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gizaHoly CRAP!
2,406 furs. Plus my mother.
Oops. We broke our own world record again.
So, in a nutshell, Anthrocon 2004 totally rocked my (administrative) world. Things went really well in Con Ops and the convention as a whole. But things wouldn't have went as well as they did in Ops without the hard work of my staff. This includes:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mach, Decker, tchall, vt_komainu, duncandahusky (our brave Arists' Alley guru), takaza (newsletter guy), evil_dwagon (our brave medic!), wolffit, cnipur, danruk, Kari, his lovely wife, brophey, rasslor, Kage's Parents and finally, Kage's Aunt and Uncle.
Whew.
The con as a whole went well, too. As far as I know, things like programming and the major events (charity auction) went without any major hitches.
We raised somewhere around $6,000 for our charity this year. The exact number eludes me.
Artists' Alley was increased to about 70 seats this year. This caused us to do record sales on Saturday of about $12,000 in one day! The cash registers worked just fine this year, too. And with our spiffy new barcode reader, sales were easier to make than ever.
AA had one minor problem, though. Since Artists were so eager to get space, some of them started lining up outside the doors as early as 3:30 in the morning, complete with pillows! This got us in hot water with the hotel, hence our need to go to a "lottery" system for Sunday. What was interesting about this is that so many artists thought they wouldn't get a seat, which means that only about 60 artists signed up, meaning that everyone got a seat. How interesting. We may have to investigate other options in the future, seeing that there seems to be quite a demand for AA.
The Dorsai Irregulars were back in fine form this year, over 30 of them! As always, it was a pleasure to work with them again. They were invisible, except for when we needed them, then they were just... there.
The elevators worked a LOT better this year. There were only a few outages, and Con Ops didn't even hear about them since the hotel acted on them so quickly. This was due in part due to there being no more con suite and the relocation of the Internet Room to the Zoo in Quincy's. This in turn led to the lobby being much clearer than before. We also had the Dorsai on the elevators doing traffic control. However, they got a bit bored and decided to name the elevators. They named them:
At least 2 reporters showed up, and they were promptly excused from the convention. Guys, if we want to talk, we'll call YOU.
Somewhere during the con, I got to meet some folks who I only knew (or knew of) for the first time. These includedsirkain, Duncan Roo, and Kitana. All seemed like rather cool folks. Kitana lives not too far from me, so I definitely need to hook up with him sometime. I got to see all of the usual gang of furs that I know, too. Way too many people to list.
As noted above, my dear and sainted mother came to the con on Sunday afternoon. I showed up around the con and introduced her to some people I knew. She seemed to like it. Purrhaps I can suck her into the ranks of Ops staff next year. Yeah! :-)
One of our guests, Michel Gagne, loved our con so much that he wrote a glowing report about it on his website. You can read the review here.
If you read this far, you're probably wondering about Evil Plan #6. In case you didn't see it at the con, or know I was wearing it, I finally got a suit of my own. It's a panther suit made from stretch velvet. THIS is why I've been working out at the gym so much lately. :-) I was wandering around in it on Friday evening (along withjustincheetah, who was in a similar suit), and on Sunday afternoon in the Fursuiter Parade. (I was the guy pushing Aragorn Wolf's wheelchair. And hey, does anyone have contact info for him?) If anyone has pics of me in my suit, please let me know, I'd love to have copies.
See you all at AC 2005. Our theme for next year is: Heroes.
2,406 furs. Plus my mother.
Oops. We broke our own world record again.
So, in a nutshell, Anthrocon 2004 totally rocked my (administrative) world. Things went really well in Con Ops and the convention as a whole. But things wouldn't have went as well as they did in Ops without the hard work of my staff. This includes:
mach, Decker, tchall, vt_komainu, duncandahusky (our brave Arists' Alley guru), takaza (newsletter guy), evil_dwagon (our brave medic!), wolffit, cnipur, danruk, Kari, his lovely wife, brophey, rasslor, Kage's Parents and finally, Kage's Aunt and Uncle.Whew.
The con as a whole went well, too. As far as I know, things like programming and the major events (charity auction) went without any major hitches.
We raised somewhere around $6,000 for our charity this year. The exact number eludes me.
Artists' Alley was increased to about 70 seats this year. This caused us to do record sales on Saturday of about $12,000 in one day! The cash registers worked just fine this year, too. And with our spiffy new barcode reader, sales were easier to make than ever.
AA had one minor problem, though. Since Artists were so eager to get space, some of them started lining up outside the doors as early as 3:30 in the morning, complete with pillows! This got us in hot water with the hotel, hence our need to go to a "lottery" system for Sunday. What was interesting about this is that so many artists thought they wouldn't get a seat, which means that only about 60 artists signed up, meaning that everyone got a seat. How interesting. We may have to investigate other options in the future, seeing that there seems to be quite a demand for AA.
The Dorsai Irregulars were back in fine form this year, over 30 of them! As always, it was a pleasure to work with them again. They were invisible, except for when we needed them, then they were just... there.
The elevators worked a LOT better this year. There were only a few outages, and Con Ops didn't even hear about them since the hotel acted on them so quickly. This was due in part due to there being no more con suite and the relocation of the Internet Room to the Zoo in Quincy's. This in turn led to the lobby being much clearer than before. We also had the Dorsai on the elevators doing traffic control. However, they got a bit bored and decided to name the elevators. They named them:
- Sir Speedy
- Bob
- Hades
- Confused
At least 2 reporters showed up, and they were promptly excused from the convention. Guys, if we want to talk, we'll call YOU.
Somewhere during the con, I got to meet some folks who I only knew (or knew of) for the first time. These included
sirkain, Duncan Roo, and Kitana. All seemed like rather cool folks. Kitana lives not too far from me, so I definitely need to hook up with him sometime. I got to see all of the usual gang of furs that I know, too. Way too many people to list.As noted above, my dear and sainted mother came to the con on Sunday afternoon. I showed up around the con and introduced her to some people I knew. She seemed to like it. Purrhaps I can suck her into the ranks of Ops staff next year. Yeah! :-)
One of our guests, Michel Gagne, loved our con so much that he wrote a glowing report about it on his website. You can read the review here.
If you read this far, you're probably wondering about Evil Plan #6. In case you didn't see it at the con, or know I was wearing it, I finally got a suit of my own. It's a panther suit made from stretch velvet. THIS is why I've been working out at the gym so much lately. :-) I was wandering around in it on Friday evening (along with
justincheetah, who was in a similar suit), and on Sunday afternoon in the Fursuiter Parade. (I was the guy pushing Aragorn Wolf's wheelchair. And hey, does anyone have contact info for him?) If anyone has pics of me in my suit, please let me know, I'd love to have copies.See you all at AC 2005. Our theme for next year is: Heroes.
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Date: 2004-07-14 04:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-14 05:00 am (UTC)I wonder which name was given to the elevator that when psyco sunday (right hand one if on Lower Level going up). That one "bit" it would try to close on us HARD and really fast--was a dangerous one! Bit my leg while I was trying to keep it from crushing a suiter and others! I was very kind to all elevators so it owes me an apology hehe.
Hope to see you around neighbor! Keep in touch.
Thanks again!
--- TiggyCat ---
PS: Was a Pleasure to meet your Mom, she's really wonderful!
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Date: 2004-07-14 06:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-14 06:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-14 03:02 pm (UTC)Kari and I helped out Duncan on AA and also manned the register in Con Store too.
I also think it kind've 'funny' in the way we decided on the 'lottery system' just in time to not have to worry about having table space for Sunday, because everyone had a spot. I suppose the 'demand' is more Friday/Saturday... I suggest we start with the lottery first day, and then we'll see if same thing happens or not.
Anyhow.. you TOLD me about the fursuit in Con Ops on Friday morning, but I missed both your appearances on Fri eve and Sunday parade, even though the parade itself was going in front of me when I was putting a register into Con Store. No fair!
Ah well. thanks Giza.. Chances are I will be helpping again for AC 2005.
Matt/Danruk
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Date: 2004-07-14 03:48 pm (UTC)I think the AA is so popular because people are scared of the PA tax form, and it means you need not worry about it.
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Date: 2004-07-14 03:51 pm (UTC)PA sales tax is pretty complicated. It requires a $500 deposit regardless of your size, which is enough to discourage smaller artists. Hence the reason we have AA and its popularity.
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Date: 2004-07-15 12:19 am (UTC)inviting the reporters away. :)
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Date: 2004-07-15 12:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-15 07:48 pm (UTC)Did you see this?
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Date: 2004-07-20 10:25 pm (UTC)AC2004 was my first Anthrocon. I'd heard all the horror stories about the elevators and the crowds...
I had a blast.
Thank you for all the hard work you and the convention staffers did. As one staffer to another, you guys did a phenominal job.
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Date: 2004-09-29 05:19 pm (UTC)Hiya! Thanks for pushing me around in the parade. Follow my link to my info page. *hugs*
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Date: 2004-09-30 12:44 am (UTC)I had no idea you had an LJ, BTW. I'll have to make up for that by browsing through your entires. :-)
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Date: 2004-09-30 06:20 pm (UTC)