WUFF

WUFF (previously UA Furence, UAfurmeet and UkrFurence) is a winter/spring convention held in Ukraine each year at a different time and in different place.

The first instance was held from 30 December 2005 to 3 January 2006 in Lviv, Ukraine, with only 11 attendees; five from Russia and six from Ukraine. There were no special program or set events, but a lot of snow and fun on the frozen lake. As of 2012, the event is led by Basil Lion (Koya was also an early organizer) and has 164 attendees. It was renamed to WUFF in 2012. Since 2008 this convention was held in Kiev, Ukraine.

History

 * 30.12.2005 - 02.01.2006 FurMeet New Year 2006 (Lviv, Ukraine) attendance: 11
 * 31.12.2006 - 03.01.2007 FurMeet New Year 2007 (Lviv, Ukraine) attendance: 13
 * 09.05.2008 - 11.05.2008 UA Furence 2008 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 62
 * 09.05.2009 - 11.05.2009 UA Furence 2009 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 67
 * 08.05.2010 - 10.05.2010 UA Furence 2010 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 95
 * 07.05.2011 - 09.05.2011 UA Furence 2011 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 150
 * 28.04.2012 - 02.05.2012 WUFF 2012 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 164
 * 09.05.2013 - 12.05.2013 WUFF 2013 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 219
 * 07.05.2014 - 11.05.2014 WUFF 2014 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 260
 * 06.05.2015 - 10.05.2015 WUFF 2015 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 121
 * 04.05.2016 - 08.05.2016 WUFF 2016 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 116
 * 03.05.2017 - 07.05.2017 WUFF 2017 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 154
 * 08.05.2018 - 12.05.2018 WUFF 2018 (Kiev, Ukraine) attendance: 209

2015
WUFF 2015 took place over May 6-10, 2015, at the Gintama-Briz hotel in Kiev, Ukraine.

There were 67 attendees.

The staff were:
 * Basil Lion: Chairman, Payment
 * Izi Jeevas: Vice chairman
 * CheetahPaw: Registration, Tech Team
 * Taysha: Hotel
 * belo4ka: Art Team
 * Argy: Event Team
 * Perihelion: Security Team
 * VUFox: Photo Team
 * Topcat: Logistics
 * Derill: Finance

2016
WUFF 2016 took place over May 4-8, 2016, at the hotel "Sofiyevsky Posad" in Kiev, Ukraine.

There were 100 attendees.

The staff were:
 * Basil Lion: Chairman, Registration, Payment
 * Izi Jeevas: Vice chairman
 * Taysha: Hotel
 * belo4ka: Art Team
 * Daemon: Tech Team
 * Argy: Event Team
 * B1o4m: Security Team
 * Blacklion: Media Team
 * VUFox: Photo Team
 * Topcat: Logistics
 * Derill: Finance
 * Ksan_shie: ConOps
 * Bodya: Legal Affairs
 * Zephid: Fursuit support
 * Royen: International guests support

2017
WUFF 2017 took place over May 3-7, 2017. There were 142 attendees in the hotel, and 35 fursuits.

2018
WUFF 2018 took place May 8-12, 2018, at the Hotel "Platium" in Kyiv, Ukraine.

2019
WUFF 2019 was scheduled for May 7-11, 2019, at the hotel "Pushcha" in Kyiv, but was postponed to 2020 due to concerns over the safety of at the Ukraine border:

2020
WUFF 2020 was scheduled for May 2020, but it was canceled and postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 2019 Pandemic.