Playa Del Fuego 2024 Coordinator and Volunteer Recruitment Application
Hooray! Thank you for expressing your interest in joining the leadership team to help plan Playa del Fuego, or for nominating someone who you feel would be a great addition to the team.

At this time, we're specifically recruiting for a number of Coordinator / Co-Coordinator roles for the PDF 2024, and to identify additional people who want to help out, but perhaps not in a leadership role.

Coordinators and Department Leads get two reserved (not free) tickets to PDF 2024 and the knowledge that they are 37% sexier for volunteering.

Playa del Fuego has a unique culture known as the Planning Committee, which radically includes everyone in the community. To participate in the Planning Committee, one simply decides to - by joining the Planning Committee calls. PDF presents a unique opportunity for burners to develop leadership skills and become involved in the Burning Man community with various levels of involvement.

The Planning Committee for Playa del Fuego 2024 is calling for Innovative, Self-Motivated, Self-Organized, Collaborative, Burn-Loving DOERS who will step up and commit to growing PDF at the Tamaqua PA site, by coordinating or helping to coordinate a department team!

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Minimum General Duties of a PdF Department Coordinator
TL;DR Responsible for all aspects of their department: before, during, and after the event.

Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:  

  • Familiarity with the department or be proactive in becoming so
  • Ability to delegate responsibilities to a team of co-coordinators and/or assistant coordinators, as the coordinator sees fit
  • Prepare all required documentation for the department including a department Afterburn Report, updating and maintaining a department operations document, department inventory, and any department specific documentation such as safety plan, city map, parking guide, how-to guidelines, etc.
  • Agree to sign and adhere to the Social Media Agreement
  • Prepare for and participate in event organizational meetings
  • Develop volunteer schedule and recruit volunteers to fulfill department responsibilities
  • Manage, document, train, and prepare department volunteers as needed, including before and during the event (varies per department needs)
  • Fill vacant volunteer shifts when efforts to fill the shift have failed
  • Create and manage Departmental Budget and submitting it on time
  • Acquire budget items and assure their transportation to the event
  • Maintain budget receipts and submit them to the Finance Liaison/Treasurer in a timely manner for reimbursement
  • Save the organization money whenever possible
  • Communicate and collaborate with event leadership, the FirePony board, and other department coordinators/leads as needed
  • Read and participate in the event email distribution list and organizational communications in a timely manner
  • Use online tools and resources such as email, mail-lists, Google Docs and calendars, Zoom, and Slack to communicate and manage tasks for the event
  • Be onsite pre-event and post-event to set up and break down your department, as needed per department, if needed.  Basic infrastructure is provided by the Department of Public Works (DPW)  
  • Prepare and submit an After-Burn report for your department within the timeframe given
  • Coordinators attending the event must provide proof of COVID vaccination as required by all attendees
Note: Community members that have been removed from a prior volunteer position or have been banned from attending any FirePony Creative Society event at any time are not eligible to participate as a Coordinator or Department Lead
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How many times have you attended Playa del Fuego and/or Constellation?
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Have you previously held any of these roles at Playa Del Fuego or Constellation?
What roles have you held at Playa del Fuego or Constellation?
What departments have you participated in at Playa del Fuego or Constellation? (includes volunteer shifts during the event)
What roles have you held at other burns or similar events?
What level role are you interested in? *
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What team(s) would you like to join for Playa del Fuego 2024?*
Please include your first/second/third choices.
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Why are you interested in a leadership position at Playa del Fuego?
What leadership skills do you think are necessary in the burner community?
What unique skills and experiences do you bring to a leadership position at Playa del Fuego?
What improvements do you think are needed at Playa del Fuego?  How would you contribute to seeing those improvements made?
What do you see as strengths of Playa del Fuego as a regional burn?
What do you see as the challenges of Playa del Fuego as a regional burn?
What experience do you have collaborating with others, either within the burn community or out?
How much time do you have to dedicate to your role during the event?
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How much time do you have to dedicate to your role outside the event?
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How are you about responding to e-mail?
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Are you willing to use or learn to use Slack, a collaborative communication platform?
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Are you willing to use or to learn to use Google Drive?
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Have you ever been banned or removed from a volunteer position from PDF, Constellation, or any  other FirePony event?
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Briefly describe what Playa del Fuego as a Regional burn means to you.
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