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Harvest Moon Howl Fest

2023-06-07T19:15:43Z

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{{Infobox convention
|name = Harvest Moon Howl Fest
|logo = [[File:HMHF logo.png|200 px|Harvest Moon Howl Fest logo]]
|subject = Furry
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|[[Wikipedia:Darlington|Darlington]], [[Wikipedia:Maryland|Maryland]], [[Wikipedia:USA|USA]]}}
|url = https://www.howlfest.com/
|status = Cancelled
|first = October 20-22, 2023
|organizer =
}}
'''Harvest Moon Howl Fest,''' formerly known as '''Harvest Moon Furfest,''' was a proposed furry [[convention]] to be held in Maryland, USA. The first iteration was scheduled for October 20-24, 2022,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210112192923/https://twitter.com/HMHowlFest/status/1287749654470328320 Archive of HMHF Twitter.] Posted July 27, 2020. Accessed January 12, 2021.</ref> subsequently postponed to October 20-22, 2023.

== Controversy ==

Planning for the con was plagued by scandals. The name change from "Harvest Moon FurFest" was forced by legal demand to protect Midwest Furfest's trademark. Executive staffer Nasfk was removed for alleged sexual predator behavior<ref>[https://archive.ph/zD7cG Tweet about abuse by Nasfk], posted July 2, 2020.</ref> which he mocked. <ref>[https://archive.is/https://twitter.com/nasfk_/status/1278934084773982209 Tweet by Nasfk], posted July 3, 2020.</ref> Executive staffer Pibble ran a fraudulent Gofundme for medical funds that were allegedly spent on a fursuit, followed by lying about suicide and identity faking to get out of refunding, and a posted account of cocaine addiction with refusal to refund nearly $6000.<ref>[https://archive.ph/xMdQm Pibble account alluding to scandal], updated in 2022.</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/AiKJJ Pibble apology and refund refusal], posted in 2022.</ref> It is unknown what happened with funds raised for charity using HMHF for promotion.<ref>[https://www.flayrah.com/8094/four-activist-furries-raise-nearly-9000-four-hours-charities-assist-black-and-indigenous-people Four activist furries raise nearly $9,000 for in four hours for charities to assist Black and Indigenous people], Flayrah, June 30, 2020.</ref> Critics pointed out the high prices of t-shirts sales to raise funds for the event,<ref>[https://archive.ph/Tt6k6 Tweet about t-shirt prices], August 31, 2020.</ref> and shirts were to be sold with the improper old name. A shirt vendor accused of serial scamming <ref>[https://archive.ph/bw8YD Tweet about fraud by shirt vendor], May 4, 2021.</ref> was accused of making off with $5000 in HMHF funds, and reported to the Ohio Attorney General for charity fraud by HMHF executive staff.<ref>[https://archive.ph/22HAU Tweet about fraud complaint to Attorney General of Ohio], August 31, 2020.</ref>

== 2023 ==

The first event was to be held October 20-22, 2023 at Camp Ramblewood in Darlington, MD. The event was cancelled.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.howlfest.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/HMHowlFest HMHowlFest] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/hmhowlfest HMHowlFest] on [[Instagram]]
*[https://t.me/+oILgl4i_ut9hZjMx Announcement channel] on [[Telegram]]

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Harvest Moon Howl Fest

2023-06-06T18:19:12Z

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Anthro New England

2023-06-06T18:11:22Z

63.246.217.1: /* Board of Directors */

{{Infobox convention
|name = Anthro New England
|logo = [[File:ANE2022.jpg|200px|Anthro New England 2022]]
|caption = Anthro New England 2022 poster
|subject = Furry
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|[[Wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Wikipedia:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[Wikipedia:USA|USA]]}} - [https://www.bostonparkplaza.com// Boston Park Plaza]
|url = https://www.anthronewengland.com
|status = Ongoing
|first = February 27 - March 1, 2015
|final =
|organizer = Anthro New England, Inc.
|charity = NEADS World Class Service Dogs
|resources = {{con resources|Anthro New England}}
}}
{{Anthro New England}}
'''Anthro New England''' ('''ANE''') is a regional [[furry]] [[convention]] held in [[Wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts]]. ANE represents itself with a [[deer]] mascot named Copley as well as a [[cougar]] mascot named Quincy.

ANE was initially held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Cambridge, MA. The first theme was "The American Revolution: Boston Strong!", centered around the history of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. After the 2017 convention concluded, ANE sought out a new hotel location to accommodate the now over 1.3K attendees that had been recorded that year.

In 2018, ANE moved to Boston Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The theme was "To The Sea!", which featured nautical themes. It set a new record attendance for that year, which was 2K+. The most recent physical convention took place on February 20 - 23, 2020, with the theme "The Roaring Twenties", and a new attendance record of over 2.5K attendees, featuring [[Guests of Honor|GoH]] [[Boobun]] and [[Pulex]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1099850241757663232 "soon we'll be celebrating the turn of the decade, with: 🎉 ANE 2020: The Roaring 20s 🎉 🔜 February 20-23, 2020 🔜 Boston Park Plaza Hotel 🔜 featuring Guests of Honor @booboobunn and @LordPulex"] - Anthro New England, Twitter</ref> It announced at the closing ceremonies that they would return for 2021 with the theme "Back to the 90s!", featuring GoH [[Nightlinez]] and the creators of [[Circles]].

Due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, which developed shortly after the 2020 iteration concluded, the previous announcement that ANE would return in 2021 was revised to notify attendees that the 2021 event was cancelled.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1298024156555096069 "We hope that it will come as no surprise that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we need to announce the official cancellation of Anthro New England 2021. ...We're already working on plans for a Virtual Anthro New England in February 2021. While we may not be able to physically be with one another, we can still be together."] - Anthro New England, Twitter</ref> Included in this announcement was that ANE would instead feature a virtual event in the same month that ANE 2021 was scheduled. This was held from February 19 - 21, 2021, entitled "Anthro New England: Online!", featuring an America Online look-a-like logo for the event. Despite the theme, being postponed until the next year, the 90s theme was still maintained. The main feature of the event was a virtual recreation of the immediate surroundings of the Boston Park Plaza hotel, including portions of Back Bay and the Public Garden. This was created by a handful of ANE Staff members leading up to the event. The event also featured a livestream via the convention's Twitch channel of various DJs performing 90's themed mixes, as well as a virtual dealer's den featuring various previous vendors.<ref>[https://www.anthronewengland.com/virtual-events] - Anthro New England, Website</ref>

ANE announced on July 6th, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1412479293926543368</ref> that [[Anthro New England 2022]] would be happening - with the "Back To The 90's!" theme originally selected for ANE2021. For 2022, ANE was held at the Boston Park Plaza between the dates of February 17 -20, 2022. The convention moved to the Westin Seaport Hotel in Boston for 2023 with the convention taking place January 20 through 22.

==Organization==
ANE is hosted and managed by '''Anthro New England, Inc.''', which is a [[Wikipedia:501(c)|501(c)(7)]] non-profit corporation registered with the state of Massachusetts. Anthro New England, Inc., is run by a Board of Directors charged with operating the annual convention, facilitating donations for charity, and presenting a positive image of the furry fandom for New England and United States. Anthro New England, Inc. maintains enough funds to continue operations, and donates all other proceeds to charities that fall within the bounds of their mission statement, which reads as follows: "Anthro New England's mission is to raise funds and increase awareness for local charities that connect animals with humans in need, while providing a fun, safe event for anthropomorphic fans to meet and enjoy art, performance, music, and literature."

===Board of Directors===
The Board of Directors consists of:<ref name="Team2016">[http://www.anthronewengland.com/our-team/ Team] page on the Anthro New England website. Retrieved November 2018.</ref>

*[[Remy]] ([[Chair]]person)
*[[Foxar Wolfen]] (Treasurer)
*[[Smudge Cat]] (Vice-Chair)
*[[Camille Lee-Fitzgerald]] (Secretary)
*[[Drahck]]
*[[Kaito]]
*[[Kaithral]]

== Statistics ==

{| class="wikitable" style="display:inline-block; margin: 1 25px;"
|+Previous Convention Years
|Year
|Theme
|Attendees
|Charity
|-
|2015
|The American Revolution: Boston Strong!
|757
|$10,000
|-
|2016
|Sportsball!
|965
|$11,000
|-
|2017
|For Science!
|1384
|$15,000
|-
|2018
|To The Sea!
|2050
|$21,000
|-
|2019
|Attack of the Were-Con!
|2251
|$22,500
|-
|2020
|The Roaring Twenties!
|2570
|$25,700
|-
|2022
|Back To The 90's!
|2530
|$27,000
|-
|2023
|TRAINS!
|3548
|$21,000
|-
|}

==References==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [https://www.anthronewengland.com/ Anthro New England] – official website
* [https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE Anthro New England] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://mastodon.furrycon.social/@anthro_ne Anthro New England] on [[Mastodon]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/AnthroNewEngland Anthro New England] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~anthronewengland Anthro New England] on [[Weasyl]]
* [https://www.instagram.com/anthronewengland/ Anthro New England] on [[Instagram]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/AnthroNewEngland/ Anthro New England] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://discord.com/invite/RAxsNYp734 Anthro New England] on [[Discord]]
* [https://t.me/Anthro_NE Announcement channel] on [[Telegram]]

* {{con resources}}

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Remy

2023-02-08T16:30:32Z

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'''Remy''', formerly known as '''Inazuma''', is a furry event runner who lives in [[W:Greater Boston|Greater Boston, Massachusetts]], USA.<ref>[https://twitter.com/sportsballcat Remy's profile] on [[Twitter]]. Retrieved June 17, 2019.</ref>

== Fandom involvement ==

Remy is the [[convention chair]] for [[Anthro New England]], and is the head of the convention's [[Board of Directors]].<ref>http://www.anthronewengland.org/contact-us/ Retrieved June 17, 2019.</ref>

Remy has also run a monthly local [[meet]] in [[W:Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville, Massachusetts]] at [[Aeronaut Brewery]] since August 2018.

=== Fursona ===

Remy's [[fursona]] is a [[budgie]]/[[gryphon]] [[hybrid]] (half rainbow budgie, half [[calico domestic longhair]]).

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Remy}}
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ina-zuma Inazuma] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://twitter.com/remygryph Remy] on [[Twitter]]

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Anthro New England

2023-02-08T16:29:27Z

63.246.217.1: updated to reflect recent board elections.

{{Infobox convention
|name = Anthro New England
|logo = [[File:ANE2022.jpg|200px|Anthro New England 2022]]
|caption = Anthro New England 2022 poster
|subject = Furry
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|[[Wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Wikipedia:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[Wikipedia:USA|USA]]}} - [https://www.bostonparkplaza.com// Boston Park Plaza]
|url = https://www.anthronewengland.com
|status = Ongoing
|first = February 27 - March 1, 2015
|final =
|organizer = Anthro New England, Inc.
|charity = NEADS World Class Service Dogs
|resources = {{con resources|Anthro New England}}
}}
{{Anthro New England}}
'''Anthro New England''' ('''ANE''') is a regional [[furry]] [[convention]] held in [[Wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts]]. ANE represents itself with a [[deer]] mascot named Copley as well as a [[cougar]] mascot named Quincy.

ANE was initially held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Cambridge, MA. The first theme was "The American Revolution: Boston Strong!", centered around the history of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. After the 2017 convention concluded, ANE sought out a new hotel location to accommodate the now over 1.3K attendees that had been recorded that year.

In 2018, ANE moved to Boston Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The theme was "To The Sea!", which featured nautical themes. It set a new record attendance for that year, which was 2K+. The most recent physical convention took place on February 20 - 23, 2020, with the theme "The Roaring Twenties", and a new attendance record of over 2.5K attendees, featuring [[Guests of Honor|GoH]] [[Boobun]] and [[Pulex]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1099850241757663232 "soon we'll be celebrating the turn of the decade, with: 🎉 ANE 2020: The Roaring 20s 🎉 🔜 February 20-23, 2020 🔜 Boston Park Plaza Hotel 🔜 featuring Guests of Honor @booboobunn and @LordPulex"] - Anthro New England, Twitter</ref> It announced at the closing ceremonies that they would return for 2021 with the theme "Back to the 90s!", featuring GoH [[Nightlinez]] and the creators of [[Circles]].

Due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, which developed shortly after the 2020 iteration concluded, the previous announcement that ANE would return in 2021 was revised to notify attendees that the 2021 event was cancelled.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1298024156555096069 "We hope that it will come as no surprise that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we need to announce the official cancellation of Anthro New England 2021. ...We're already working on plans for a Virtual Anthro New England in February 2021. While we may not be able to physically be with one another, we can still be together."] - Anthro New England, Twitter</ref> Included in this announcement was that ANE would instead feature a virtual event in the same month that ANE 2021 was scheduled. This was held from February 19 - 21, 2021, entitled "Anthro New England: Online!", featuring an America Online look-a-like logo for the event. Despite the theme, being postponed until the next year, the 90s theme was still maintained. The main feature of the event was a virtual recreation of the immediate surroundings of the Boston Park Plaza hotel, including portions of Back Bay and the Public Garden. This was created by a handful of ANE Staff members leading up to the event. The event also featured a livestream via the convention's Twitch channel of various DJs performing 90's themed mixes, as well as a virtual dealer's den featuring various previous vendors.<ref>[https://www.anthronewengland.com/virtual-events] - Anthro New England, Website</ref>

ANE announced on July 6th, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1412479293926543368</ref> that [[Anthro New England 2022]] would be happening - with the "Back To The 90's!" theme originally selected for ANE2021. For 2022, ANE was held at the Boston Park Plaza between the dates of February 17 -20, 2022. The convention moves to the Westin Seaport Hotel in Boston for 2023 with the convention taking place January 20 through 22.

==Organization==
ANE is hosted and managed by '''Anthro New England, Inc.''', which is a [[Wikipedia:501(c)|501(c)(7)]] non-profit corporation registered with the state of Massachusetts. Anthro New England, Inc., is run by a Board of Directors charged with operating the annual convention, facilitating donations for charity, and presenting a positive image of the furry fandom for New England and United States. Anthro New England, Inc. maintains enough funds to continue operations, and donates all other proceeds to charities that fall within the bounds of their mission statement, which reads as follows: "Anthro New England's mission is to raise funds and increase awareness for local charities that connect animals with humans in need, while providing a fun, safe event for anthropomorphic fans to meet and enjoy art, performance, music, and literature."

===Board of Directors===
The Board of Directors consists of:<ref name="Team2016">[http://www.anthronewengland.com/our-team/ Team] page on the Anthro New England website. Retrieved November 2018.</ref>

*[[Remy]] ([[Chair]]person)
*[[Foxar Wolfen]] (Treasurer)
*[[Smudge Cat]] (Vice-Chair)
*[[Camille Lee-Fitzgerald]] (Secretary)
*[[Drahck]]
*[[Bazil Remblai]]
*[[Kaithral]]

== Statistics ==

{| class="wikitable" style="display:inline-block; margin: 1 25px;"
|+Previous Convention Years
|Year
|Theme
|Attendees
|Charity
|-
|2015
|The American Revolution: Boston Strong!
|757
|$10,000
|-
|2016
|Sportsball!
|965
|$11,000
|-
|2017
|For Science!
|1384
|$15,000
|-
|2018
|To The Sea!
|2050
|$21,000
|-
|2019
|Attack of the Were-Con!
|2251
|$22,500
|-
|2020
|The Roaring Twenties!
|2570
|$25,700
|-
|2022
|Back To The 90's!
|2530
|$27,000
|-
|2023
|TRAINS!
|3548
|$21,000
|-
|}

==References==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [https://www.anthronewengland.com/ Anthro New England] – official website
* [https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE Anthro New England] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://mastodon.furrycon.social/@anthro_ne Anthro New England] on [[Mastodon]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/AnthroNewEngland Anthro New England] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~anthronewengland Anthro New England] on [[Weasyl]]
* [https://www.instagram.com/anthronewengland/ Anthro New England] on [[Instagram]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/AnthroNewEngland/ Anthro New England] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://discord.com/invite/RAxsNYp734 Anthro New England] on [[Discord]]
* [https://t.me/Anthro_NE Announcement channel] on [[Telegram]]

* {{con resources}}

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