APOGAEA

Dear Driven Freaks,

Do You love the Apogaea festival and have ideas to improve it?
Love this Colorado Burner community and have ideas to strengthen it?
Want an excuse to meet every month, drink beer and plan a kick-ass
event? Then Uncle Apo wants YOU.

Now through July 31 at midnight is your chance to apply to join the Apogaea Board of Directors.

TO APPLY please send an email with the information requested below to email hidden; JavaScript is required by midnight on July 31.
See further below for qualifications and duties.

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Name

Email

Phone

City

Why are you interested in being a part of the Apogaea Board of Directors?
List any previous volunteer experience, including experiences with Burning Man or regional events:
List any accomplishments you have that exhibit strong leadership skills:
Can you commit to working through the completion of Apogaea?
Can you commit to attending at least one monthly meeting?
Can you commit to working at least two gate shifts at the event?
Can you commit to reading and providing input to online discussions?
Can you commit to keeping discussions and decisions of the board confidential?

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A board term is 3 years. Please find details on job requirements below.

QUESTIONS
If you want to learn more about what the job is or can be, please ask
your favorite board member
or email —> email hidden; JavaScript is required
Save the Date: The August 8 Board Meeting will include a meet n greet
for all interested applicants/nominees.

Dustily Yours,
The Apogaea Board

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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER

• Passion and ideas about creating a community and event centered on
the Burning Man principles.

• Business or event experience preferred.

• Varying backgrounds. It would be ideal to get individuals who come
from different backgrounds. Boards are most successful when they have
people who bring different things to the table, e.g. attorneys,
accountants, event organizers, insurance people, artists, computer
jocks, musicians.

• Ability to play well with others.

COMMITMENT
• 3 year term. Must be able to commit to fulfill a full term in his/
her position.
• One meeting a month. More meetings as event approaches.
• Respond to board emails in a timely manner.
• At least two gate shifts during the event.
• Oversee numerous shift lead volunteers and support their successful contributions to the organization
• Further time as needed to fulfill duties and ensure a smooth and
fulfilling event.
• Board Members are distinct from officer positions. While it is preferable that the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are Board Members, it is not required and elections for these positions will be held at a future time.

PROCESS AND UPCOMING DATES

The Board of Directors is elected by Team Ignition members from the 2010 event on August 14.

After the Board of Directors is elected, Directors-elect will serve in a mentoring role through the end of the year. Terms officially begin on January 1.

After the Board of Directors is elected, the Board will hold a separate election process for the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. More information on this election will be posted here.

Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required with any questions.

Thank you for your participation!

Caroline Kert
Apogaea President

Check out our land requirements and please suggest land for next year’s festival. We’re looking at both mountains and plains (badlands!) locations that will be more accommodating for large art and large sound.

http://apogaea.com/about/apogaea-land-criteria/

Please take the Apogaea 2010 Census – the papers at the event got all soggy so here it is in an online and slightly improved version.

http://www.ballotbin.com/voterReg.php?b=15019

You can take the census even if you did not attend, just n/a all the questions about things that you didn’t get to experience.

You’ll have to enter your email address then the site will email you a link to allow you to take the survey. This site seems quite trustworthy and won’t spam you, etc.
This can really help next year’s event! Make sure your voice is heard!

What are you likely to experience at Apo this year?

• For a full list of Art Installations, Theme Camps, Performance Schedules and the like, click here.
• For the Apo 2010 Placement Map, click here.
• Official Who What When Where

And of course whatever YOU bring! Remember, YOU are the gift, and Apogaea cannot happen without the participants. Travel safe, and we will see you in the mountains!

Final notes:

Review the Survival Guide

Print and bring your waiver

Get there before dusk!

Corrections:

Hoop it Forward will be at noon, not 2pm

Hey, Apogaeans!

In addition to your food, water, costumes-of-awesomeness, cup, and reusable plates/silverware, here are some things from the soon-to-be-printed WhoWhatWhereWhen that you might want to throw in your Apogaea pack:

Handmade creations, books, clothing, accessories, glowies, or other gifts to share with your fellow citizens at The Gifting Tree.
Your musical instrument(s) for Organix Sound Dome’s ongoing jam session.
Towel for the Sauna Dome (you wouldn’t go anywhere without your towel, would you, you hoopy frood?).
Black and white attire for the Thursday night Apogaea Welcome Party.
Hawaiian shirt, straw hat, leis, and your best tiki mug for the Hula Hideaway Luau Thursday night! Also accepting donations of rum or vodka (show your Hula Hosts and Hostesses some love!).
Bottle of champagne and/or brunch stuff to share for Friday morning’s Champagne Brunch potluck at Circus High Camp.
Green or recycled attire for Karma’s Green Soiree, Friday afternoon.
Noisemakers for the Hug Parade Friday afternoon.
Extra food/drink, especially avocado-based, for the Avocado Bar and Happy Hour at Centropolis, Friday evening.
Your sparkliest gloves, your ostrichiest fans, your ta-ta-liciousest pasties for the Happy Hour Burlesque Show Friday evening.
Friday at 6:30 Hula Hideaway hosts a Happy Hour and potluck-roast suckling pig preferred, but you could bring anything to share.
White attire for The White Queen’s Ball on Friday night.
Or, if that’s too literary for you, wear all blue for the infamous Return of the Camel Toe Jam. Camel fleas optional.
Saturday’s got a Bar-B-Q seminar-bring a sauce for other aficionados to taste. At Centropolis.
If you’ve already got a hoop, there’s the Hoop It Forward hoop decoration and hooping extravaganza. If not, they can probably set you up with one! Try it!.
Centropolis’ Margarita Symposium sounds soooo boring, having to taste all those different delicious tequilas, mixes, and margarita recipes. If you had to go. though, you should bring some tequila.
Clowns. You love them, you hate them, you fear them. [As well you should-ed.] The Clown Rave at Circus High Saturday night will either be a fun, happy place with music and red noses, or the stuff of nightmares. Either way, you should go. Wear your clown gear and be given libations.

See you in a couple days!

Johnny One

Apogaea is a non-vending event which means it doesn’t fund itself through fees from the sale of goods during the event. While this creates a better experience for you, it also means that the entire event functions through volunteers. A great way to make this event YOUR event is to volunteer to help out with theme camps, cars and community.

Got a good sense of humor and love to meet people? Sign up for gate, greeter or floater. Like playing Tetris and have an eye for spacial relations? Help people find the right parking location and keep the event area free of cars and safer for pedestrians.

Do you have a strong karmic relationship with mother nature and want to help other people realize theirs, too? Join the Green Team and keep all trash contained and not wasted. Have you been to Apogaea before and want to make it as good as you know it can be? Sign up for DPW and see the event in a way you’ve never seen it before. Really.

You don’t need certified medical or fire training to give time with the Bureau of Apogaean Medical and Fire or with the Rangers, but it helps. More descriptions of all these areas and others not mentioned here are available on this page: http://apogaea.com/volunteer/positions-open

YOU will be rewarded for your efforts and given cool stuff that your friends won’t have unless they do it with you. Yes! It is possible to do a shift with a friend. You’ll see the times still available and can sign up to be together. It’s a great place to put that nickname you like being called, but we will need you to include your full name and email address. Check out how easy it is: http://www.apogaea.com/volunteerschedule.php

If you don’t already have a ticket or need to get one: http://apogaea.com/tickets/ticket-sales Save space! Camp with a friend. Apogaea tickets make great birthday presents, love notes and thank yous.

Don’t pack away those winter coats yet! Very high elevation causes the evenings to be in the low 40s. While the many burn barrels are great places to hang out, you’ll want to be able to comfortably walk away from them, too.

A note about being green: Please limit your food and supply packaging. Take things out of big boxes and fix them into smaller containers or bags that you’ll reuse later. Some recycling will be available on-site, but what isn’t able to go there will need to be taken out by you. Cans over bottles is a good place to start. Large water containers vs lots of bottles also good. Bring re-usable cups with plates and utensils you can wash.

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Thanks!
Ignition Team

Here are the sound camps and some of the other theme camps you’ll find at Apogaea this year. For a full, ongoing list of Art Installations, Theme Camps and other projects and events, please visit the Apo 2010 page.

Loud Sound Camps

Circus High – Raise your expectations with sweet beats any yummy treats. Don’t forget your clown shoes.

DROP CITY & Metal Alchemy – combined forces bring you an immersive, cynergetic, & experimental foundation for artists to channel their beings. TUNE IN. TURN ON. DROP OUT.

- Metal/Goth/Grindcore/Dark Electric. DJ space and stage space available.

Space Camp – Electro, Dub, and Down Tempo.

- DJ space available.

The Wild Roofie Gang – In the spirit of Disney family entertainment, The Wild Roofie Gang hosts a variety of diverse & wholesome experiences throughout the weekend of Apogaea. Before his passing, the great comic genius Don Knotts was captured by the TWRG and initiated into our tribal rituals. He had an even wilder look in his eyes after we finished with him. All citizens of Apogaea should tremble in anticipation of the same treatment.

- Some ambient time slots available.

Whomp Delivery Service – Dub-step, Electro House, and Breaks coming to a location near you.

- Interested in music submissions.

Also Playing

Kamp Kronic – Blazed Beats and High Times. A small stage with rock, hip-hop, and jazz sets. DJ Space available.

XPAT Alien – Aliens may land and play their intergalactic anthems.

Center Camp – Open mic and sign up shows

Grand Funk Depot – Full Depot Serves, chuga chuga, choo choo , Ambient music

Wonderland Vortex – Psy-Trance and more among the toadstools.

Don’t Miss

Mr. Science’s Camp – Science fun

Styli Helias Umbra – Art Gallery and drawing robot. Video Projection.

Volcano Lounge – Chill lounge in the trees.

Sausage Fest @ the Lazy Lounge

Charlie’s Pizza Parlour of Joy and Deliciousness! – Grab a slice or two Thursday afternoon at the pizza oven.

What’s New / Changes for 2010

Personal Boundaries

• No means no, ask first, and respect personal boundaries. See B.E.D.

Car Camping / Parking

• Park only in designated areas.
• Car camping is very limited and only permitted in car camping designated areas. You can register your car camping needs ahead of time with email hidden; JavaScript is required

Sound Policies

• Sunrise set – Sunday’s quiet hours don’t start until 8am to allow for a Saturday night / Sunday morning sunrise set.
• Quiet hours are from 6am to 11am on Friday and Saturday and from 8am to 11am on Sunday. Of course this means that since sunrise is technically at about 5:30am there will be a sunrise set every day!
• Reduced sound hours are every day from 4am until the start of quiet hours.

Greening

• Apogaea discourages the use of non-reusable glow sticks. Use battery operated devices instead.
• Grey water shouldn’t be dumped on the ground.
• Recycling will include aluminium cans and composting. Please bring home and appropriately recycle or dispose of everything else.

Admission

• The gate will be open from 9am to midnight.
• Plan on arriving before dusk or you will have to wait until the morning to drive in. People arriving after dark with camp infrastructure may be escorted to their camp at the gate’s discretion.
• Ticket sales end at 7pm on Saturday June 12th at the gate.
• Tickets are limited so get yours early.
• Print and sign your waiver ahead of time http://apogaea.com/tickets/waiver/

Fire Policies

• All generators must be supplied with a single standard fire extinguisher, type ABC dry chemical (the regular red ones).
• Check with the Emergency Services tent or any Ranger to inquire about current burn ban status.
• For burn barrels or Emergency Services approved fire pits, bring a 5 gallon bucket of water, a way to secure it to the ground, your own wood, and a way to clear the vegetation around the barrel.
• Don’t move the Apogaea burn barrels and wood.

GPS coordinates:

• Gate is at N 38.9727 W 105.4771

Read the full Survival Guide

Apogaeans!

The deadline for getting things into the Who What Where When guide for Apogaea 2010 is 11:59 p.m. Sunday May 23!

Got a theme camp and want to promote an event?

Got a workshop and want to let people know about it?

Got a special DJ set and want people to boogie to it?

Burning a giant, community-built effigy and want to be sure people don’t forget to come?

The sooner you get your information in, the sooner we can let the community know about what you’ve got to contribute!

Please include:

1. Is your submission a continuing thing (e.g., a theme camp, art piece), a repeating event, or a one-time-only thing?

2. The day(s) of your event (Apogaea runs noon Thursday June 10 through Sunday June 13)

3. The time(s) of your event

4. A SHORT description (one to three sentences)

5. Location (if you know it. If you’re not sure yet, we can add “stop by the Info Booth for more information.” If that’s the case, please be sure to LET THE INFO BOOTH KNOW your event location/time!)

6. A contact e-mail or phone number (not for the WWWW, but for me to call if I have any questions)

Also, know that Saturday late morning/early afternoon is when many people want to hold their events. Choosing another day or time will increase the chances that people will be able to come to your event as well.

E-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required with submissions or questions! See your Happy Asses at the ranch!

Johnny One

This year’s effigy is titled “Communigy”– a conflation of “community” and “effigy.”

Communigy will give rise to radical participation, artistic self-expression, interactivity, and community building. The effigy at burner events has always been an anchor and focal point, both visually and as a gathering place for community interaction. However, it is usually executed by a small team led by the vision of one artist. This year, the effigy be built—literally— by every citizen of Apogaea.

Communigy consists of hundreds of identical plywood shapes (“segments”) that fit together in three dimensions like puzzle pieces. Each participant is given the opportunity—before or during Apogaea— to make at least one segment his or her own work of art. The segment can be painted, carved, sculpted, collaged, enveloped in crochet or studded with flashing LEDs—anything goes, as long as the attachment areas of the piece are not altered. At the event, each participant brings their segment to the effigy area and adds it to the sculpture in the way that they desire. As the event progresses, the Communigy becomes a living thing as it is added to and reconfigured, played with like a puzzle.

For burn night, Communigy will be sculpted into a beautiful multiple starburst shape. Segments arted out with non-burnable materials will be removed. And then it shall burn. More than just a metaphor, Communigy engages each participant in artistic self-expression and participation in a community project. How will the contribution of each individual—which stands alone as its own work of art— fit together into a larger expressive whole? More info and announcements on the Communigy Facebook page:

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Thanks,

fel a
Apogaea Effigy Lead

Apogaea 2010 is happy to announce that our location has been secured.  Join us at Happy Ass Ranch for Apogaea from June 10-13 and for the work weekend the evening of June 4-June 6.

Happy Ass Ranch is located in the beautiful Rocky Mountains: 202-CR 368, Lake George, CO 80827.

Please see this page for driving directions.

Tickets officially go on sale April 11, at noon.

Online sales: http://www.tinyurl.com/apo2010

Walk-Up sales: http://apogaea.com/tickets/ticket-sales/

Print out and sign your waiver! http://apogaea.com/tickets/waiver/

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s true!  We have a winner!

Congratulations to Ben Shearn.  His flyer and ticket design will be used on marketing materials for Apogaea 2010 (Artropolis).
We received a total of 3 awesome designs and ran it through a voting panel consisting of the members of Team Ignition.  Team Ignition is made of Apogaea’s: Team Leads, Board Members, Officers, Territorial Ambassadors and BM’s Regional Reps. Artists were kept anonymous to avoid any favoritism.

We’re keeping the design a bit of a secret, so you’ll have to buy your ticket or help post flyers to get a peek.  Keep posted for an announcement that our tickets have gone on sale–this will happen very soon.  And, don’t forget, discount tickets will only remain on sale for the first three weeks.

If you’d like the opportunity to vote on issues like ticket design, theme, and Board members, join Team Ignition!  We still need a number of Team Leads for the event, including:

Sound Coordination
Parking
Gate

Send your inquiries to email hidden; JavaScript is required.

It’s that time of year!
Caroline
Apogaea President

The GREATEST Colorado BURNER event of the new DECADE!!!

Apogaea Dates announced: June 10-13, 2010

Yes, come all ye Burners to Apogaea the second weekend in June 2010!

Bring your inspiration, love, art and passion to the skies of Colorado (location TBD).

If you are new, please check out the “Survival Guide.”

Veteran? then join our Apogaea Family once again. We Miss you!

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Weather is warming, weeks of snow thawing, AND the Apogaea Board of directors has elected new Officers for the 2010 Event!

Please join me in welcoming the latest additions to this year’s fantastically funky team:

-Caroline Kert, PRESIDENT, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Funcan Lee, VICE PRESIDENT, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Julie “naughty nurse” Osborn, SECRETARY, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Shutterbug, TREASURER, email hidden; JavaScript is required

We on the Apo Board are excited to have such a great bunch of talented folks join our efforts in helping present Colorado’s largest muti-day artistic burn!

We would also like to thank our departing Apogaea Officers for years of dedicated service…you WILL be missed!

Hey all you artists and graphics gurus, Do you have visions of fancy floating through your mind? Want to share? Once again, the Apogaea Creative Committee is hosting a ticket and flyer design contest. Get your brilliant ideas in front of hundreds of artists and fellow burners.

Yes, “Artopolis” is the selected them for Apogaea 2010. We are calling for ticket and flyer artwork for this theme, so get your juices flowing and create away!!

Submissions should be sent to email hidden; JavaScript is required for entry into the competition. Deadline for all entries is no later than 12 AM February 8th 2010.

We will be using ONE design for both tickets and flyers. Winner will receive ONE free ticket to Apogaea 2010.

Art Guidelines*:

• Flyer Design Size – final size 5.5″ x 4.25″ + .25″ bleed on all 4 sides = 6″ X 4.75″
• Ticket Design Size – final size 5.5″ x 2″ + .25″ bleed on all 4 sides = 6″ X 2.5″
• File Formats – tiff, eps, pdf, and high quality jpg files accepted
• Resolution – 300 dpi is ideal, but files must be at least 200 dpi
• Submissions will be judged based on concept, execution & image quality

Both tickets and flyers should use the same design. On each, you must include:

• The name of the event, “Apogaea”
• This year’s theme name, “Artropolis”
• The Apogaea logo, which you can download here in EPS, JPG, and PNG formats
• The tentative date of the event, June 10th – 13th 2010

*Please note that it is very important to stay within the developing guidelines. Pulling images off of the internet is usually not a good idea because of the low quality issues and copyright violations!

Deadline: 12:01 a.m., February 8, 2010. Send your Questions and/or your submission to email hidden; JavaScript is required. The Apogaea Creative Committee would like to wish you the best of luck!

By popular vote from the community and the Apogaea board, there will be mandatory “Quiet Hours” for sound/theme camps at Apogaea this year.

• Quiet hours will be 6am – 11am on Friday and Saturday and 8am – 11am on Sunday.

This means turn off all generators, and subsequently all amplified music. A few glorious hours of peace and quiet – well, at least a few hours without the megawatts thump of amplified music. That’s enough to get a good nap in. That’s enough to get a good nap in.

Sound levels will be enforced with decibel meters.

Also don’t forget we will be enforcing enclosed generators. Generator noise must not exceed 70dB at 10 feet – that’s about as loud as an average passenger car. Any generator that is found to be in violation will be turned off until the noise issue is remedied with better enclosure techniques. We’re not trying to be Nazis about this, we just need to make sure everyone is being respectful in such a limited, but beautiful space.

In an effort to keep waste down and follow the path of self-reliance, we are encouraging everyone to bring their own cup to Apogaea this year. Let’s try to avoid any kind of disposable cups. Let’s also try to avoid plasticware. Second hand stores are a great place to pick up sets of silverware that you can use or better yet…gift!

There will also be recycling bins set-up around Apo Town. Please use these ONLY for recycling materials. Self-Reliance is really your own responsibility and so is your trash. Help keep Apogaea and the Planet magnificent!