Burning Man Project
burning man project organization annually plan manages build burning man dry lake black rock desert northwestern nevada company coordinate yearround behindthescenes work needed build remove temporary city people burning man ticket sale provide multi milliondollar budget organization revenue help organization obtain required permit bureau land management rent portable toilet equipment secure medical fire law enforcement service cover organizational expense first ten year burning man history annual event fully anarchical run largely cacophony society due increased need structure planning tumultuous year burning man llc formed run next year event may first time event run legitimate business rule implemented department public work formed oversee task setting city people consequently first year city planned layout map intent founder dissolve form new llc event cycle evident fact burning man llc formed november deemed entirely unsustainable business world however february black rock city llc formed organization run burning man long term event people may black rock art foundation founded separate nonprofit promote civic engagement help fund interactive art additionally black rock solar formed may organization promotes environmental stewardship economic development energy independence providing notforprofit entity tribe underserved community access clean energy education job training decommodification llc formed november prepare transition nonprofit would begin following year june burning man project formed california c organization formation reorganization contested llc board member carried middle restructuring nonprofit burner without border formed august describe organization whose goal unlock creativity local community solve problem bring meaningful change following year two llcs formed hold various property asset burning man project black rock city property llc formed november gerlach holding llc formed shortly december together hold property gerlach office work ranch december black rock city llc finally made subsidiary new burning man project july black rock art foundation made subsidiary burning man project september future man llc established hold fly ranch property burning man project acquired fly geyser chen katherine k enabling creative chaos organization behind burning man event chicago il university chicago press chen katherine k laboring man augmenting authority voluntary association research sociology organization chen katherine k “charismatizing routine storytelling meaning agency burning man organization” qualitative sociology – chen katherine k storytelling informal mechanism accountability voluntary organization nonprofit voluntary sector quarterly – chen katherine k ““plan burn burn plan” decentralization storytelling communification support participatory practices” sociological quarterly – burning man organizer push use land staging jeff delong reno gazettejournal posted black rock city llc operating agreement