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Blazing Swan
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Blazing Swan Logo
Begins 28 March 2018
Ends 3 April 2018
Venue Jilakin Rock City
Location(s) Kulin Shire, WesternAustralia, Australia
Years active 6
Inaugurated 2012
Attendance 2600 (2017)
Website
www.blazingswan.com.au


Blazing Swan is a regional Burning Man event held in Kulin, Western Australia. It is an experiment in temporary community and artistic expression, and is guided by ten main principles, including radical inclusion, gifting and radical self-reliance. The event occurs around Easter each year over a period of seven days. The event location is adjacent to Jilakin Lake, and is referred to as Jilakin Rock City. The highhlight of the event each year is the burning of a Temple, and of a swan themed effigy.

Vision & Organisation

Blazing Swan was started by a collective of artists and travelers who had attended Burning Man in the USA, and who were inspired to organize an regional event in Western Australia. The first such event was presented in 2014. The event is now managed and presented by Blazing Swan Incorporated, a not-for-profit organisation. Membership of the organisation is by application and payment (as at 2017) of a $50 annual membership fee. Members elect a management committee which in turn appoints volunteer Team Leads. The committee is supported in its work by a large number of volunteers.

The aims of the organisation as expressed in its Consititution are:

The Swan's Nest, Headquarters of Blazing Swan Inc.
(a) organise, develop and promote:
(i) an annual arts, music, and cultural festival which is inclusive, accepting, and safe;
(ii) other related events promoting self expression, identity and understanding;
(b) foster and create new art projects in Western Australia;
(c) develop and support workshops and training activities;
(d) support and develop community based fundraising events to further the Association’s objects;
(e) train volunteers to facilitate the Association’s objects; and
(f) conduct the Association’s activities in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Blazing Swan Incorporated's registered business location is the Swan's Nest, at 38 Amherst Road, Fremantle, Western Australia. The Swan's Nest is a large factory unit where construction work for each event is undertaken, along with social events and meetings.

To a greater extent each year, Blazing Swan Inc. is participating as host, co-host, or participant in events in the Perth region. This reflects its commitment to 'organise, develop and promote other related events promoting self-expression, identity and understanding' as expressed in the Blazing Swan Inc. Constitution, Section (a)(ii).

Blazing Swan Culture

The Ten Principles

The 11 Principles, Greeters Gate, Blazing Swan Elemental 2017.

The Ten Principles were originally written by Larry Harvey in 2004 as a guide to the organisation of Burning Man, and later adopted as a model of thinking and behaviour for participants to follow at the event, and in their lives generally. The Ten Principles apply to Regional Burns, including Blazing Swan. Perth graphic designer James Wickham created a set of pictographs in 2015 to illustrate the Ten Principles, and these have been widely praised and adopted.

The organizers of Blazing Swan have a strong commitment to ensuring that participants are aware of the 11 Principles. They are prominently displayed on the Blazing Swan Website, in the 'Wheres The Fun (WTF)' Guide book, and at the Greeters Gate at the event site. To the greatest extent possible, arriving participants are requested to pause at the Greeters Gate and join a discussion about the principles and their practical application onsite. Participants purchasing tickets for the 2018 Blazing Swan event will be required to pre-register, and part of that pre-registration process is a requirement to read and recall at least three of the principles. Beyond these efforts by the organizers, participants in the Facebook community will raise discussions about the Principles in the period leading up to each Blaze, and many Theme Camps set up posters around their sites repeating some or all of the Principles. The organizers encourage all participants to become aware of all of the principles and understand that they are not single words or slogans, but a interconnected web of thought and actions that live in a wider contexts than the immediate event.

Participants frequently comment on perceived inconsistencies between some of the Principles. 'Radical Self Reliance' is sometimes held to be at odds with 'Communal Effort', and 'Radical Self Expression' and 'Civic Responsibility' do not seem to be a natural fit. The answer lies in considering the principles as a whole, rather than in isolation. This is the ongoing challenge for each participant and for the community as a whole. This is consistent with the Blaze mission - It is not there to provide answers, but to inspire inquiry.

The participant who finds all this confusing might usefully reflect that the principles do not include 'Radical Self Entitlement', and follow the universal precept, 'Don't be the Dick'.

BZS Principles Radicalusion 001.jpg RADICAL INCLUSION

Anyone may be a part of Blazing Swan. We welcome and respect the stranger. No pre-requisites exist for participation in our community. Every person in our community is a valued member. 		BZS Principles Gifting 001.jpeg GIFTING
Blazing Swan is devoted to acts of gifting: giving freely, without expectations of return or exchange. The value of a gift is unconditional. A gift is anything given in this spirit, whether it is a physical item, a service or performance, or something less tangible, such as friendship or companionship. Everyone has gifts to give.
BZS Principles Decommodification 001.jpeg DECOMMODIFICATION

In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience. 		BZS Principles RadicalSelfReliance 001.jpeg RADICAL SELF RELIANCE

Blazing Swan encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
BZS Principles RadicalSelfExpression 001.jpeg RADICAL SELF EXPRESSION

Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient. 		BZS Principles CommunalEffort 001.jpeg COMMUNAL EFFORT

Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. Volunteers are the life force of our community. We strive to produce, promote, and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
BZS Principles CivicResponsibility 001.jpeg CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY

We value civil society. Community members who organise events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavour to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws. 		BZS Principles LeaveNoTrace 001.jpeg LEAVE NO TRACE

Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
BZS Principles Participation 001.jpeg PARTICIPATION

Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart and create connection. 		BZS Principles Immediacy 001.jpeg IMMEDIACY

Be Here Now. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner-selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world. Be aware of yourself, of others, of your surroundings and your place in our community and the world. No idea can substitute for this experience.

The Eleventh Principle

As of 2017 Blazing Swan, like some other burns has officially adopted consent as the 11th principle.

BZS Principles Consent 001.png CONSENT
Respect the autonomy of the individual: every person has the right to make decisions about their own body, property, and personal space. What you see as a gift might be a curse if it is unwelcome (or unwanted), so when giving a gift, entering someone’s personal space, taking a photo or video, or using someone’s property, ask permission first. Only proceed if there is consent between all parties.

Do not ever assume that you have consent based upon what a person is wearing or how they are acting. Consent must be mutual, definite, and given consciously, and persons are free to change their mind at any time. Remember that consent for one act does not imply consent for all acts, and consent given once does not mean that you have consent every time. No always means no

Photography and Videography

It has been argued that there should be a complete ban on photography at the Blazing Swan event, as it is against the principle of Immediacy, has infringed on people's Radical Self Expression, and raised a significant problem of Consent. Against this is the actuality that mobile phones are now effectively high resolution cameras, and that a ban on phones would be almost impossible to enforce. Over 6000 images of the 2017 Blaze were posted on Facebook alone. The response from the Blazing Swan organizers has been to attempt to educate Blaze participants about consent, and particularly to empower people to 'call out' photographers who they believe are intruding on their privacy. Over 30 photographers were 'accredited' by the Blazing Swan organizers in 2017, with the intention that they would self-regulate, provide advice to the organizers on issues relating to photography, and enable participants to recognize and follow up with particular photographers any concerns they had or indeed requests for copies of images.

Uploading to the internet via Telstra 4G networks is now possible from onsite at Jilakin Rock City. There is broad compliance with a policy not to post images of the Effigy or Temple to social media prior to the Blaze commencement.

Blazing Community

The Blazing community encompasses present, past and future event participants, extending beyond Blazing Swan and Western Australia to include other Australian and overseas Regional Burns. The Community has no specific locus, but is broadly associated with the Blaze event, the Blaze Headquarters ('The Nest'), with the Blazing Swan social media presence in FaceBook, and with the wearing and display of symbols on clothing and wristbands retained from each Blaze event. Continued involvement with and connection between the Blaze organizers, the Theme Camps and participants generally is facilitated by a schedule of events throughout the year.

The increasing size and sophistication of Theme Camps has resulted in many people becoming involved in Blaze associated fund-raising, and design and construction activities throughout the year. Furthermore, there has been an increasing trend of Theme Camps sharing experience, work and workspaces, and for special interest groups - such as photographers - to meet and discuss issues of common interest in person or in Blaze specific social media spaces. It may be said that the Blazing Swan community is not only becoming more 'continuous' but also that it is becoming more deeply involving and rooted in friendships and a history of collaborative activity.

There is a notably strong presence of Blazing participants and Theme Camp organizers in Fremantle and surrounding suburbs, and Fremantle is home to the Swan's Nest and the Kraken event jointly sponsored by Blazing Swan and the Fremantle City.


The Blazing Swan Event

The major focus of the Blazing Swan community is the annual gathering and burning of the Swan Effigy and the Temple. Since 2014 the event has been held on a leased area of a private farm adjacent to Lake Jilakin, 15km East of Kulin, and 250km East of Perth. The current lease continues until 2018. The Lake Jilakin venue has exceptional scenic amenity, good infrastructure and transport access, and the Blazing Community has made strong connections with the local Kulin community. Blazing Swan Inc., and the Blazing Swan community are increasingly involved in and sponsoring events outside of the annual gathering, but the Blazing Swan at Lake Jilakin remains the primary activity and main focus of the community's efforts.

Event Presentations

This Regional Burn event was first presented at locations near Perth, Western Australia in 2013. The organizers sought a larger permanent venue and in 2014 found a promising location on private land in the Western Australian Wheatbelt. The property owners were approached, and gave as their response, "We will sleep on it and take advice from God." The next day the owners advised that they had decided not to lease their site. This exchange inspired the title of the Theme Camps 'God Said Yes' and 'God Said No'. Shortly afterwards the site at Jilakin Rock near Kulin was found and a five year lease was negotiated on the 30 hectares of private land beside Lake Jilakin.

Location Theme Date Participants Ticket price
Blazing Swan 2013 Bickley Ignite 2 June 2013 ~150
Blazing Swan 2013 Mosman Park Syncronicity 1 September 2013 ~250 $15-$30
Blazing Swan 2014 Jilakin Rock City Inception 24–28 April 1400 $145-$195
Blazing Swan 2015 Jilakin Rock City Inspiration 1–7 April 1900 $145-$255
Blazing Swan 2016 Jilakin Rock City Illumination 23–29 March 2406 $150-$250
Blazing Swan 2017 Jilakin Rock City Elemental 12–18 April 2760 $150-$250
Blazing Swan 2018 Jilakin Rock City Beyond the Black Stump 28 March - 3rd April 3,200 $200-$350
Blazing Swan 2019 Jilakin Rock City Happy as Larry 17-23 April 3,000 $210-$320
Blazing Swan 2020 Cancelled
Blazing Swan 2021 Jilakin Rock City Phoenix Rising 17-23 April 1500
Blazing Swan 2022 Cancelled Poseidon's Flame 13-19 April
Blazing Swan 2023 Jilakin Rock City Poseidon's Flame II 5-12 April 2900

  • Blazing Swan 2017

Jilakin Locality

Main Article: Jilakin Locality
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Since 2014 the Blazing Swan event has been presented on land adjacent to Lake Jilakin in the Kulin District of Western Australia. The site is approximately 15km East of the town of Kulin, and 250km East of the city of Perth. This land is privately owned, but an area of approximately 30 hectares (90 acres) is leased to the Kulin Shire for the Kulin Bush (horse) Races in August, and to Blazing Swan each Easter. Outside of these times the land is cropped and access to the site is restricted. The surrounding area is one of great natural beauty and antiquity, bound in the South by Jilakin Rock, by rock outcrops and a nature reserve to the West, and by Lake Jilakin in the East. The original inhabitants of this area were the NjakiNjaki people. The earliest European explorers in this area in the 1850's were assisted by the Aborigines who led them to waterholes at the base of Kulin Rock, and it is certain that Jilakin Rock was also a significant watering, hunting and cultural site for tens of thousands of years prior to European Settlement.

Jilakin Rock City Plan and Infrastructure

Jilakin Rock City is the informal name of the community and supporting infrastructure and services created each year at Jilakin for the Blazing Swan event. The site has some permanent infrastructure, notably the horse racing track and associated buildings, and the accommodation block known as 'Camp Hart'. A set of dirt roads are graded for the Bush Races and for the Blazing Swan event, roughly following the same plan each year. The naming of these streets can change from year to year. Generally speaking the site is divided up in to four zones: Art Burn, Theme Camp, General Camping, and Service Areas. Since 2016 the Art Burn zone has been located at the base of Cave Rock, with the Theme Camp zone wrapped around that in a rough semi-circle. The Theme Camp zone is further divided into sound zones, with the loudest at the East adjacent to the lake, and the quietest to the West.

The created infrastructure each year includes the Temple and the Swan Effigy, street lighting, art works, the Medical Centre and the Greeters gate. Portable toilet blocks are also brought in, along with diesel generators and power distribution systems throughout the Theme Camp areas Provision of water, sewerage services, and power to the community remains the greatest logistical challenge and cost to the Blazing Swan organisers. In 2017 over a quarter of a million litres of water was brought onto, and taken off, site by contractors. Some sense of the scale of the operation may be gained by noting that the 2,500 Blazing Swan attendees briefly but significantly outnumbered the population of Kulin township (400), and even the entire Kulin Shire (800).

  • Jilakin Rock City 2014

  • Jilakin Rock City 2015

  • Jilakin Rock City 2016

  • Jilakin Rock City 2017

  • Jilakin Rock City 2018

  • Jilakin Rock City 2019

  • Jilakin Rock City 2021

  • Jilakin Rock City 2023

  • Comparison Burning Man and Jilakin Rock City

Volunteer and Contracted Services

The philosophy of Blazing Swan is that individuals and Theme Camps take responsibility for looking after themselves and others at he Blaze (Self Reliance and Civic Responsibility and Communal Effort). However, some services require more co-ordination or planning, or skills and equipment than could be spontaneously assembled on site. The Blazing Swan organization consequently undertakes to create and support a range of Volunteer Groups, and contract in outside support (voluntary and commercial), in order to provide a range of essential services. These services include security, fire fighting, water and sewerage carting, infrastructure creation and maintenance, regulation and compliance, medical services and environmental services. Participants in the Volunteer Groups are enrolled some months prior to each event and given appropriate training.

Lost and found items are handled 'on-playa' at the Rangers Station (Camp Hart). Following the Blaze found items are taken to the Swan's Nest. People seeking lost items, or wishing to post notices about found items are directed to the Blazing Swan Lost & Found facebook page.

Art

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The Blazing Swan, and it's inspiration, The Burning Man events are at their core - philosophically and literally - a celebration of expressive art. The artistic expression takes the form of buildings and passive sculptures, interactive structures (including vehicles), fire effects and painted work and crafted objects, and presented and participative performance activities including dance, music, voice performance, costumes and body decoration. Certain artistic expressions are traditional at each Blazing Swan event, such as the Temple and the Swan Effigy structures and the Unicorn March. Some expressions such as the Worm Hole can be traced over multiple presentations of the event, while others such as the Maze or Mandala on the Lake are once-off events, or repeated only intermittently.

Artworks and art expressions may be linked to specific Theme Camps (for example Camp Unicorn Powerrr and the Unicorn March), but many are constructed or presented by individuals or groups who have no Theme Camp association. The Blaze organizers fund the construction of the major structures, and provide grants to individual artists and performers. Virtually all of the work in developing and presenting artworks is done by volunteers.

Structures & Effigy

Art Vehicles: Main Article: Art Vehicles

Presentation, Performance & Interactive Artwork

Theme Camps

Theme Camps work with the Blazing Swan event organizers to present public venues, performances and services, while providing their members with camping areas and communal facilities. Theme Camps are required to register with the Blazing Swan organization prior to the Blaze in order to receive support including grants and priority location, Registered Theme Camps are expected to provide a significant public offering, and undertake to conform with Blaze, Shire and State regulations regarding buildings and safety.

Camps start arriving and setting up about a week prior to the Blaze commencement. Some Camps erect very elaborate structures, while others present their public offering as a mobile facility or performance, or as a service to the Blazing community generally. Theme Camps are allocated positions closest to the Temple and Swan structures, and are broadly zoned 'Music', 'General' and 'Quiet'. The increasing number of Theme Camps, and the growing membership of Theme Camps resulted in 2017 in some Theme Camps having insufficient space to accommodate all of their members together. As this problem is likely to increase in future years, strategies such as having car parking areas separate to the camping areas, and the provision of separate Theme Camp member camping areas may need to be considered.

Participant Experience

Participants bring their enegy, their expression, and many of the best aspects of humanity to each Blaze event. Inspiration for modes of participation come from the participants diverse and often rich backgrounds in the arts, science, engineering and humanities, and from ideas developed and extended in other Regional Burns and Burning Man itself. Participants create expression individually and collaboratively in and across Theme Camps, and by their participation in activities within the event, and simply by their presence at the event. Blaze participation is encouraged by all ages and there is a growing demographic of families with young children, overseas travelers, and pre-retirees and retirees (50 to 70 years old).

Specific practical guidance is provided to the Blazing Swan participant in the 'Survival Guide' prepared and updated each year. New and returning participants are strongly urged to acquaint themselves with the content of the Survival Guide as lack of preparedness or current knowledge of the evolving arrangements for the provision of services can severely curtail a participant's ability to fully participate in the Blaze. The Blaze is attractive to and supportive of participation by people who are challenged in the areas of physical and mental health and sociability and social skills, and provides a considerable depth of medical, psychological and social support utilizing contracted and volunteer services.

The Blaze organizers recognize that Theme Camps providing music and dance venues are a core and valued part of the Blazing experience. Music Theme Camps have evolved and diversified and provide very high quality DJ and live and participative music performances. Music and dance, however, are only two of many aspects of Blazing Swan and there are a considerable number of Theme Camps built around artistic, reflective, healing, supportive and playful concepts. Nevertheless, there remains a strong public perception that the Blazing Swan is a 'bush doof', a misconception that is being consciously addressed by the event organizers through a more extended process of ticket purchase, and by greater involvement of the Blaze in public events particularly in the City of Fremantle.

There are constraints on participation in the Blazing Swan event. Firstly, there is no provision for 'free tickets' and there is a strictly limited number of discounted tickets for people involved in volunteering, in Theme Camps and for residents of the local community. Tickets are only available via a process of pre-registration which works to ensure that participants are congnizant of principles of the Blaze, and of the 'Terms and Conditions' attached to the ticket, which include (but are not limited to):

  • You certify that you are physically able to participate in the Blazing Swan Event and in any activity or performance associated with it, and have not been advised otherwise by a qualified medical professional.
  • You acknowledge and fully understand that as a participant, you will be engaging in activities that involve risk of serious injury, including permanent disability and death, property loss and severe social and economic losses...
  • You understand that some participants at the Event may engage in expressive activity and dress, which may include partial nudity or nudity and other types of expressive activity. You agree that such expressive activity and dress is not indecent nor offensive to you, and that you have decided to attend the Event with full knowledge that such expressive activity and dress may occur. If you are accompanied by minors at the Event, you acknowledge that you have made a choice that the minors may be exposed to the expressive activities and dress that take place at the Event, and that you have exercised parental responsibility and control in bringing the minors to the Event. Should you find that any activity at the Event is offensive to you, or to any minors accompanying me, you acknowledge that you can avoid such activity by, among other things, leaving the vicinity of the activity or leaving the Event.

Participants are reminded that all State laws and regulations apply on site, and that the organizers will refer violations of the law to the Police if they come to their attention. The organizers and participants have built and maintain a very good relationship with WA Police who maintain a presence on site during the event.

Getting To and From Blazing Swan

Jilakin Rock is located 295 kilometres from Perth. The normal access route involves traveling through Roleystone in the Perth hills, and further east through the small towns of Brookton, Corrigin and Kulin. All but the last 4 kilometres are sealed roads, but motorists are advised to exercise caution due to the heavy trucks using this route, the usually poor to average state of the road, the presence of kangaroos along the entire route, and the general alignment of the road with the rising and the setting sun. Motorists are further advised to take full advantage of frequent rest stops on the highway, to ensure their vehicle and tyres are in good condition, and to respect speed limits and avoid driving tired or under the influence of alcohol. Police presence on all WA roads during the Easter period is increased and it is reported that vehicles traveling to and from the Blaze have been subject to additional attention. Increased penalties apply to traffic violations during this period. LPG gas in available in Brookton up until 8pm, the Corrigin Roadhouse is open until 9pm while Kulin has a 24 hour unmanned fuel bowser with diesel and petrol fuel, operated by credit card.

A bus service operates between Perth and Kulin on Thursdays and Sundays. There is no taxi service in Kulin, but during the weeks leading up to and including the Blaze there is considerable traffic along the 17km route between Kulin town and Jilakin Rock. Vehicle, truck and trailer hire is available in Perth, but people should carefully check the terms of hire and ensure that travel on the final 4km of gravel road is permitted, and the potential for accidents on this stretch of road should not be discounted. Additionally, people hiring vehicles should check the terms relating to windscreen damage. Rocks flicked up by passing traffic on this route chip windscreens, and extremely cold Kulin night time weather can lead to these chips extending to full-windscreen cracks. Normal insurance arranged with the truck hirer would leave hirees exposed to a liability of up to $500 in this event. Separate more comprehensive windscreen hire can be obtained from major vehicle insurers and should be considered. Some protection against this eventuality may also be obtained by covering windscreens at night with a thick blanket or light doona.

Kulin has only one general store with limited opening hours. Event participants are encouraged each year to pre-order their provisions through this store, but traffic between the event site and the Kulin township during the event is strongly discouraged due to the potential for accidents as vehicles move through the event site itself. Arrangements for shared vehicle usage between Perth and Jilakin Rock, and between Kulin and the event site are publicised before and during the event each year.

Carbon Offset

Participants wishing to offset the carbon footprint they incur in traveling to and from Kulin (590km) can refer to a range of online calculators. As a rough guide, purchasing AU$5 worth of carbon credits would offset a vehicle's costs and also make a reasonable contribution towards offsetting the shared carbon impact of fire effects and electricity generated at the Blaze site. The Blazing Swan organizers have not nominated an official Carbon Offset Partner for the Blazing Swan event, but individuals have made contributions to 'Activate the Wheatbelt' who undertake participative landscape restoration projects in the WA Wheatbel

Other Events & Activities

Blazing Swan Inc. is involved with a number of community art projects and philanthropic activities in Western Australia. Some examples are:

  • Providing significant art grants to the community to encourage creative expression.[1]
  • Donating $10 from each ticket sold at the 2015 event towards funding a full-time age care nurse to the Shire of Kulin.[2]
  • Partnership with the Australian Government's 'Work for the Dole' program, to help job seekers gain skills and experience that give back to the community and can help them find a job.
  • Donating a three metre wide metal sculpture created by Matt Bray to the Shire of Kulin, as a permanent public art offering.[3]

Blazing Swan Inc. have stated that they are not promoting Decompression or Pre-compression events in order to leave the space open for Theme Camps to do fund raisers, but they do co-sponsor with the Fremantle City, the Kraken Event. This is held in July, half way between Blaze events. The first presentation of Kraken was in 2017 in the public areas around the Fremantle Round House. The highlight of the event was the burning of a ship and Kraken effigy on the Beach. Attendance was open to all. Although Theme Camps were present, and Blazing Swan Inc. were involved in the organisation and presentation of the event, it was not an authorised Burn.

Significant Dates

Media

Internal Publications

Blazing Swan's website..... Blazing Swan's social media presence...

Commercial Media Coverage

media kit?.

Blogs, Videography and Reports

Accreditation rules/guidance....

Documentation

I am testing whether storing administrative documents here is a good idea by adding some of Blazing Swan's documents and asking those who make and those who use these docs to comment.

Probable pros:

  • Standardised formatting - docs are easier to make and read (some may feel this limits creativity, but I think they'll be okay)
  • Centralised location - with all/most docs in one place they'll be easier to find and link together
  • Version control - wikis have excellent version history and tracking
  • Collaboration - wikis are designed as a collaboration tool, passing documents as volunteer roles change is trivial
  • Accessibility - wikis are easier to use (that pdfs) on desktops, mobile, and with screen readers

See: Burning wiki does not have namespace "3000".


See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Art at Blazing Swan". Blazing Swan. Retrieved 2015-12-30. 
  2. ↑ "Blazing Swan Comes To WA". Rotunda Media. Retrieved 2015-12-30. 
  3. ↑ "Blazing Swan memento: Kulin's giant egg". ABC Great Southern WA. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-12-30. 
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