I’ve just signed a contract with McFarland and Co., a reference-book publisher, to write an approximately-300-page book about furry fandom conventions around the world, from ConFurence 0 in January 1989 through the end of 2015; to be delivered next year. (I just learned about Infurnity, planned for Taipei, Taiwan in late October. Anyone going?)
I have most of the information that I’ll need, but some conventions say that they’ve had a Furry Parade or a big charity donation without giving any specifics. And I’m finding out that many conventions never answer the “Contact Us” links on their websites.
I’d appreciate it if everyone who’s going to any convention will mention this, especially to any con committee members that they meet. If any committee members want to make sure that the info that I have on their conventions is complete and accurate (WikiFur has some errors), please contact me. I mostly need information about what happened at the conventions, so the conbooks printed in advance aren’t much help – although I can use things like the names of conbook cover artists and T-shirt artists. Please contact me if you want to help. fredpatten@earthlink.net