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Furnal Equinox 2011

2011-05-30T16:53:29Z

MimiBadger: Breaking link. Wrong furry. Arctic is a fox. This link points to a lion.

{{Infobox convention event
| name = Furnal Equinox 2011
| eventlogo =
| iteration = 2
| location = {{flagdiv|can| [[wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto]], [[wikipedia:Ontario|Ontario]], [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] - Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport }}
| url = http://www.furnalequinox.com
| duration = March 11th to 13th, 2011
| theme = "Wild Magic"
| guests = [[FirestormSix]], [[ZEN]]
| attendees = 450
| expenses =
| revenue =
| charity = [http://www.mississaugahumanesociety.com Mississauga Humane Society]
|resources = {{con resources|Furnal Equinox|Furnal Equinox 2011}}
}}

{{Furnal Equinox}}
'''Furnal Equinox 2011''', the second annual [[Furnal Equinox]], was held on March 11-13, 2011 at the Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport in [[Wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]]. The theme of the convention was "Wild Magic". <ref>''[http://forums.furnalequinox.com/index.php?topic=564.0 Furnal Equinox 2011: The Magic Returns Next Spring]'', [[Pakesh De]]/Furnal Equinox committee (May 11, 2010)</ref>

Over 450 people attended the convention over the three days (a 36% increase from 2010), including 110 participants in the Fursuit Parade.<ref>''[http://forums.furnalequinox.com/index.php?topic=851.0 Thank You FE 2011 Attendees!]'', [[Scani]]/Furnal Equinox committee (March 15, 2011)</ref>

Furnal Equinox's charity auction raised a total of $4,000 for the Mississauga Humane Society. One of the successfully auctioned items included a commission from ZEN which sold for $450.<ref>''[http://twitter.com/#!/zenthetiger/status/47020367134470145 Tweet by ZEN] (March 13, 2011)''</ref>

==Guests of Honour==

[[File:FE2011_ZEN.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Guest of Honour ZEN in suit as Joshua Tiger -- the suit was built by fellow Guest of Honour FirestormSix.]]

UK-based furry artist [[ZEN]] and local fursuit builder [[Firestorm Six]] were the Guests of Honour for the convention. It was ZEN's first appearance at a con in North America. As tradition for the Guests of Honour, both provided the artwork for the conbook covers, as well as the artwork on attendee badges.

ZEN also celebrated his birthday at the convention on Sunday.

==Registration==

Preregistration opened to attendees on 3 August 2010 and concluded on 2 March 2011. Memberships cost $30 to $40 Canadian depending on the time of registration. Sponsorships for an additional $30 included a T-shirt.

Dealers' tables opened up shortly after registration and were completely reserved as of November 2010, though they reopened after an expansion in late January. <ref>''[http://www.furnalequinox.com/Dealers Dealers]'', Furnal Equinox website (accessed January 2, 2011)</ref>

==Events==

[[File:FurnalEquinoxGames.JPG|thumb|300px|The Furry Games at Furnal Equinox]]

Furnal Equinox expanded to three days of programming for 2011. The convention originally planned to remain in the Mississauga wing from the previous year, but in late January an expansion to the International wing was announced, almost tripling the available floor space and allowing space to be allocated to a Dealers Den in one room (the original plan was to split it among two rooms). Space was also set aside for a massive Zoo and an Artists Alley.<ref>''http://www.furnalequinox.com/downloads/FENewsletter_2011Feb.pdf FE Newsletter, February 2011'', Furnal Equinox committee (February 15, 2011)</ref>

The Wolf's Den [[hospitality suite]] was introduced, offering soft drinks and snacks in an eleventh-floor suite for those registering as sponsors. The Wolf's Den was also used for receptions by fellow Canadian conventions [[Camp Feral!]] and [[What The Fur]] as well as a meet-and-greet for [[Ontario Furs]].<ref>''http://www.furnalequinox.com/downloads/FENewsletter_2011Jan.pdf FE Newsletter, January 2011'', Furnal Equinox committee (January 20, 2011)</ref>

Notable panels included:
*"So It's Your First Con?" by [[Potoroo]] and [[Feli]], chairs of Feral! and What The Fur?
*"Animal Drawing", "Creating Comics" and "Backgrounds" by [[Kent Burles]], professor at Max the Mutt Animation School in Toronto
*"Furry Psychology" by [[Courtney "Nuka" Plante]], University of Waterloo grad student and Furry Survey researcher
*"Caring for Fursuits" by [[FirestormSix]], Guest of Honour and fursuit builder
*"Aboriginal Culture", "Canadian Conservation", "Aboriginal Art" and "Cartooning and Character Design" by [[Bernice Gordon]], artist

==Committee==
*'''Co-Chairs:''' [[Pakesh De]] and [[Blindsight]]<ref>''http://www.furnalequinox.com/downloads/FENewsletter_2010Nov.pdf FE Newsletter, November 2010'', Furnal Equinox committee (November 17, 2010)</ref>
*'''Dance:''' [[Kimba]], [[raverfox]]
*'''Dealers:''' [[MAnlantrio]]
*'''Fursuiting:''' [[Arinmal]]
*'''Gaming:''' [[Shane]]
*'''Publicity, Business, Website:''' [[Scani]]
*'''Registration:''' [[Silvax]]
*'''Security:''' Arctic
*'''Volunteers:''' [[Twitchy]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furnalequinox.com/ Furnal Equinox website]
*[http://community.livejournal.com/furnalequinox/ LiveJournal community]
* {{con resources|Furnal Equinox|Furnal Equinox 2011}}

[[Category:2011 events]]

Furnal Equinox 2010

2011-05-30T16:52:55Z

MimiBadger: Breaking link. Wrong furry. Arctic is a fox. This link points to a lion.

{{Infobox convention event
| name = Furnal Equinox 2010
| eventlogo =
| iteration = 1
| location = {{flagdiv|can| [[wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto]], [[wikipedia:Ontario|Ontario]], [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] - Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport }}
| url = http://www.furnalequinox.com
| duration = March 6th to 7th, 2010
| theme = "Furry Fun and Games"
| guests = [[Heather Bruton]], [[BushyCat]]
| attendees = 330
| expenses =
| revenue =
| charity = [http://www.mississaugahumanesociety.com Mississauga Humane Society]
|resources = {{con resources|Furnal Equinox|Furnal Equinox 2010}}
}}

{{Furnal Equinox}}
'''Furnal Equinox 2010''', the first [[Furnal Equinox]], was held March 6-7 at the Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport in [[Wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]]. The theme, in recognition of the [[Wikipedia:2010 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics in Vancouver]], was Furry Fun & Games.

At the Closing Ceremonies, attendance at the inaugural FE was announced as 330 people, with an estimated 40 [[fursuits]] present at the convention. <ref>''[http://community.livejournal.com/furnalequinox/4582.html THANK YOU!]'', [[Scani]]/Furnal Equinox committee (9 March 2010)</ref> In doing so, the convention set a record for attendance at a Canadian furry event, previously held by [[C-ACE|C-ACE 2005]].

A conbook signed by the Guests of Honour and the members of the Furnal Equinox convention committee was also auctioned off at the convention. The auction raised $200 for the Mississauga Humane Society.<ref>''[http://www.furnalequinox.com/History History]'', Furnal Equinox (accessed May 19, 2010)</ref>

== Guests of Honor ==
[[Heather Bruton]] and [[BushyCat]] were present as artist [[guests of honor]]. Heather created a sponsor print in addition to the [[conbook]] cover image,<ref>''[http://hbruton.livejournal.com/264566.html Trillium]'', Heather Bruton (accessed February 25, 2010)</ref> while Bushy contributed to the back cover of the conbook in addition to the artwork on attendees' conbadges.

==Registration==
[[Registration]] opened on 27 August 2009 for rooms, panels and dealer's tables. Memberships cost $25 to $35 Canadian, depending on the time of registration. Sponsors paying $25 received a t-shirt by [[Arrowroot]].<ref>''[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3530535 Furnal Equinox 2010]'', [[Arrowroot]] (8 March 2010)</ref>

Dealer tables were sold out prior to the beginning of the convention.

==Events==
Notable panels included:
* Animal Drawing and Creating Comics by [[Kent Burles]], professor at Max the Mutt Animation School in Toronto
* Furries from A to Z by [[Kathy Gerbasi]], professor and social psychologist
* Your First Furry Con by [[Linnaeus]], former chairman of [[Midwest Furfest]]
* Furry Literature Q&A by [[Phil Geusz]], furry author and contributor to ''[[Anthro]]'' magazine
* History of Furry by [[Pyat]], role-playing game author and "fandom historian"

In keeping with the Fun and Games theme of the convention, a number of GMs offered gaming sessions and signout of tabletop games for the duration of the convention. The Zoo was also open overnight on Saturday.

==2010 Committee==
*'''Chairmen:''' [[Pakesh De]] and [[blindsight]]
*'''Security:''' Arctic
*'''Artists, Dealers, Merchandising:''' [[Arrowroot]]
*'''Dance, Hotel Liaison, Gaming:''' [[Crassadon]]
*'''Fursuiting and Panels:''' [[Michael Bard]] aka Morgan
*'''Volunteers, Registration, Gaming:''' [[Shane]]
*'''PR, Financial, Legal, Website:''' [[Scani]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.furnalequinox.com/ Furnal Equinox website]
*[http://community.livejournal.com/furnalequinox/ LiveJournal community]
* {{con resources|Furnal Equinox|Furnal Equinox 2010}}

[[Category:2010 events]]

User:MimiBadger

2010-09-06T20:46:24Z

MimiBadger:

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my wikifur userpage! I'm an American badger living in Toronto, that squeaks, hands out cuppycakes and extra cuddly! At Feral the 13th, I poked people a whole lot and bonked some of them in the nogging with my ferret plushie.

My favorite furcons consist of [[Feral!]] and [[Furnal Equinox]] so far. I might go to [[What The Fur]] eventually. I might eventually get a fursuit. We need more American Badger fursuiters out there :P

If you wish to contact me, send me a note on furaffinity.

Ivybeth

2010-09-06T19:40:12Z

MimiBadger: nice seeing you at Feral, Ivy. ^^

[[Image:Ivybadge.png|right|thumb|200px|Badge of Ivy, by herself.]]
'''Ivybeth''' (born November 12, 1982; full name '''Ivy Beth Gladstone''') is a [[furry artist]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. Her [[fursona]] is a green and yellow [[cat|house cat]] named '''Ovy'''.

Ivy attended [[Anthrocon]] in 2007, 2008, 2009 and was a Guest of Honor at [[Feral!]] 2010.

==External links==
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ivybeth Ivybeth] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://ivybeth.artspots.com/ Ivybeth] on [[ArtSpots]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ivybeth/ Ivybeth]] on [[VCL]]
* [http://www.furspace.com/ivybeth Ivybeth] on [[FurSpace]]
* [http://www.myfursona.com/user/ivybeth Ivybeth] on [[MyFursona]]
* [http://ivybeth.deviantart.com/ Ivybeth] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://ivybeth.livejournal.com/profile ''::IvyB!'s Blog and such::''] - Ivybeth on [[LiveJournal]]

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Colson Grainger

2010-09-06T19:36:30Z

MimiBadger: nice seeing you at Feral, colson :)

'''Colson Grainger''' (also known as '''Rudderbutt'''; born May 23, 1982)<ref name="ColsonLJP">[http://colsongrainger.livejournal.com/profile Colson Grainger's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved April 27, 2009</ref> is a [[fursuiter]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:San Jose, California|San Jose, California]], U.S.A.<ref name="ColsonLJP"/> His [[fursona]] is a goateed [[otter]].

Colson's fursuit character is '''Ardan''', an Irish white [[hare]]. The head, feet, and paws of this costume were built by [[Frazzle (fursuiter)|Frazzle]], and the body by [[Arend Studios]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2118361 "Ardan and the entourage"] - posting by Colson on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved April 27, 2009</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://colsongrainger.livejournal.com/ ''Since We Last Spoke''] - Colson Grainger on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/colson/ Colson Grainger] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://twitter.com/Rudderbutt Rudderbutt] on twitter.com

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Dan Skunk

2010-07-18T16:49:04Z

MimiBadger: Your compromise is acceptable to me. I removed the double copy-pasting.

'''Dan Skunk''' (born May 22, 1974)<ref name="DanSkunkLJP">[http://danskunk.livejournal.com/profile Dan Skunk's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 15, 2008</ref> is a [[furry]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Oshawa|Oshawa]], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="DanSkunkLJP"/> Dan Skunk's hobbies include writing poetry.

Dan was a furry from a very young age. Since the age of three, he would daydream about being a [[Skunk (species)|skunk]], and often felt different or wanted to be something else.<ref>[http://www.furnation.com/danskunk/ Dan Skunk's biography] on [[FurNation]]. Retrieved May 15, 2008</ref> He discovered [[furry fandom]] on Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:21 PM, when he watched ''[[Animal Imitators]]'' on TLC and discovered there were others with similar feelings to himself.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dan Skunk is active within the [[Toronto Furry]] group {{fact}}.

The original [[Toronto-furry]] website, which ran was 1998 to late 2005, was reopened by Dan on [[FurNation]] in May, 2006 and grew from 32 members to 400 before it was renamed to [[Ontario Furries]] in 2008. As of July 2010, it had over 1000 members, making it the most popular Canadian furry site.

Dan Skunk created the first chat room for Toronto furs, [[#torfur]] in 2005 as well, then [[#toronto-furry]] in 2006, and [[#OntarioFurries]] in 2008, all on [[FurNet]].

Dan Skunk was a volunteer at [[Anthrocon]] and [[Midwest Furfest]] in 2007, becoming staff from 2008 to present.

Dan Skunk was co-founder and organizer of the Toronto Furry Spaghetti Factory Dinner from 2007 to 2008, Co-Founder of the [[Islington Furmeet]] in 2008.

[[Dan Skunk]] claims to have founded [[Furnal Equinox]] because he claims to have been doing research for a possible convention in Toronto, Ontario in the summer of 2008 and then in late 2008 creating a message board on [[Ontario Furries]] for members of the Ontario furry community to discuss the convention and making a post inviting people to to organize and staff it and that this project eventually became known as [[Furnal Equinox]].

This claim is contested by members of [[Furnal Equinox]]'s organizing committee.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/danskunk/ Dan Skunk] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.furnation.com/danskunk/ Dan Skunk] on [[FurNation]]
* [http://danskunk.livejournal.com/ Dan Skunk] on [[LiveJournal]]

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Dan Skunk

2010-07-18T16:14:52Z

MimiBadger: As per talk of the FE page, don't claim things you didn't do.

'''Dan Skunk''' (born May 22, 1974)<ref name="DanSkunkLJP">[http://danskunk.livejournal.com/profile Dan Skunk's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 15, 2008</ref> is a [[furry]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Oshawa|Oshawa]], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="DanSkunkLJP"/> Dan Skunk's hobbies include writing poetry.

Dan was a furry from a very young age. Since the age of three, he would daydream about being a [[Skunk (species)|skunk]], and often felt different or wanted to be something else.<ref>[http://www.furnation.com/danskunk/ Dan Skunk's biography] on [[FurNation]]. Retrieved May 15, 2008</ref> He discovered [[furry fandom]] on Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:21 PM, when he watched ''[[Animal Imitators]]'' on TLC and discovered there were others with similar feelings to himself.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dan Skunk is active within the [[Toronto Furry]] group {{fact}}.

The original [[Toronto-furry]] website, which ran was 1998 to late 2005, was reopened by Dan on [[FurNation]] in May, 2006 and grew from 32 members to 400 before it was renamed to [[Ontario Furries]] in 2008. As of July 2010, it had over 1000 members, making it the most popular Canadian furry site.

Dan Skunk created the first chat room for Toronto furs, [[#torfur]] in 2005 as well, then [[#toronto-furry]] in 2006, and [[#OntarioFurries]] in 2008, all on [[FurNet]].

Dan Skunk was a volunteer at [[Anthrocon]] and [[Midwest Furfest]] in 2007, becoming staff from 2008 to present.

Dan Skunk was co-founder and organizer of the Toronto Furry Spaghetti Factory Dinner from 2007 to 2008, Co-Founder of the [[Islington Furmeet]] in 2008.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/danskunk/ Dan Skunk] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.furnation.com/danskunk/ Dan Skunk] on [[FurNation]]
* [http://danskunk.livejournal.com/ Dan Skunk] on [[LiveJournal]]

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Dan Skunk

2010-01-31T02:52:56Z

MimiBadger: Still lacks wikistyle, but formatted better...

Toronto Furry

2010-01-31T02:40:53Z

MimiBadger: /* Fabulous Furry Brunch */ ^^

'''Toronto Furry''', abbreviated to '''TorFur''', is an association of furries living in the area around [[wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada]].

It is one of the larger regional furry communities with over 400 estimated active members, and it is serviced by a number of loosely-affiliated services.

== Resources ==

=== Mailing List ===

The Toronto Furry Mailing List (usually referred to as just TorFur) is the longest running resource for the Toronto Furry community. It was started by [[Silfur]] near the beginning of 1997. It is currently hosted on catsden.net and administrated by [[Potoroo]] and has nearly 250 subscribers.

The mailing list also has two sister lists for the announcement of events and debates (torfur-events and torfur-debates respectively).

=== Websites ===

The toronto-furry home page was started by [[Silfur]] around 1998{{fact}}. It was later maintained by [[Benjamin]] and hosted at [[furry.ca]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.furry.ca/toronto/ Internet Archive archives of http://www.furry.ca/toronto/] until being closed in late 2005. Retrieved 2008 Dec 28</ref>. It was re-opened by [[Dan Skunk]] in May 2006, hosted on [[furnation]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070929065952/http://www.furry.ca/toronto/ furry.ca/toronto/" (redirect to http://www.furnation.com/danskunk/torfur/)]. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved on 2008 December 28.</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.furnation.com/toronto/ Internet Archive archives of http://www.furnation.com/toronto/]. Retrieved 2008 Dec 28</ref>.

In November 2008 torfur became defunct as a website and remains dead to this day.

=== Chat ===

Several IRC channels linked to the Toronto Furry community exist on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], the two primary of which are #torfur and #OntarioFurries. A brief narrative history of the main channels is as follows.

#torfur was registered by [[Dan Skunk]] on 1 April 2005 to compliment the torfur mailing list by adding the ability to share real time messages with other members of the Toronto furry community.

Dan Skunk ceded control of #torfur to [[darqchild]], around November 2005, the channel then changed ownership to Scani in November 2009.

Torfur began to split up around July 2006 over personal disputes between moderators.

toronto_furry was registered by [[bobby]] near the end of September 2006 to provide an unmoderated alternative to #torfur.

toronto-furry was registered by Dan Skunk on 2 October 2006 to provide an alternative that was both more moderated than #toronto_furry but less moderated than #torfur.

nsftorfur was registered on 22 October 2006 to provide a place for users of #torfur to discuss mature topics.

toronto_furry and #toronto-furry later merged due to lack of activity on #toronto_furry.

Dan Skunk ceded control of #toronto-furry to [[Scani]] on April 2008 to deal with some personal issues.

[[Scani]] relinquished his roles in the fandom in order to pursue personal goals, and passed control of #toronto-furry to [[Drake]] in early August 2008. He also left his position of administrator in #torfur, which [[darqchild]] passed on to [[Aaeden Aranor]].

Dan Skunk registered #OntarioFurries on September 11th, 2008.

== Events ==

=== Fabulous Furry Brunch ===
Come join some local furs every Saturday at noon for breakfast. The furry brunch used to be at the Fabulous Cafe, but we now gather at O'Grady's (518 Church St) for a bite, to eat and to meet new people. Everyone is welcome.

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://mailman.catsden.net/mailman/listinfo/torfur TorFur mailing list]
* [http://www.furnation.com/toronto/ toronto-furry]
* [http://www.torfur.com Torfur.Com]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/torfur #torfur IRC channel]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/toronto-furry #toronto-furry IRC channel]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/ontariofurries #OntarioFurries IRC channel]

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User:MimiBadger

2009-07-02T05:01:29Z

MimiBadger: Created page with 'mimiBadger is a badger.'

mimiBadger is a badger.

User talk:MimiBadger

2009-06-30T21:45:36Z

MimiBadger:

Welcome to [[WikiFur]]! Thank you for registering an account - we look forward to working with you. [[Forum:Help desk|Let us know]] if you need any [[Help:Contents|help]] not already provided. If you would like help creating an article or just editing it, don't hesitate to consult the [[Help:Furry Book of Style|Furry Book of Style]] or just contact an [[WikiFur:Administrator|administrator]]. Have a nice day! :-) --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 21:25, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! [[User:MimiBadger|MimiBadger]] 21:45, 30 June 2009 (UTC)