Capital Furs

In an effort to try and organize this board, the Admin humbly request that from now on only finalized events be posted here.   Please indicate clearly in the subject line a date, time, and brief descriptor for the event.

Example.

Capital Furs War Memorial Gathering, 02/30/2054, 11:00am



Event threads should be written out in a fairly static format:

Who the event is targeted towards;
What the event is;
Where the event is taking place, detailed enough for those who don't know the area;
When the event is taking place, complete with "wait around" times, travel times and end times;
Why the event is taking place;

should all be clearly stated within the first few lines of the thread follow by any additional information afterwords.

Example.

Who: All forum goers
What: Outdoor social gathering followed by eating at the Rideau Center
Where: Infront of the War Memorial. Where Wellington st.  meets Elgin st.
When: Saturday the 30th of February, 11:00am. Waiting around until 12:00pm and ending around 6:00pm
Why: Bi-weekly gathering, just for fun.


Flavour text should include all other information and expectations of the event host.  If the event is suit friendly, it should be stated somewhere. If there's going to be drinking, that too should be stated. If there's going to be sleep over space, or an event after the event.. well.. you get the idea. Let people know what to expect.


If an event is posted here, It will get an "announcement" tag from now on. However if your thread isn't clear enough it'll most likely be moved to the planning board.  If your event is ongoing then simply edit your original topic so that the subject details the new date and time and it wont get moved to the "past events" section.

People are still welcome to post in event topics and as always are encouraged to do so, but if your event doesn't have a set date, time, and place, then your topic and it's discussion is probably better suited for the other board.

Thanks for your time and Attention.

~Spaz

Light on this! Some posts were a mess, which is fine because I think if I posted an event I'd make a mess of it too.

Nice work, Spaz!

Good job man. The only other thing is how soon should events end up here? Like, if someone's planning a party in 8 months, should it be up here now or should there be a certain time things can move from planning to announcements?

I guess as long as the thread is active then it should go here... there's nothing wrong with making a topic relating to an event (a con for example) that's still a year away.

LoL  I got such a heart-attack!  "Where'd the events thread go!  *Blink blink, Gasp! Nooooooooo!" ...  Oh... wait... there it is!!!   :D   :D   :D    *relax* ;3

Anyway....  *eye roll*

If I may make a suggestion, I think the new policy requiring furs to state when events are suit friendly should be changed.  I think it should be presumed (ie. stated in the guideline rules) that fursuits are welcome unless specifically stated to the contrary.  Really, almost all events in the last year have been fursuit friendly (and all that I've seen have been fun) and I think it would be silly to adopt a policy of 'no fursuits allowed unless stated otherwise'.   Unless it's specifically stated that an upcoming event is a non-fursuit event, then I think it should be left upto those attending whether they would like to be in fursuit.    I mean, were furries after all!  Wouldn't it just seem weird to have to say all the time, ok, so this meet is fursuit friendly?!  Reverse that and it seems more natural and friendly, no?   That's just my opinion though.  ;3  

And that's all I'll say on the matter of guidlines   :3

I'd argue that not specifying, is more likely to cause confusion/misunderstanding.  There's no harm in providing one extra field.

Besides, you know what happens when you assume ;).

Ironklaw wrote:Good job man. The only other thing is how soon should events end up here? Like, if someone's planning a party in 8 months, should it be up here now or should there be a certain time things can move from planning to announcements?

Should make different rules for three cases based on the occassion, which would basically break down into cons, parties, and get-together.  I can't see any type of 'event' that wouldn't break down into one of the following, but you can argue the context of what the even entails.

Cons I'd say should be fine for being posted under Upcoming Events a few months ahead of time (say 4?) if things are to be confirmed (we're talking rock-solid date and location, not just "Oh hey, we have a con....sometime in uh...March, not sure where, but uh, yeah, we're having a con!).

Get-togethers could be at most a one month notice, preferably two weeks.  Shouldn't really need more than two weeks to prep for a random meet.
(gatherings, fursuit outings, lunch, etc would fall under two weeks for me, but things such as organizing something specific such as air-soft, or tagball, etc, could potentially use the full month given its more of a niche audience)

Parties could give a month or two notice at most, I know Spaz's own Sober in October party took awhile for people to get a heads up on.


I don't see the point in marking every thread as 'announcement' when they're verified.  Why not just sticky the events that will need the breathing time to get people to be aware of it, such as cons/parties, and leave get-togethers normal?  Less moderation work involved given how often get-togethers occur compared to the other two.


Just need something easy to follow and simple to explain so people don't get confused when they try to figure out what category their thread would fit under.

I think the new policy requiring furs to state when events are suit friendly should be changed.  I think it should be presumed  (ie. stated in the guideline rules) that fursuits are welcome unless specifically stated to the contrary.

My opinion is that you shouldn't really bother with a fursuit unless more than one suiter is going to appear (which is rare given the current number of active suiters in Ottawa).  In my mind, a lone suiter is just plain creepy in public, and looks 'lost'.  For me, policy should be 'assume no suiting unless otherwise stated'.

Featheredragon wrote:
If I may make a suggestion, I think the new policy requiring furs to state when events are suit friendly should be changed.  I think it should be presumed (ie. stated in the guideline rules) that fursuits are welcome unless specifically stated to the contrary.  Really, almost all events in the last year have been fursuit friendly (and all that I've seen have been fun) and I think it would be silly to adopt a policy of 'no fursuits allowed unless stated otherwise'.   Unless it's specifically stated that an upcoming event is a non-fursuit event, then I think it should be left upto those attending whether they would like to be in fursuit.    I mean, were furries after all!  Wouldn't it just seem weird to have to say all the time, ok, so this meet is fursuit friendly?!  Reverse that and it seems more natural and friendly, no?   That's just my opinion though.  ;3  

And that's all I'll say on the matter of guidlines   :3

I was more or less just trying to give an idea of what points should be brought up in the description afterwards, and used that as an example. Any public event should be suit friendly and alcohol free, sorta goes without saying. lol

Drajiel wrote:Cons I'd say should be fine for being posted under Upcoming Events a few months ahead of time (say 4?) if things are to be confirmed (we're talking rock-solid date and location, not just "Oh hey, we have a con....sometime in uh...March, not sure where, but uh, yeah, we're having a con!).

Get-togethers could be at most a one month notice, preferably two weeks.  Shouldn't really need more than two weeks to prep for a random meet.
(gatherings, fursuit outings, lunch, etc would fall under two weeks for me, but things such as organizing something specific such as air-soft, or tagball, etc, could potentially use the full month given its more of a niche audience)

Parties could give a month or two notice at most, I know Spaz's own Sober in October party took awhile for people to get a heads up on.
plain creepy in public, and looks 'lost'.  For me, policy should be 'assume no suiting unless otherwise stated'.

We've discussed it and the limits are (tentatively) going to be 6 months for a con, 1 month for parties, a week for small get togethers (like the park meets, movies, etc)

Frankly, adding "SUITING PERMITTED: YES/NO" isn't mean or exclusive. It makes sense. We've had people show up in suits at events even after being told several times not to. This will (hopefully) make the subject clear. For example, I'm not big on suits so events I host would not allow suits. Other people don't mind, so it would be an okay. I'd rather not have someone show up in a suit if I didn't want them to and adding that field would make it clear from the outset and eliminate confusion in the long run.