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Talk:LAFF New Years Eve

2007-02-10T06:00:33Z

Riley West Wolf:

I took LAFF NYE over because at the time, no one els would stand up and take it over, and when I did it was drawing closer and closer to NYE, and no one had made any arangements so I stopped at th hotel personally and set it up with the manager there, then from there I went ahead and picked people I feel were capable of helping me run this event, which consisted of, Me (Riley Westwolf/Rex), Lil Blue, Sema, Taren, Blazger, Frostcat, and Locket Foxwolf. And people like Ken Redtail, Navajo Lion and Ultima where fantastic enough to lend in a hand with the event and help out. I took care of all the hotel areangements, signed the contract, Sema was nice enough to get all the food arangements set up, and the registration stuff. She, like everyone involved was a very big help in running this event with out a hitch. As of recent Sema is trying to proove something, I am unsure what, she is trying to take credit for an event that was run by EVERYONE, not just her! She was a big help, but she has nothing to proove by doing such a thing. She needs to remember everyone that helped run the event this year. This is not SEMA NYE, this is LAFF NYE. Sema needs to remember this people, and that LAFF NYE is not hers, it is not any one persons event. I never claimed it as mine. It is LAFF NYE, it is for everyone that wants to come in the LAFF area, or from anywhere, it is an open party for everyone who wishes to come and join in the fun each year! --[[User:Riley West Wolf|Riley West Wolf]] 06:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

LAFF New Years Eve

2007-02-10T05:59:47Z

Riley West Wolf:

[[Image:Laffnye.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[LAFF]] rings in 2007 at their annual NYE party]]The '''LAFF New Years Eve''' party is an annual event hosted by various members of [[Lake Area Furry Friends]].

{| border="1"
! Year !! Location !! Organizer(s) !! Attendees !! Charity
|-
| 1997 || Private apartment, Grayslake, IL || [[Posicat]] and [[DataHawk]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 1998 || Days Inn, Kenosha, WI || [[ShadowCat]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 1999 || Days Inn, Kenosha, WI || [[Moryssa]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2000 || Knights Inn, Kenosha,WI || [[Moryssa]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2001 || colspan="4" | ''No LAFF-wide party was held this year''
|-
| 2002 || Days Inn, Elgin, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2003 || Days Inn, Elgin, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2004 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || 78 || $417.66 to [http://www.americares.org Americares]
|-
| 2005 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Linnaeus]], [[Duncan da Husky]], and [[DaveQat]] || 84 || $265.00 to [[Wikipedia:St. Jude's Hospital|St. Jude's Hospital]]
|-
| 2006 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Riley West Wolf]], [[Lil' Blue]], [[Locket Foxwolf]], [[Taren Nauxen]], [[Sema JayHawk]] and [[Blazger]], as well as [[Ken Redtail]], [[Navajo Lion]] and [[Ultima]] || 52 || $82.00 to [http://www.almosthomefoundation.org Almost Home Foundation]
|}

== External Links ==
* [http://www.graywolfden.net/gallery/index.php?album=LAFF+New+Years+Eve+2004/ 2004 LAFF New Year's pictures] by [[GrayWolf (Illinois)|GrayWolf]]
* [http://superwailingbonus.com/passion06/folders/3963/20051231LAFFNewYearsEve 2005 LAFF New Year's pictures] by [[Taren]]

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LAFF

2007-02-08T20:09:11Z

Riley West Wolf: /* The present */

[[Image:LAFFLogo.jpg|right|175px]]
'''Lake Area Furry Friends''' (also known as '''LAFF''') is a regional social group focused on the northern [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]], southern [[Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]], and northwestern [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]], including the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison metropolitan areas.

==History==

LAFF came into being in 1996 as a more regionally-oriented [[Wikipedia:mailing list|mailing list]] than its predecessor, the ChiFur mailing list, which was focused around Chicago. It has since become the dominant furry group in the region and has branched off into cyberspace to [[LiveJournal]] and MySpace communities, moderated by [[Artemis]] and [[User:AshMCairo|Ash M. Cairo]] respectively, to the [[Second Life]] group, founded by [[Sema JayHawk]], and helped moderated by [[Blazger]] and [[Steel the Warrior]]. Its main website was created in 1998 by [[Aureth]] on his [[Cornwuff Press]] site. Artemis took over as webmaster in 1999; he revamped and ran the site on [[Catbox|catbox.com]] until 2007 when, under the direction of Ash M. Cairo, [[Ken Redtail]] and [[Zel]], a new website was created using a wiki format.

==The present==

Currently, the community is based around the "LAFF mailing list," which is hosted at catbox.com by [[Puma (person)|puma]]. The mailing list is primarily used to organize social functions, including a monthly [[LAFF Bowling|bowling]] outing (organized by [[Shale Ari]]) which is usually followed by a trip to White Castle for [[SliderCon]] (organized by [[Sema JayHawk]]) or [[Pizza For the People]] (organized by [[Shale Ari]]), as well as monthly softball games in the summer (organized by [[Stevie Maxwell]]), and the annual trip to Noah's Ark Water Park in the Wisconsin Dells (organized by [[Hakeber]]). The year culminates in a grand [[LAFF New Years Eve|New Years Eve party]] in Northern Illinois. In past years, that's been organized by [[Linnaeus]] but in 2006, the party was hosted by [[Riley West Wolf]] with the help of several other furs. Numerous weekly events also take place, as well as one-off outings organized by community members.

==See also==

* [[:Category:LAFFurs]]

==External links==

* [http://laff.tixen.net/ Lake Area Furry Friends Wiki]], the LAFF official web-page
* [irc://irc.anthrochat.net/LAFF #LAFF,] an [[IRC]] channel on [[Anthrochat]]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/lafflist LAFF's] LiveJournal community
* [http://www.frappr.com/laff LAFF's] [[Frapper]] community
* [http://groups.myspace.com/lakeareafurryfriends LAFF's] MySpace community
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osondoson/207/56/61 LAFF's] Second Life Headquarters

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LAFF New Years Eve

2007-02-08T20:08:34Z

Riley West Wolf: sorry, I took over the 2006 party

[[Image:Laffnye.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[LAFF]] rings in 2007 at their annual NYE party]]The '''LAFF New Years Eve''' party is an annual event hosted by various members of [[Lake Area Furry Friends]].

{| border="1"
! Year !! Location !! Organizer(s) !! Attendees !! Charity
|-
| 1997 || Private apartment, Grayslake, IL || [[Posicat]] and [[DataHawk]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 1998 || Days Inn, Kenosha, WI || [[ShadowCat]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 1999 || Days Inn, Kenosha, WI || [[Moryssa]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2000 || Knights Inn, Kenosha,WI || [[Moryssa]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2001 || colspan="4" | ''No LAFF-wide party was held this year''
|-
| 2002 || Days Inn, Elgin, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2003 || Days Inn, Elgin, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || ''N/A'' || ''N/A''
|-
| 2004 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Linnaeus]] || 78 || $417.66 to [http://www.americares.org Americares]
|-
| 2005 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Linnaeus]], [[Duncan da Husky]], and [[DaveQat]] || 84 || $265.00 to [[Wikipedia:St. Jude's Hospital|St. Jude's Hospital]]
|-
| 2006 || Country Inn and Suites, Gurnee, IL || [[Riley West Wolf]] || 52 || $82.00 to [http://www.almosthomefoundation.org Almost Home Foundation]
|}

== External Links ==
* [http://www.graywolfden.net/gallery/index.php?album=LAFF+New+Years+Eve+2004/ 2004 LAFF New Year's pictures] by [[GrayWolf (Illinois)|GrayWolf]]
* [http://superwailingbonus.com/passion06/folders/3963/20051231LAFFNewYearsEve 2005 LAFF New Year's pictures] by [[Taren]]

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User:Riley West Wolf

2007-02-08T20:07:13Z

Riley West Wolf: