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Jacksonville Furs

2007-08-09T03:05:12Z

71.203.177.34: /* Additional Moderators */

'''Jacksonville Furs''' are, as the name implies, [[furry fan]]s living in the Northeast Florida area (the "[[Wikipedia:First Coast|First Coast]]"), primarily the greater metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida]]. The group is often referred to as the '''JaxFurs''' for short.

==Founding==
The JaxFurs started out as a small group of friends hanging out on a regular basis. After a while, that group realized there must be a lot of other furs in a city the size of Jacksonville. [[Celestial Fox]] and [[FuzzWolf]] set up a meet at a local [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] which was posted on the [[Florida Furs]] mailing list. The turnout, over 20 people, surprised the two organizers and ended up taking up nearly a quarter of the Denny's restaurant. E-mail addresses were collected from everyone who attended and on April 10th, 2000 Celestial Fox created the first mailing list for the community on eGroups, which later became Yahoo Groups.

==Events==
Jacksonville has a loose-knit group of furry fans, who get together weekly for meets at the area's malls, as well as other informal get-togethers from time to time.

The major get-together for the region is the [[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]], usually held in late-April, at K.A. Hanna Park near Jacksonville Beach.

Jacksonville hosted its first furry [[convention]] in March 2007, when [[Megaplex 6]] was held at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk downtown. This was the first time one of the major furry events in Florida had been held somewhere other than [[Wikipedia:Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. Megaplex will return to the Wyndham in 2008, as well.

===Weekly Mall Meets===
The community has a meet each Saturday at 6pm, the location rotates around the three area malls in Jacksonville. The location for each week's meet is found on the calendar of the group's mailing list.

The mall meets were originally devised by [[FuzzWolf]] and started out as Weekly Coffee Meets where the group would meet in front of Barnie's Coffee every Wednesday (later changed to Tuesday) at 7pm. Due to the Jacksonville area's sprawling size and the far-flung locations of some regular group members, the strategy of moving the meet location to another mall in a clockwise rotation was used to allow furs in different parts of the city to have a meet close to them at least every three weeks. The first Weekly Coffee Meet was held at the Regency Square Mall on 4/14/03. As time went by, the meets became less about meeting for coffee and simply about meeting in the mall for dinner, window shopping and conversation in the food court.

Due to declining interest and a very close poll on the mailing list, the meets were suspended after the 10/11/05 meet at the Avenues Mall. Their planned replacement was to be a series of parties held each Saturday night at an individual fur's home. When the weekly parties failed to become a regular event and several complaints were raised to the current and prior moderators about the lack of activity, the weekly mall meets were reinstated by [[DracoFur]]. The new meet time and day was chosen by popular vote on the mailing list and the first Saturday mall meet took place on 3/11/06 at the Avenues Mall.

Attendance and interest have returned to previous levels and the weekly meets currently average at least 10 to 12 regular attendees.

=== Annual Events ===
*[[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]]

*[[Megaplex]]

==Mailing List==
The Jacksonville Furs mailing list has served as the primary means of communication and event planning for the group since its founding.

===Primary Moderators===
* [[Celestial Fox]] 4/2000 - 8/2000
* [[FuzzWolf]] 8/2000 - 1/2005
* [[Lace Aurora]] 1/2005 - 5/2006
* [[DracoFur]] 5/2006 - Present

===Additional Moderators===
* [[Kyrian]] 2007 - Present
* [[Stitch]] 2007 - Present
* [[WindChanneller]] 2007 - Present

===List History===
The first mailing list was created by Celestial Fox in April 2000. Upon his moving to Austin in August of the same year, he appointed [[FuzzWolf]] as the list's moderator. Unfortunately, Celestial Fox later withdrew from the internet and FuzzWolf's moderator status did not allow him to add new moderators to the group. When FuzzWolf moved to Dallas in January 2005 to live with his mate, he moved all his personal mailing lists over to a new Yahoo screenname, changed the password on the mailing list's moderator account and transferred control to his successor, [[Lace Aurora]].

When [[Lace Aurora]] moved to Orlando after graduating college in May 2006, he transferred control of the mailing list to [[DracoFur]] in the same way as he had received it. In order to allow more moderators to assist with the ever-growing group and his decreasing amount of free time, DracoFur did what FuzzWolf had been reluctant to do and created a new mailing list which would allow him full access to the group's moderator options. This allowed him to assign two additional moderators to assist with the group's operation.

The new mailing list has the same name as the original with the exception of the "-" in the URL. The original list is still kept active as an archive of information, messages and other files.

==External links==
* [http://www.jaxfurs.com JaxFurs homepage (under construction)]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JacksonvilleFurs/ Jacksonville Furs mailing list]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jacksonville-Furs/ old JaxFurs mailing list, for historical purposes]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs Event Pictures Archive]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs LiveJournal Community]

[[Category:Social groups]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Mailing lists]]
[[Category:2000 births]]

Jacksonville Furs

2007-06-16T02:21:28Z

71.203.177.34: /* Additional Moderators */

'''Jacksonville Furs''' are, as the name implies, [[furry fan]]s living in the Northeast Florida area (the "[[Wikipedia:First Coast|First Coast]]"), primarily the greater metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida]]. The group is often referred to as the '''JaxFurs''' for short.

==Founding==
The JaxFurs started out as a small group of friends hanging out on a regular basis. After a while, that group realized there must be a lot of other furs in a city the size of Jacksonville. [[Celestial Fox]] and [[FuzzWolf]] set up a meet at a local [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] which was posted on the [[Florida Furs]] mailing list. The turnout, over 20 people, surprised the two organizers and ended up taking up nearly a quarter of the Denny's restaurant. E-mail addresses were collected from everyone who attended and on April 10th, 2000 Celestial Fox created the first mailing list for the community on eGroups, which later became Yahoo Groups.

==Events==
Jacksonville has a loose-knit group of furry fans, who get together weekly for meets at the area's malls, as well as other informal get-togethers from time to time.

The major get-together for the region is the [[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]], usually held in late-April, at K.A. Hanna Park near Jacksonville Beach.

Jacksonville hosted its first furry [[convention]] in March 2007, when [[Megaplex 6]] was held at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk downtown. This was the first time one of the major furry events in Florida had been held somewhere other than [[Wikipedia:Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. Megaplex will return to the Wyndham in 2008, as well.

===Weekly Mall Meets===
The community has a meet each Saturday at 6pm, the location rotates around the three area malls in Jacksonville. The location for each week's meet is found on the calendar of the group's mailing list.

The mall meets were originally devised by [[FuzzWolf]] and started out as Weekly Coffee Meets where the group would meet in front of Barnie's Coffee every Wednesday (later changed to Tuesday) at 7pm. Due to the Jacksonville area's sprawling size and the far-flung locations of some regular group members, the strategy of moving the meet location to another mall in a clockwise rotation was used to allow furs in different parts of the city to have a meet close to them at least every three weeks. The first Weekly Coffee Meet was held at the Regency Square Mall on 4/14/03. As time went by, the meets became less about meeting for coffee and simply about meeting in the mall for dinner, window shopping and conversation in the food court.

Due to declining interest and a very close poll on the mailing list, the meets were suspended after the 10/11/05 meet at the Avenues Mall. Their planned replacement was to be a series of parties held each Saturday night at an individual fur's home. When the weekly parties failed to become a regular event and several complaints were raised to the current and prior moderators about the lack of activity, the weekly mall meets were reinstated by [[DracoFur]]. The new meet time and day was chosen by popular vote on the mailing list and the first Saturday mall meet took place on 3/11/06 at the Avenues Mall.

Attendance and interest have returned to previous levels and the weekly meets currently average at least 10 to 12 regular attendees.

=== Annual Events ===
*[[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]]

*[[Megaplex]]

==Mailing List==
The Jacksonville Furs mailing list has served as the primary means of communication and event planning for the group since its founding.

===Primary Moderators===
* [[Celestial Fox]] 4/2000 - 8/2000
* [[FuzzWolf]] 8/2000 - 1/2005
* [[Lace Aurora]] 1/2005 - 5/2006
* [[DracoFur]] 5/2006 - Present

===Additional Moderators===
* [[Cyberstorm]] 2007 - Present
* [[Stitch]] 2007 - Present
* [[WindChanneller]] 2007 - Present

===List History===
The first mailing list was created by Celestial Fox in April 2000. Upon his moving to Austin in August of the same year, he appointed [[FuzzWolf]] as the list's moderator. Unfortunately, Celestial Fox later withdrew from the internet and FuzzWolf's moderator status did not allow him to add new moderators to the group. When FuzzWolf moved to Dallas in January 2005 to live with his mate, he moved all his personal mailing lists over to a new Yahoo screenname, changed the password on the mailing list's moderator account and transferred control to his successor, [[Lace Aurora]].

When [[Lace Aurora]] moved to Orlando after graduating college in May 2006, he transferred control of the mailing list to [[DracoFur]] in the same way as he had received it. In order to allow more moderators to assist with the ever-growing group and his decreasing amount of free time, DracoFur did what FuzzWolf had been reluctant to do and created a new mailing list which would allow him full access to the group's moderator options. This allowed him to assign two additional moderators to assist with the group's operation.

The new mailing list has the same name as the original with the exception of the "-" in the URL. The original list is still kept active as an archive of information, messages and other files.

==External links==
* [http://www.jaxfurs.com JaxFurs homepage (under construction)]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JacksonvilleFurs/ Jacksonville Furs mailing list]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jacksonville-Furs/ old JaxFurs mailing list, for historical purposes]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs Event Pictures Archive]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs LiveJournal Community]

[[Category:Social groups]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Mailing lists]]
[[Category:2000 births]]

Jacksonville Furs

2007-04-26T21:52:22Z

71.203.177.34: /* Additional Moderators */

'''Jacksonville Furs''' are, as the name implies, [[furry fan]]s living in the Northeast Florida area (the "[[Wikipedia:First Coast|First Coast]]"), primarily the greater metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida]]. The group is often referred to as the '''JaxFurs''' for short.

==Founding==
The JaxFurs started out as a small group of friends hanging out on a regular basis. After a while, that group realized there must be a lot of other furs in a city the size of Jacksonville. [[Celestial Fox]] and [[FuzzWolf]] set up a meet at a local [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] which was posted on the [[Florida Furs]] mailing list. The turnout, over 20 people, surprised the two organizers and ended up taking up nearly a quarter of the Denny's restaurant. E-mail addresses were collected from everyone who attended and on April 10th, 2000 Celestial Fox created the first mailing list for the community on eGroups, which later became Yahoo Groups.

==Events==
Jacksonville has a loose-knit group of furry fans, who get together weekly for meets at the area's malls, as well as other informal get-togethers from time to time.

The major get-together for the region is the [[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]], usually held in late-April, at K.A. Hanna Park near Jacksonville Beach.

Jacksonville hosted its first furry [[convention]] in March 2007, when [[Megaplex 6]] was held at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk downtown. This was the first time one of the major furry events in Florida had been held somewhere other than [[Wikipedia:Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. Megaplex will return to the Wyndham in 2008, as well.

===Weekly Mall Meets===
The community has a meet each Saturday at 6pm, the location rotates around the three area malls in Jacksonville. The location for each week's meet is found on the calendar of the group's mailing list.

The mall meets were originally devised by [[FuzzWolf]] and started out as Weekly Coffee Meets where the group would meet in front of Barnie's Coffee every Wednesday (later changed to Tuesday) at 7pm. Due to the Jacksonville area's sprawling size and the far-flung locations of some regular group members, the strategy of moving the meet location to another mall in a clockwise rotation was used to allow furs in different parts of the city to have a meet close to them at least every three weeks. The first Weekly Coffee Meet was held at the Regency Square Mall on 4/14/03. As time went by, the meets became less about meeting for coffee and simply about meeting in the mall for dinner, window shopping and conversation in the food court.

Due to declining interest and a very close poll on the mailing list, the meets were suspended after the 10/11/05 meet at the Avenues Mall. Their planned replacement was to be a series of parties held each Saturday night at an individual fur's home. When the weekly parties failed to become a regular event and several complaints were raised to the current and prior moderators about the lack of activity, the weekly mall meets were reinstated by [[DracoFur]]. The new meet time and day was chosen by popular vote on the mailing list and the first Saturday mall meet took place on 3/11/06 at the Avenues Mall.

Attendance and interest have returned to previous levels and the weekly meets currently average at least 10 to 12 regular attendees.

=== Annual Events ===
*[[Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic]]

*[[Megaplex]]

==Mailing List==
The Jacksonville Furs mailing list has served as the primary means of communication and event planning for the group since its founding.

===Primary Moderators===
* [[Celestial Fox]] 4/2000 - 8/2000
* [[FuzzWolf]] 8/2000 - 1/2005
* [[Lace Aurora]] 1/2005 - 5/2006
* [[DracoFur]] 5/2006 - Present

===Additional Moderators===
* [[Cyberstorm]] 2007- Present
* [[WindChanneller]] 2007 - Present

===List History===
The first mailing list was created by Celestial Fox in April 2000. Upon his moving to Austin in August of the same year, he appointed [[FuzzWolf]] as the list's moderator. Unfortunately, Celestial Fox later withdrew from the internet and FuzzWolf's moderator status did not allow him to add new moderators to the group. When FuzzWolf moved to Dallas in January 2005 to live with his mate, he moved all his personal mailing lists over to a new Yahoo screenname, changed the password on the mailing list's moderator account and transferred control to his successor, [[Lace Aurora]].

When [[Lace Aurora]] moved to Orlando after graduating college in May 2006, he transferred control of the mailing list to [[DracoFur]] in the same way as he had received it. In order to allow more moderators to assist with the ever-growing group and his decreasing amount of free time, DracoFur did what FuzzWolf had been reluctant to do and created a new mailing list which would allow him full access to the group's moderator options. This allowed him to assign two additional moderators to assist with the grou's operation.

The new mailing list has the same name as the original with the exception of the "-" in the URL. The original list is still kept active as an archive of information, messages and other files.

==External links==
* [http://www.jaxfurs.com JaxFurs homepage (under construction)]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JacksonvilleFurs/ Jacksonville Furs mailing list]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jacksonville-Furs/ old JaxFurs mailing list, for historical purposes]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs Event Pictures Archive]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/jaxfurs/ JaxFurs LiveJournal Community]

[[Category:Social groups]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Mailing lists]]
[[Category:2000 births]]

Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic

2007-04-24T12:31:09Z

71.203.177.34: /* Event Planners */

The '''Annual JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' is an annual event held in [[Wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Wikipedia:Florida|Florida]] at Kathyrn Abby Hanna Park. The picnic started in 2002 and has been held every year since. Attendance has grown from 11 in the first year to over 70 in recent years.

The picnic is Florida's third largest furry event after [[Megaplex]] and [[Furloween]].

==Events==
Each year, the moderator of the [[Jacksonville Furs]] mailing list reserves a picnic shelter at Hanna Park and starts an RSVP list. The primary focus of the event is a potluck style picnic where everyone contributes. The designated picnic shelter is next door to a changing area and is a two minute walk from the beach which allows for beach activities such a swimming, sun bathing, playing with frisbees and footballs and more. In later years, the picnic has also been attended by several [[fursuiter]]s. The 6th Annual Picnic had the largest fursuiter attendance yet with 7 suiters.

The party attracts furries from all over Florida, and from outside the state as well. Due to being held in a city run park, there is no alcohol present and the event is open to all ages. Several furs with families have enjoyed bringing their young children to the picnic.

==History==
* '''1st JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on March 30, 2002.
* '''2nd JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on May 24, 2003.
* '''3rd JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on April 24, 2004.
* '''4th JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on April 23, 2005.
* '''5th JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on April 22, 2006.
* '''6th JaxFurs Spring Picnic''' was held on April 21, 2007.

==Event Planners==
* [[FuzzWolf]] - 2002 - 2005
* [[Lace Aurora]] - 2006
* [[DracoFur]] - 2007 - Present

==Photo galleries==
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/2002-03-30.html 1st JaxFurs Spring Picnic]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/2003-05-24.html 2nd JaxFurs Spring Picnic]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/2004-04-24.html 3rd JaxFurs Spring Picnic]
* [http://www.fuzzwolf.com/jaxfurs/2005-04-23.html 4th JaxFurs Spring Picnic]
* 5th JaxFurs Spring Picnic
* [[6th JaxFurs Spring Picnic]]: [http://www.merashallan.mutantsystems.com/addons/main.php?g2_itemId=258&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Merashallan's Pictures], [http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/guitar_stitch/Jax%20Furs%20Picnic%202007/ Stitch's Pictures]

==External links==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jacksonvillefurs/ JaxFurs mailing list]
* [http://www.jaxfurs.com JaxFurs website]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/jaxfurs/profile JaxFurs community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.floridafurs.com/flevents.php3 Florida Fur Events website]
* [http://www.coj.net/Departments/Parks+and+Recreation/Recreation+Activities/Hanna+Park/default.htm Hanna Park website]

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:2002 births]]