F3 Convention

F3 Convention
F3 Convention Logo
Subject	Furry
Location	Missouri, United States
Website	http://f3con.com
Status	Ongoing
First iteration	Dec 14-16, 2012
Organizers	Missouri's Furries FurAffinity group
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F3 Convention (commonly also F3 or F3con) is a furry convention in the state of Missouri which first occurred December 14-16, 2012^[1], to be the first furry convention in the state. It is a project of the Missouri's Furries Fur Affinity group, which was founded in early 2010.^[2]

Registration fees ranged from $30 to $450 in its inaugural year, with a special high-ranking lifetime memberships available for sale only in 2012, which ranged from $400 to $1,000 depending on the registration benefits.^[3]

[edit] Staff

Staff as of September 2012:^[4] and listed in the conbook:^{[citation needed]}

• LungMa - Chairman/President, Everything not being done by someone else.
• Fallhaven Nightwind - Convention Co-Chair
• HalcyonBear89 - Guest Liaison
• Warnndog - Conbook
• Shawn Dragali - Children's Activities
• Punnchy - Registration
• Kavori Shakolov - Furry Movie Room
• Jäger Joachim Adolphis Stein - Security Advisor

Also listed as staff in September 2012 on the website,^[4] but not listed in the conbook^{[citation needed]}:

• Diego Romero - Vendor/Artist Coordinator
• Galen - Furry Anime Room
• Patrick - Gaming Room Coordinator
• Fenrir Furrien - Head of Security

Support Staff as of September 2012:^[4]

• TomTom
• Bunny Blu
• Takkun
• Zif

As of December 2012, support staff also included^{[citation needed]}

• Nuucat
• Ravinwolf
• Mishka

[edit] Background

F3 was conceived in early 2010 by Stitchfan, founder of the Missouri's Furries Fur Affinity group. In mid 2011, LungMa joined the group and was elected to be the group president and convention chair.

F3 had previously been announced for December 7-9, 2012.^[5]

[edit] History

The first F3 Convention took place December 14th-16th, 2012 at the Howard Johnson Inn & convention Center with an attendance of 123 people. The Artist Guest of Honor was Hazard, and the Fursuiting Guests of Honor were Calamity Cougar and Okidoki Coyote.

[edit] Guests of Honor

• 2012: Calamity Cougar, Oki Doki Coyote, Hazard ^[6]

[edit] Themes

• 2012: Escape From the Zoo
• 2013: Part Deux: Remixed

[edit] Programming

In their first year, F3 Convention had the following events: Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Dealer's Den, Artists' Alley, Charity Auction, Fur-Me Poster-Making, Furry Drama Show, Super-sponsor Luncheon, Club Anthro, Furry Rave, Fursuit Parade, Role-playing Games, Card & Board Gaming, Electronic Gaming, Dance Dance Revolution Tournament, Room Parties, Special-Interest Meetups, Instructional Panels, Fursuit first aide, and a 24 hour Anthro Movie Room.

[edit] Charity

The 2012 charity for F3Con was Safari's Interactive Animal Sanctuary

[edit] References

1. ↑ Announcement of hotel and date on Facebook group. Retrieved August 9, 2012
2. ↑ News from the Convention Front - Retrieved June 25, 2012.
3. ↑ [1] - Retrieved December 17th, 2012.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Staff Retrieved September 17th, 2012.
5. ↑ Meeting Minutes for January 8, 2012 Pt 3 - Retrieved June 25, 2012.
6. ↑ [2] - Retrieved December 17th, 2012.

[edit] External links

• Convention Website
• F3con on Fur Affinity
• F3con on Facebook
• F3 Convention on LiveJournal
• FurryConvention Missouri on Google+
• F3convention of Twitter
• F3 Convention on Tumblr
• F3Convention on YouTube
• F3con on Kimtag