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Fuck FurFright
14 years ago
So, in my last response to FurFright, I asked them if they would address the issues I brought up. Actually, I gave them a choice: stop arguing with me and address my issues, or leave me alone.
Obviously FurFright is run by egomaniacs who are more concerned with their individual popularity than with running a convention.
"Oh, poor Rex" you are probably thinking to yourself. This hurt Rex's feelings and now he's all 'butthurt' about it?
Or maybe, just maybe, FurFright has a legal obligation to me and to you. You see, FurFright is a convention, but to have a convention, you have to have an organization to operate it, a business. Most conventions, as is the case with FurFright, are run by non-profit, 501c3, organizations. And to put on an event, it must be a fundraiser. And the event must be conducted with the overall purpose of raising money.
I could easily argue that this is not the case with FurFright. You see, I have money, and I have been prevented from attending (by my questions not being answered, and by being personally attacked.) This means, the event was not organized to raise money for a non-profit group, as is required by law. The event then, is what we all know it to be, a party, and only those who don't piss off the staff (by expecting them to do their job) are invited to this party. This means that the event is not within the confines of the definition of a fundraiser, meaning that FurFright, in treating me the way they did - including telling me that they would not allow me to promote the rally because it violates their 501c3 charter - violated their 501c3 charter. Does anyone else see the irony?
In the meantime, I now have a motorhome. I wanted to go to New England to see if it was any better than this part of America. I guess in that regard, I should thank the one asshole who represented FurFright in this mess, because he saved me a trip. America is fucked everywhere. Americans are more concerned with hedonistic pursuits than anything, even as they sit and bitch and whine about how bad things are for themselves. This is what frustrates me so much - people have gotten so stupid that they cannot see that they are the cause of their own problems...and that they are causing the same problems for that minority of us that aren't selfish, greedy, and stupid.
I bought my motorhome anyway because I plan to travel, including to find a new area to relocate to. With three conventions in a row treating me like shit (MFF, Antheria, FurFright) the likelihood of my fursuit business model succeeding is pretty much eliminated because my model depends upon convention being run professionally. And I simply cannot sustain my business with one convention. I am moving to plan B, which is to concentrate on starting a convention. If I can succeed, I will then offer my services as a consultant to any convention that wants it, provided my expenses are paid to get there, unless I'm already in the area (and otherwise, I will provide what advice I can via email/chat/etc.)
So I guess if you want to be involved in the creation of the perfect furry convention, and are an altruist and can think for yourself, PM me and let's get this started!
Edit:
I did some more thinking about this issue. I realized that I never take anything personally when I am bothered enough to post about it as I have here. What FurFright did pissed me off for reasons I couldn't immediately explain. You see, FurFright is a fundraising event put on by the non-profit organization behind FurFright. That organization is required by law to ensure that the event is primarily for raising money for a non-profit organization. And how they treated me evidences that such is not the case, and therefore is clear evidence that the organization behind FurFright is violating their charter. And that charter is to protect the public trust, so what FurFright has done is give furries a bad name by cheating their tax-exempt status.
Furry conventions bother many people. But the justification for all furry conventions operated by non-profits is that they are fundraisers for non-profit charity organizations. It balances the public good with the entertainment of furries. But when that public good is violated by staff which fails to abide by the rules the public agreed upon for operation of a non-profit; the event no longer serves the public good, and only serves furries, and thus violates the public trust and demonstrates to the public that we furries are bad and deserve the reputation we have in the media.
If you think its okay for furries to have a bad name, and don't complain about how it affects you, then fine, do nothing. But if you do care, you will point this out to the staff of these conventions, or you will do your duty as an American citizen and file a complaint with the IRS, as I am about to do.
I think this is the form: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf
Obviously FurFright is run by egomaniacs who are more concerned with their individual popularity than with running a convention.
"Oh, poor Rex" you are probably thinking to yourself. This hurt Rex's feelings and now he's all 'butthurt' about it?
Or maybe, just maybe, FurFright has a legal obligation to me and to you. You see, FurFright is a convention, but to have a convention, you have to have an organization to operate it, a business. Most conventions, as is the case with FurFright, are run by non-profit, 501c3, organizations. And to put on an event, it must be a fundraiser. And the event must be conducted with the overall purpose of raising money.
I could easily argue that this is not the case with FurFright. You see, I have money, and I have been prevented from attending (by my questions not being answered, and by being personally attacked.) This means, the event was not organized to raise money for a non-profit group, as is required by law. The event then, is what we all know it to be, a party, and only those who don't piss off the staff (by expecting them to do their job) are invited to this party. This means that the event is not within the confines of the definition of a fundraiser, meaning that FurFright, in treating me the way they did - including telling me that they would not allow me to promote the rally because it violates their 501c3 charter - violated their 501c3 charter. Does anyone else see the irony?
In the meantime, I now have a motorhome. I wanted to go to New England to see if it was any better than this part of America. I guess in that regard, I should thank the one asshole who represented FurFright in this mess, because he saved me a trip. America is fucked everywhere. Americans are more concerned with hedonistic pursuits than anything, even as they sit and bitch and whine about how bad things are for themselves. This is what frustrates me so much - people have gotten so stupid that they cannot see that they are the cause of their own problems...and that they are causing the same problems for that minority of us that aren't selfish, greedy, and stupid.
I bought my motorhome anyway because I plan to travel, including to find a new area to relocate to. With three conventions in a row treating me like shit (MFF, Antheria, FurFright) the likelihood of my fursuit business model succeeding is pretty much eliminated because my model depends upon convention being run professionally. And I simply cannot sustain my business with one convention. I am moving to plan B, which is to concentrate on starting a convention. If I can succeed, I will then offer my services as a consultant to any convention that wants it, provided my expenses are paid to get there, unless I'm already in the area (and otherwise, I will provide what advice I can via email/chat/etc.)
So I guess if you want to be involved in the creation of the perfect furry convention, and are an altruist and can think for yourself, PM me and let's get this started!
Edit:
I did some more thinking about this issue. I realized that I never take anything personally when I am bothered enough to post about it as I have here. What FurFright did pissed me off for reasons I couldn't immediately explain. You see, FurFright is a fundraising event put on by the non-profit organization behind FurFright. That organization is required by law to ensure that the event is primarily for raising money for a non-profit organization. And how they treated me evidences that such is not the case, and therefore is clear evidence that the organization behind FurFright is violating their charter. And that charter is to protect the public trust, so what FurFright has done is give furries a bad name by cheating their tax-exempt status.
Furry conventions bother many people. But the justification for all furry conventions operated by non-profits is that they are fundraisers for non-profit charity organizations. It balances the public good with the entertainment of furries. But when that public good is violated by staff which fails to abide by the rules the public agreed upon for operation of a non-profit; the event no longer serves the public good, and only serves furries, and thus violates the public trust and demonstrates to the public that we furries are bad and deserve the reputation we have in the media.
If you think its okay for furries to have a bad name, and don't complain about how it affects you, then fine, do nothing. But if you do care, you will point this out to the staff of these conventions, or you will do your duty as an American citizen and file a complaint with the IRS, as I am about to do.
I think this is the form: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf
*hugs*
Oh well.
Why do you need to be a troll Runtt? Is it perhaps because you don't have a fucking life of your own? Here's a tip, GO FUCKING GET ONE.
Get the fuck out of the fandom, you and all the rest of you trolls. And if any of you fuckers have a problem with me, bring it the fuck on, I'm not afraid of you children anymore. I'm far better a person than any of you, and I sleep perfectly sound every night of my life knowing I'm not a selfish, greedy, stupid, trolling, immature, lazy-brained, mindless fucking moron like you.
Fuck off, the whole lot of you. If I can find anyone in this fandom willing to do the work to help me show you fuckers what a furry convention can be, I guaranteefuckingtee you that it will be a shitload better than that pile of shit you call FurFright... My convention won't get kicked out of hotel after hotel...