RainFurrest 2007



RainFurrest 2007, the first RainFurrest, was held August 24-26, 2007 at the Holiday Inn SeaTac in Washington state, U.S.A. 370 furs attended, with 41 fursuits participating in the fursuit parade.

Guests of Honor

 * Artist Guest of Honor: Monika Livingstone
 * Fan Guest of Honor: Stalking Cat
 * Writer Guest of Honor: Phil Geusz
 * Musical Guest of Honor: Alexander James Adams

Registration
By March 2007, registration was open and reservations were being taken for dealer's tables and art show panels. By the end of July, so many rooms had been reserved that the room block was expanded to cover the entire hotel, which eventually sold out a few days before the convention began.

Events
Panels and events included Second Life, How to Build your Avatar by K'sharra and How to Build Worlds by Selkit Diller; Ham Radio for furries by Trapa, Loial, Kay, and Alfador; a Ham Radio Fox Hunt by Kay; and fursuit performing by North.

Xodiac was the staff member responsible for the fursuiting panels, Doc McDowell for the art panels and Miles for the Second Life panels.

The convention raised nearly $1000 for its charity, the Sarvey Wildlife Center.

2007 staff

 * Chairmen: Gene Armstrong and Trapa
 * Personal Assistant: Christine Herman
 * Hotel Liaisons: Bobbie DuFault and Jerry Geiseke
 * Chairman's Secretary: Indigo Yartsev
 * Charity Liaison: Rocky
 * Special Projects: K. Ashadan Sachertorte
 * Treasurer: Ari Goldstein
 * Art Show, Artists' Alley and Dealers' Den Lead: Glen Wooten
 * Operations Lead: Trapa
 * Con-ops Lead: North
 * Special Services and Promotional Lead: AlohaWolf
 * Security Lead: Ravenwood
 * Engineering: Kay Fox
 * Registration Lead: Loial Otter
 * Hospitality: Fleetwolf
 * Con Book Lead: K'sharra
 * Pocket Program: Electric Keet
 * Webmaster: Whitepaws
 * Programming Director: Gene Armstrong
 * Assistant Dir. Of Programming: Miles
 * Events Theatre and Dance: cyRex Wolf
 * Masquerade and Fursuit Track Lead: Xodiac
 * Video: Vergerwolf
 * Art Jam: Mortain
 * Gaming (Tabletop and Console): Caladon