Cheetaro

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Cheetaro is a fun loving cheetah that enjoys helping out in the furry community.

== Fandom Involvement ==

[[Bearly Furcasting]] Featuring [[Taebyn]] is a podcast Cheetaro has been doing since September 2022. His role is doing movie reviews. He reviews the movie and gives it a chirp rating between 1 and 5 chirps!

Cheetaro has helped with several conventions. [[Furlandia]], [[Get Out the Float]], and [[Antro Northwest]] have been the recurring cons he has staffed.

List of Events Cheetaro has helped: 

Furlandia 2022 Registration Staff 
Anthro Northwest 5 General Volunteer 
Furlandia 2023 Registration Staff 
Anthro Northwest 6 General Volunteer 
Get Out the Float 2024 Charity Lead 
Furlandia 2024 Business Lead 
Antro Northwest 7 Squeak and Greet Panel Host 
Get Out the Float 2025 Charity Lead and Public Affairs Director 
Furlandia 2025 Business Lead

Furlandia

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{{Infobox convention
|name=Furlandia
|logo=[[File:FurlandiaLogoKitsumi500px.png|225px]]
|caption=Logo by [[Kitsumi]]
|subject=Furry
|location={{flagdiv|usa|[[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Wikipedia:Oregon|Oregon]], USA}}
|url=https://furlandia.org/
|status=Ongoing
|first= May 10-12, 2013
|final=
|organizer=[[Rainfurrest Anthropomorphics International]] (RAIn)
|charity=[https://www.animalaidpdx.org/ Animal Aid PDX]
|resources={{con resources}}
}}
{{Furlandia}}
'''Furlandia''' is a [[furry]] [[convention]] that takes place in [[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Wikipedia:Oregon|Oregon]], USA. It was first held over May 10-12, 2013, but for subsequent years has moved to Memorial Day weekend.

== About ==
The convention was founded in 2013 by a group of people from the Portland area, prompted by the local community's desire for a convention of their own going back several years. The effort to organize the first year was headed in large part by [[Atso Fox]], [[Triss Winterdusk]], [[Saph]], and GEAR Con founder and Rose City Steampunk Film Festival director Stephen Couchman.

Chairmanship for 2014 fell to Triss. [[Lumio Draco]] was chair from 2015 to 2017. Demi Gargoyle chaired Furlandia from 2017 to 2018. [[Rex]] was chairman for 2019. [[Saph]] is chairman for 2020. <ref>[https://twitter.com/bigolbappypaws/ Bappy Paws!] on Twitter. Retrieved July 02, 2019.</ref>

== Joining RAIn ==
Furlandia organizers had been in talks with [[Rainfurrest Anthropomorphics International]] [[board of directors]] for several months before the decision was made to join their organization. The process was completed in early 2014, and then president of RAIn, [[Gene Armstrong]], was brought on as co-chair for the 2014 convention.

Furlandia and RainFurrest were both produced by RAIn in 2014 and 2015. From 2016 to 2018, Furlandia had been RAIn's sole convention level event, being joined by Rustycon and [[SpokAnthro]] for 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rainanthro.org |title=@RainAnthro |author=RainAnthro |website=RainAnthro |publisher=RainAnthro |date=02 July 2019 |access-date=02 July 2019}}</ref>

== Guests of Honor ==
* 2013: [[Tojo the Thief]], [[Soki]]
* 2014: [[NitroShep]], [[Kacey Miyagami]]
* 2015: [[Kitsumi]], [[Ognas]]
* 2016: [[Fablefire]], [[Diana Vick]], [[Zavian]] and [[DJ K3rb3ros]]
* 2017: [[Etuix]], [[Onnanoko]], [[Temperance (Canada)|Temperance]], [[Fox Amoore]], [[Pepper Coyote]], and [[Jumpiicat]]
* 2018: [[WerePuppy]], [[Majira Strawberry]], [[Mischief Makers]], and [[Gary Bell]]
* 2019: Frances "Yote" McKeever, Frances Pauli, DJ Trishy, Taebyn, and [[Bucktown_Tiger|Bucktown]].
* 2020: [[Meesh]]

== Themes ==
* 2013: "Put a Tail on It"
* 2014: "300 BCE: Furs of the Iron Age"
* 2015: "Adventure on the High Seas"
* 2016: "1850: Age of Industry"
* 2017: "1929: Age of Prosperity"
* 2018: "1957: Poodle Skirts and Duck Tails"
* 2019: "1967: Summer of Fluff"
* 2022: "Episode 8"
* 2023: "Your Character Here"
* 2024: "Furries in Space"

==Charities==
* 2013 - [http://www.pawteam.org/ Portland Animal Welfare (PAW) Team] - $1,000+
* 2014 - ???
* 2015 - [http://www.animalaidpdx.org/ Animal Aid]
* 2016 - [http://www.animalaidpdx.org/ Animal Aid]
* 2017 - [http://www.animalaidpdx.org/ Animal Aid]
* 2018 - [http://www.animalaidpdx.org/ Animal Aid] - $3,419.36
* 2019 - [http://www.chintiminiwildlife.org/ Chintimini Wildlife Center]

==Attendance & Fursuiters==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Convention year
! scope="col" | Attendance
! scope="col" | Percentage change
! scope="col" | Fursuiters
! scope="col" | Percentage change
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2013]]
| 280
| -
| 29
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2014]]
| 348
| 24.29%
| 64
| 120.69%
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2015]]
| 463
| 33.05%
| 112
| 75%
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2016]]
| 763
| 64.79%
| 142
| 26.79%
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2017]]
| 975
| 27.79%
| 200+
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2018]]
| 1,133
| 16.20%
| 250
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2019]]
| 1,205
| 6.35%
| -
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2020]]
| Canceled (COVID)
| -
| -
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | Furlandia 2021
| Canceled (COVID)
| -
| -
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2022]]
| 982
| -18.5%
| -
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2023]]
| 1,009<ref name=2024Summary>[https://x.com/Furlandia/status/1794902719729410151 "Furlandia 2024 achieved an attendance of 2060 people! That's double the 1009 from last year!! There were 350+ fursuiters in attendance this year!"] - Furlandia, Twitter (May 27, 2024)</ref>
| 10%
| -
| -
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Furlandia 2024]]
| 2,060<ref name=2024Summary />
| 104.163%
| 350+
| -
|-
|}

== Additional Attendance Information ==
* 2013: 280 attendees,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4629491/ |title=Congratulations! |author=~Furlandia (Member) |website=FurAffinity |publisher=FurAffinity |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=15 May 2013. |quote=… We had over 270 registered attendees at the convention this year …}}</ref> with 29 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=42N1T7K5Q74 |title=Furlandia 2013 - Fursuit Parade |author=ZealotDemon5 (channel) |website=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |date=14 May 2013 |access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref>
* 2014: 348 attendees, with 64 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/471038916003262465 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=26 May 2014 |quote=… 348 attendees, a 30% increase over last year. 64 fursuiters in the parade …}}</ref>
* 2015: 463 attendees, with 112 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/602933303365087232 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=25 May 2015 |access-date=26 May 2015 |quote=… Total attending: 463. Total fursuiters: 112 … }}</ref>
* 2016: 763 paid attendees, and 142 fursuiters in the parade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/737337832126062594 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016 |quote=… Total attending: 763. Total fursuiters: 142 … }}</ref>
* 2017: 975 paid attendees, and "nearly 200" fursuiters in the parade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/869042339414765569 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=28 May 2017 |access-date=28 May 2016 |quote=… 975 attendees, and nearly 200 Fursuiters!}}</ref>
* 2018: 1,133 paid attendees, and 250 fursuiters in the parade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/1001822980626792448 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=20 Jun 2018}}</ref>
* 2019: 1,205 paid attendees<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Furlandia/status/1146241245020221440 |title=@Furlandia |author=Furlandia |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |date=02 July 2019 |access-date=02 July 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://furlandia.org/
* [https://twitter.com/Furlandia Furlandia] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/Furlandia Furlandia] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://www.instagram.com/furlandiapdx/ FurlandiaPDX] on [[Instagram]]
* [https://vine.co/Furlandia Furlandia] on [[Vine]]
* [https://furlandiapdx.tumblr.com/ FurlandiaPDX] on [[Tumbr]]
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