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Category: Announcements
Archive of messages sent to the Austin-Announce mailing list. High-priority messages for the Burning Flipside community.
Second-round ticket process winding down
Burning Flipside is wrapping up its second round of ticket requests.
As of now, no additional ticket requests can be created.
If you’ve already created a request, please send in your request form and money order right away. We must receive any outstanding requests no later than May 1 in order to have time to process them before the event: if we receive a request after that date, we will not issue a ticket for it, and we may not be able to return the money order until after the event due to constraints on volunteer time.
Flipside Flame April 2017
We’re getting ever closer to Burning Flipside, so publication of the Flame and Announce may pick up the pace a bit.
There’s a LOT of information heading your way — so please, do us all a favor and read the whole thing.
It’s worth your time, and there’s lots of good advice.
For more info, stay tuned to:
- Flipside Flame
- Announce email list
- Burning Flipside Calendar
- official Burning Flipside Facebook Page
- @BurningFlipside on Twitter
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
Volunteer, Volunteer, Volunteer!
As Flipside gets closer, the opportunities to volunteer and be an important and ESSENTIAL part of our city increase. We are busy-busy-busy preparing to make Burning Flipside a well-oiled (machine? skillet? Twister board?), and YOU can be an active and engaged part of making it GO. The people that work before, during, and after Flipside are participants too, volunteering their amazing time, experience, and creative efforts to making this event the incredible experience that it is. Check out some of the ways you can be a part of this incredibly important and rewarding facet of Flipside…..
Here are just a couple of opportunities for you to be a part of the gears that make this town GO!
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Shaven Apes
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
Zone Czars Needed!
Hey Flipizens!
Doc Mitz here — I am the Interzone Coordinator for Flipside 2017!
There are a ton of openings for Zone Czars (formerly known as Zone Greeters).
Do you like to tell people exactly where to go??
We help place theme campers into their proper locations. Zone Czars are placed at the start of each zone and are the first to get the inside scoop on camps as they arrive.
Find out why Pelican Camp has three rainbow colored sheep with unicorn horns for their art project!
Inquire about exactly what type of service animals they are!
This is a perfect way for newer burners to get involved and meet people.
Slots are open on Wednesday – Friday in 5 hour shifts.
CLICK HERE to sign up directly!
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Doc Mitz directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Zone Czars
What is a Ranger?
I sometimes have a difficult time explaining what a Ranger is to someone new to our community.
There are a lot of things I could say. They’re not cops. They’re not security guards, or authority whores. The most technical way to describe them are “non-confrontational community mediators” but my favorite way to describe them is that a Ranger is a Navigator on the Edge of Chaos.
You know the typical group of fools hanging around a campfire?
Inevitably, one of these individuals will have, a “hold my beer” moment.
You know the kind I’m talking about.
The words “Hey, hold my beer: I got an idea.” are usually (but not always) followed by some derivative of “just stop, drop and roll!” and/or “this is going to be great on YouTube.”
The Ranger is the guy that holds your beer.
“Keeping me safe from me is not your job” I was told once.
And that’s something I tell every person that becomes a Ranger. This is true to a certain extent. I may try to suggest that what you are about to attempt might not been conceived with the soundest of rational judgement…but I’m probably gonna let you do it anyway and help you pick up the pieces when it’s over.
In its simplest terms, a Ranger is a member of the community (like YOU!) that’s accepted the task of being the sober, level-headed voice of reason at the event. (At least for a little while.) I encourage every Ranger to spend time off duty, or as we like to call it, being “part of the problem.”
If you’ve been to Flipside more than once and you’re ready to give something back to your community, check out the idea of being a Ranger. Its the best way to see the city and learn about everything that’s going on.
And if this is your first Flipside, swing by Ranger HQ and ask for me. I’ll be happy to give you a tour!
-Judge
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Judge directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Rangers
Guardians of Flipside
Feeling like you wanna jump on the volunteer bandwagon? 
Guardians is still accepting volunteers!
For those that are looking for a less mobile shift where you can sit down and have minimal interaction with folks, this is a great way to get some quiet in a bustling city of Burners.
Wanna see how night vision works? Join us for a night shift.
Curious about how we help keep the city safe? Come check us out this year!
Find out more information by requesting to join our Facebook page “Guardians of Flipside”
Check out our wiki page for a simple overview of the department.
Or, for more information or just have a question, you can contact Froggy directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Guardians
Pre/Post -Ops
Pre/Post Ops are the heroes who make everything much easier!
Pre/Post Ops deals specifically with helping set up the various pieces of infrastructure such as carports, the radio tower, etc. If you want to help with the setting up and breaking down of the physical infrastructure of the city, Pre/Post is for YOU!
CLICK HERE to sign up or learn more!
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Lurko directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Pre/post
Work Weekend 4
We have one more work weekend left, May 6-8.
ONLY THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND WORKED DURING WORK WEEKENDS 1, 2 OR 3 MAY COME TO WW 4.
Weather permitting, we will be treating for fire ants and poison ivy. We will not be using Amdro on the ants or spraying the poison ivy if the cows are on the land, which they may be because of a broken fence across the way.
We have some road work to finish and trail maintenance to do. There are always sticks to pick up and burn. Sign up on the Work Weekend Sign Up Form (required for entry on the land; don’t just show up).
~ Saraphina
“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! Land owners are inclined to have us back over and over again, 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 a 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 first-time 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/). - 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 and take them to the recycling station on a regular basis. Do not wait until the end. Information on recycling can be found in the Survival Guide.
Also, please consider spending a few short hours helping at the recycling station as without volunteers it can’t happen. CLICK HERE to volunteer!
- Do regular and final MOOP 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 on the Saturday post-event to help bring the beautify wooded playa back to its natural state.
Watch here in future Flame editions for additional information on ridesharing, sign-ups, and other Restoration information!
And, as always, keep an eye on the Flipside Flame for additional LNT articles and if you have any ideas or would like to help with our Earth Guardian effort please contact Wrinn directly at https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Site Sign-Off Area Facilitator
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Meet Sven
Sven and I have been together for over two years. We’ve been to Flipside together twice and really enjoyed our time together there. But. Sven doesn’t camp with me. Because, Sven is a car. And cars camp in parking, not in the city.
Sven’s job is to get me there safely and while some other cars will get dressed up for the event, Sven is demure, and doesn’t like costumes. Sven is no mutant vehicle. So Sven spends the event with the other cars not dressed for the event, in parking. He tells me that he has fun in parking, and enjoys the companionship of the other cars (Sven spends a lot of time at home alone with my junk in the garage).
If there ever comes a time where I need Sven to camp in at Flipside, I know that he will appreciate being off the road, and covered. Maybe even in something decorative. Because, although Sven is shy and reserved, he knows that we are in this together and he will take one for Pyropolis and wear a costume, for me. For us.
Because this city we build is not like other cities, where all the cars hangout in front of the houses. This city is for people. It’s for art. It’s for the Flipiziens. It’s for leaving the real world for something better. There’s just not enough room for shy and reserved cars in our city, when we want to fill it with awesome.
Cars camp in Parking. People camp in Pyropolis.
~ Ste. Michelle
Event Registration Going on NOW!
Are you holding an event at Flipside this year? Your camp is hosting the unicorn vs rainbow battle, 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!
MORE ENVELOPE ART!
Announce April 2017
The countdown to Burning Flipside 2017 is well underway….. How are YOU going to participate??
For more info, stay tuned to:
- Flipside Flame
- Announce email list
- Burning Flipside Calendar
- official Burning Flipside Facebook Page
- @BurningFlipside on Twitter
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 near 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.
~Jenmarie
What’s Your Camp Got Going On?
Are you holding an event at Flipside this year? Your camp is hosting *the* unicorn vs rainbow battle, 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!
Work Weekends Continue
The first Work Weekend is done, but there is still plenty more to do!
Please put these remaining dates in your calendars and join us for prepping the land for our wonderful event!
- Work Weekend 3: Apr 21-23
- Work Weekend 4: May 5-7
(*****ONLY those who attended WWs 1, 2 and/or 3 may attend WW4****)
Signup is below. Let us know if you are coming!
You may not be allowed on the property unless you have signed up on the spreadsheet below or with Saraphina or Shortcake before the work weekend.
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Saraphina directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
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VOLUNTEER CALL FOR ALL!
There are plenty of ways to actively participate in building and running the fair city of Pyropolis.
Here are just a couple of opportunities for you to be a part of the gears that make this town GO!
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Recycling Volunteers Needed
Looking to volunteer but don’t know how?
Recycling is look for some amazing Flipizens to help keep recycling sexy!
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: https://docs.google.com/
To be my recycling assistant lead or be a driver contact me at: https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
–> Recycling
–> Recycling
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Ever wondered about who helps keep the city safe?
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
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Greeters Wiki is OPEN.
Hey beautiful!
We love when a Theme Camp takes over a whole shift.
Shift Leads bear some responsibility for tracking down their shiftmates.
Greeter Captain of the day can also help with that.
Only the craziest people sign up for Shift Lead or Captain.
You know you’re ready to walk on the wild side!
Greeter Captain of the day can also help with that.
Only the craziest people sign up for Shift Lead or Captain.
You know you’re ready to walk on the wild side!
We have some early entry spots still available.
Some restrictions apply.
Speak to your pharmacist or contact your Greeter Lead (Area: Genesis –> Greeters) for details.
Offer not valid in Alaska or Hawaii.
Some restrictions apply.
Speak to your pharmacist or contact your Greeter Lead (Area: Genesis –> Greeters) for details.
Offer not valid in Alaska or Hawaii.
xoxo
nobo
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Signs! Signs! Everywhere a Sign!
And we like it that way. Signs tell you where you are at. Signs tell you where you’re going. Do you want to tell the people of Pyropolis where to go? I know I do!
You can help spread the signage love, at Church Nights (Wednesdays in April after 7:00 at Lloyd the Warehouse*). We need sign devotees and sign initiates to sign-up and sign-in the signs for Flipsign. Wait, no Flipside. Sorry. There will be paint, so consider your costume well.
We also need people on-site the weekend before Flipside to help install the signs. To help, you MUST be signed up to be on site that weekend.
Contact Emily your City Signage Lead (Area: City Planning –> City Signage) with your real name, so she can make sure you are on the list, or to ask any questions.
*If you don’t know where Lloyd the Warehouse is, it will amuse me if you google “Lloyd the Warehouse” for completely benign reasons. Or fine… go here.
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Rachel the Flagging Lead Presents: Fun With Flags
You know those little flags that welcome you home to your theme camp? Do you want to help welcome all the theme camps home?
Flagging is a great way to reconnect with the land in its eerie silence and pristine beauty before all the people get there and wreck it. It’s also a great way to literally learn the lay of the land.
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)
Theme Camp Registration is CLOSED
But, don’t be a stranger! If things in your theme camp change, keep your Theme-camp Liaison, Bonnie, in the loop! The sooner we know, the better we can make it for everyone! We are working hard to make sure the city is designed for awesome, so contact us if you have any significant changes in structures, number of campers, etc., or if you just want to tell us we’re pretty. I’m okay with that too.
Updates? Contact Bonnie, your Theme-camp Liaison: Theme Camp Liason (Area: City Planning –> Theme Camp Liasion)
Theme-camp registration ends soon
Are you thinking of bringing a theme camp? If so, tomorrow is the last day to register your camp!
A complete and accurate registration helps City Planning ensure there’s enough room for your theme camp and everyone else’s, too.
Burning Flipside Second Round Ticket Sales
Did you miss out on Flipside’s normal ticket sale in January? Good news: we have some additional tickets, so now is your big chance.
The remaining tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until we run out. Depending on the level of demand, we may need to temporarily suspend ticket sales while we catch up.
[Update] The second round is closed to new requests. Existing requests must be received by May 1.
Here’s what to do
- If you don’t already have an account at profiles.burningflipside.com, create one.
- Head over to our Secure site. (expired link removed)
- You will need to pass a quiz in order to proceed. The answers to all the questions can be found in the Survival Guide. If you get any answers wrong, the quiz will reload with different questions. There is no limit on the number of times you can take the quiz. Spelling counts, but if there’s more than one way to express your answer, both will probably work (e.g. “9” and “nine” would both be valid).
- Once you pass the quiz, you’ll be taken to a form for the tickets you are requesting. Please enter the name of each person you’re buying a ticket for here.
- After you fill out that form, the website will display a PDF. Print that out and follow the instructions on it. If you’re doing this from a device without a printer, either save that PDF or visit the above URL again when you get to a computer you can print from, which will give you access to that PDF.
Just as in the normal ticket process, you will need to purchase a money order or cashier’s check for the full amount of your ticket/s, and mail that together with your ticket request. We will not accept personal checks or cash.
If you have any other questions about the ticketing process, take a look at the ticket FAQ.
Here’s the Survival Guide.
Questions that will probably be asked frequently
- Seriously? A quiz?
- Yeah. Seriously.
- OK, fine. How much are tickets?
- Same price as the normal ticket process. $111 for adults and teens over 13, $33 for kids aged 7-13, and free for children 0-6.
- When do I need to mail my second-round request by?
- There’s no fixed deadline, but tickets will be first-come, first-served. You do the math.
- I bought tickets during the normal ticket process. Can I buy more now?
- There’s a limit of two adult tickets (and two teen/kid/child tickets) per person, not per ticket round. If you already bought two adult tickets, you cannot buy more adult tickets. If you bought one, you can buy one more.
- What happens if you can’t fulfill my request?
- Your money order will be returned to you.
- I sent in my second-round ticket request and haven’t heard anything yet!
- That’s not a question, but please allow at least 10 days for mail to arrive and for AAR to process your request.
See you at Flipside!
Announce March 2017
March is here, and with it we’ll see warmer weather, longer days, and Burning Flipside 2017: Rainbows vs Unicorns: The Reckoning is rapidly approaching.
Are you ready? What will you do to participate? How will you bring this year’s theme to life?
For more info, stay tuned to:
- Flipside Flame
- Announce email list
- Burning Flipside Calendar
- official Burning Flipside Facebook Page
- @BurningFlipside on Twitter
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 near 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.
~Jenmarie
Ticket Update
Ticket opening happened near the end of February!
The good news: we accepted all registrations that were done correctly: No Reverse Lottery this year!
The LLC even decided to accept late postmarks that were only a day or so late – we usually return ALL late postmarks.
The bad news: I still have to send back some ticket requests, which could have been avoided if these folks had followed instructions.
- Personal checks – a record 26 personal checks this year!
We only accept money orders or Cashier’s Checks. - No money order/Cashier’s Check enclosed: Several requests did not include any form of payment! One person attached their money order receipt, not the actual money order.
- One person from San Antonio sent in a $222 money order without a name on it, without an account number on it, AND it did not even have a return address on the envelope! The Money Order was drawn from San Antonio Federal Credit Union. I contacted the bank, and they are trying to get in contact with the person associated with the account the money order was drawn from. If you think it could be yours, please contact me. (Area: Communications –> Tickets)
- Some people sent in too many requests per registration. When I could, I accepted the limit of two adult tickets per account (and child/kid/teen tickets when applicable) and returned the rest.
- New this year: Extra Money Problem: We do not have a way to deal with extra money people included in their money orders. In the past we gave any funds above the ticket amount to The Org Formerly Known as Tinderbox. We no longer have a Tinderbox, so we no longer have a way to accept or process amounts over your ticket money!
- The original decision was to return all ticket requests over the amount – which would have sucked for people trying to do a nice thing. The LLC treasurer decided for THIS YEAR ONLY, she will send a refund to those people. It’s a pain in the ass for me and the treasurer. In the future, money orders with overages will be returned. We love the thought, but please only send the amount required on your form!!
Ticket emails will be going out very soon – please hold off on questions until AFTER they go out.
IF after the emails go out and you did not get a ticket but you know you sent in a registration and money order, please contact the ticket team. (Area: Communications –> Tickets)
This is why it is VITAL that you retain your money order/Cashier’s Check receipt! I will try to help you out if your request was not processed and you sent in the appropriate payment and registration, but we are not responsible for payments and registrations lost in the mail.
Love,
Loribug
2017 Flipside Ticket Lead
What? MORE Tickets??
Austin Artistic Reconstruction did not sell out of tickets to Burning Flipside during our normal ticketing process!
On March 2, AAR received its mass-gathering permit for the fifth straight year since we started applying for them in 2013, so we are able to honor all valid ticket requests.
So…. there will be a special bonus round of tickets made available soon. We are putting together the functionality to support this right now, so we can’t open it up yet (NOT YET NOT YET!).
We can, however, give some information:
- The bonus-round ticket process will be very similar to the normal one, with a web form you print and mail in with a money order, but may involve a quiz.
- Tickets will be the same price. $111 for adults and teens over 13, $33 for kids aged 7-13, and free for children 0-6.
- Unlike the normal ticket process, where we use a lottery, ticket requests in the bonus-round will honored on a first-come, first-served basis (limited to correctly formed requests with correct payment).
Work Weekends Continue
The first Work Weekend is done, but there is still plenty more to do!
Please put these remaining dates in your calendars and join us for prepping the land for our wonderful event!
- Work Weekend 2: Mar 24-26
- Work Weekend 3: Apr 21-23
- Work Weekend 4: May 5-7
(*****ONLY those who attended WWs 1, 2 and/or 3 may attend WW4****)
Signup is below. Let us know if you are coming!
You may not be allowed on the property unless you have signed up on the spreadsheet below or with Saraphina or Shortcake before the work weekend.
For more information or just have a question, you can contact Saraphina directly at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
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Your City Needs YOU!
There are plenty of ways to actively participate in building and running the fair city of Pyropolis.
Here are just a couple of opportunities for you to be a part of the gears that make this town GO!
Ever wondered about who helps keep the city safe?
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
Greeters Wiki is OPEN.
Hey beautiful!
We love when a Theme Camp takes over a whole shift.
Shift Leads bear some responsibility for tracking down their shiftmates.
Greeter Captain of the day can also help with that.
Only the craziest people sign up for Shift Lead or Captain.
You know you’re ready to walk on the wild side!
Greeter Captain of the day can also help with that.
Only the craziest people sign up for Shift Lead or Captain.
You know you’re ready to walk on the wild side!
We have some early entry spots still available.
Some restrictions apply.
Speak to your pharmacist or contact your Greeter Lead (Area: Genesis –> Greeters) for details.
Offer not valid in Alaska or Hawaii.
Some restrictions apply.
Speak to your pharmacist or contact your Greeter Lead (Area: Genesis –> Greeters) for details.
Offer not valid in Alaska or Hawaii.
xoxo
nobo
Flipside Envelope Art
Once again, you – our participants and citizens, went above and beyond with some truly awesome art!
This year, we asked on the ticket registration if we could showcase your arty envelope in some way.
Most people said yes, but some really awesome envelopes did not have the YES box checked, therefore we had to discard them. We will be featuring some of the spectacular YES envelopes here and in the Flipside Flame every month!
One envelope was awesome enough that Loribug tracked down the sender to get permission. Alvin Cheung decorated both his and a friend’s envelope on both sides with laser cut veneer wood in the shape of a unicorn. On one side, the unicorn was silver with a golden sun, and on the other the unicorn was golden with a silver moon, reflecting a type of yin/yang duality. These were mounted on envelopes painted and glittered like the sky. STUNNING!
Combustion Chamber Seeks Feedback on Nominee
Hey-o! The Combustion Chamber recently put out a call for new members, and we have one nominee. We’d love community feedback on our candidate! If you know them, or you’ve worked with them before, feel free to tell us what your experiences with them are, and whether or not you’d feel comfortable with them representing your community — Our Community.
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact/cc-nomination-feedback
The candidate is:
Kim Hopson
The Combustion Chamber advocates for the Burning Flipside community and its principles in creating policy recommendations & fosters an open forum to exchange ideas and information between Austin Artistic Reconstruction, LLC and the community at large.
We’ll be accepting feedback until 11:59pm on Monday, January 23rd.
Our thanks for your insight,
The Combustion Chamber
Announce, December 2016
We’re only a month away from the end of 2016, but planning is well underway for Burning Flipside 2017: Unicorns vs. Rainbows: The Reckoning. Important dates are being settled, and the gears of the burning machine are starting to turn. If you have a hankering to get involved, there a lots of ways to participate. This event doesn’t work without everyone’s PARTICIPATION. Read on for more ways to contribute!
For more info, stay tuned to:
- Flipside Flame
- Announce email list
- Burning Flipside Calendar
- official Burning Flipside Facebook Page
- @BurningFlipside on Twitter
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
Ticket Window Dates Posted
Every year, there is a window of opportunity in which participants can mail in their ticket requests. Those dates have been finalized! After creating your ticket request, it’s time to decorate your envelope (utterly optional, but totally fun), get your payment together (less fun, but completely mandatory), and get your requests in the mail from January 6 through January 20. It’s pretty straightforward, so start saving your pennies and planning your envelopes! We’ll post more about the ticket opening as the details become available.
Combustion Chamber Meeting
Monday, December 5th is the last CC meeting of the year, and the only one scheduled around the holidays. Start time is 7:42 PM. Safe Travels. Celebrate this season in the manner most joyous to you.
What we will be discussing:
- LLC Update
- Regionals Update
- Operational Update
- Paid/comp staff:Should Flipside have any paid staff? Should Flipside comp volunteers with tickets, etc, as some other events do?
- CC business
Who Can/Should Attend: You! If you care about the event and especially if you care about any of these topics you should come to discuss them.
Why this matters: The CC provides advice to the LLC. The LLC provides the overall direction and policy guidance that end up making the event happen. The topics discussed at this meeting may have a direct impact on you during the actual Flipside event and/or at the AAR, LLC warehouse.
CC meetings are a great way to stay informed about what’s happening in our community. Meeting minutes will be posted as they are received. Thanks for your patience.
Want to read the Minutes of the CC meetings?
What is the Combustion Chamber or CC?
Do you have some questions about CC meetings?
If you don’t find your answer in the FAQ above, please email us. We like answering questions. Contact us at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
Combustion Chamber Mixer
We are pleased to invite you to attend the Rainbow Unicorn Holiday Summit.
This event is a gathering of thoughtful, iconoclastic doers from around the world who share a common interest in practical and farcical solutions for the Rainbow v. Unicorn controversy. Our vision is ambitious, which is nothing less than to listen to our community members discuss the importance of unicorns, rainbows and all other compelling community topics, while enjoying the chill and consuming tasty treats. The event will take place at the heart of Burning Flipside community, Lloyd the Warehouse, on December 12th, at 7:42pm. We encourage you to celebrate our diversity in costume. As always, this event is BYOB & LNT.
Your Combustion Chamber
Combustion Chamber Needs New Members
Do enjoy listening to/discussing/debating the finer points of Community with your friends/campmates/fellow burners? Would you enjoy communicating about crucial matters in this community all year long? Do you know someone
else who fits this description?
The Burning Flipside Combustion Chamber (CC) is the communication conduit between the Community and the event organizers (aka AAR, LLC), and acts as the Burning Flipside organization’s advisory body. The CC meets typically
every other Monday evening for approximately two hours, at the Austin warehouse.
The Combustion Chamber currently seeks new members to renew and diversify its ranks. Submit your application or nomination!
The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 16th, 2016, 11:59 P.M.
Interested in seeing the CC in action? Regular CC meetings are open to participation of all Community members. Our next meeting is Monday, December 5th, 7:42pm, at Lloyd the Warehouse, 3106 Industrial Terrace, Austin, Texas. At this meeting we’ll be discussing Paid/Comp Staff.
With Regards,
Your Combustion Chamber
Sticker/Ticket (Sticket!)
Hey Flipizens!
Would you like free tickets to Flipside 2017: Unicorns vs. Rainbows: The Reckoning?
And did you know that designing the ticket or the sticker is actually the only way to get free tickets to Flipside?!? Leads, volunteers, even LLC members, pay for their tickets.
Design the Flipside ticket or sticker and submit your design today! The person who submits the winning STICKER design will get TWO free tickets to Flipside 2017. The person who submits the winning TICKET design will also receive TWO free tickets to Flipside 2017.
Keep in mind all designs must be original. No clip art, and no copy written material may be used. The designs can be created digitally or by hand.
So break out your pen, marker, crayon or stylus and get the ideas flowing. Hand-drawn submissions are perfectly fine, but must be delivered before the deadline: 10 pm Monday January 30, 2017.
Submit your designs or any questions at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
We will positively confirm every submission we receive, so if you do not receive a confirmation within a few days, please email us back, and we will confirm receipt.
Please do not post or display your Ticket or Sticker design anywhere else until after the contest ends. (The artist for the winning ticket design will be asked to refrain from posting it anywhere until after the event.)
Burning Flipside will do its best to include all submitted designs, in some form of hype, the survival guide, or the website, so your art should get seen. When you submit you are implicitly giving permission for us to use your design – on the ticket or sticker, on the Burning Flipside website, or in the Survival Guide. If for some reason you do not want to give this permission, please specify that when you submit. Also please indicate how you would like your art to be credited.
TICKET Design Details
Please include the following information within your Ticket design:
- Burning Flipside
- Unicorns vs. Rainbows: The Reckoning
- May 25-29, 2017
- www.burningflipside.com
Keep these things in mind:
- Artwork should be 2.375 x 4.375 inches.
- 1/8 inch all around WILL BE CUT OFF creating a final size of 2.125 x 4.125 – this extra space is called bleed.
- Artwork should be CMYK.
- Artwork should be supplied at 100% as either vector based art (illustrator or freehand) or at 300dpi if it is a Photoshop file.
- If Photoshop – .tif, .eps, .psd and .jpeg files are preferred. Please save jpeg files with “maximum quality”.
Tips for successful reproduction of your design:
- You must pay attention to specs, or you could be disqualified.
- Do not place text too close to the edge of your design. It should be 1/8″ in on either side once the artwork is trimmed. Pick fonts that will be easy to read and try to not use a font that is really thin on a dark background. It will “plug-up” and be hard to read.
- Do not get too complex, it is often easier to create artwork at a larger size and reduce it down. Keep in mind what it will look like at the smaller size.
- If you create your art in layers, be sure and save that layered file just in case the printer needs anything altered – this will make it easier on them and you.
STICKER Design Details
Please include at least the following information within your Sticker design:
- Flipside 2017
Tips for successful reproduction of your design:
- Submit in black and white (or another color and white). But not multiple colors for the sticker.
- Sticker Art should cover a 2.5″ circle at 300dpi.
- Make your design simple! Intricate and super-fine lines (less than 1-pt) tend to dry up in the screen and will not show up on the sticker. For your reference, 1pt lines are roughly the same size as what a medium ball point pen will draw. It is a good idea to keep important elements of your artwork at least 1/8″ from the edge of the sticker to allow for cutting. Serifed fonts can be a nightmare – especially at small point sizes. Set all type to at LEAST 10 points.
- In the past we’ve only printed black and white stickers. Grayscale or gradients are a real pain and don’t print very well, so try to stick to solid colors. If you want to submit a two or three color image, that’s fine and it will be reviewed, but (depending on cost) it may end up being converted into black and white. All halftones are screened at 55 lpi.
Have fun! good luck! We look forward to seeing the designs as they come in. It is an incredible outpouring from this intensively creative community! It’s a pleasure to serve as your STicket team.
If you have any questions, just let us know at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
Your Flipside 2017 Sticker/Ticket Selection Team
Announce October 2016
Burning Flipside 2017: Unicorns vs Rainbows: The Reckoning. At the Fall Town Hall, votes on the theme for 2017 were cast, and we’re in for a fantasy faceoff. Are you Team Rainbow? Team Unicorn? Team Versus? Team Colon? Themes can be everything and nothing to our participants. Get into it as much or as little as you want, but leave the glitter and feathers at home, mmm-kay?
For more info, stay tuned to:
- Flipside Flame
- Announce email list
- Burning Flipside Calendar
- official Burning Flipside Facebook Page
- @BurningFlipside on Twitter
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
Volunteer: Leads Needed
Hi, Flipizens! Now that we know that we are due a Reckoning between Unicorns and Rainbows, it’s time to put together the team that is going to make the whole thing go! All of our leads are open, and we would like to know if you, or someone you hold in high esteem is willing to be one of our leads!
What is a lead, you ask? They’re the people that organize our teams that go and do work. Every group that you interact with at the event, be it Ice, PETs, Parking, or even Church Night, has a lead that puts together the people and resources necessary to make the thing go.
We’d love to have you! And if it seems like too much, we promise to have lots of help.
Are you just drawn in yet? Well, mosey down to this form and let us know!
Nominations close on October 28th, so act now!
Thank you,
Dahling Schmooley-Sweetiepoo (Volunteer Coordinator)
Call for Proposals – Flipside 2017 Design and Fabrication Team (DaFT)
Calling all Unicorns and/or Rainbows, Burning Flipside needs an EFFIGY!
If you have a strong opinion or a grand vision about what Pyropolis should build and burn in ‘017, and you’ve got the time, crew, and plan for how to do it, now’s the time to tell us! Effigy proposals are due by 11:59 pm on Nov 20th!
Being a DaFT lead means you’re responsible for designing the effigy and leading the build team to create the Flipside Effigy, both during pre-event and on-site. You don’t necessarily need to be a professional engineer, architect, or carpenter, though these skills certainly help. We suggest you seek advice from experienced builders and project leaders, should you need assistance or advice. It’s a challenge, but don’t be scared! Be a rockstar! Lead DaFT!
Don’t wait till it’s too late! The DaFT (Design and Fabrication Team) Selection Committee is here to help! Prior to the deadline, show (one or all of) us what you’ve got! Pick our brains! We’re all ex-DaFT leads, so we’ll be able to give you real insight into how to (or not to) build, delegate, lift, bolt, screw, nail, cut, ShopBot, beat-to-fit, transport, budget, burn, and otherwise DO the effigy things.
Read the Proposal guidelines.
Contact us at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
From all of us at the DSC, happy designing!
Jic
Beth
Dave
Chainsaw
Dotti
Krahnik
Lance
Kaleb
Sticker/Ticket (Sticket!)
Hey Flipizens!
Would you like free tickets to Flipside 2017: Unicorns vs. Rainbows: The Reckoning?
And did you know that designing the ticket or the sticker is actually the only way to get free tickets to Flipside?!? Leads, volunteers, even LLC members, pay for their tickets.
Design the Flipside ticket or sticker and submit your design today! The person who submits the winning STICKER design will get TWO free tickets to Flipside 2017. The person who submits the winning TICKET design will also receive TWO free tickets to Flipside 2017.
Keep in mind all designs must be original. No clip art, and no copy written material may be used. The designs can be created digitally or by hand.
So break out your pen, marker, crayon or stylus and get the ideas flowing. Hand-drawn submissions are perfectly fine, but must be delivered before the deadline: 10 pm Monday January 30, 2017.
Submit your designs or any questions at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
We will positively confirm every submission we receive, so if you do not receive a confirmation within a few days, please email us back, and we will confirm receipt.
Please do not post or display your Ticket or Sticker design anywhere else until after the contest ends. (The artist for the winning ticket design will be asked to refrain from posting it anywhere until after the event.)
Burning Flipside will do its best to include all submitted designs, in some form of hype, the survival guide, or the website, so your art should get seen. When you submit you are implicitly giving permission for us to use your design – on the ticket or sticker, on the Burning Flipside website, or in the Survival Guide. If for some reason you do not want to give this permission, please specify that when you submit. Also please indicate how you would like your art to be credited.
TICKET Design Details
Please include the following information within your Ticket design:
- Burning Flipside
- Unicorns vs. Rainbows: The Reckoning
- May 25-29, 2017
- www.burningflipside.com
Keep these things in mind:
- Artwork should be 2.375 x 4.375 inches.
- 1/8 inch all around WILL BE CUT OFF creating a final size of 2.125 x 4.125 – this extra space is called bleed.
- Artwork should be CMYK.
- Artwork should be supplied at 100% as either vector based art (illustrator or freehand) or at 300dpi if it is a Photoshop file.
- If Photoshop – .tif, .eps, .psd and .jpeg files are preferred. Please save jpeg files with “maximum quality”.
Tips for successful reproduction of your design:
- You must pay attention to specs, or you could be disqualified.
- Do not place text too close to the edge of your design. It should be 1/8″ in on either side once the artwork is trimmed. Pick fonts that will be easy to read and try to not use a font that is really thin on a dark background. It will “plug-up” and be hard to read.
- Do not get too complex, it is often easier to create artwork at a larger size and reduce it down. Keep in mind what it will look like at the smaller size.
- If you create your art in layers, be sure and save that layered file just in case the printer needs anything altered – this will make it easier on them and you.
STICKER Design Details
Please include at least the following information within your Sticker design:
- Flipside 2017
Tips for successful reproduction of your design:
- Submit in black and white (or another color and white). But not multiple colors for the sticker.
- Sticker Art should cover a 2.5″ circle at 300dpi.
- Make your design simple! Intricate and super-fine lines (less than 1-pt) tend to dry up in the screen and will not show up on the sticker. For your reference, 1pt lines are roughly the same size as what a medium ball point pen will draw. It is a good idea to keep important elements of your artwork at least 1/8″ from the edge of the sticker to allow for cutting. Serifed fonts can be a nightmare – especially at small point sizes. Set all type to at LEAST 10 points.
- In the past we’ve only printed black and white stickers. Grayscale or gradients are a real pain and don’t print very well, so try to stick to solid colors. If you want to submit a two or three color image, that’s fine and it will be reviewed, but (depending on cost) it may end up being converted into black and white. All halftones are screened at 55 lpi.
Have fun! good luck! We look forward to seeing the designs as they come in. It is an incredible outpouring from this intensively creative community! It’s a pleasure to serve as your STicket team.
If you have any questions, just let us know at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
Love,
Your Flipside 2017 Sticker/Ticket Selection Team
Combustion Chamber Meetings
The Combustion Chamber is an advisory committee to the Austin Artistic Reconstruction LLC to facilitate community input & transparency for the policy-making process and organization of burn community events. CC meetings each start at 7:42 pm at the Warehouse.
Special topics are as follows:
October 17:
- AAR Update
- Regionals Update
- Operational Update
- Revisiting the Three Principles: Do Flipside’s Three Principles fully cover the Burner ethos? Do they fully cover our community’s ethos? Does the document adequately convey the expectations that our community has of participants?
- CC Business
October 24:
- AAR Update
- Regionals Update
- Operational Update
- Accountability: How do we encourage and support the accountability of participants? How does the community ensure the accountability of others? Does lax enforcement encourage flouting of our principles?
- Recycling: Recycling as an department on Flipside’s org chart has been a topic of ongoing discussion, and after an especially tough year for volunteering in Recycling, maybe it’s time to revive that discussion.
- CC Business
Have a topic you believe the community needs to discuss? Send suggestions to us at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact. Keep in mind that we discuss community and policy issues, not operational ones.
Who Can/Should Attend: You! If you care about the event and especially if you care about any of these topics you should come to discuss them.
Why this matters: The CC provides advice to AAR, LLC. In turn, AAR provides the overall direction and policy guidance that end up making the event happen. The topics discussed at this meeting may have a direct impact on you during the actual Flipside event and/or at the AAR, LLC warehouse.
CC meetings are a great way to stay informed about what’s happening in our community. Meeting minutes will be posted as they are received.
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