February 2026

February 2026

Overview

Zoom

Current Board Members

Wax, David, Lotus, Hatter, Whatever, Tovia, Hazmat, JaydeRaven

Board Members Attending

Hatter, Wax, Whatever, JaydeRaven, Lotus, Tovia, Disciple Dave

Upcoming Board Meetings

  • Need to schedule!
  • March Board meeting to be scheduled offline

Meeting Agenda

Review Prior Meeting Minutes

  • CHORE: Wax to handle, make sure December is up

Proposals

  • Event procurement proposal still in process
  • No updates
  • Generative AI proposal
  • No real progress expected until Spring

New Business

  • Dave and Hatter working with landowners (Coal Creek Ranch) to present them a candidate agreement for 15 years of land use (5 year initial + 2 optional extensions).
  • We would like a preliminary ok from the BOD to move forward with the contract
  • Tovia suggests changing wording for pulling out of the contract from 4 months to 6 months. Dave agreed to make that adjustment
  • Dave and Hatter will be reaching out to Reading this week.
  • None in agreement against

Old Business

  • Tovia's Afrikaburn project
  • GoFundme active
  • Projects Review
  • Projects and their status located in the new Projects folder under Board of Directors in Slite
  • START EXECUTIVE SESSION (Board nomination vote)
  • END EXECUTIVE SESSION
  • Annual reports
  •  2024 Annual Report 
  • Assignments sent out
  • Whatever has not looked yet
  • Hatter hasn't looked yet either... sorry
  • Wilkes in process on Fiscal Overview, Land Search work summarization, and Funds segregation actions sections.
  •  2025 Annual Report 
  • CHORE: Assignments to be sent by WaWax soon
  • Done before PDF is the goal!

Events

MALC

  • MALC planning team met with Southeastern Roundtable group to further exploration into a joint event in 2027.
  • BAM
  • CHORE: Hazmat to investigate costs for event coordinator scholarship
  • Whatever - motion to use community fund to purchase 6x tickets
  • All in favor

Playa Del Fuego 2026

  • Meeting was tonight
  • $15 for kids now

Constellation 2026

  • Addition of Ms. Information as producer (!!)
  • First burn was PDF 2025 volunteering at Information Station
  • Ran ISS for Constellation 2025

Committees

Governance & Finance

  • Working updated policies
  • Taxes/1099s filed timely
  • Reconfirming balances and accounts of Board Discretionary and Land Fund accounts

Operations

  • Hatter - liaison for PDF!

Safety

  • Safety plan/evac plan
  • March 5-6, Safety Camp (burn safety meeting, Hazmat attending!)

Technology

  • Working on peacock updates

Conduct

  • Working through backlog
  • Added Hazmat
  • Working to restore some lost data

Bike Rack

  • Hatter attended Philly burner meetup
  • Lightly attended, promoted PDF
  • Lots of positive feedback (mobility was a big help!)
  • Peacock working well for them