... it was a triumph...

We all expect first-year cons to have a few glitches, this one was no different; there was plenty of technical problems we are going to need to work out for next year. What really matters, though, is how you transcend those technical problems. Thanks to our awesome array of guests coming up to help run events, (and bringing along a bunch of fans with them) we were able to create a con that was lively and enjoyable.

I had fun running the one panel I did (A charcoal drawing demo) and performing with my band Red Rocket (Though just about everything that could have gone wrong with my rig DID, haha!). I will definitely be back to do both of these again next year. With a little tightening of our event schedule, we could easily go from a "fantastic first-year con" -- as I have been hearing from just about everyone who attended -- to a fantastic con in general. The staff was fantastic, security team was in top form. The attendees (save for one incident that I kind of expected) were themselves really awesome.

The dance was a blast, a buddy of mine, househead played, and the time I got to see before I crashed (there was drinking involved, children), was pretty awesome.

Oh, I forgot the best part. We managed to get over 250 attendees at our convention which made us Idaho's second-largest first-year convention, coming just barely short of Fandemonium -- in spite of naysayer, yes, naysayer. You know who you are. (This means, that I did my job as marketing manager) :3

All in all, it was a fun, hectic time, and this only puts us in line for an incredible second year. Thank you to everyone who was involved. Time to get ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum (minus the gum) at FurIdaho 2013!