The Grand Unified Document or G.Ü.D. is the sum total of current policy and procedures for Playa del Fuego. The most current version of the G.Ü.D. is v 2.0.

Scroll down to download a pdf version of the entire document. Whether newbie or gnarled it is worth reviewing the document as it has changed since version 1.0

Below is an excerpt.

BASICS

What is Playa del Fuego

Playa del Fuego is the Mid-Atlantic Regional Burning Man Event. Events are held every spring and fall, on Memorial Day and Columbus Day weekends.
Playa del Fuego is an experiment in collaborative community featuring art and music created by those who attend. Attendees are known as participants. There are no spectators at Playa del Fuego; everyone collaborates in some way to create the event. Inspired by the Burning Man festival, it is a place for radical self-expression and an experiment in temporary community building. It is a place of acceptance, inclusivity and respect. It is organized entirely by volunteers. The art and entertainment is created solely by participants. There are no concession stands. No cash transactions (except ice sales) are permitted at Playa del Fuego - even bartering is discouraged. This is a sincere experiment in creating a gift economy. If you need something, ask for it. If you have it, gift it! There are no garbage cans: everyone is responsible for packing out their garbage or throwing it into one of the handy dumpsters. Playa del Fuego is a blank canvas: expect nothing...bring everything.

Event Location

VNVMC Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club of Delaware

474 Flemmings Landing Road

Townsend, DE 19734

Nearby Hospital

Christiana Hospital, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718 302-733-1000

Community Expectations

Playa del Fuego believes its participants want to be good citizens. Getting to PDF can be a lot of hard work. We think people genuinely care about the community they work so hard to contribute to. This document contains information participants need to sustain this sincere experiment.  We encourage all participants, newbie to gnarled, to look over this document and be reminded this experiment in collaborative community is not complete anarchy. Generally, if something is not covered in the GÜD, and it is legal in the larger world, it is allowed at the event.

Community Process — how the GÜD evolves

These policies were created by the Planning Committee or the Board of Directors, which are all volunteer positions. Either a participant submits a proposal to the Planning Committee and the PC approves it, or not, or the  BOD makes a decision about something because there is compelling safety/liability or future-of-the-event-issue at stake. Once something becomes an official event policy/procedure/rule via the BOD or PC, it goes into the GÜD which is compiled by humble scribes.  The best and easiest way to reach the PC, is via the PONY.  

GLOSSARY

PDF - Playa del Fuego

MOOP -matter out of place, anything that is not indigenous the natural environment you are in, i.e. litter, cigarette butts, glitter

Rangers - helpful people who rove about in khaki with radios. They are neither cops, your mom or required to wear utilikilts

VNVMCC -Viet Nam Veterans Motorcycle Club, our hosts and landlords who refer to this as FIRE BASE LLOYD. Be respectful of them.

Coordinator - A super-volunteer who doesn't just work a shift, they run an entire department like DPW, PARKING, THEME CAMPS or GATE to name a few.

Burn -slang for a Burning Man-inspired event like ours. Burns are not music festivals. A few differences being: at burns there are no spectators, burns follow The 10 principles and the pretty girls at burns aren't dancing ankle deep in an pile of beer bottles and cups. "Have a nice burn."

10 Principles - Burning Man's version of the 10 Commandments, wherein you are permitted to covet your neighbor’s wife but not to litter or participate in cash activities like vending. And more, so very much more, like gifting and immediacy. See 10 Principles in COMMUNITY STANDARDS

Volunteer Central - AKA “Participation Station”; a large temporary shelter located on the ticketing gate side of the red stage. It has volunteer schedules and sign-ups, lost and found, ranger HQ and radios, copies of the WWW Guide, and a few shady seats. Good place to go with a question.

Gate - The Gate is the portal through which you enter the event. The event has 2 gates, front and back. The front gate turns tickets and valid IDs into official wristbands during specific hours posted elsewhere. The back gate is next to the main parking lot and features the Greeters. Always show your wristband to the nice people working the gate when you enter, leave, or bring them a cold beverage/tasty snack.

PONY - PONY stands for Planning and Organization Need You. It is the official online planning and discussion forum for Playa del Fuego. http://playadelfuego.org/bbs/

PC - The Planning Committee makes the nuts and bolts choices that run the event. The Planning Committee is comprised of anyone who calls the the Planning Meeting conference call or attends a meeting in person. You don’t have to make a long-term commitment to be a part of the PC. Come to one meeting, a few, or all, as you wish, but you only get a say at the ones you attend. Read more about PC meetings at the PONY.

PDF, Inc.- a Maryland corporation recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3.

BOD - Board of Directors. A dozen or so unpaid volunteers in search of a hot tub in which to sit and think. They also handle all the boring legal parts of the event like taxes, insurance, liability, and adhering to our mission.

Comp Tickets -There are no comp tickets at PDF. Not even for volunteers, artists, DJs, the Planning Committee or the Board of Directors.