2003 LOST AND FOUND ITEMS
[Updated 10-29-03]
Burning Man has found and developed a number of rolls
film that were lost by participants at this years event. We have created a
gallery with several shots from each roll. If
you recognize these photos as your own, please email lostfound(at)burningman(dot)com indicating
which photos are yours and we'll arrange to get them to you.
If you have lost or found other items at Burning Man or
any other Burning Man event you have several options to try to find the owner
or
your
missing
item. The first and most successful option is to create a
post under
the lost
and found discussion on the E-Playa. You can post a description of a found
or lost item and scan other posts to see if someone has your missing stuff.
Option #2 for found and lost items it to send an email with a description of
the item to: lostfound(at)burningman(dot)com -
if your stuff has been turned in or someone has written in having found your
stuff, we'll do our best to re-unite you.
Option #3 is to call our hotline 415-TO-FLAME and leave us a detailed message
including your full name, phone #, and a description of the item in question.
Again if we have it or have heard from the person who does, we will do our best
to re-unite you with your stuff.
For the past few years Burning Man has attempted to re-unite lost bikes with
owners after the burn. Unfortunately, this has proven to be a huge tap on resources
and in the end only a handful of bikes are ever successfully re-united with
owners. Most bikes found after the event are junkers and are nothing more than
MOOP (Matter Out Of Place) that needs to be cleaned up and hauled to the dump.
Burning Man no longer has the resources to spend on attempting to re-unite
bikes with owners. Unfortunately, if you are missing a bike, we are not able
to help you.
Throughout 2003 we have done our best to get the word out to our community
that we are no longer able to help with bikes lost during Burning Man. There
have been several articles in the Jack Rabbit Speaks Newsletter and in the
Black Top Gazette edition that came out for the Spring Town Hall Meeting discussing
the issue of lost bikes and the new policy being used this year.
Please don't give up! If you have lost or found a bike, take the time to make
a post to the E-Playa - our community is a good one, we take care of each other,
you may well find the owner of that missing bike or be surprised to see your
bike posted looking for you. 
