FurJAM

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FurJAM is a large furry gathering held once a year in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

FurJAM is an outdoor, socially interactive event based around city sightseeing, social networking, and having a great day (or two). The ideals of FurJAM are that it should not be restricted to a single location or venue, but be a roving occurrence, allowing people the freedom to come and go as they wish.

FurJAM maintains an official webpage, superseding the old webpage at furjam.com.au.

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[edit] History

Started by Ana and Rubberfox in 2004, FurJAM initially saw 46 attendees during the all-day event, which included visits to Paddy's Markets, Darling Harbour, Rocks Markets, and dinner at Rubberfox's house. The venture began as a proof of concept that furries did actually exist in Sydney. This endeavor succeeded as otherwise hard-to-find furs were discovered.

The following year, in 2005, this number jumped to almost 70 attendees over the course of the day. However, there was no FurJAM held in 2006 due to a lack of interest in organising it.

[edit] 2007

The 2007 FurJAM was held on the weekend of September 21st to 23rd, 2007.[1]

After Flaydramon and Anakaine decided they did not have the time to plan FurJAM 07, it was postponed. After complaints from various furs about it being abandoned, AussieHusky took over the FurJAM Website and planning for the 2007 event.

On the 19th of August, links to the FurJAM website were placed on /b/ with the intention of flooding the forums and messing with the poll choices for event activities. Following this, the polls and forum were closed, leaving the site less interactive.[2]

[edit] 2008

FurJAM 2008 was held on the 26th to 28th of September.

AussieHusky had originally stated that he would not be organising FurJam 2008, as he had his own smaller events, but discontent over Alexander's apparent lack of action due to other commitments prompted AussieHusky to take control of the event.[3]

[edit] 2009

FurJam 2009 was held between the 25th and 27th of September.

AussieHusky started planning early and designed a much more advanced website for users to register, purchase merchandise, and edit their registration. However, technical difficulties forced the website to be temporarily taken down, causing many potential attendees to speculate that the meet had be canceled. Website functionality was restored on June 17th, but with the loss of all registration details[4]. Nevertheless, FurJam 2009 resumed its normal dates.

The meet also suffered from disruption when an anonymous individual claiming to be AussieHusky changed the booking dates for several events just a week before FurJAM was set to go ahead. However, the sabotage attempt was quickly thwarted, with all venues restoring the bookings within 24 hours. FurJAM 2009 went ahead without further incident, excepting a minor physical altercation on Friday night between one of the attendees and a friend of Timon_b, who was seen at events on both Friday and Saturday despite being officially prohibited from attending the meet.

[edit] 2010

FurJAM 2010 is currently being organised by Ray Liehm, and will be held in late September as per previous years. Full details are yet to be announced, but the prospective dates for the event have been released as September 24th-26th.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ FurJAM Dates posted to the OzFurry mailing list by Anakaine on June 17, 2007 (requires registration)
  2. ↑ FurJam News. posted to the OzFurry mailing list by AussieHusky on August 20, 2007 (requires registration)
  3. ↑ furjam 08 thread on Furstralia (requires registration)
  4. ↑ Furstralia Forums post by AussieHusky
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