Please refrain from gathering for the next few months

Due to the Coronavirus, many discussions have taken place about the appropriateness of holding any regional gatherings in the next few months.  Many people I love and respect feel that for the health and safety reasons, we are discouraging all family from attending or focalizing any gatherings under the Rainbow name.

Please find a safe place to hunker down with your friends, your family, or by yourself where you have access to food and water.

I'm not going to repeat everything you are hearing about Coronavirus as you can find this information elsewhere.  Educate yourself!

Please self isolate and practice social distancing to protect our family and the rest of the community around us.  This is the time to think local and help those in your community. Go grocery shopping for olders and those with health issues.  You may be a silent carrier.

If you are a traveler and chose not to hunker down within four walls, please engage in dispersed camping in National Forests or BLM land. Weather in south eastern California is still nice, but that won't last too much longer.

Please share this message widely.

Also, Nick @ Nite posted this message on FaceBook this evening:

Hey everyone. This is Nic@Nite, reaching out to you as separate individuals who collectively agreed to make this statement. Based on the available science, information from various global health agencies, and common sense, we as a camp, all of us, strongly, passionately discourage ANY regional gathering in the next few months, and will not be attending ANY of them, and we strongly encourage individuals to self-isolate, practice social distancing, and think about community safety in regards to virus transmission. Think about Lyme disease and mostly eating trash; they both cause you to be immuno-compromised, and they both affect hundreds of us. You can have the virus and not show symptoms, which means you could infect dozens of people who would then leave and spread it. Research "vectors". Think about the elderly. The Rainbow Family does not need to be remembered as the group that made things worse. Don't let your pride cause you to make a terrible decision. The following people and camps have also attached themselves to this statement and will not be attending any regional gatherings in the next months: Granola Funk, DKV, Water Camp, Story Glory, Kickapoo Kitchen, Montana Kitchen, Rough & Ready, Carla Newbre, Adam Finch Buxbaum, Loretta Red Dog, Aaron Funk, Linchpin, Thomas from Casual Encounters, Rainbeau Weaver,Teryani, Dr. Mike, Info Karen, Pink Eric, Karin Zirk, Aslan, Tenali, Michael John, Davette, Joy, Jenny from Kid Village, Kelly in Tampa and Sevensong.