amazing. the past 24 hours have been a whirlwind. after our post yesterday. we received a call from a Paypal account executive about our account status. They agreed to a one-time release of our funds but will not allow us to use our account until we received word from the State of California about our incorporation as a nonprofit. While standing in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Super Store, i got a call from Steve Jones from the San Francisco Bay Guardian about the events of the morning. Shortly thereafter, Steve wrote another blog post and we hit the road. finally. as we pulled in Gerlach, i got word that our Kickstarter campaign raised nearly $8,000 in less than 7 hours. and that Fast Company wanted to do an interview with us.
so, we checked in with the lovely Sherry at the Burning Man office, and headed to Bruno’s Country Club where we did a conference call interview with the Fast Company write, Lizette Chapman. surreal, indeed, sitting inside the diner, talking about the last few weeks and all that led up to yesterday.
and from all of that came this: http://www.fastcompany.com/1680570/burning-man-defeat-paypal
i’m sitting in the gerlach office now, blogging, catching up on email, while Jess & PK take care of business on the porch outside. this morning, we hit the Temple site and started surveying! in the midst of all the chaos that has been swirling around us, it’s actually happening! stay tuned for more pics and updates!
xoxo
catie
Hi Catie, tried emailing you but got an auto-responder. We are the Black Rock Diner, and unfortunately we’ve also had our account frozen. We’re further behind on the non-profit paperwork than the temple. We still have significant funds frozen.
Can somebody perhaps email me at michael and suggest who we can talk to there?
Thanks!