Category: Announcements

Archive of messages sent to the Austin-Announce mailing list. High-priority messages for the Burning Flipside community.

A note for parents

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If you’re planning on bringing a kid to Flipside, you have some extra responsibilities.

You need to bring documentation to verify that you are the parent or legal guardian of the minor in your care. We strongly recommend you use our Minor Affidavit, which you can download from this page:

https://www.burningflipside.com/about/documents

You will need to have this affidavit notarized.

The alternative to the affidavit is to provide an original birth certificate, passport, court document granting custody, etc. AAR, LLC will retain a copy of these documents. You will also be signing paperwork at Gate on behalf of your minor child.

You also need to supervise your child directly for the duration of the event, and to provide for all their needs.

Children have always been a part of Flipside. We realize it’s not easy to have a kid at Flipside, and we’re glad there are people who are making that effort.

Burning Green – MOOP

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MOOP.

A common burner word that pretty much expresses our desire for an LNT event but what exactly is MOOP?

First of all, the pure definition is “Matter Out Of Place” and it means anything that is not originally OF Apache Pastures (or whatever location any event takes place).

Anything we bring out has the potential to become MOOP. No matter how small a thing is, it must be removed by the participants at the end of the event. Otherwise it is MOOP!

One question that comes up every so often, “Are Biodegradable items considered MOOP?” The simple straightforward answer is YES! Orange peels, egg shells, food scraps, etc. are all still considered MOOP and must be removed.

Why? Well for several reasons. Not only does it potentially affect the ecosystem by introducing foreign materials, it can potentially endanger the sustainability of the event (no 21st Burning Flipside?). Sure, one egg shell is probably not going to do anything catastrophic but if every participant left behind every piece of biodegradable item they encountered we would have a dump on our hands.

Do you leave banana peels on your living room floor? Then why leave them in the landowners back yard.

Items that are especially troublesome include carpet debris, feathers and worst of all glitter (No *&^% Glitter!). For Restoration’s sake PLEASE do not bring glitter! Trying to pick up hundreds of pieces of glitter from a trampled ground takes hours and is very tedious. It is a problem we simply don’t need.

If you smoke, take a small tin (such as an breath mint container), decorate it and carry it around as your personal ashtray.

A MOOP bag is a great idea. They are simple to make, and you can be as artistic as you want. Here are some simple directions from BM’s Earth Guardians <http://earthguardians.net/2017/06/10/make-your-own-moop-bag/>

Lastly, every year Restoration takes stock of how the participants/camps left the land and makes a MOOP map showing who were problem camps. This can affect treatment in future years so I suggest not getting listed as being a MOOPhole.

However stuff can get blow around so if you are concerned, I suggest, as you are leaving, call one of the sign off crew to check out how you line sweeps did, get a clean bill of health and you too can be burning green!

Sweet and Innocent City Planners Need Help

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Thank you so much for reading about our plight. We, few, sweet and innocent city planners are nearly overwhelmed with the tasks set forth by our big mean bosses. While they gallivant about Europe, we are forced to continue on, nonetheless.

Woe.

Emily our devoted City Signage lead slaves away, crying at her solitude, Sundays at Lloyd the Warehouse to make city signs. Won’t someone come and help her? Sunday afternoons. Contact her for more details: www.burningflipside.com/contact Or to help install signs on site: wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/CitySignage

Molly, our fresh recruit the Flagging lead role, is wondering if anyone will help her? Help the poor dear out, and sign up on the wiki: wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Flagging or contact her here: www.burningflipside.com/contact

And don’t forget Bonnie, your Theme Camp Liaison. She always wants to hear from theme camps when things change so we can try to accommodate them while we still can. After a while it gets harder to do that, and that makes us so sad. Keep in touch with Bonnie here: www.burningflipside.com/contact.

Ste. Michelle
Patron Saint of Woe

Work Weekend III

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yo yo yo, it is that time again…

Work Weekend III is almost upon us! April 20-22. We will be doing more road work, and are looking for experienced skid steer operators! If that is you, please sign up below! Even if you are not inclined to do road work, we’ve got plenty of other items to tackle. Poison Ivy, Ants, downed tree limbs, etc. We need YOU to make this go.

Also of note, Safety side will also be on the land this weekend. Safety Side is held on the other side of the river of Apache Pass. Please do NOT wander over to the other side during their training unless you are signed up for some sort of training. There will be temple burn on Saturday evening that we have been invited to attend starting at 9pm. Following the temple burn, work weekend attendees may also join the guardian games.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDjsDnUaKLNiJVXCXL2qSZHe3RGh6tDTnJFu13NVCVy7GB6Q/viewform

Ticket Lead Update

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Hello!

Ticket window is closed and we do not anticipate selling any more tickets.

Never fear! Since we were able to fulfill all viable requests this year, tickets should be easily obtainable.

Finding Tickets

Community involvement is one of the best ways to find a ticket.

1) VOLUNTEER! Generally people with extra tickets offer them to people who are active and contributing members of the community. Even if you have never been to an event, this is a great way to meet people and connect with a spare ticket.

2) Come to church night at The Warehouse or camp fundraisers! There will be many people at these events who will either have tickets or be able to connect you with someone that has an extra. Find out more at www.BurningFlipside.com/warehouse

Ticket Exchange

Every year tickets become available for sale as people realize that they or their friends will not be able to attend the event. Fortunately, there are many ways to find tickets. At this time, there are two secondary market outlets:

  1. Facebook page Central Texas burn event ticket and rideshare group.

  2. Texas Ticket Fairy

We strongly encourage everyone seeking tickets to pay only the original ticket price of $132 per Adult ticket, $132 per Teen ticket (ages 14 to 18), and $40 for Kid ticket (ages 7 to 13), and $0 per Child ticket (under age 7), as scalping goes against the spirit of the community and this event.

If you acquire a ticket, please be sure that ownership is transferred to you. Register your ticket at www.burningflipside.com/tickets. Follow the directions on the ticket page after logging in. See the Ticket FAQ page for additional information.

Loribug

VAS needs YOU to make a Difference!

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Hello, Flipizens! This is Peep, your friendly neighborhood Volunteer Assistance Squad’s fearless leader!

Have you ever been volunteering, and had the realization that sometimes it’s hard? It’s hot and you’re thirsty, or half of the team hasn’t shown up, or you really need to get a vat of salty limeade over to the Dafties stat and they’re way on the other side of the city? Well, fear not! The Volunteer Assistance Squad exists to help make your volunteer experience even more awesome than making Flipside go already is! We can go find and retrieve the absent-minded folk at Camp Forgetful who forgot what time it is and are missing their shifts, and help you move stuff from here to there to help facilitate volunteerism, and we pack some tasty snacks and cooling liquid to help soothe your hard-working hungry and thirsty volunteer bodies!

We also have a 311 Information Station at the Civic Center to help distribute the info to the weary questioning masses! Wanna know where Camp Drinksalot is? We have maps! Want to find out what time your shift starts? We can radio your team and find out! Have questions about doing MORE VOLUNTEERING? We’ve got the info!

But… we need your help. The Volunteer Assistance Squad needs more Flipizens to join the cause and Help Us Help You!

Sign up for one (or more!) of our fun three-hour shifts at https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Volunteer_Assistance_Squad and you’ll get to:

    • Drive the golf cart and loudly encourage Flipizens to help out, megaphone-style!
    • Be the smartest one at the 311 Information Station, because you have all the answers (and a radio for those phone-a-friend moments)!
    • Wear a fancy VAS t-shirt!
    • Help make Flipside go by greasing the wheels of volunteerism all over Pyropolis!

If you have questions about the Volunteer Assistance Squad, feel free to get in touch with me on this page: http://www.burningflipside.com/contact

Thank you to all our hard-working volunteers! You can be one too! This event doesn’t happen without YOU!

Peep

April 2018 Announce

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If you’re looking to stay up to date with important and useful information, keep an eye out for any future Announces. We have one more (May 2018) before Flipside 2018: Return of the Shadows: 20 Years of Light and Dark!

For even more info, stay tuned to:

As a reminder, if you’re looking to contribute to Flame or Announce, please us the Flipside Flame/Announce Submission page to send it in. This will also allow you to also set up your own Public Domain or personal pictures to your BurningFlipside.com post. Announce will be at the beginning of the month, while Flames get published mid-month.

Please get me your announcements at least one week ahead of schedule.

Your new Content Lead,

~Erica~

What is in this Announce:

  • Memorial Temple 2018
  • ¡City Planning!
  • The Island Needs More Art
  • Shaven Apes
  • Come Chill in Parking
  • DisInformation: Looking for Events for Flipside 2018
  • PrePost Wiki Is Now Open!
  • Burning Green

Important Dates

Memorial Temple 2018

In the shadows, each Effigy blazes into the dark of those we cherish. We now shine a bright light back to those who have helped build this community with a Memorial Temple. Please join the Temple crew to help build, gather, and spread the word to honor their memory.

To find out our how volunteer, or to get your loved one added to the memorial, check out the link here.

¡City Planning!

City Planning wants to stay in touch! Email us with updates to your Theme Camp Registration, to learn about volunteer opportunities, or to make the City Planning Admin feel special.

 

 

The Island Needs More Art

Got a cool piece of art you’d like to share with your fellow Flipizens, but need a little help to make it worth the effort? We got that!

Island Host, JadeRumour of BurninGlam, is the go-to person to help you transport, hang, mount, power up and light your creation. Really….what do you need?!

Currently there is space available, and Jade is eager to help display your art for all of us to enjoy. And, to making The Island fabulous!

Photo by: JadeRumour
“This is your Island.
This is your Island, without Art.
Don’t let your Island go Unfilled.”

Shaven Apes

Do you like helping people build things and looking for folks in need of assistance? Sign up to be an Ape!

Be someone’s hero! Shaven Apes are the helping hands of Pyropolis. We help hold poles, bang stakes, and, in the case of last year, lay a lot of hay. Anyone can volunteer! Sound right up your alley?

Come Chill in Parking!

We’re going out of our way to make things AWESOME for everyone who visits parking, and even better than AWESOME for people who work there.

Sign up and come make art, collect swag, park cars, and in between you can hang out at the parking beverage tent and drink cold water while having a cool mist sprayed on you with a nice breeze from the fans while eating frozen grapes. Sound interesting? Find out more here!

 

DisInformation: Looking for Events for Flipside 2018

Are you holding an event at Flipside this year?  Your camp is hosting the perfectly Shadow-y Celebration of Light and Dark, but no one knows yet? Do you have events listed in your  theme camp description, but haven’t taken a minute to head over to the event page and get them added to the Events list ? Do it now, so you can focus on those last-minute projects!

 

PrePost Wiki Is Now Open!

Hear ye! Hear ye! The PrePost Wiki is open and ready for sign up! Head here for the link.

Burning Green

Burners take great pride in our Leave NO Trace ethos. It aligns with the Burning Flipside principals perfectly in that we all have to participate and cooperate to be accountable to ourselves, our burn and the world as a whole. Having an LNT attitude also helps the sustainability of the event in that landowners are inclined to have us back as we don’t destroy/pollute their property.

Now is the time to consider how you and/or your camp, if you belong to one, can LNT prepare. Remember if you bring it, you take it home! Here are some simple steps you can do to not only make LNT happen but make it easy.

–Until next time,

Erica

LNT: Burning Green

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“As long as you are green you are growing.” – Ray Kroc

Burners take great pride in our Leave NO Trace ethos. It aligns with the Burning Flipside principals perfectly in that we all have to participate and cooperate to be accountable to ourselves, our burn and the world as a whole. Having an LNT attitude also helps the sustainability of the event in that land owners are inclined to have us back as we don’t destroy/pollute their property.

Now is the time to consider how you and/or your camp, if you belong to one, can LNT prepare. Remember if you bring it, you take it home! Here are some simple steps you can do to not only make LNT happen but make it easy.

Prepare in Advance – If you are prepared for an LNT event then a large part of the work is done. Here are some ideas and suggestions:

  • Talk about it among your campmates. Make sure everyone understands the importance of LNT. Educate the virgin burners.
  • Always consider 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Have a plan to separate recyclables from trash.

  • Create and carry MOOP bags (a simple project  from Burning Man http://earthguardians.net/2016/06/03/make-your-own-moop-bag/). If you see it, pick it up, regardless if it is yours.
  • Remove as much packaging as possible. If it doesn’t go out to the event then you don’t have to haul it back
  • Use larger containers (water, food, etc.). It is easier to keep track of a one gallon water jug than 8 sixteen-ounce water bottles.
  • Grab and artify an Altoids tin (or similar) to be used as a cigarette butt holder

Recycle on Site – Separate the recyclable items but remember there is NO RECYCLING STATION in 2018. If you bring it, you must take it home!

Do regular and final MOOP (matter out of place) sweeps – Don’t let it hit the ground in the first place. However, do regular time walking in and around your camp every day looking for any MOOP. After camp is broken down, have the entire group form up into a “marching” line and cover the camp looking for that last little bit that you missed. It is easier than being called out on the MOOP map.

Lastly, the folks working on restoring the land post-event would love your help. Please come out the Saturday post-event to help bring the wooded playa back to its natural state. Watch the Flame for additional information on ridesharing, sign-ups, and other Restoration information!

As always, keep an eye on the Flipside Announce/Flame for additional LNT articles and if you have any ideas or would like to help with our Earth Guardian effort please e-mail earthguardians18@burningflipside.com or use the contact page on the Burning Flipside web page.

DisInformation: Looking for Events for Flipside 2018

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Are you holding an event at Flipside this year? Is your camp is hosting the perfectly Shadow-y Celebration of Light and Dark, but no one knows yet? Do you have events listed in your  theme camp description, but haven’t taken a minute to head over to the event page and get them added to the Events list? Do it now, so you can focus on those last-minute projects!

Head on over to the Event Registration form, log in, and add your event to the growing list of goodness!