PolyParadise '04  - A Year in Review

Tue Sep 14, 2004 

Thank you all....

Thanks to each and every PolyBurn Camper for making BM '04 & PolyParadise such an awesome success.

We are a diverse group from far reaching cities, though we come together at BM as a group of Polyamorous folk to share love, respect, & stories of our trials and tribulations in non-mainstream lifestyle choices.

Thank you all for dealing with our limited Real Estate issues and for scrunching together to make sure we all fit and all had room for our Structures, Tents and a place to call home on the Playa...
 
Thanks go to StrokeGreg for heading the Human Carcass Wash. With each passing year the HCW continues to be one of the highlights on the Playa for MANY BRC Citizens. We attract more and more folks to the HCW each year...I estimate that 150+ people went through the HCW each day. With the addition of the 20'x20' Shade Structure we were able to contain the area of the HCW and keep the attendees out of the sun...Thanks to everyone else who helped with Setup & Cleanup and to those that ran the event each day.

Next year though we will request to NOT be near 'Body Painting Camp' which was located down the street. There were many Painted people who came to the HCW to wash off the paint not during HCW hours. Though we can aid in this by removing the HCW supplies from the shade structure after the event is over.

The HCW is a mainstay of the Playa...Never let the HCW die. It is such an awesome event. The NO CAMERA ZONE signs seemed to work some, though it just goes to show that people DO NOT read or understand. Thanks to all for looking out for those that could not quite get it.

Thanks to WildChild | StrokeGreg | Lynn & Costello for leading PHT, and sharing their life experiences with those seeking information about Poly and spreading Infinite Love across the Playa. I know it is difficult to have a discussion group with competing loud music sources, though you all made it work each day. There was at least 20 people in the discussion each day...My Hats off to all of you...

Thanks go to Water Log...a.k.a...Steve for his work on the Water Reclamation Project. To provide this service to PolyParadise is one thing, but to provide it to all camps in Shangri-La Village is quite another. HATS OFF TO WATER LOG...What was the final number of Gallons processed? Steve your efforts to allow this water to be given to the Playa deserve much applause, look forward to seeing what you come up with for next year. Making a definitive cutoff for Grey Water processing helped get the project to its end and not have Steve processing large amounts of water on Monday...

Thanks as well to Steve for the awesome Adlib song about Water Ecology at the Village Meeting on Thursday..."Conservation, Preservation...Guard Mother Earth...The only way this will work is to spread the word"...A very catchy tune with an awesome message...Look forward to seeing the Video...

Thanks to Da Vinci, Heatseeker, Magnus and everyone else that helped with the Grey Water Project...Your efforts are greatly appreciated...

Thanks to Steve for bringing the PolyWomb structure. I appreciated your efforts in getting the structure up, though we never got it going beyond that....More on that later...

Thanks to Lynn & Costello for providing the Cuddle Pool...It is such as awesome space...I enjoyed its comforts several times...THANK YOU!!!

Thanks to Da Vinci, WildChild, Glacier & Kathe for providing the awesome ART that adorned our Camp...The NASA (Nasty Alien Sex Adventure), Milky Way & Ring Around your Anus was amazing...I so enjoyed creating it with you here in Phx...and had a GREAT time Burning it on Sunday...

Thanks to all the Playa Newbies in our group for all of your help and for getting into the BM & PolyParadise spirit. Your work and participation did not go unnoticed as well as all the new folks to PolyParadise. I hope you found the Theme Camp experience a good one, and will consider returning to the Playa with us next year...

Thanks to everyone who provided & prepared food for Community Meals, Washing Dishes, all who helped out when it was needed, for taking garbage home with you, for knowing what building community & sharing community is all about.

Thanks go to Master Kitchen Coordinator Kathe who kept us in snacks galore and me quite busy...

Thanks to Kingsley for being the 'Czar de Garbage'...I appreciated your efforts in managing the garbage and making sure everyone took some garbage home with them...

Thanks to Piper for your friendship and for bearing with me as I moved your Car and Tent around several times during the week to make things work and have your vehicle in a place so you were able come and go as you needed.

Thanks to Ronit, Pali Ex-Mano & Leonora...I did not get to spend much time talking with you all, but VERY much enjoyed & appreciated your contributions to out camp space...

Thanks go to BigMike & Ginger...I appreciated spending time with you and having a haven in your RV out of the Wind & Dust...I so enjoyed having you as part of our Camp again...

Thanks to Phil for sharing with us all...Great to meet you...hope you will join us again next year....

Thanks to Jody, Ali & Sabina for your energy and keeping us all with some fine 'Baked Goods'...

Thanks to Trouble & Autowitch for the amazing Dome structure...I never got to spend any time inside it, but enjoyed helping out building it & of course taking it down...

Thanks to Stagger for providing the GREAT signs for the Grey Water Project...Remember 'NOT HERE'...

Bob...I hope that your shoulder injury gets better soon and that BM, The Playa & PolyParadise are again on your agenda for next year...

Thanks to Val, Marci, Jeff, Phil, Jody & Ric for joining us this year...I hope that through all the RV issues you encountered, everyone in your group had an amazing time and would join us again...

Thank you BadDoddy for providing the 'Behavior Modification Zone'...An awesome addition to our Camp...

Thanks to Kyoti & LuLu for providing an awesome shade structure that not only provided shade but was a beautiful work of Art as well...

Thanks to T & Randi for your understanding in your placement options as you arrived so late in the week...I hope that you both would consider camping with us again and maybe trying to make it earlier in the week to enjoy more of what the Playa has to offer...I very much look forward to seeing all the pics you were able to take with 'The Frame' you were carrying around...

Thanks to John, Nathan & Bek for your contributions to our camp...I hope that Bek had an awesome BM Virgin experience and would consider returning next year...

Thanks to Jade, Abi & Octavia for helping out, being a part of our space and your energy level...It was awesome to see you all again...

Thanks to Reaps & Erika for sharing your spirit & energy...I so enjoy hanging out with you and being around your awesome vivacity...

Thanks to ALL the Arizona PolyParadise Campers...Da Vinci, WildChild  Glacier, Princess Twinkle Toes, BadDoggy, xxybadgirl, Kyoti, LuLu & Heatseeker...It was SO very awesome to have so many of our AZ family in camp with us...I hope that you would all consider camping with us again...

Thanks to all who helped haul burnables to the Burn Pyres on Sunday...

Thank you all for bringing Drinking Water and HCW Water...With additional donations from HCW participants we had plenty of water all week for our use as well as our Camp Events...

It was a pleasure and honor for Kathe & I to provide the Infrastructure we enjoyed on the Playa. I thought the 50'x20' worked out quite well, gave us plenty of space for the kitchen and communal space.

A special Hello to Zhahai who was On-Playa pre-event Friday & Saturday...It was awesome to see you and get to spend some time talking with you at the Greeters Station @ 3am while you got Playa-Net up and running...Best of luck to you & Cascade in your move to California...

Thank you all that were on the Playa on Monday and available to help in the Camp Teardown. Your efforts were greatly appreciated...

A VERY SPECIAL thanks to Da Vinci (Don), Glacier (Doug) & WildChild (Ginny) for ALL of their help in packing the truck in Phoenix and for ALL the help they provided Kathe & I throughout the week....YOU are ALL VERY SPECIAL people in my life and I could not have run the camp as efficiently without you...

A VERY VERY VERY SPECIAL thanks to my Wife & Life Partner Kathe...Without your Support & Love not of what we accomplished would have been possible...Love you so very much...

To those that camped elsewhere or who were unable to make BM this year, your spirit was always part of PolyParadise, and know that you are deeply missed & loved in this group.

It was my pleasure and privilege to be and to serve as Camp Daddy and would gladly do so again. Though in the end all of you served that role as well, looking out for each other being there for each other. A Scattering of applause to all of you as well.

PolyParadise Financial Report & What worked/What did NOT work to follow under separate cover...

There will be an SLV Village Wrap-up meeting on Tuesday 9/14 of which I will be a part of and will provide feedback to this group when it is available...

Please return to the list during the year, let this awesome feeling we all have in our hearts for BM, PolyParadise and each other stay as a beacon of a place we can share and be together again.

Only 352 days until we Burn again. Each of those days will have thoughts of all you and how good I feel having each of you as my friends and part of my
family.

Playa Love,
Scotto
Camp Daddy