Theme-camp registration ends soon

Posted on March 30, 2017 by adamrice

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

Posted on March 22, 2017 by adamrice

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

Posted on March 9, 2017 by adamrice

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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:

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
Area: Site Prep –> Work Weekend Communications

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.

https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Greeters

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!

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.

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!

CC meeting: Mar 23, 2015

Posted on March 24, 2015 by adamrice

COMBUSTION CHAMBER MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

FACILITATOR: Prost

STACK: Turtlebunnie/Bonobo

SCRIBE: Chim-Chim

TOPICS: Recycling (Pixie); Flipside without a Burn (Prost)

ATTENDEES: Problem, Adam, Danny, Olivia, Decibel, Izzi, Pixie, Turtlebunnie, Prost, Wrinn, Breezy, Princess, Chim-Chim, guest, guest 2, Henry, Monkey, Bonobo, Beth, Brently, Cydney, Clovis

7:59pm MEETING BEGINS

8:00pm LLC UPDATE (Adam)

WW weekend was cancelled this past weekend
Casey (Site Prep AF) – Property in good shape; Cleanup work and maintenance are still needing to be done
Corral—Kit has cleared it out; twice as much useable space than last year; 80 x 130 yards; Awesome potential for art placement
Gate meeting will be scheduled
Need Leads all hands within next two weeks
AF meeting this coming Wednesday

8:04pm AF Update

8:05pm TOPIC: Recycling (Pixie)

Thoughts on wanting to do this year?
Periodic topic: Theme camp started doing recycling themselves; Then, job got too big; Rolled into Earth Guardian area; Job was getting too big, again
There are (2) different positions now
Putting bins is considered in-the-past
Misconception—Recycling pays for itself; False belief; Not all recycling places take steel; 10 – 15 cents per ticket to cover bags $350/yr; higher or lower; Equates to 3-4 tix approx..
From a Volunteer standpoint—It takes 30 slots to run recycling
Impact on event itself—It does make a mess; Not as bad as it was last year; could have prepped better for rain
Impact on values and beliefs—Impacts self-reliance aspect vs. Part of don’t have self-reliance, but cooperation; Communal effort
From personal standpoint, it does help clean up; Helps sustainability
Feedback—Everyone loves recycling; Individually, some don’t like it; It’s the idea of recycling they don’t like because of the need to practice self-reliance;
Not as much with cans; glass issue; Cans, aluminum—choices? Simplified; Cans, cardboard, glass; Tin, steel, aluminum separate;
History—Didn’t used to be as separated; How much education getting out to community? As we get closer, will do more—Earth Guardians and Recycling
WRITE ARTICLE ON RECYCLING: Why it’s important? What do you take?
Some people don’t care as long as community takes care of it; Ideally, people would take care of their own stuff and thus having no site sign off at all;
Why should I pay 10 cents for everybody else to do it? Part of communal effort and ethics for everyone to participate; Part of collective ethic to welcome people
Might not be using it, but eventually will; Convenience
Cooperation is one of our principles

8:27pm Motion has been made and seconded to close stack; Motion passes

8:29pm CC continues to support recycling; Motion and seconded; Passed

8:30pm TOPIC: FLIPSIDE WITHOUT A BURN (Prost)

Milam County currently not under a burn ban
Insurance: Stumbling block on insurance: Insurance or no event; Don’t know insurance repercussions since Utah burn; What does Flipside look like without a Burn?
From insurance perspective: There is more concern with how other events handle theirs; Lawyers are more concerned about Art cars
A giant fire qualifies as an Obvious Hazard
In the past, someone has sued Burning Man; From liability standpoint, the biggest problem is a Burn ban; There were two Flipsides (2009, 2002) where we didn’t have a Burn; Not a new reality; If Flipside continues, will have burn bans; Anyone submitting an effigy proposal will have to include a “no burn” plan in proposal that includes a budget for hauling the effigy off the property if no burn exists
Question: How do we, as community, replace the catharsis we get from having a big fucking fire; we can’t put that all on daft lead to fill gap;
Alternative catharsis lead: Come up with someone else instead of ACL
Last time a burn ban came up, we had alternative solutions; However, people were unsatisfied with the solution
Implement Poll to the community asking for ideas
Alternate destruction needs
Consider having volunteer teams to take it apart and reduce it to several barrels; It’s not fair to put the job on Leave No Trace (LNT) department, or DAFT, in determining how the effigy is going to be moved
Alternative solution: Donate to Habitat for Humanity: Only whole pieces of lumber; If donating lumber is not an option, then make planters out of it: Most non-burn plans go take apart and haul and tiny thing on burn night instead
How to make non-burn plans better: Do whatever DAFT wants to do with it from poll
In 2002, “House of Cards”, there was a burn ban; The compromise consisted of the community running with sledgehammers, and taking pieces;
Cleanup will not disassemble effigy; DAFT does it or knocks it over;
Everyone enter a raffle to win effigy; and raffle for steel;
Alternatives: Find land for trench burning for disposal
Regarding the catharsis issue: DAFT came up with plans: In 2011—the idea was to destroy the bridge by destroying its railings; Pieces would have been given to the community; Beast—saw horns off head;
Catharsis of freak; Face collapsed and there was a fire next to it

Author: adamrice