Coffee Zombies Camp 2008 In Review

Please add your comments for each of these categories. Your feedback is very useful for making next year's camp an even bigger success! Please comment on what worked and what didn't work.

Overall

WHAT AN AWESOME SUCCESS!!! We had a great crew!

I feel that we need to focus on the intimate atmosphere next year. Robin suggested doing an ice cream service. I think it would have more impact on people to surprise them randomly. Like serving pie at a random time to whoever is in the lounge. The people we surprised this year really were affected by our generosity. We are not there to serve coffee and/or food, but rather to create an intimate atmosphere for people to interact in.
I would like to have more humor and interactivity in the lounge. We almost had coffee with a yetti day. Maybe even make it a bit more sexy. This should be the main focus of next years planning.

Coffee Cart

This still has potential. Rich, your thoughts?

Recruitment

This went okay for the time we had.

Camp Dues

After talking with other camps, it seems that setting a camp dues at $300 would be good. With 10 people that is a working budget of $3000. It would be nice to have everyone pay only $300 total for everything.
Let's do a fund raiser

RV

This was a good model, but the expense doesn't seem to be worth it. Could have invested the $2000 into a trailer.
Another trailer or truck could carry scaffolding or water drums

Structures

Need to rework the back area. Maybe a dome. Maybe some shade netting. Maybe scaffolding? The tarp system is noising and difficult to setup.
Having a costco barn for the lounge was absolutely a good move.
Having a kitchen was awesome.
Having a private lounge was also a good idea. It gave us a place to eat and store stuff and sleep.
Shelving was a great idea. Need more plastic shelving.
Need to plan an RV-free camp layout.

Kitchen

This was awesome. Robin did an amazing job. Need more tables. Maybe an entire wall of tables.
Sanitation area was great. Could use bigger tubs.
Needed to delegate cooking more.

Water/Ice

We brought about 175 gallons + RV supply. This was enough although we did have to take water donations. We did a good job of making sure that the coolers were well iced.
Maybe bring a water trailer next year? It's a big pain in the ass to have to fill so many small containers.

Coffee Service

We served about 25-30 gallons a day!
Need to simplify the heating and serving process. Having a bunch of carafes works for remote delivery, but could be simpler.

Coffee Lounge

Let's work on a better seating plan. Cushions are okay, but something a bit more comfy with coffee tables might be a nice change.

Camp Bar

This was useful early in the week, but we came back with a lot of alcohol.

Arrival/Exodus

We needed an extra load day for the RV and an extra unload/cleaning day for the RV. We were rushed.
Route was great.
Collier State Park was a great place to camp overnight.
Setup plan was great and helped get the camp going in less than two days.
Leaving at 2:30 gave Rich a 5.0 hour wait time.
Leaving at 4:30 before temple burn gave us a 3.5 hour wait time.
Needed a clearer tear down plan.

Power

Need a bank of batteries that are charged by a generator.
Need more lighting.
Could power coffee heating from this.
Could consider solar panels to charge battery bank as they don't use gas, make noise, or pollute

Front Porch

How can we make the lounge useful for after coffee service hours?
Lounge could have fans and/or misters for hot days

Decompression