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OzFurry

2006-01-30T03:58:12Z

Cjb:

The OzFurry mailing list was originally a [[Wikipedia:Majordomo|Majordomo]] service created by [[User:Cjb|Chris Baird]], with the early Brisbane fans Jagafeh, Marko Laine, and [[Sebkha|Simon Raboczi]] in April 1994, soon after the OzCon4 convention, as an easier way for these hardy pioneers of furry comic fans in the country to communicate without having to use large Cc: mails to each other. The list charter was to 'foster creative innovation' for Furry Fandom in Australia, with the [[South Fur Lands]] APAzine being a major discussion topic of the group.

After a long period of off-topic discussion and a lack of willingness by (mostly overseas) members to keep the list's goals, Chris passed the ownership and moderation to [[Ch'marr|Chris Cogdon]].

(include the post-1997 history here...)

==External Links==
*[http://www.furry.org.au/mailman/listinfo/ozfurry Australian Anthropomorphic Activities] The OzFurry mailing list information page.
[[Category:Australia]]

OzFurry

2006-01-30T03:56:58Z

Cjb: New article .. Yes, I know it reeks of bias..

The OzFurry mailing list was originally a [[Wikipedia:Majordomo|Majordomo]] service created by [[User:Cjb|Chris Baird]], with the early Brisbane fans Jagafeh, Marko Laine, and [[Sebkha|Simon Raboczi]] in April 1994, soon after the OzCon4 convention, as an easier way for these hardy pioneers of furry comic fans in the country to communicate without having to use large Cc: mails to each other. The list charter was to 'foster creative innovation' for Furry Fandom in Australia, with the [[South Fur Lands]] APAzine being a major discussion topic of the group.

After a long period of off-topic discussion and a lack of willingness by (mostly overseas) members to keep the list's goals, Chris passed the ownership and moderation to [[Ch'marr|Chris Cogdon]].

(include the post-1997 history here...)

==External Links==
*[http://www.furry.org.au/mailman/listinfo/ozfurry Australian Anthropomorphic Activities]
The mailing list information page.
[[Category:Australia]]

ConFeatherence 97

2006-01-30T03:32:43Z

Cjb: /* Notable Events */ ozfurry mailing list added

ConFeatherence was semi-organised Australian furmeet held in Melbourne over a week in March 1997. It was possibly the last meetup for the "Old School" fans in the country.

Previous organized fan meets in Australia include gatherings at OzCon 4 and OzCon 5.

==Attendees==
* Gryf, Kreggan (from Perth and Adelaide)
* [[Sebkha]], [[User:Cjb|Chris Baird]], Jagafeh (from Brisbane)
* [[Bernard Doove]], [[Ch'marr]] (Melbourne)
* ...plus a few newbie fans from the Melbourne area.

==Notable Events==
* the guided tour of Melbourne Zoo (with former guide [[Ch'marr]]).
* the "which version of Eric Schwartz' Sabrina do you prefer-- the dumpy nerdgirl, or the baywatch extra with large breasts" discussion. (Conclusion: nerdgirl for the win.)
* a BBQ at Ch'marr's place.
* the "how long can you stick your head in a bucket of ice-water" competiton (winner: Chris, 47 seconds).
* paying a visit to Paul Kidd's place.
* Ch'marr's first body-painting experience.
* Chris Baird passing on the OzFurry mailing list to Ch'marr.
* (the less that is said about the presence of CD-burners, the better. :-)

[[Category:Australia]]

ConFeatherence 97

2006-01-30T03:30:17Z

Cjb: Ch'mrr -> Ch'marr

ConFeatherence was semi-organised Australian furmeet held in Melbourne over a week in March 1997. It was possibly the last meetup for the "Old School" fans in the country.

Previous organized fan meets in Australia include gatherings at OzCon 4 and OzCon 5.

==Attendees==
* Gryf, Kreggan (from Perth and Adelaide)
* [[Sebkha]], [[User:Cjb|Chris Baird]], Jagafeh (from Brisbane)
* [[Bernard Doove]], [[Ch'marr]] (Melbourne)
* ...plus a few newbie fans from the Melbourne area.

==Notable Events==
* the guided tour of Melbourne Zoo (with former guide [[Ch'marr]]).
* the "which version of Eric Schwartz' Sabrina do you prefer-- the dumpy nerdgirl, or the baywatch extra with large breasts" discussion. (Conclusion: nerdgirl for the win.)
* a BBQ at Ch'marr's place.
* the "how long can you stick your head in a bucket of ice-water" competiton (winner: Chris, 47 seconds).
* paying a visit to Paul Kidd's place.
* Ch'marr's first body-painting experience.
* (the less that is said about the presence of CD-burners, the better. :-)

[[Category:Australia]]

ConFeatherence 97

2006-01-30T03:27:12Z

Cjb: added links, sabrina discussion

ConFeatherence was semi-organised Australian furmeet held in Melbourne over a week in March 1997. It was possibly the last meetup for the "Old School" fans in the country.

Previous organized fan meets in Australia include gatherings at OzCon 4 and OzCon 5.

==Attendees==
* Gryf, Kreggan (from Perth and Adelaide)
* [[Sebkha]], [[User:Cjb|Chris Baird]], Jagafeh (from Brisbane)
* [[Bernard Doove]], Ch'mrr (Melbourne)
* ...plus a few newbie fans from the Melbourne area.

==Notable Events==
* the guided tour of Melbourne Zoo (with former guide Ch'mrr).
* the "which version of Eric Schwartz' Sabrina do you prefer-- the dumpy nerdgirl, or the baywatch extra with large breasts" discussion. (Conclusion: nerdgirl for the win.)
* a BBQ at Ch'mrr's place.
* the "how long can you stick your head in a bucket of ice-water" competiton (winner: Chris, 47 seconds).
* paying a visit to Paul Kidd's place.
* Ch'mrr's first body-painting experience.
* (the less that is said about the presence of CD-burners, the better. :-)

[[Category:Australia]]

ConFeatherence 97

2006-01-30T03:16:42Z

Cjb: Starting the article off ... MIDfur wasn't the first.

ConFeatherence was semi-organised Australian furmeet held in Melbourne over a week in March 1997. It was possibly the last meetup for the "Old School" fans in the country.

Previous organized fan meets in Australia include gatherings at OzCon 4 and OzCon 5.

==Attendees==
* Gryf, Kreggan (from Perth and Adelaide)
* Sebkha, Chris Baird, Jagafeh (from Brisbane)
* Bernard Doove, Ch'mrr (Melbourne)
* ...plus a few newbie fans from the Melbourne area.

==Notable Events==
* the guided tour of Melbourne Zoo (with former guide Ch'mrr).
* a BBQ at Ch'mrr's place.
* the "how long can you stick your head in a bucket of ice-water" competiton (winner: Chris, 47 seconds).
* paying a visit to Paul Kidd's place.
* Ch'mrr's first body-painting experience.
* (the less that is said about the presence of CD-burners, the better. :-)

[[Category:Australia]]

User:Cjb

2006-01-29T01:15:59Z

Cjb:

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User talk:Cjb

2006-01-29T01:15:08Z

Cjb:

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User talk:Cjb

2006-01-29T01:14:52Z

Cjb:

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Quarantine

2006-01-28T12:17:37Z

Cjb: Added house photo; boosted Chris' importance in forming the sharehouse.

'''Quarantine''' was a furry sharehouse in the Chapel Hill suburb of [[Wikipedia:Brisbane|Brisbane]], [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]] which operated from 1996-1997. Though short-lived, it claims the distinction of being the first furry house in Australia. The tenants were [[Chris Baird]], [[Jason Gaffney]], [[Marko Laine]], [[Simon Raboczi]], [[David "Desert" Williams]]. and (briefly) [[Belinda Kelly]].

==History==
[[Image:Quarantine_front.jpg|right|thumb|"7 bedrooms", $250 p/w]]The core group of Brisbane natives (Jason, Marko and Simon) who formed the nucleus of the household were actually completely unaware of each other's existence until Canadian backpacker [[John Boulton]] passed through town in 1994, visiting the local furries he'd located over the internet. The local trio subsequently collaborated on founding the [[South Fur Lands]] regional furry [[fanzine]]. When Chris from [[Wikipedia:Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] (who complained that Brisbane was too hot) moved to Brisbane in early 1996, it precipitated a plan to form a student share-house. To make up the numbers for the all-important individual rent-reduction, they imported Desert from [[Wikipedia:Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] (who complained that Brisbane was too cold).

David moved out later in the year and was replaced for a few weeks by Belinda, until Chris's decision to leave as well precipitated the kind of rental crisis all too common to student sharehouses, and the household disbanded.

==Artifacts==
[[Image:quarantine_skunkedphone.jpg|right|thumb|A 'Skunked' telephone]]
* Each member of the house had a different [[plushie|plush toy animal]] on a shelf in the living room, to be placed on the phone whenever the modem was in use so that everyone else would know not to pick up the handset, and who to complain to for hogging the line. Because the two most frequent users (Chris and Simon) used plush skunks for this purpose, the practice became known as "skunking the phone".
* Five CDs of the "Serkonov" combined domestic file archives were burned when the housemates parted ways. Like Tolkien's cursed rings of power, they are borne in secret as heavy burdens of copyright guilt by the ex-tenants.
* The staple diet of the residents was a Traditional Queensland Uni Student Chili. Desert and Chris had to sustain much criticism on how fiercely hot their cooking was allowed to be.

[[Category:Furry houses]][[Category:Australia]]

Quarantine

2006-01-28T12:05:46Z

Cjb: /* Artifacts */

'''Quarantine''' was a furry sharehouse in the Chapel Hill suburb of [[Wikipedia:Brisbane|Brisbane]], [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]] which operated from 1996-1997. Though short-lived, it claims the distinction of being the first furry house in Australia. The tenants were [[Chris Baird]], [[Jason Gaffney]], [[Marko Laine]], [[Simon Raboczi]], [[David "Desert" Williams]]. and (briefly) [[Belinda Kelly]].

==History==
The core group of Brisbane natives (Jason, Marko and Simon) who formed the nucleus of the household were actually completely unaware of each other's existence until Canadian backpacker [[John Boulton]] passed through town in 1994, visiting the local furries he'd located over the internet. The local trio subsequently collaborated on founding the [[South Fur Lands]] regional furry [[fanzine]]. When they moved in together in 1996, they imported Desert from [[Wikipedia:Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] (who complained that Brisbane was too cold) and Chris from [[Wikipedia:Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] (who complained that Brisbane was too hot).

David moved out the next year and was replaced for a few weeks by Belinda, until Chris's decision to leave as well precipitated the kind of rental crisis all too common to student sharehouses, and the household disbanded.

==Artifacts==
[[Image:quarantine_skunkedphone.jpg|right|thumb|A 'Skunked' telephone]]
* Each member of the house had a different [[plushie|plush toy animal]] on a shelf in the living room, to be placed on the phone whenever the modem was in use so that everyone else would know not to pick up the handset, and who to complain to for hogging the line. Because the two most frequent users (Chris and Simon) used plush skunks for this purpose, the practice became known as "skunking the phone".
* Five CDs of the "Serkonov" combined domestic file archives were burned when the housemates parted ways. Like Tolkien's cursed rings of power, they are borne in secret as heavy burdens of copyright guilt by the ex-tenants.
* The staple diet of the residents was a Traditional Queensland Uni Student Chili. Desert and Chris had to sustain much criticism on how fiercely hot their cooking was allowed to be.

[[Category:Furry houses]][[Category:Australia]]

Quarantine

2006-01-28T12:04:29Z

Cjb: /* Artifacts */ ... photo of skunked phone

'''Quarantine''' was a furry sharehouse in the Chapel Hill suburb of [[Wikipedia:Brisbane|Brisbane]], [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]] which operated from 1996-1997. Though short-lived, it claims the distinction of being the first furry house in Australia. The tenants were [[Chris Baird]], [[Jason Gaffney]], [[Marko Laine]], [[Simon Raboczi]], [[David "Desert" Williams]]. and (briefly) [[Belinda Kelly]].

==History==
The core group of Brisbane natives (Jason, Marko and Simon) who formed the nucleus of the household were actually completely unaware of each other's existence until Canadian backpacker [[John Boulton]] passed through town in 1994, visiting the local furries he'd located over the internet. The local trio subsequently collaborated on founding the [[South Fur Lands]] regional furry [[fanzine]]. When they moved in together in 1996, they imported Desert from [[Wikipedia:Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] (who complained that Brisbane was too cold) and Chris from [[Wikipedia:Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] (who complained that Brisbane was too hot).

David moved out the next year and was replaced for a few weeks by Belinda, until Chris's decision to leave as well precipitated the kind of rental crisis all too common to student sharehouses, and the household disbanded.

==Artifacts==
* Each member of the house had a different [[plushie|plush toy animal]] on a shelf in the living room, to be placed on the phone whenever the modem was in use so that everyone else would know not to pick up the handset, and who to complain to for hogging the line. Because the two most frequent users (Chris and Simon) used plush skunks for this purpose, the practice became known as "skunking the phone".[[Image:quarantine_skunkedphone.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of a 'Skunked' telephone]]
* Five CDs of the "Serkonov" combined domestic file archives were burned when the housemates parted ways. Like Tolkien's cursed rings of power, they are borne in secret as heavy burdens of copyright guilt by the ex-tenants.
* The staple diet of the residents was a Traditional Queensland Uni Student Chili. Desert and Chris had to sustain much criticism on how fiercely hot their cooking was allowed to be.

[[Category:Furry houses]][[Category:Australia]]