Category: News

One final week to pack ALL the things, get your costumes and provisions squared away, and decide what NO means to you. This is the final Flame before Burning Flipside 2016, so read up, then load out! As usual, it’s worth your while to read the whole thing!

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

NO Fireworks

We know you read your Survival Guide. We know you’re committed to keeping Flipside safe and MOOP-free. So this is a redundant but gentle reminder that fireworks are prohibited at Flipside. Due to changes in state law, and depending on the county, you may see active fireworks stands this year—but the event policy hasn’t changed. Leave the fireworks for a more appropriate time and place.

Load Out 5/21 (Help!)

This is a do-ocracy especially load out day. If we are gonna have Flipside, our shit has to get out there. It has to be loaded out, driven out, and unloaded. This coming Saturday at the warehouse that is going to happen, with or with out you. It just matters if you make yourself part of this communal effort. Come play with us.

We are light on drivers. Got a drivers license? Drive a truck? Can drive a truck ? We need 6. Also pace drivers would be nice, just in front and behind keeping an eye on shit. You can contact the Transportation Lead at transpo16@burningflipside.com.
Bring food, snacks, cuteness, a willing attitude and help us load this shit out at the warehouse and unload it at the land. Do what you can; you don’t have to do it all, but you should play.

Flipside is play, this is community play, make it so fuckers. Looking forward to it.

~loosely paraphrased from Clovis, Site Ops AF

Flagging Saturday (5/21)

Flagging volunteers will be meeting onsite Saturday morning at 11:00 am to start flagging our city. Volunteers will break up into teams, each flagging the theme camps and trails for separate zones.

Flagging is a fun way scope out your own camp site and check out the condition of the land. We’ll provide maps, flags and tapes. But feel free to bring extra tape measures.

Pyropolis Civic Center

This Flipside, we are introducing a new piece of infrastructure: the Pyropolis Civic Center!

What does this place do? Well, it offers Flipizens a central place for volunteering! The following volunteer teams will use the Civic Center as a rallying point:

• Volunteer Assistance Squad
• Shaven Apes
• Recycling
• Zone Czars
• Earth Guardians
• Clean Up

Additionally, there will be onsite volunteer opportunities at the Civic Center, where there will be a list of available shifts that you can sign up for, live and on the spot. In particular, we will be searching for participants that have 4×4 vehicles that can help with getting people out of the mud, should we have a mass mud-stuck situation like we did last year.

So, come by and give Pyropolis’s citizens some love!

Recycling Updates

Hey there all your crazy Flipizens,
We are in the home stretch of heading Home and your dedicated recycling lead has a few things she wants to remind of. We are in a new location this year so come find us by the volunteer area!

Recycling hours:

• Friday:12:30-4:30
• Saturday:10-6
• Sunday: 10-6
• Monday 9-5

If we are not open: DO NOT LEAVE RECYCLING OR TRASH

We accept:

• Glass
• Plastic 1-7 (must have recycling symbol with a number in the middle)
• Paper
• Tin
• Steel
• Aluminum
• Cardboard (corrugated and non-corrugated)
• Cardboard boxes!!!!!!
• Battier
• Small green propane tanks

WE DO NOT TAKE TRASH

We Still Need Volunteers for Monday & Tuesday

Sign up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMSJfntTrBx-kA9KBCnsmi9z6uZrROfBkd5pAnS4EC8/edit

• If you work a Monday or Tuesday shift you will be able to stay on the land until Tuesday morning!
• If there are not enough volunteers for Monday we will NOT OPEN.
• I need a volunteer with a Drivers license to drive the recycling box truck

Monday is a busy day for all of us so try to bring recycling on the other days so that there is less to take Monday. Many people wait until the last day to bring recycling making us crazy swamped and crowed. Think ahead and drop off stuff the other days.
That should be it all your sexy people. I will see all your shining faces out next week when we return Home.

Xoxoxox
Your Recycling lead
Rose

Guardians Needed

Guess what’s a few days away? Going Home!

Know what would be super cool of you to do out there? Volunteer with the Guardians Department.

What do we do? We keep eyes on the perimeter of the event and make sure people aren’t sneaking into the event. Most of us don’t have natural night vision in our eyes (only a few of us lol), so we use night vision gear to aid us in catching them hooligans. If you’d like to get in on this badassery and help keep the city safe, we are still accepting some volunteers.

The shifts still available are higher up shifts, for those that are comfortable running a shift of volunteers, giving direction, communicating with other safety departments, and running around on a cart to the different locations. If you’ve volunteered with other safety departments, helped in a lead role in camp, or are a seasoned volunteer, this would be great for you! I can train over the phone or in person on site. You’ll get some cool swag out of it, work with some wonderful people, and get awesome points for putting in some volunteer hours.

Check out our wiki page that has a full description of what we do and has a link to our sign up sheet

If you or someone you know may fancy something like this, please contact me at guardians16@burningflipside.com! We would love to have you as a Guardian. One week till we go home, help me fill my last few shifts!

Froggy

Monday Earth Guardian Burn Parade

Did you enjoy the Burn? Were not those fireworks spectacular! Let’s show that by helping cleanup afterwards. Monday is the time to show that appreciation by joining the 10am Earth Guardian Parade. This will meet at the crossroads volunteer center and attack the MOOP left behind by burn night. Show your love of DaFT and all burn night volunteers by helping de-MOOP the effigy field.

Exodus

Flipside OFFICIALLY ENDS ON MONDAY, MAY 30, 2016. The celebration is over and we need to begin returning the land to its natural condition. So all Flipizens, their camps, MOOP and trash must be off the land by 5 pm on Monday. There will be Exodus teams roaming the land assisting Flipizens with their departure. Due to unforeseen conditions (weather, emergencies), an unplanned Exodus can occur at any time during the event.

Monday /Tuesday Volunteers

Several departments still need volunteers for Monday and Tuesday post event. Recycling, Exodus, Clean Up and Post Ops all need a hand. Please sign up at the respective sheets and enjoy an extra day before re-entering the default world.

• Clean Up
• Exodus
• Post Ops
• Recycling

Post Event Weekend

[Looking towards the future] Burning Flipside happened and it was Awesome! Now we need your help on the post event weekend clean up. Saturday, June 4th at 10 am we need many hands on site to pack up all the infrastructure that is going back to Lloyd the warehouse and perform any restoration needs to return the land to how we found it. Please come out to Apache Pastures for one last visit to Burning Flipside. Any questions can be directed to Site Sign Off at sitesignoff16@burningflipside.com

Event Events

Some quick reminders about events going on during Burning Flipside:

Get Smudged!

Smudge Camp is offering smudge blessings by burning of sacred herbs and resins (sage. frankincense, myrrh, amber copal) in the electro tipi @ camp #614. come by and get your aura cleansed …

NO-Hawks

NO!….body will walk away without a nohawk, mohawk or bihawk from Lava Lounge on Friday, from 2-4pm.

NOffering the best in hawks for your hot and awesome weekend, come get sheared by Madalene and walk away with NOmething to talk about. Everyone NOs mohawks are the best: they’re clean, sleek, sexy, great in the heat and easy to care for. And that’s what I’m here for: to give you that sleek look for the rest of your weekend shenanigans. NOthing is better for kicking off Flipside.

WHEN: 2-4pm Friday
WHERE: Lava Lounge Luscious Dancefloor

Ice Cream in the Badlands

Flipside Franks will once again be serving thoes wonderful doggies in the badlands, with one exception ICE CREAM, yes, we have a soft serve machine. Come enjoy. Live, Love, Play

An Editorial on Rain

Many people are concerned about rain at Flipside, but few have asked ‘Really, what is rain made of?’ Or ‘What is water, and why is it wet?’

First and foremost, on Earth, the planet which you are nearest, rain is usually made of a ubiquitous substance named ‘water’, in English. It is known by several names, but it is commonly called Dihydrogen Monoxide by people who like Chemistry.

Remember that ‘rain’ can be comprised of other forms of gravitationally influenced condensates, but for our discussion here, we will assume that we are talking about what rains on Pyropolis.

In its pure form, it is a colorless and odorless chemical compound that is somewhat viscous, yet only somewhat cohesive, and therefore strongly attracted to vessels, containers, tarps, fish, and other protein matrices. Given its reactive hydroxyl radical, the chemical compound dissolves many substances and it’s known to be one of the strongest erosive forces in nature. It can be found in its purest form in the puffy white or looming gray floating sky-mountains we call “happy little clouds.” Bob Ross knew what was up, and that it must come down.

Because of the strong tetrahedral hydrogen bonding of the Deadmau5-shaped molecule, the radical bonds of Dihydrogen Monoxide or ‘water’ can form a loose membrane-seeming envelope over objects and people. This is described as being ‘wet.’ Thus, one can describe being ‘wet’ as being engulfed, or having been engulfed, by a substance that falls from the sky in a molten mass that could slowly dissolve you and your possessions. This is perfectly normal.

Although water, and one of its eroding forms, ‘rain,’ can clearly be seen to somehow seek out fun and parade all over it, in truth water and rain are just forms of a larger system which interacts with all of us to create rivers, lakes, and snowball fights. To be sure, the Earth is seen as a blue dot by the human eye because of the great abundance of Dihydrogen Monoxide throughout the hydrosphere.

If you like the color blue, then water will like you in return. This is a scientific fact.

I hope this helps explain a few things and gives rise to more questions. Share your questions and your answers with your friends at Flipside. Remember that “NO” makes rain thematic, and if you disagree, then you can be thematic too. If you like what you’ve read, remember to lick the Subscribe button below, or share your opinion by making a printout of this edition of the Flipside Flame and take a crayon to it with your thoughts or interactive piece. I would suggest the blue one. Share this printout with our ticket volunteers in your ticket requests for next year, and as always, Burn On.

-t
This is my opinion, unvetted by our friends of AAR, LLC, and hardly discussed aloud (by me) at any CC meeting in question.

[ And why do I (and others) use a disclaimer?  Because it was discussed a few years ago, and decided with CC input and some good deep thinking, that it’s a good idea, or better idea than not, to do it.  It is NOT because we’re all a bunch of weenies.  Though I might be a weenie. ]

I mean no disrespect to weenies.

We’re getting ever closer to Burning Flipside, so publication of the Flame and Announce will pick up the pace a bit. There’s a lot of information heading your way, so hold onto your NO! 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!

Howdy, Flipizens. This is Dahling, your volunteer coordinator.
We are trying a new program this year, to help with people who want to help, but who don’t quite know how…. we are allowing volunteer intake through volunteer roulette.
How does this work?

Well, you fill out the friendly neighborhood form here.

And then, our lovely volunteering team will analyze the results, and in the background, magically find a place where you can help out. It could be anywhere, so long as the departments don’t have training requirements.
(also, leads, if you’re seeing this, and want volunteers from this, please let me know privately if you have not already done so)

Shaven Apes Needed

Like helping people build things and looking for folks in need of assistance? Sign up to be an Ape!
Be someone’s hero! Shaven Apes are the helping hands of Pyropolis. We help hold poles, bang stakes, and, in the case of last year, lay a lot of hay.

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, 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!

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 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).

New Traffic Pattern for Pyropolis

Yes, you heard that right. As you arrive to Pyropolis, or pilot your mutant vehicle during the event, you may notice some slight changes to the traffic directions this year.

While the eastern half of the city remains somewhat the same, the effigy loop has been reversed, creating an infinite loop pattern and a criss-crossing interchange in the center.

Located at this intersection is the Crossroads Civic Center, where you can find the Volunteer Grove, Earth Guardians Meet Up, Recycling, and rumor has it, a mail delivery kiosk for those cards and packages that just need to get delivered within Pyropolis come hell or high water (knock on wood).

Please obey any traffic flow signs including one way, yield and stop signs as well as the 5 mile per hour speed limit for all vehicles.

PETs Advice

On the 1st day in the great desert, the Burning Man spoketh thus, “All should endeavor toward self-reliance. That they may needeth not, and taketh care of their own shit.”

I want to talk about first aid kits.
Every individual should have one.

But FOR REAL, CAMPS, THEME CAMP OR OTHERWISE, SHOULD HAVE A KIT. This is the biggest thing theme camps can do to help PETs Nobody plans on needing it, but then they need it. So buy it with camp dues. Whether or not you choose to share of your kit with people outside your camp is up to your giving burning soul.

Tips

1. Tailor your kit to your own potential needs, as well as your skill/knowledge level. Put stuff in there that you have wanted in the past. Put tampons in there if you’re the type to need such things. Put stuff in there relevant to your, or your campmates’ medical conditions. A paper list of your medical conditions, medications and allergies. Glucose tablets and a spare glucometer in if you’re a diabetic. Etc.
2. If you have a kit, and there’s stuff in there you don’t know how to use, either learn how to use it, or throw it away. Practice with your kit as much as you can. Sure, you’ll use your precious stuff, but then it will be more valuable because you know how to use it correctly. This also reduces the need to….
3. Check you kit from time to time. At least yearly. Meds expire, tape and such decomposes. Especially if you store it in a car in the Texas summer. Crusty unusable supplies are no good.
4. Buy quality stuff. Lots of pre-made kits have these little dinky tweezers in them with blunt tips, worthless scissors, etc.
5. Buy generics instead of brand names of everything until you have personally found them to not be as good. This applies to things like moleskin as well.

The Actual List

1. Things to have in your kit if you don’t have them elsewhere:
   • Soap (Poison ivy’s active compound is an oil. Tecnu is very expensive. Dish soap cuts oils just as well)
   • Handwashing stuff. Pump sprayers are $12 at Home depot. This reduces water use and can be used as a great cooling method.
   • Bug repellent
   • Blanket. Have you ever tried moving a passed out person? Bodies are very floppy and hard to move. A blanket or similar thing will let you haul them back to camp, or whatever. Also keeps you warm. Even in May, a person laying out all night can get cold. Wool stays warm even when wet.
   • Electrolytes. It’s what plants crave. Gatorade….I don’t know, easy to carry in powder form, cheap, but kind of sucks. Too much sugar, no magnesium. If used, mix 1/2 and 1/2 with water. Eating complex foods is best, juices. Coconut water is bland if you’re nauseated.
   • Hand sanitizer
   • Duct Tape
2. First aid kit
   • Mole skin for blisters.
   • Bandaids of multiple sizes and shapes. Breathable preferred
   • Coban – that self adhering elastic wrap. Be careful with latex allergy
   • Gauze – in sterile packaging. Flat pieces and in roll form.
     With Coban and Gauze you can pretty much cover anything. There is a huge variety of choices when it comes to putting white stuff on red stuff. Again, the most important thing is that you know how to use different products.
   • Saline – contact solution. Good for washing ash, bugs out of eyes. Also good for cleaning cuts.
   • Eye drops I like regular eye drops. Numbing and irritation relief varieties exist
   • Good tweezers, not bad tweezers. Fine point or flat tipped. Good for splinters and cactus thorns.
   • Antibiotic cream: In general, I’m not a huge neosporin fan, at least not for small stuff. I get cut and scraped all the time and have never gotten tissue infections. Soap and keeping it clean are your best bet. That said, camping for several days may make that difficult. Being a dirty hippie may make that difficult. Using the river as your primary means of bathing may make that difficult. Also, punctures, like stepping on a stick, can get infected easily.
   • Aloe vera or a time travel device and more sunscreen
   • Disposable gloves You’re way more likely to touch someone who needs help if you’re wearing these. Also useful for touching anything greasy, sticky or otherwise gross. Also useful for ice packs.
   • ACE bandage The best thing for an injury is rest. People never want to do that. Find a former athlete and get them to show you how to wrap injuries.
   • Tape Useful for taping injuries as well. Don’t make this stuff up, get a knowledgeable person to show you. Too tight wraps can be dangerous.
   • Scissors
3. Over the counter meds: OTC meds are not harmless. Read warnings. Make sure people you give them to are familiar with them, or have read and comprehended warnings. Be careful with Tylenol and alcohol, as well as Advil and not drinking enough water. Be careful with Tylenol in general, it’s actually a very dangerous med.
   There’s a million options. Most are stupid. Here’s a good article about OTC med labeling.
   http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/02/what-over-the-counter-drug-labels-really-mean/index.htm
   • Aspirin – pain and potential heart attack.
   • Pain and swelling (Tylenol for pain, Ibuprofen for both) Lots of options, just pay attention to active ingredients.
   • Anti-diarrhea (loperamide or imodium) I usually prefer to let my body purge itself, especially in the case of food poisoning situations.
   • Anti-nausea (dramamine or meclizine, pepto-bismol)
   • Anti-histamine (diphenhydramine or longer acting drugs for seasonal allergies),
     Hydrocortisone cream for bug bites
   • Calamine lotion for poison ivy, if that works for you. I never use it.

Sincerely, PETs

 Need a Mixer?

Come chill with us! The Combustion Chamber wants to invite you to a mixer.

We want to relax, hear what you think about the Burning Flipside event and community, answer questions or point you in the direction of the volunteer in the know, and share ideas; all while having a drink. Philosophical and practical questions are welcome. Answers are not guaranteed.

Join us at Lloyd the Warehouse, at 7:42pm, on Monday, May 9th. This event is BYOB & LNT.

What Are Rangers?

For those new to the “burner” culture, you may be curious as to who these people wearing khaki and walking around with radios may be. These are the Pyropolis Rangers. They’re participants just like you, who volunteer a portion of their Flipside time to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community. They seem to materialize out of nowhere when something happens, help to solve a problem and then disappear again. They’re like helpful ninjas.

The Pyropolis Rangers are non-confrontational community mediators. In other words, they’re not security, not the police and not your Mommy. They’re experienced burners that are the eyes and ears of Flipside and can be counted on to provide reliable assistance or information when it’s needed most. They’re the clear-headed voice of reason in the chaos, but they are not there to hold your hand and tell you what to do. Keeping you safe from you is not their job.

Becoming a Ranger can be a fun and rewarding experience that doesn’t require much in the way of special skills or a significant amount of time. All Rangers go through training, but honestly the greatest skill a Ranger possesses is to just listen and know what to do when “things get real.”

If you’d like to help contribute to the community and are interested in becoming a Ranger, contact RangerLead16@BurningFlipside.com

Sanitation says ADOPT A POTTY TODAY!

How can you create ART, give a much needed GIFT to the community and ENHANCE everyone’s experience at Flipside? Adopt a Potty! or 2!

It’s a small easy Art Project. You already have your canvas (it’s blue). Make it funny, beautiful, ridiculous – anything other than a potty. Gift those items you like to have in a bathroom but never find in a potty.

Keep in Mind:

• You must return the potty to it’s Original Condition after the burn
• Interior decorations must be kept above waist level for easy cleaning.
• Battery operated lights are great. No Candles though.

Preferred Method: use wire, string, zip ties or S hooks (bend a paper clip) to hang decor from the vent holes at the top.
If you can’t avoid tape: use Gaffer or exterior painters tape (weather resistant kind). NEVER USE Duct Tape or Masking Tape (or you’ll ruin your nails scraping off the residue).
Note: Wiping the area to receive tape with alcohol will help adhesion.
Have fun creating a superior porta potty experience!

Pregnant at Flipside?

Your pregnancy is a natural continuation of your usual life. If you are experiencing a healthy, low-risk pregnancy then you should have no problem camping. If you are experiencing complications or have high-risk indicators, stay home and nurture yourself.

For camping, I would advise an extra comfortable air mattress, pillows, ear plugs, sleeping mask to block light, and a couple battery fans for sleep.

Take everything slow, be willing to just sit with your feet propped up in a shady place. Take some good earplugs. Meet the folks at Kidsville.

Embrace the opportunity to be out in the woods, with so much love, while pregnant, just be aware of the fact that you will likely tire more quickly and be willing to honor the need for rest.

Nutrition Tips

For everyday living you should be drinking half your body weight in ounces of non-caffeinated liquids — water, raspberry tea, mineral water. So, if you are 160 pounds, drink 80 ounces. At Flipside :: drink more. Stay hydrated! Pee clear(er)! You want to eat foods that are
salted to taste. Many women have salt cravings because the salt is needed to process nutrients that your baby desires and your body needs those nutrients to build the blood that will help make baby.

Carry some lara bars, nuts, canned dolmas or stuffed eggplant for easy snacks. Keep your protein level up.

Stay hydrated!

Also, for safety and sanity, if you go, agree on a plan and mutual acceptance with your camping partner that you might not be able to stay for the whole event. Be ready & willing to sacrifice the event and go home early … think of it as a test run for the sacrifices you’ll make for your kid over the next umpteen years ;-).

~Kati

Tell the World About Your Event

Your event is going to be AMAZING!
I am super excited to go to your Sunrise Yoga / Sparkle Pony Parade / Bootie Brunch / Dance Party…(all with bacon of course)

Tell everyone about it by REGISTERING YOUR EVENT by May 15th!!!
Do it.
Register your event, so we all can come and enjoy.
For reals…go and register that shit…cause I want to go!
Thanks
Caution

Flip Side Franks

Flip Side Franks will return this year bigger and better out in the Badlands with Ice Cream!

First off, apologies for our absence last year, the mud we could not handle being almost 70… Now that is out of the way, we will be back with a bang. Not only will we be supplying our delicious flame grilled Hot Dogs, with all the wonderful fixings, we have added a wonderful piece of equipment, a Soft Serve machine. Yes you heard me right, we are giving away Ice Cream everyday. Bringing a certain supply with us witch will be divided up proportionately each day. So come early to get your fair share.

Feeding hours will be 11:oo am to 4:oo pm each day. Unless you’re starving, then we’re prone to fire up the grill at any hour, Hee Hee Hee!!!! Look forward to a great burn, and Doc if you see this please reserve our usual spot for us.

Live Love Play

March marches inexorably into NO. Several deadlines are coming up, so be sure you’re on top of them!

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

Work Weekends

Sign up for Work Weekends!

Please put these remaining dates in your calendars and join us for prepping the land for our wonderful event!

• WW-II – March 26
• WW-III – April 9
• WW-IV – May 7

Items needed / Work to do:

• Wheelbarrows are needed for road and trail work (for road base spreading…)
• Shovels (we have 3 or 4 on hand)
• Trail cleaning and repairs
• Spraying poison ivy
• More limb and downed tree removals

Register ALL the Things!

There are some deadlines you need to know about if you’ve got a theme camp, Art to place, and Mutant Vehicles to bring to Pyropolis.

• Theme Camp Registration closes April 1, 2016. (actually at midnight, so aim for March 31st!)
• Register your ART closes on April 20, 2016
• Register Mutant Vehicles closes on May 15, 2016
• Event Registration ends on May 15, 2016 (optional, but cool to do)

Greeters

Are Greeters just a happy fun-time welcome-home celebration, or are Greeters only there to make sure everyone attending knows all of our principles and rules?

No.

Greeters are here to GET THIS PARTY STARTED.  This party is a consent party.  This party is a respect party, a boundaries party, a self-reliance party.

This is a party where we dance and shout.  This is also a party where we stop and talk about what kind of party we’re having.  This is a party where we express ourselves, honestly and openly, through a truly baffling range of style and medium.

This is a party where I might be uncomfortable with your self-expression, where I take responsibility for communicating my discomfort, and where you and I can work together so we both have a good time.  This is a party where other people are available to help us work that out.

This is also a party where I don’t touch you or photograph you unless I have your explicit permission and enthusiastic participation.

This is a party where we pick up after ourselves.  This is a party where we get more out of it when we put more into it.

This is a wiki where you can sign up for a shift to help get this party started:  https://wiki.burningflipside.com/wiki/Greeters

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, in the case of last year, 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, so new event attendees can volunteer. So 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.

Ticket Updates

The Ticket Window has passed. The Mass Gathering Permit has been acquired. All the requests have been processed. There will be NO additional sales of tickets. We’re just going to be a little bit smaller this year.

But there is hope yet! Deploy the Do-ocracy!

A common question from new participants is “How do I get a tickets outside of the ticket window?” There are lots of answers to this question, but the BEST answer is: Volunteer!

If you do not have a ticket for Burning Flipside, the very best way to get a ticket is to volunteer for something, anything, everything. If you volunteer then you are rubbing elbows with ticket holders. Ticket holders usually have more tickets. If you start going to the Warehouse, start volunteering, start meeting with other burners, you will find a ticket.

They say if you want something to be at Flipside, then bring it. That includes yourself. If you think you should be at Flipside, but you don’t have a ticket just yet, just PLAN TO GO. Start packing. Start that art project. Start making those friends. The first step is NOT to get a ticket to go. The first step is to get involved. (check out the work weekend post, for instance)

Yes, there are aftermarket ways to connect to people who are looking to sell their tickets, but volunteering is THE best way to get a ticket outside of the ticket window. When you volunteer, your Lead will likely help you find a ticket, because they need you.

There are no “OFFICIAL” aftermarket sales, but these are two of the clearinghouses.

• Not Not Bob’s List
• Central Texas Burn Event Ticket and Rideshare group on Facebook

Road Show Wrap-up

The Flipside Town Hall roads shows were a success! We had the first road show on March 5 in Houston and the second road show on March 12 in Dallas. Both were a great success with at least 30 people in attendance at each location.

The Houston Road Show was a chance to check out their warehouse, talk about their own regional burn event, and discuss a lot of the topics covered during Spring Town Hall in Austin.

At the North Texas Road Show, topics discussed included this year’s theme and effigy, the combustion chamber, safetyside, city planning, greeters, volunteering, and theme camps.

The road shows were so successful that we are planning for an even better town hall road show next year! Want to help prepare for next year’s road shows? Contact Chim-Chim at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
for more info.

CC 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:

March 28:

• LLC/Regionals/AF Updates 
• Improving/Increasing Community Engagement – What can we do to increase engagement between the community and the CC? Can the CC use social media to improve our outreach? What other ways can we increase our interaction with the community?

April 11:

• LLC/Regionals/AF Updates
• Fireworks – Recent changes to state law will allow fireworks sales over Memorial Day weekend. This topic is an opportunity to reaffirm, strengthen, and disseminate Burning Flipside’s fireworks policy.
• General Social-Media Communications

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.

TinderBox

TinderBox Grant Application Information for Flipside 2016 Art Proposals
This application is specifically for grant money related to art for Burning Flipside 2016. Calls for proposals for other burn events and wider community art projects will be issued as we have funds availability. We issue grants to cover the expenses and materials of creating an art project. We ask that artists cover their own ticket, camping gear, and other personal expenses. Being awarded a TinderBox art grant does not guarantee you entry into the event. Artists must still complete the Burning Flipside ticket acquisition process, and follow all applicable entrance rules.

• Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
• Is your project original and creative?
• Is your plan feasible?
• Does your project bring value to the burn community and Flipside itself?
• Do you have a safety plan if necessary?
• What is your Leave No Trace plan?
• Is it awesome?

We encourage artists working in any media to apply.
Each grant proposal must be submitted to  us at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
as an editable electronic document and include the following information:

1. Your full legal name, street address, phone number, and email address. This information is for financial bookkeeping and granting oversight purposes only and will be removed from the individual applications prior to the jury process.
2. A detailed description of the project. Please answer the following questions:

• What is your project? (Title, project description)
• How will your project involve the Flipside community through its planning, creation, realization, and removal? Will it need power? What is your power plan?
• Does the piece incorporate flame effects, moveable pieces, and/or is it climbable? If so, how will you ensure the safety of Flipside participants? Please describe your safety plan in detail if applicable. (Note: if flame effects are used, your project will be subject to inspection by the Flipside Fire Chief, who has final say if your project will burn during the event).

3. Your experience and history with projects on the scale of the one you are proposing.
Have you worked on this scale before? In this media? Where and when? How did the project go? Do you have pictures or recordings?
Not having experience does not disqualify you from consideration, though for especially ambitious projects it helps to have a plan to learn new skills you will need.
4. A thorough itemized budget and the amount of grant money you are requesting.
Please include a reasonably researched estimate of the cost of the materials you expect to need.
5. A timeline detailing the planning, creation, installment, and removal of your project.
6. Optional but encouraged: detailed drawings, CAD files/SketchUp documents, sketches, or other graphic illustrations of your creative concept.

Grant winners will signify their intent to:

• Create the proposed art piece.
• Save receipts of materials and present copies of those receipts greater than or equal to grant amount along with a short follow-­up report so we can learn from artists’ experiences each grant cycle.
• Work with the Burning Flipside Burnable Art Team and Art Area Facilitator on placement, burnability, logistics, hype, etc.
• Return funds if the project cannot be completed. We know life happens, and an artist may not complete their project on time. We will communicate with the artist to figure out the “Why?” as well as the “What next?” We would hope that in most every case, the art would simply be able to be displayed at another burn event, for example Myschievia or FreezerBurn, and are prepared to help facilitate relationships with those event organizers. (With all things, we will consider the artist’s intentions when pursuing any course of recovery action.)
• Lead one community education workshop. We will work with the artist to find a location, advertise the workshop to the community, organize attendees, etc.

The TinderBox board will choose Art Jurors from a pool of community applicants to select proposals for funding. The selection process will be blind; your name and identifying information will be removed from materials before they are sent to the jury.

After the art is displayed, the artist will retain ownership of that piece. It may be asked that images of the art are obtained, so that we can show our donors what their donations helped create, to the artist’s comfort level.

Jurors will not be current applicants for funding, related to any current applicant for funding, and will have attended at least one Flipside. Jurors will not be TinderBox board members. If you are interested in applying to be a juror, please contact at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact

Red Dress Run

The Pyropolis Hash House Harriers will be hosting the annual Flipside Red Dress Run on Saturday, May 28th, at 2:00 PM! We will gather at the burn site at 2:00 for a tour of various Flipside camps, a few beer checks, and an ending with free drinks provided by the Pyropolis Hash House Harriers camp. Attendees are encouraged to bring a red dress, thirst for beer, sense of humor, and a desire to sing/hear classic dirty songs. Running, on the other hand, is entirely optional, and generally discouraged. For more information, stop by the Pyropolis Hash House theme camp during Flipside!

Spring Town Hall was a blast, and we saw the first glimpse of what NO means in effigy form. Are you excited yet?

Stay tuned to the Flipside Flame, the Announce email list, and the official Burning Flipside Facebook Page. If you’re a Twitter user, follow @BurningFlipside for 140-character fun. 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

YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU…

It takes a boatload of knowledge, experience, care, and feeding to keep the hamsters jogging in the wheels of the technology (websites, wikis, etc.) which facilitate our annual family reunion.

For eons, the sacred knowledge and duty of building and maintaining these wheels has been passed down from flipizen to flipizen, each meticulously hand-selected and arduously trained by the secret cabal in the mystical magic of the Weird Wide Web.

The secret cabal has opened its books and is actively seeking to recruit new members. More hands make light work and lone wizards tire and get lonelier, the more of us who know how to craft these wheels, the less work any single one of us has to do… and so, you are hereby invited to join us and learn to make the magic!

Come and learn how to build modern web apps. Like DaFT, no prior experience is necessary to be a part of this and if you have experience you can help us teach.

All you need is a working computer with wifi and the desire to learn. We will provide the REST.
We need YOU. We will train you. (It’s not rocket surgery.)

If you wish to join us please contact us at
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact
to learn location, dates, and times.

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:

February 29:

• LLC Update
• Regionals Update
• Firearms—A general discussion of current firearms policy at the WareHouse and the event.
• Art and Consequences—Does Art have Consequences? What does this mean for our community? Where does my art end and your safety begin? What if my art makes you angry? How can we think about our art to help build our community while maintaining our open minds?

Work Weekends!

Howdy Cats & Kittens ~
Burning Flipside Work Weekends are set! Please put these dates in your calendars and join us for prepping the land for our wonderful event!

• WW-I – Feb. 19
• WW-II – March 26
• WW-III – April 9
• WW-IV – May 7

What to do: Please contact Saraphina at https://www.burningflipside.com/contact. Let me know what dates you plan on coming out, and I will put you on the list. The list helps us know how many people to plan for and gets you on the super-secret work weekend direct emailer that will give all the specifics of what is needed each weekend.
Cheers,
Saraphina
2016 WW Communications

Burning Flipside Road Shows

If you didn’t get a chance to make it to Town Hall, a Road Show might be coming to a town near you!  Each event is Leave No Trace.

Houston Road Show
March 5, 2016, 1-4PM
908 Winston St, Unit G
Houston TX 77009

North Texas Road Show
March 12, 2016, 1-4PM
2518 Bridal Wreath Ln
Dallas TX 75233

Theme Camp Registration Window

Hello, Theme Camp Leads!

Theme Camp Registration opened February 7th, 2016.

Theme Camp Registration closes April 1st, 2016

So get your theme camp registration information organized and get that lovely form filled out. Don’t be a fool by waiting to the last minute. Friendly reminder: the earlier we have your details, the earlier we can place your camp.

Never say I don’t love you,
♥ Ste. Michelle ♥
https://www.burningflipside.com/contact

Art/Burnable Art/Art Car Registration

Art. We love it. We observe it. We MAKE it. We also register it!

If you have art that burns, it’s SUPER important that we know as early as possible about it. It helps out with theme camp placement, and with Cartography. Register your ART by April 20, 2016!

Register Mutant Vehicles by May 15, 2016.

If you haven’t gotten a secure login, you’ll have to do that first.

 Earth Guardians Ask: Will You Meet Me?

Here’s a Leave No Trace question for the Flipside Flame. Will you meet me?

Earth guardian parades start just south of the Parking Tree in the badlands:

The exact position may shift a bit as badlands campers move the signs. But I’ll be there at 10 AM and 4 PM each day of the event. We will make performance art as we make our way to the effigy reminding our friends and neighbors to Leave No Trace.

~Mulch

Events (at The Event) Registration

If you’ve got a thing going on while we’re at the Pecan Playa, you can register it, too!

Head over to Event Registration and let us know what’s up. We’ll be closing this registration on May 15, 2016, so you’ve got plenty of time to get your proverbial ducks in a row. As always, the sooner you let us know, the sooner we can do something with the information. It’s not required to register, but it’s really helpful. The Disinformation Kiosks will be lonely without your help!

Burning Flipside is WHERE IT’S AT. We’ve got two Announcements and a Flame-o-phone…

Things to know, places to be, stuff to do! You want to be a part of things? Read on for more details about HOW TO PARTICIPATE!

Stay tuned to the Flipside Flame, the Announce email list, and the official Burning Flipside Facebook Page. 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

Combustion Chamber Meetings (January 25 & Feb 1)

The final January CC meeting of 2016 is coming up, as is the first February meeting. This is an unusual back-t0-back schedule, so make note.

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:

Jan 25:

• LLC/Regionals/AF Updates 
• Kids, Families, Policies, and Culture, Safety—Flipside welcomes families and their children. We will be discussing the roles, concerns and intersections between parental responsibility and community support for families.

Feb 1:

• LLC/Regionals/AF Updates
• Town Hall Prep
• CC operations

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.

Sticket Deadline January 29, 2016

This is it. Really, really, totally, finally IT. Get your designs in! See the most recent Special Announce for the specifics, because it’s lengthy but important, and I want to save digital space in this Flame edition.

You got art? SHARE IT. Do it NOW!

Lloyd the Warehouse Clean-up January 30, 2016

Come help clean up the new warehouse before Spring Town Hall
When: Saturday, January 30th, starting @ 11am
Where: The Warehouse, 3106 Industrial Terrace
Goal: to move a large part of what is downstairs to its final resting place on the newly finished mezzanine!

Spring Town Hall: NO! (February 6, 2016)

Join us for an afternoon of details, delights, and distractions. Learn about the event, discover ways to participate, and have a great time while leaving NO trace!

Spring Town Hall
Saturday, February, 6, 2016
At Lloyd the Warehouse
3106 Industrial Terrace
Austin, TX 78758

Work Weekends Announced!

Howdy Cats & Kittens ~
Burning Flipside Work Weekends are set! Please put these dates in your calendars and join us for prepping the land for our wonderful event!

• WW-I – Feb. 19
• WW-II – March 26
• WW-III – April 9
• WW-IV – May 7

What to do: Please email me at saraphinacantu at gmail dot com. Let me know what dates you plan on coming out, and I will put you on the list. The list helps us know how many people to plan for and gets you on the super-secret work weekend direct emailer that will give all the specifics of what is needed each weekend.
Also, come visit our booth at Spring Town Hall! You can also sign up there. It’s fun for the whole family!
Cheers,
Saraphina
2016 WW Communications

Oh, NO! The Ticket Window is Closed!

But there is hope yet! Deploy the Do-ocracy!

A common question from new participants is “How do I get a tickets outside of the ticket window?” There are lots of answers to this question, but the BEST answer is: Volunteer!

If you do not have a ticket for Burning Flipside, the very best way to get a ticket is to volunteer for something, anything, everything. If you volunteer then you are rubbing elbows with ticket holders. Ticket holders usually have more tickets. If you start going to the Warehouse, start volunteering, start meeting with other burners, you will find a ticket.

They say if you want something to be at Flipside, then bring it. That includes yourself. If you think you should be at Flipside, but you don’t have a ticket just yet, just PLAN TO GO. Start packing. Start that art project. Start making those friends. The first step is NOT to get a ticket to go. The first step is to get involved. (check out the work weekend post, for instance)

Yes, there are aftermarket ways to connect to people who are looking to sell their tickets, but volunteering is THE best way to get a ticket outside of the ticket window. When you volunteer, your Lead will likely help you find a ticket, because they need you.