On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Happy Shel wrote:
> >From my experience at National, this year, there were approx 40,000 people
> there, and surely not enough food to go around. But that's mainly because
> folks don't bring food with them....I guess that they think the food grows on
> the trees. <g>
> Next year, I'd suggest that all of us on the list that come to the gathering
> hook up with a kitchen before the gathering and help in the gathering of food
> and supplies.....so as to ease the Magic Hat collections.
>
> Peace,
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> Happy
>
> Heather Reese wrote:
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> > i'm not sure about the exact figures collected in the hat per day at
> > oregon, but i do know that it was scandalously little. i worked on supply
> > and let me tell you, Bill, at times i was close to tears because i knew
> > there was no way to feed the people we had with the pittience we were
> > getting in the hat. of course miracles happen and probably most people
> > were fed on lots of starches, but i know that a few kitchens were getting
> > the majority of their produce from personal donations, cause i just
> > couldn't bring in that much food with the $ i was given. so, my point? i
> > think/recommend that there be a huge and active press from the Majic Hat
> > next year. Education of the masses is the only way to create a
> > functioning anarchistic rainbow village (temporary or permanent). i fear
> > sometimes that we're falling into complacency/apathy with the attitude
> > that the annual gathering is "a great, big party!", whereas i've always
> > considered it an experiment or a practice run for anarchic communal
> > living. i'd like to see the Family focus on the consciousness-raising
> > aspects of the gathering, so that we can get out of (i feel) a rut we've
> > been in for a while now and continue with our R/EVOLUTION.
> > well thats my diatribe for the day! I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > love,
> > heather
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Butterfly Bill wrote:
> >
> > > Glenn said,
> > >
> > > >>BTW in Oregon on the 2nd or 3rd it was announced @ Dinner Circle (w/
> > > 10,000 people on site) that the Magic Hat collected $2,800 or so. I know
> > > that folks donated goods and services to the Family Gathering too but
> > > HEY: IMHO this $ amt. sucks. Not even a buck per gatherer.
> > >
> > > >>I light of the additional fresh food requests that have been posted on
> > > AGR since then, add'l $ could have been used. Personally I thought that
> > > the Magic Hat could be better filled PRIOR to the biggest mass of our
> > > family coming home so that we might meet their needs when they arrived.
> > > So I acted accordingly. Did the magic hat collect more in a single
> > > offering from the 4-7th? Will a banking council member report here a
> > > daily report of what was gifted?
> > >
> > > >>I hope that bringing this issue into the light will encourage folks to
> > > contribute and doing so generously to the magic hat.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know about Oregon, but I was on the Banking Council in New
> > > Mexico, and from June 10 until July 7 - when it was passed for the last
> > > time - the Magic Hat grossed a little over $17,000. With about 15,000
> > > there (according to USFS estimates), that was about $1.13 per gatherer.
> > >
> > > The Mini-Manual and Rap 107 say, "Give EARLY to the Magic Hat." Give all
> > > the money you brought for that purpose the first time it appears to you
> > > - don't space your contributions over several days. The money needs to
> > > be in the kitty BEFORE all the people come, so there is time to go to
> > > the stores and get the stuff before the gathering really becomes
> > > populated. This has been Rainbow dogma for many years.
> > >
> > > In the early weeks, the Hat will average $100 or less per evening
> > > circle. In the week before the "official" opening, the Hat will get
> > > several hundred dollars. By June 27 or -8, it will get over a thousand,
> > > and two thousand and change is typical for July 1 - 3.
> > >
> > > On July 8, the NM bank had about $1400, which was more than enough for
> > > the two and a fraction weeks of cleanup. The last day before most of the
> > > people finally left, we had a circle where we distributed about $40
> > > worth of rolls of pennies. I kept the $2 bills that Cholly put in, and
> > > gave most of them to Robbie Gordon, who made origami rings out of them.
> > > The bank was completely emptied.
> > >
> > > Yes, the Hat can use all the money it gets, but I don't think what it
> > > does get is scandalously low.
> > >
> > > - Butterfly Bill
> > >
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