Hey Zebulon! Carly from PlanetWOW here...

First, I want to say how thankful I personally was to have Zebulon join forces with WOW this year. Since WOW is mostly made up of Bay Area folks, I sometimes feel a little out of the loop being down here in LA. So how great it was to hook up with a group of cool LA folks this year! Your collective energy, beautiful dome, the magic fingers & spirit of the Naked Gourmet, and many more contributions than I can name here were MUCH APPRECIATED! I made a bunch of new friends and look forward to getting to know you all much better in the future...

Second, I want to let you know about some issues WOW has been facing post-Burning Man. Let me be clear that no one from WOW asked me to reach out to Zebulon and in fact, Kitty and Frank (Empress and Emperor of WOW) were willing to eat the budgetary deficit themselves in order to avoid asking the WOW group or any other for more money above and beyond the $100 dues, but seems to me that as a community, we shouldn't allow such a large burden to fall on one couple's shoulders when they've already contributed so much.

Here's a letter Miss Kitty recently wrote to WOW:

Greetings Wowsters,

Here's a synopsis of putting this year to rest (hopefully) so we can move on to even more wonderful times.  We did a lot with a little -- we can be very proud of ourselves -- earning our WOW every step of the way!

Big thanks to everyone -- to our Platinum Sponsors Pat & Steph and Feral and I.  Thanks to all of you who pitched in extra already, and to everyone who paid the dues.  This is really the way to go -- everyone helped make it happen!

Thanks to the entire community, we raised: $1X,XXX   We spent: $1X,XXX (details below)

Several things came in more expensive than were originally quoted -- notably the generator, biodeisel and distro.   If not for these overages we would be right on target.  There were also expenses not accounted for here that Joegh picked up thru the August fundraiser he produced, and several hundred Goz put into the sound system from the fundraiser he did in July.

So unless I'm overlooking any further bills (if so speak up right away), this leaves a deficit of $2,150.

Frank and I will pick up $1,000 of this.  We really need to see the community making up the rest.  A few of you have pledged $100, $20 -- WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! And tax deductible - we'll get those receipts out shortly.  PLEASE SEND $$$ BY OCT 9 so we can be done with it by SF Decompression!  THANK YOU!

If the generosity flows freely and we have an abundance, it will go into a special account to seed-fund next year.  We can only hope to plant the seeds now for a good harvest next year on the playa!  We hope to set up our own non-profit shortly.

The best way to pay- is by PayPal.  See the PayPal Donations button on the bottom of this webpage: www.homeshaman.com/planetwo...ions.html

Thanks,
Kitty

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Many of us WOWsters have kicked in some extra cash so that Kitty and Frank aren't left to pick up this huge tab. Believe me, nobody likes to ask for more money and nobody likes to be asked for more money, especially after the fact, but I hope you understand why I thought it was important to reach out to you guys as well. If you don't feel comfortable making an additional donation, then that's ok. Don't sweat it! But if you enjoyed joining forces with WOW this year and took pride in the awesome party we threw in our front yard every night - on the Goddess A Go Go Stage & Bar, with the Playa Video Screen, Skin performances, awesome DJs and bands, with power throughout the camp - then please consider making a small tax deductible donation to help out our community by Oct 9.

Again, thank you so much Zebulon! Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or questions...

~Carly