I've been reading through the proposed convention threads elsewhere on the forum and it seemed that the biggest problem was numbers of interested parties to attend said con (ie what would be the minimum viable group size to make a con "worth it").
I'm going to be completely honest & say that I didn't know about the existence of this forum until last year's GeekFest. I had seen Yote wandering around in his fursuit as well as some people wearing tails & ears. A couple of FB searches later I stumbled across all this info (and felt horribly stupid for not searching before durhurhur...). It still took me almost a year to actually join the forum because it seemed(!!!) very exclusive. I knew furmeets were happening, but despite being a crusty adult (or maybe because of it) I found it very intimidating to just rock up at someone's house for a braai.
So I guess my musing is - can't minimeets be set up at already existing events (eg GeekFest or Icon etc) for scaredycats like myself? That way there is a bigger event to melt into should the moment be too great AND there is something to look forward to that isn't "wandering around & bleeding money".
I would even go as far to say that we should get a booth with fliers, info packs & some friendly fursuiters to get more people interested in the fandom. The booths were really cheap as I recall (R450???) and we could offset some "furry merchandise" from various contributors. How about fursuiting for a charity like Puppy/Kitty Haven while we're at it to give off a positive impression of the fandom?Anywaaaay... just rambling!
