OBOP Organization
Teams
We have identified a large number of teams, and in almost
all cases someone has already stepped forward to be a
"team leader" to coordinate the efforts of that
team. See Camp for a list of teams
and leaders. Please join one or more teams to contribute!
Newbies/Playa
buddies
If you are new, we ask that you identify a "playa
buddy", someone who has been with OBOP at Burning
Man in the past, and can give you an idea of what to
expect, how to prepare, how to deal with crises, etc.
Please, playa buddies, don't take on more than one newbie.
We
ask the playa buddy to know what team(s) you will be
on and to work with the team leader to help the newbie
get integrated.
The
Council
The purpose of the OBOP council is to:
• agree
on basic policy issues such as membership, dues, meetings
- deal with inevitable "personality" issues
(as wisely as possible)
• guide
OBOP in action and spirit, keeping an eye on the big
picture
The
council is open to anyone who has been at a previous
OBOP camp. Hopefully it will remain a small enough group
to allow every voice to be heard and still make decisions
efficiently.
Last
Wednesday's meeting was a beautiful example of group
wisdom. Controversy lead to the use of a "talking
stick" and difficult either/or decisions morphed
organically into a kind of concensus that seemed to
feel good to all involved.
Councillors
at the meeting included Natasha, Sherry, Rocky, Steve
J, Johnny de Sura, Jaye, and Darakshan. Fred is also
on the council but was not able make last weeks' meeting.
A few others who were around joined in discussions at
this meeting - Robbie, Peter, Michael, Shael.
The
council plans to gather every other week until Burning
Man. If you want to join us, please let me know.
Communication
DarakshanFarber will continue
to send e-mails like this out to our OBOP mailing list
(which now has 88 subscribers, though only about 50
are currently signed up for this year). Anyone on this
list is free to e-mail to the whole list, but you must
do so from the e-mail account that the list sends to.
SherryEdwards
is gathering dues and will track "who doesn't read
e-mail" so we can find an alternate way to keep
folks up-to-date. Robbie and Diana have agreed to call
around to get info from everyone about their plans this
year. It would make their lives easier if you would
edit the ObopMembers page yourself to let us know your
contact info and plans.
RussellWebb
has agreed to update our website, http://www.obop.org.
We'll let you know when stuff (like this) is up there.
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