Deep in the Art of Texas
Archive of messages sent to the Austin-Announce mailing list. High-priority messages for the Burning Flipside community.
Pyropolis Meteorology Services aka PMS will have a dozen signs about the city.
Look for them at Greeters, Kidsville, Wonderlounge, Zion, Temple of the Steaming Pot, Civic Center, Safety HQ, K-Flip, Info Kiosk by ICE, Lava Lounge, DaFT, and the Corral Gate.
Our team will be updating them every 6 hours. By the 3s and the 9s.
You can also look for our team members, in black shirts. Or ask a Ranger, they can radio our team for current updates.
Love,
~Your PMS~
Good day, producers of human excrement, urine, & other such bodily discharges worthy of release into a nearby port-o-potty.
Flipside Ongoing Educational Program regarding Proper Port-a-Potty Etiquette wants to remind you:
Differently Abled
A word about the differently abled. If you know of someone in your camp or elsewhere who may need a bit more space to get the doody done, please contact the sanitation department. Please let us know near what camp or area where the individual will be & we will work to get a larger potty closer to where it is needed.
Adopt-A-Potty Program:
This started a few years ago & amazing gifts to the community have shown up each year. Choose a potty or a bank of potties & create an art piece in the potty, around the potty, or what have you. It’s all for shits & giggles anyways and there will be an art contest. The winner will receive a trophy!
Keep in mind the following when you choose to decorate:
Remember to remove all decorations before you leave the grounds.
And, in light of the wonderfully amazing soul who recently left us with the (among many others) legacy of Burning Man, Mr. Larry Harvey, might I suggest a few dedicated decorated potties in his honor? What does Burning Man mean to you? How has it changed your life? What amazing art have you seen or created, what experiences have you had, & what enlightenment have you gained by being a part of this wonderful community? Stories, photos, quotes? Share your amazing experiences with us please.
Heeeeey Flipizens! It’s this time of year again . . .
Parking is recruiting volunteers for Flipside 2018: Return of the Shadows: 20 Years of Light and Dark: How Many Colons Can We Get into One Sentence?
We have plans to bring new ways of having fun out in that field. Come make art, listen to music, stay cool, and, oh yeah, also park cars. Bring your friends to make art with you! We will have snacks and frozen grapes to cool from the heat of the day.
E-mail: parking18@burningflipside.com to sign-up with shifts listed at Wiki https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Parking
And above all, THANK YOU for volunteering, with Parking or anywhere else. This volunteer-driven event wouldn’t work without you.”
Welcome to the last Announce before Flipside 2018: Return of the Shadows: 20 Years of Light and Dark. Now is the time to start panicking!
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.
Next due date:
Your new Content Lead,
Erica
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! Want to learn more? Check out this post.
The ticket window is closed and we do not anticipate selling any more tickets. Never fear though! Since we were able to fulfill all viable requests this year, tickets should be easily obtainable. Learn about how to find your Flipside tickets here.
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?
Molly, our fresh recruit the Flagging lead role, is wondering if anyone will help her as well. Help the poor dear out!
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.
Want to be a hero for these fine folks? Find out how to contact them here.
MOOP.
A common burner word that pretty much expresses our desire for an LNT event but what exactly is MOOP?
Find out about what MOOP entails and how to curb your footprint here!
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. Check out the list of documentation on this post here.
Public domain by hhm8.
There was an influential essay titled The Missing Stair written in 2012. If you haven’t read it, it’s one page long and worth a look.
The author likens the missing stair to a known predator within any community (social, work, religious, club, etc.). Everyone knows about the problem with the staircase, so new community Members are informed / warned. “Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you, there’s a missing step on the unlit staircase with no railings. But it’s okay because we all just remember to jump over it.”
This is obviously not a good way of dealing with a problem, even in a small community, but it’s completely unworkable when applied to the Texas Burn Communities, including Flipside’s Community.
If you would like to learn about how you can help the Flipside community, please read more here. Help us fix our missing stairs.
Sometimes it can seem like Mother Nature has it in for us at Burning Flipside—floods, falling trees, and fire ants. There’s only so much we can do about that. But when it comes to problematic interpersonal interactions, we have some options. Learn about how to handle incidents and make our community a safer place here.
Echelon is still looking for volunteers to support our Safety Teams as well as the Flipside community. It’s a pretty sweet shift. You’ll meet a ton of awesome volunteers as we check radios in and out to our Safety Teams. You’ll also meet and help fellow participants (and possibly make someone’s day) by keeping track of lost and found items at the event. All from the comfort and convenience of the air-conditioned trailer at Safety HQ! Sound interesting? Check out more about Echelon in this post!
You think you have tickets? If your Ticket Request status says “Pending” you may have a problem. Take a moment to look into your tickets and read more here.
Zone Czars Needed! Czars are stationed at the beginning of each zone and they help place the first theme campers into their proper place. It is a low stress way to meet and bond with fellow Flipizens. It’s perfect for newer burners as well as seasoned ones. Interested? Learn more here.
All vehicles (golf cart, modified lawn mower, Fisher-Price Jeeps, etc.) must meet Mutant Standards to be licensed for usage at Flipside! Register your art car before the event, and we’ll let you know if your ideas are Mutant Vehicle worthy, before you spend your time, money, effort, etc. If it’s not 100% human powered, register it. Learn how to by reading this post! And… enjoy Barbie Goes to Flipside, the Screenplay.
Due to the massive influx, let’s get some RV discussion started! From a City Planning perspective, we have included your RV in your placement, but placement is based on moderately firm or better ground conditions. If ground conditions get squishy in the weeks leading up to the event, we will let folks know the impact of ground conditions. Want to know more about RV placement? Read more here.
Flagging! City Signage! Fun!! Fun!! Fun!!Have you always wanted to help the weekend before, but aren’t good at heavy lifting? City Planning has some opportunities for you! Woo hoo! Get your volunteering on by clicking this super awesome link.
Guardians is looking for volunteers, we have space that needs fillin’!
Introverted? No problem. This is a great opportunity for you.
Want to play with night vision? Now is your chance!
If you would like to be part of Guardians of Flipside 2018 or know someone who would, check out this post.
DaFT is looking for:
You know you want to get your art on. Find out what that entails and help out DaFT here.
One More Chance for DisInfo
Do you have any events that haven’t been added to the Events list? We’re entering the last days before Flipside – take a moment to list your theme camp events on the events page and find out more here!
PETs will be teaching a few classes, including community CPR. We’ll have a whiteboard up by the station to list times.
We’re almost there, folks!
Loribug, 2018 Flipside Ticket Lead Here!
You think you have tickets? Make sure by logging onto https://secure.burningflipside.com!
If your Ticket Request status says “Pending” you may have a problem. Contact me at Tickets@burningflipside.com – I might be able to help.
Now is the time when my first question is: Did you retain your Money Order Receipt? It is a REALLY BIG DEAL when handling problems.
When you log onto https://secure.burningflipside.com, check and see what name is associated with your ticket(s). Make sure your ticket(s) are under your legal name(s) that match your legal documentation.
Example: My tickets are under the name Loribug and Loribug +1 right now. I will not be able to get through gate, unless my drivers license says Loribug and my friends says Loribug+1.
Hey! I’m Violet, Echelon lead.
Echelon is still looking for volunteers to support our Safety Teams as well as the Flipside community. It’s a pretty sweet shift. You’ll meet a ton of awesome volunteers as we check radios in and out to our Safety Teams. You’ll also meet and help fellow participants (and possibly make someone’s day) by keeping track of lost and found items at the event. All from the comfort and convenience of the air-conditioned trailer at Safety HQ!
We have regular 6-hour shifts running from:
There are also overlap shifts to help cover peak times that coincide with the first hour of shift change for other Safety teams. These one hour shifts are from:
Sign up for at least one of each type to qualify for an Echelon T-shirt.
To sign up, comment on the shift you would like on the Google sheet below with contact info (Name for lam, email and camp). I will confirm and add you to the roster.
On site training provided.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1duEecAW2vl-ynaofEtuXpwKN2tGXvv3fsqjJs91axxg/edit?usp=sharing
If you have any questions, you can reach me echelon18@burningflipside.com or via our Contact Form.
Quest Givers & Theme Camps
Last, but certainly not least, DaFT is planning on using a combination of planned events and active quests for participants to discover and collaboratively contribute to. This will be a great opportunity to discover and engage with a wide variety of flipizens to help further facilitate the transformative experience of a burn through a sustained state of play throughout the event. If you are interested in participating, please take a short moment to fill out this interest form: https://goo.gl/forms/yD
Odds & Ends
We’ve got a ton of non-buildy things to finish up, such as cutting out leaves, painting, and sanding. Come find us on Church Night to help out!
Not familiar with what Guardians do? That’s ok!
Hope you consider us!
Have you always wanted to help the weekend before, but aren’t good at heavy lifting?
City Planning has some opportunities for you! Woo hoo!
Flagging needs people who can read a map and put small flags in the ground according to the map. Sign up here:
https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Flagging
City Signage needs people who can put a t-stake in the ground and use a power drill to attach a sign to a t-stake. Sign up here:
Zone Czars Needed! Czars are stationed at the beginning of each zone and they help place the first theme campers into their proper place. It is a low stress way to meet and bond with fellow Flipizens. It’s perfect for newer burners as well as seasoned ones. There are shifts starting Wednesday through Friday morning in a volunteer early, play afterwards mentality. If interested, go to:
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