Yeah, I hear there are monthly potlucks, we have a fb page - but I never attended. I'll try to make it next time, and meet some new people :) Sounds like a lot of fun anyway, I just always made excuses not to go, because I don't know anybody but I should just get over that.
"Not knowing anybody" is one of the reasons people don't go to things... and one of the first things that blows people's minds when they first experience Burning Man. Go to the potluck. See what happens. I think you are going to be very surprised at how welcoming a community can be. Tell them what you want, and you will instantly have five or six people excitedly trying to help you out! It is a really cool community, and the potlucks are an easy way to find your place within that community.