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his_spiffynesss) wrote2012-02-25 03:51 pm
his_spiffynesss) wrote2012-02-25 03:51 pm
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Spent the afternoon at Furry Fiesta
Furry Fiesta is one of the other two conventions that hold their event at the same hotel we use for Fencon. I was curious how they used the space and how the convention worked, so I went out there today and spent a few hours wandering about the con.
Registration was the first real difference. They had it set up in two bays of the Red Oak Ballroom (the areas we used for programming last year.) Normally we just have that set up in the hallway. They also did something I know we have been wanting to do for quite a while; they had three or four computers set up in the reg room to allow people to type in their information, thus bypassing the massive amount of data entry the convention has to do to maintain their membership list with paper forms.
They also had one thing in Registration that was downright awesome, they had those printable plastic badges instead of the paper badges we stuck in the sleeves.
The third bay of the Trinity was given over to their artist alley. The deal with their artist alley was first come/first serve every day. Which kind of surprised me, but considering how many artists there are in the fandom, I guess it would be sensible not to hog the tables all weekend.
Con Ops was located in the middle hospitality suite, the room we normally use for the con suite. Their con suite was oddly enough downstairs in the Whispering Oaks room, the old night club room we use for gaming.
Main programming and the dealer's room were more or less the same set up as our show, though in main programming the stage was oriented on the north wall.
Because of the Oak rooms being taken up the way they were, the secondary programming rooms were scattered all over the con, with one downstairs, and the other two on opposite sides of the second floor.
I got there about ten this morning, and stayed till about three. I noticed a lot of their programming features that Fencon runs in "prime time" were much earlier in the schedule. Their charity auction was around noon, but then they did have other events later in the evening that we don't, including a dance.
Of personal interest to me was their video room. I knew it would run heavy on the anime, but not that heavy. Except for screening the Mad Max films (one a day) everything else was anime. When I met FF's Head of Ops at the Fencon party he was kind of interested in how we acquired stuff for the video room. I might need to start some communication with them to offer a few other options for them.
Personally, I didn't get as much out of the con as I could have since I was on my own and my introverted tendencies kept me pretty distant from the group. I am thinking of going back next year, and making a weekend out of it. But only on the condition that the Great And Glorious Klingon Warrior Of Epic Legend Know Far And Wide As Skippy™ makes an appearance.
Registration was the first real difference. They had it set up in two bays of the Red Oak Ballroom (the areas we used for programming last year.) Normally we just have that set up in the hallway. They also did something I know we have been wanting to do for quite a while; they had three or four computers set up in the reg room to allow people to type in their information, thus bypassing the massive amount of data entry the convention has to do to maintain their membership list with paper forms.
They also had one thing in Registration that was downright awesome, they had those printable plastic badges instead of the paper badges we stuck in the sleeves.
The third bay of the Trinity was given over to their artist alley. The deal with their artist alley was first come/first serve every day. Which kind of surprised me, but considering how many artists there are in the fandom, I guess it would be sensible not to hog the tables all weekend.
Con Ops was located in the middle hospitality suite, the room we normally use for the con suite. Their con suite was oddly enough downstairs in the Whispering Oaks room, the old night club room we use for gaming.
Main programming and the dealer's room were more or less the same set up as our show, though in main programming the stage was oriented on the north wall.
Because of the Oak rooms being taken up the way they were, the secondary programming rooms were scattered all over the con, with one downstairs, and the other two on opposite sides of the second floor.
I got there about ten this morning, and stayed till about three. I noticed a lot of their programming features that Fencon runs in "prime time" were much earlier in the schedule. Their charity auction was around noon, but then they did have other events later in the evening that we don't, including a dance.
Of personal interest to me was their video room. I knew it would run heavy on the anime, but not that heavy. Except for screening the Mad Max films (one a day) everything else was anime. When I met FF's Head of Ops at the Fencon party he was kind of interested in how we acquired stuff for the video room. I might need to start some communication with them to offer a few other options for them.
Personally, I didn't get as much out of the con as I could have since I was on my own and my introverted tendencies kept me pretty distant from the group. I am thinking of going back next year, and making a weekend out of it. But only on the condition that the Great And Glorious Klingon Warrior Of Epic Legend Know Far And Wide As Skippy™ makes an appearance.