One of Us
Archive of messages sent to the Austin-Announce mailing list. High-priority messages for the Burning Flipside community.
Greetings Flipizens!
The Combustion Chamber would like to invite you to the Burning Flipside Fall Town Hall!
We’ve been burning for twenty years. Come get hyped for the celebration!
Saturday, September 23rd, at Lloyd the Burning Flipside Warehouse, 3106 Industrial Terrace.
Tailgating starts at noon; Town Hall will start at 2:34 p.m.
Your Community Needs You!
Are you passionate about Flipside and its community? Does learning how Flipside happens sound interesting? Do you enjoy listening to/discussing/debating the finer points of Community with your friends/camp mates/fellow burners? Would you enjoy talking about crucial matters in this community all year long? Do you know someone else who fits this description?
The Combustion Chamber is seeking new members. Please take a few minutes and submit your application or nominate that person who would love this gig at:
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact/cc-nomination
But wait…what is the Combustion Chamber? The Burning Flipside Combustion Chamber (CC) is the eyes and ears of the community. Do you have a concern? Touch base with us! Wonder why something happens the way it does? Ask us. If we don’t know, we’ll find out or at least point you to the person who can answer your question. We also act as a sounding board for the event organizers (aka AAR, LLC). The CC typically meets every other Monday evening for approximately two hours, at Lloyd the warehouse.
Does this sound like the right way for you to help your Flipizen community? Click the link.
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact/cc-nomination
To learn more about the Burning Flipside Combustion Chamber, click here:
http://www.burningflipside.com/organization/cc
As always, we’d like to remind folks that Combustion Chamber membership is not limited specifically to those that live in the Austin area, so if you’re in another city, but could make regular meetings, feel free to apply.
The deadline for submissions is July 24th, at 11:59PM.
After that, we will ask you to give us feedback on all the CC candidates. We want to make sure your voice is heard! We’ll post the link and you speak up by August 7th, at 11:59PM.
Interested in seeing the CC in action? We encourage the participation of all Flipizens. Our next meeting is Monday, July 10th, 7:42pm, at Lloyd, the Burning Flipside Warehouse.
Best,
The Combustion Chamber
Post Burning Flipside Restoration event – Saturday June 3rd.
Burning Flipside 2017 was awesome! It is not quite over yet though. We still have a lot of infrastructure on land that needs to get to the warehouse and Restoration efforts to conduct. If you enjoyed your burn, please come out and help us ensure we put things back together.
That will happen this Saturday (in three days – 6/3/17) at Apache Pasture’s starting at 10am. Some participants may gather at the warehouse at 9am for ride-sharing.
While we need help on land, we also could use some fresh bodies at the warehouse to help out load later that afternoon. Exact times are TBD depending on how long it takes out there so just look for up to the minute posts on FB.
Thank you for making this one excellent year, please lend a hand so we end it on that same excellent note!
It’s the Final Countdown. Day before Gate Opens. The RECKONING IS UPON US.
cue benign elevator music Or Europe. Whatever.
Here are some last minute tidbits for you and yours to enjoy before heading out to the pecan Playa.
See you there!
~ Editor
Want a Guide to What’s Happening at Flipside and Where?
Print it out or Save it to your phone/tablet and bring it with you for those plans you plan and break or plan and keep or plan to keep and break or plan to break and keep or happen to keep accidentally or randomly happen to keep planning or accidentally happen to do. But if you WANT to plan — YOU CAN!
Have you checked out the interactive map of the event?
That thing has more easter eggs than Faberge. Kudos to City Planning!
Or maybe you just want to bone up on all your Flipside knowledge as you finish up your packing or as you make the drive in towards our fair city…..
Your fellow participants and Pyropolis residents pooled their vocal talents to bring you Aural Pleasure in Survival Guide form…. aaaaaahhhhhhhhh……..
Tune in on the way home!
In your car, with a portable radio, anywhere at Flipside or nearby!
Playfulness is a huge part of what makes Flipside go.
From the tiniest tyke to the biggest of babies, we let our imaginations take over and build a special space to explore, to frolic, to connect, and to participate. This year, the procession for the burn will begin at Pyropolis Kidsville just before dark (time to be determined- will be announced the day of the Burn at the event).
The procession will wind through the city to the cadence of noise.
Bring your own pots, pans, blocks of wood, or anything you want to creatively bang together- be inspired!
The procession will be gently structured according to the beat of a metronome broadcast through Pyropolis on KFLiP (FM 100.5).
All participants are encouraged to join in and be a part of the procession!
Load-in starts at 10:00 AM at the Warehouse. We’ll be filling up a bunch of box trucks with event infrastructure and the effigy, and then taking them out to the event site.
This is an all-hands operation. We’ll need people at the Warehouse and people out at the land starting a little later. Be there! We’ll post updates on Saturday as work progresses.
Recently we talked about the new parking plan. We wanted to follow up as these changes impact more than just parking, but the whole traffic flow when entering the city.
The image above is of County Road 428 (the road you take to enter Burning Flipside). The yellow line indicates the route you take into Flipside while the red line indicates the route to parking. You may notice that the red line exits where you may be used to entering Flipside while the yellow line enters at a new location, please make sure to use the new entrance to keep traffic moving. Here is an overhead view of the same traffic pattern:
And here is a version with street signs if it helps you picture it better:
Once you have entered the property you will turn left and follow the path through the cones to gate. There you will have your ticket or in and out pass processed as usual. Once you are done at gate you will come to another fence that looks something like this:
Once through the gate labeled “Enter Pyropolis Here” you will proceed to Greeters as usual.
Then once you have completed unloading at your camp you will follow the road back to the fence pictured above, you will cross County Road 428 and come into the new parking lot.
There a helpful parking volunteer will help you find a parking spot. Once parked you will walk to the south and then pass under the Worley Bridge to bring you back to gate.
Packed with really useful information, this Announce message is the last regularly scheduled Announce message before Burning Flipside. It’s worth your time to read through, and there’s lots of good advice.
For more info, stay tuned to:
Remember, if you have something you’d like to contribute to the Flame or Announce, use Flipside Flame/Announce Submission page to send it in. Announce tends to be at the beginning of the month, and Flames usually get published around the middle of the month. Get me the info at least a week before then, and I’ll do my best to get your contribution included.
~Editor
Love Flipside? YOU too can be an integral part of making this city the amazing place that it is!
Keep reading for the scoop on many of the opportunities to participate in Flipside in a variety of ways.
And CLICK HERE to get the short-and-sassy version of the info and links to get started NOW!
Looking for an unconventional opportunity?
Flipside doesn’t end when the effigy burns Sunday night…. There are teams of volunteers just like you that work hard after the event to make sure that we leave the land better than we found it.
Exodus is looking for volunteers to help Flipizens leave the city safely and smoothly and we’d love your help.
Work on Monday and stay overnight.
Signups are open on the Pyropolis wiki, so head over and volunteer!
Since a lot of things don’t decompose quickly, how can we not fill up landfills?
Of course the answer is …. Recycle!!!
To make this easier Burning Flipside has a recycling station. Check the survival guide for what they take and the times they are open. While planned to be open daily Friday through Monday, Recycling cannot happen without participants help. We need you to volunteer for a few quick hours.
As of writing this, it is not looking good – We need help!!
We need an assistant lead, volunteers for all shifts, and 1 to 2 truck drivers. To find out more about Recycling at Flipside, CLICK HERE
To sign up for a shift GO HERE!
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, sometimes, lay a lot of hay.
Our shifts are 3 hours long and you get to be a part of art projects, theme camps, and have an inside look at what folks are doing or have brought out this year.
We are not a safety department, and there’s no pre-event training required, so new event attendees can volunteer.
If you have a friend coming for the first time and looking for a great way to participate, send them our way. Shaven Apes wouldn’t exist without volunteers. Sign up for a shift today. Thursday shifts are in particular need!
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Samantha directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Shaven Apes
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Xander directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Cleanup
We need drivers for Load-in and Load-out! Every year we take event infrastructure and the effigy from the warehouse out to the land the Saturday before the event, and bring the infrastructure back the Saturday afterwards.
This post we tackle BIODEGRADABLES!!
One question often discussed is, “Are biodegradables, such as peels/shells/biodegradable glitter/etc. MOOP?”
The simple answer is YES!
Just because something eventually decomposes does not mean it should be left behind. Would you want others to discard banana peels in your own yard? Since we do not have trash cans, everything brought out to Apache Pastures must be taken home.
On the topic of decomposing, do you know how long things take to decompose? It may surprise you!
That is right, the cigarette butt you dropped last year is probably still there.
The beer can you threw in a gully will be there long after we are gone.
That is unless WE do something about it. The message is simple, pack it in – pack it out!
Earth Guardians would love to have you out to spread the word of LNT and ensure MOOP ends up in its proper place — the original owner’s hand.
We will be doing an LNT rampage daily at Flipside at 1pm.
Come spread the word and enjoy whatever camp’s hospitality we find spreading the good word of NO MOOP.
Meet up at the crossroads volunteer center (right next to Recycling – two for one, YAY!!) at 12:45.
If you can, sign up in advance at the Earth Guardian Wiki – CLICK HERE
Corn dogs and their sticks may eventually decay but they are still MOOP. Take them home with you!
This year at Flipside, the Volunteer Assistance Squad will return to help all the volunteer teams function more effectively!
NEW this year, we will also have a 311 Information Station at the Civic Center, just in case folk have burning questions that just can’t be extinguished by rumor or hearsay.
But, to bring everyone the help, we need more folk to help us!
Join our team, as we bravely seek and acquire the extra people that volunteer teams need, in real time, with our trusty megaphone!
Then, we’ll move them from here to there with our larger-than-average golf cart!
There are shifts available to help in both Volunteer Assistant and 311 Operator positions.
CLICK HERE to read more and SIGN UP today!
Come join the hottest newish team in Pyropolis, and help everyone get everything done better, faster, and squishier! This year, we’ll have more Rainbow Unicorniness than ever before!
Huzzah!
Howdy! Looking for a way to volunteer and help keep Flipizens safe?
The Boundaries and Safety Signage team needs you!
This is the crew that fences off the event’s perimeter, installs safety signs at Gate and Greeters, and puts up signs that warn about safety hazards.
We have to erect this stuff before participants roll in on Thursday and then we take it all down on Monday.
Contact Ronin your Safety Signage Lead (Area: Site Ops –> Safety Signs) to get “sign”ed up!
Do T-stakes bring you happiness? 
Do you long for the days in the sun setting up a new fence, or maybe erecting a Posted No Dumping sign?
Can you work a power drill? Or can you hold something still for someone working a power drill?
Or, maybe, you have a secret yearning to label underground cable because of the little flags?
Do you want hands-on knowledge of where all the camps are before everyone else?
Can you read a map? Can you write clearly? Can you bend over and stick a little flag in the ground?
If you answered yes to ANY of those questions, help City Planning help you build the city!
We need volunteers to help with City Signage and Flagging all of the theme camps on-site the weekend before Flipside (May 20th).
You MUST be on the list to gain access to the land, so if you are interested contact Emily, your City Signage Lead or Rachel your Flagging Lead with your REAL NAME.
Contact Emily your City Signage Lead (Area: City Planning –> City Signage)
Flagging happens the weekend before Flipside, and you MUST be signed up to be on site that weekend. Interested? Contact Rachel The Flagging Lead™ and let her know your RealName™ and she’ll keep you up to date on the final details.
(Area: City Planning –> Flagging)
Are you introverted and need a little bit of time to recharge away from the big crowds?
Do you want to know how night vision works?
Come check out the Guardians Department!
Badass shirts and patches to be had if you work a couple shifts with us.
Contact Froggy at https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
(Area: Safety –> Guardians (perimeter))
Or our Facebook page: Guardians of Flipside
-Froggy, your Guardians Lead
Behold below these words, the 2017 Road Direction Map!
Well not, exactly those words, but the whole text here.
Forsooth, your eyes do not mislead you, there is something new.
For all the Pyropolis is a stage, and now it has an exit and an entrance.
And one map, in its time, has many parts
The city part, in green, holds all that is awesome to us,
And the parking part, in blue, holds our precious rides home.
Change, befalls us all, and we will succeed in this tumultuous time.
For, we, fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we’ll not fail to drive on the roads in the right direction and park our cars in parking.
…………………………………………………………………………..
Okay, that last bit was a stretch. Actually, the whole thing was bad Shakespearean yoga. Here’s the map:
Also, you’ll get the Theme Camp Placement Map when it’s done, and not a moment sooner!
Looking for an unconventional opportunity? Flipside doesn’t end when the effigy burns Sunday night; there are teams of volunteers just like you that work hard after the event to make sure that we leave the land better than we found it. Exodus is looking for volunteers to help Flipizens leave the city safely and smoothly and we’d love your help. Work on Monday and stay overnight. Signups are open on the Pyropolis wiki, so head over and volunteer!
Heya Flipizens! Do you know that Flipside is 100% volunteer driven? As in, unlike even Burning Man, there are no comp tickets, paid workers are limited to a small number of people who do not enter the event, and there are no third-party donations?
Did you also know that it takes approximately 6,000 person-hours to make Flipside happen? If you’re not doing your two hours, that means that someone else is picking them up. And woudln’t it be nicer to be as close to 3,000 people doing two hours a piece rather than a few hundred doing thirty hours a piece?
Now, you may ask, how do we make the event go? Well, there are a wide variety of jobs out there. And if the below is too much, may I humbly suggest using our custom-built “choose your own adventure” style volunteer quiz, here: https://secure.burningflipside.com/fvs/index.php
Pre-Post is the team that shows up before the event starts and moves all of the infrastructure out after the event ends. You can sign up for pre-post here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/PrePost
Flagging is the team that shows up on land before the event and marks off theme-camp and infrastructure boundaries. To work flagging, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1vkCrdgzYVT8-F6cqLYJiREtzje…/edit…
City signage creates and installs all of the road and path signs that tell you how to get around the city. You can sign up here! https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/CitySignage
DaFT are the people responsible for building the effigy, and they still need help now, during pre-op, and during the event. If interested, contact Misty Nickle, or Seph Reed, our DaFT leads
Fuel makes sure that the generators and carts on site are properly fueled and ready to go. If you want to work Fuel, please contact the Fuel lead, Nyla Walker
Echelon manages radio assets on-site for the safety teams. To sign up for Echelon, please go here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Echelon_Volunteer
Cartelle manages radio assets on site for the not-safety teams. To sign up for Cartelle, consult the wiki here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/CartelleShifts
Guardians guarantee that the event is free from people who do not have tickets. They ensure event sustainability. You can sign up with Guardians here: https://docs.google.com/…/1B2Kd4ulaiNOy36KShBkzgF3sWq…/edit…
Volunteer Assistance Squad Serves two purposes — to disburse information onsite, and to provide on-site volunteer coordination and transport. You can sign up to work VAS here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/…/Volunteer_Assistance_Squ…
Greeters are around to help with enculturating people to Flipside, and to help remind people what they will need to survive five days in the city. You can sign up for Greeters here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Greeters
Parking makes sure that cars end up in the parking area so that we can freely move around and so that we aren’t all living in a parking lot. You can sign up for parking here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Parking
Zone Greeters are around to help theme camps find their place to set up their camps and maybe to meet some of their neighbors. You can sign up for Zone Greeting here: https://docs.google.com/…/1mEEBqQU8na8ky3TgcpqcqqWxwN…/edit…
Shaven Apes are the helpers that provide extra hands and aid to people who need some hands for their art or camps. If you need help, an Ape can probably do so. You can sign up to work Apes here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Shaven_Apes/Schedule
Ice is the one place at Flipside where money exchanges hands! If you want to help with ice sales, you can sign up here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Ice
Exodus is around to help Flipizens smoothly leave the land when the event is over. If you would like to work Exodus, please sign up here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Volunteer/Exodus
Recycling collects Flipside’s recyclables and makes sure that they are properly recycled. They are not here to sort your trash, or to handle your MOOP. If you would like to work recycling, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1F3wj87DyjE4PJIu92djWjTGq0j…/edit…
Sound Marshalls are a team of volunteers that ensure that amplified sound is kept within approved levels. Remember that we have already lost land due to sound violations, so this is critical. If interested, please contact Veaux Kelly at sexydaddyveaux@gmail.com
Earth Guardians are a team that roams the land and educates flipizens about the leave no trace policy at Burning Flipside. If you would like to help them, sign-ups are here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/w…/Volunteer/EarthGuardians
Clean-Up comes in after the event and makes sure that the land is in the same state or better than it was found. If you would like to work clean-up, sign up here: https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Clean_up
So whether you are interested in educating people, doing work with your hands, working on a large art project, or just simple helpfulness, there is something to do at Flipside that is both rewarding and fun. And it gives you a chance to take ownership over the event and to say “hey, I helped make this happen”
So, what’s stopping you? If you have any questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinatrix, Dahling Sweetiepoo-Schmooley on facebook or via volunteerinfo@burningflipside.com
The keen-eyed among you may have noticed that the Survival Guide shows parking on the other side of County Road 428, the road by which you reach Flipside (the space freed up by what used to be parking will give City Planning more flexibility in laying out Pyropolis). The map above should give you a good idea of how we’re changing the traffic flow to accommodate this.
A couple of important points:
If you need to leave Flipside during the event with the intention of returning, do this:
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