What The Fur 2010

What The Fur 2010, the inaugural What The Fur, was held June 4-6 at the Espresso Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The theme was "Pirates vs. Ninjas". As of the end of closing ceremonies, the attendance at the convention was 228. The number of fursuiters that participated in the parade was 21, however, there were approximately 10 additional suiters at the convention that did not participate due to either panels, or being dealers.

The Charity Auction raised a total of CA$738.60 (~US$694), donated to the St.Lawrence Valley Natural History Ecomuseum.

A conbook signed by the Guests of Honour, the entire dealers den and members of convention staff was also auctioned off at closing ceremonies of the convention, raising more funds for both WTF?'s charity, and for the charity of Furnal Equinox.

Guests of Honor
Max Blackrabbit and gNAW were the 2010 guests of honor. Both artists submitted several pieces of artwork for the convention, and Sponsor Prints. The two t-shirt designs for WTF? 2010 were provided by gNAW.

Registration
Registration opened on October 7, 2009 for attendance, panels and dealer's tables, with the hotel reservations opening on January 3, 2010. Regular memberships cost $30 to $40 Canadian, depending on the time of registration. Sponsors paying $80 to $90 received a t-shirt by gNAW, a breakfast, and will be receiving a limited-edition stitched shirt by mail.

Events
Notable panels included: WTF? kept its Gaming room and Headless Lounge open for the duration of the weekend.
 * Convention Horror Stories by Belic, the current chairman of FurFright
 * History of Furry Fandom by Dronon, and was presented twice, once in English and once in French
 * Publishing by René Walling, former chairman of Anticipation (Worldcon)
 * Iron Artist
 * Beyond Furry by Blindsight, Chairman of Furnal Equinox

2010 Committee

 * Chairman: Feli
 * Operations: Firebreath
 * Artists, Dealers, Registration: MAnlantrio
 * Business Liaison, Fursuit Games: Stripes
 * Programming: Kildoo Lonewolf and Lupine Lonewolf
 * Volunters: Twitchy
 * Gaming: Insane Foxx
 * Communications: Zalika
 * Media: Quail
 * AV and Events Room: Beekin
 * Masquerade: Fufu
 * Security: Arctic