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We've got a good start on organizing all the stuff we want to have to build blue camp. Here's the list of project ideas and where we stand on them...

project	status	parts
furniture	need to clean some things	round coffee table normal coffee table folding metal chairs, 2 recycling bins full length mirror -- (don't yet have) Ellen's folding chairs -- (don't yet have) Nick's nice rug? -- (don't yet have)
luminol You know those little chemical glow stick things that you can get for about a dollar? "Luminol" is the chemical inside that makes them glow. It's non-toxic and if you're brave you can cut open the glow stick and pour the stuff on your clothing. It makes your clothing glow for hours in the coolest way, although it does kinda smell and it may stain the fabric so you only want to do it with clothes you don't care about. We're getting a zillion glow sticks so if you want to go out at night with glowing clothes we'll be all set up for it.	DONE	glow sticks (zillions) pruning shears cheese cloth & filters squirt bottle latex gloves
shade structure We want to have some kind of big blue communal shade structure to hang out it, have meals in, or whatever. Bobby is working on designing and building it for us.	bobby is all over it	tarps rebar galvanized conduit tension lines etc.
croquet course The plan is to make a big 40 foot by 80 foot croquet course with giant 5 foot tall wickets and end stakes. We'll have a bunch of blue mallets and blue balls and a sign that tells people how to play. We've already got all the materials. The next step is to make big painted cardboard cut-outs for the wickets. Each one can be different, and each one can be a work of art -- maybe we'll have a 5' tall magic blue mushroom, and a dolphin, and a dragon, or whatever way inspires you. If we have "Blueification Day" soon you can come over and make one of the wickets.	need to make sign need to make wickets need to make end post tops	sign with rules croquet mallets balls wickets rebar PVC tubing PVC T-joints wooden rods fabric or cardboard nails safety pins end posts rebar poster tubes galvanized conduit fabric metal T-joints wooden rods
"BLUE" stop sign At the edge of the camp, along the road, we plan to have a "BLUE" sign. The "BLUE" sign will look like a normal traffic STOP sign, except that it will be blue instead of red, and it will say "BLUE" instead of "STOP". Here's a drawing of the idea. We already have the wooden stand and pole for the sign, and Ellen is working on the sign itself.	ellen is all over it	sign itself -- (don't yet have) the "BLUE" letters (if the sign is 30" inches the letters should be about 10") wooden stand
trellis	DONE	trellis trellis bolts rebar stakes
mailbox	needs post	mailbox wood post -- (don't yet have) wood block -- (don't yet have) rebar stakes -- (don't yet have)
welcome sign	no work done	sign -- (don't yet have) rebar stakes -- (don't yet have)
four-square court Along with the croquet course we want to have a four-square court, both for us and for anybody who happens by. The four-square court should have blue rope or something to mark the edges of the squares, and the blue version of those big rubber four-square balls. Maybe a few balls, and a staked-down sack for the balls to live in so they don't roll away in the wind. And maybe a sign that says "4-square" and tells people how to play. The four-square court should be easy to make, but so far nobody has put any work into it, so feel free to claim this project as your own. Extra credit if you can figure out how to keep the balls from bouncing too far away -- maybe surround the court with some kind of net fencing?	almost no work done	tent stakes rope balls net ball bag -- (don't yet have) sign with rules -- (don't yet have) fishnet or volleyball net -- to keep ball in
rickshaw I finally got the rickshaw working again, after 10 months of it being incapacitated. I'm planning on making it blue and bringing it along. With Nick's help it'll even be decked out in electroluminescent wire!	nick is doing EL wire brian needs to make rickshaw blue apply masking tape wrap seat in cloth	rickshaw EL wire -- (don't yet have) basket -- (don't yet have) carpet blue masking tape
flags or banners	almost no work done (although brian has some ideas)	blue flags or banners flag poles (e.g. galvanized conduit) rebar stakes -- (don't yet have)
body paint, henna, hair color	almost no work done (although becca has some ideas)	body paint henna hair dye food coloring
reality distortion booth The idea here is to make some kind of booth about the size and shape of one of those English phone booths. Instead of glass the booth would have transparent blue plastic, so that when you're standing inside the booth the whole world looks blue. It should be pretty easy to make a cheap version of this with just 4 pieces of rebar, 4 pieces of steel conduit, and a bunch of transparent blue plastic taped in place. Plus maybe a sign so people know what it is.	almost no work done	rebar stakes -- (don't yet have) galvanized conduit -- (don't yet have) plastic wrap -- (don't yet have) sign -- (don't yet have)
coloring book A big coloring books with light blue pages and a set of big blue crayons.	just an idea for 2001	giant blue coloring book -- (don't yet have) giant blue crayons -- (don't yet have)
word art You know those word magnets you can get for your refrigerator so people come along and make little poems? The Burning Man version of this is to just use shingles (or bits of planks) spread out on the ground, with one word painted on each. Of course for blue camp we would want blue shingles, but that's an easy painting job. This is a good low effort project if you're looking for a last minute way to contribute. Here's a photo of the idea -- http://users.intercomm.com/gws/cgi-bin/O313.jpg	almost no work done	shingles list of words -- (don't yet have) paint
business cards Just something simple with our camp name and our street address in black rock city and maybe a URL for people who want to get in touch afterwards.	DONE	business cards
kool-aid stand	just an idea for 2001	pitcher -- (don't yet have) spoon -- (don't yet have) water -- (don't yet have) cups -- (don't yet have) kool-aid -- (don't yet have) ice -- (don't yet have) ice chest -- (don't yet have) sign -- (don't yet have)
trash can & recycling can	no work done	sealed trash container -- (don't yet have) sealed recycle container -- (don't yet have) rebar -- (don't yet have) tape, or other means to fix the containers to the rebar -- (don't yet have) trash bags
truck	DONE	van truck tarps rope or bungie cords
supplies	need to get a few last things (brian)	blue masking tape blue electrical tape blue zip ties clear packing tape -- (don't yet have) paint, dark paint, light spray paint string rope safety pins epoxy scissors tape measure small sledge hammer fire extinguisher dish sponges -- (don't yet have) soap -- (don't yet have) garbage bags small stapler extra tarps extra rebar extra fabric shop towels (like paper towels)