put it on the truck.
Nothing deposited outside the containers is guaranteed to make it back
to Boston. On your way out, spend a few minutes demooping.
#2. No empty space. When you put your stuff on, pack it in as tightly
as possible. Back to front, bottom to top: no air. Use your best
Tetris/Klotski/Katamari skills. Do not worry about keeping your stuff
organized or even on the same truck. It'll all get unloaded and
re-piled in the parking lot. Any order imposed inside the truck is
fleeting.
#3. Pack your belongings as compactly as possible BEFORE you get to
the containers. Stuff boxes inside boxes. Break down your bikes. A
pedal wrench will be available near the containers if you don't have
one. It takes two minutes to flip pedals around and remove your front
wheel, and it makes a significant difference.
Second: I'll be at the containers Sunday afternoon and all day Monday
making sure things are orderly.
I need VOLUNTEERS to help out -- mainly with simple traffic control
and reminding people of the above rules. I would like to have two
people for each of the following shifts:
Sunday 2-5pm
Monday 9am-12pm
Monday 12pm-3pm
Monday 3pm-6pm
Monday 6pm-9pm
If every Hive camp and every large non-Hive camp could chip in one
person for a shift, we'd have plenty of coverage. Let's face it, you
were planning on spending three hours at the containers anyway.
Thanks everyone, see you soon out in the desert!
Dewb