WEB WORK: Can a Burning Man Reinvent Meetings?

I've recently been reading about the Burning Man Festival (www.burningman.com) held every year in the desert outside Reno, Nev. For those who aren't familiar with this week-long festival, it centers around the ritual incineration of a 52-foot-high wooden statue of a standing man, and it draws more than 20,000 visitors to the baking, late-summer Nevada desert. There are no vending machines, lodging facilities, or other human comforts provided. Clearly, this isn't the usual convention gathering