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8 years ago
Attention Wyoming Furs. I am here today to post about something fairly important: RMFC.
For those who have not heard, RMFC 2017 has been canceled, and it is unlikely to return. They are going to try to refund everyone who has pre-registered. This decision was made by the RMFC staff for multiple reasons:
1. The Furry Raiders stirring up drama, which has resulted in MULTIPLE death threats and threats to bring guns to the con. The cost of hiring professional security is very weighty and more than the con's budget can absorb.
2. As the result of this drama, Kahuki (the former chairman who had to step down when his sex offender status was revealed publicly, but who retains ownership of the LLC) tried to settle it down by sending Cease & Desist letters to people he believed to be instigators of the hostility. However, he posed as an attorney to do so, which is illegal.
3. It has come to light that the LLC is extremely far behind in filing taxes, and may or may not be under IRS investigation.
4. They have been taking more heat for allowing a known sex offender, Growlie, to run the dealer's den and access everyone's personal information.
5. The upper level staff had an unofficial policy of never banning anyone from the con, so they could brag about how RMFC was so safe that nobody had ever been banned.
There's probably more going on, but these are the major ones that I know about. This is sad news for everyone who experienced a lot of good times at the convention and were looking forward to more, but I think it's for the best. The con management had some very deep flaws.
However, furry friends, there is good news. The Mile High Fur Con group has been planning to start a con in competition with RMFC, but since RMFC has crashed and burned, it will likely replace it. They are hoping to have their inaugural convention in 2018, and are planning to subject staff hires to background checks and have professed a zero tolerance policy for hate speech and drama-mongering. I hope this post helps some of you who are upset and concerned by the news.
For more information on MHFC, they have a Telegram chat and Twitter running.
For those who have not heard, RMFC 2017 has been canceled, and it is unlikely to return. They are going to try to refund everyone who has pre-registered. This decision was made by the RMFC staff for multiple reasons:
1. The Furry Raiders stirring up drama, which has resulted in MULTIPLE death threats and threats to bring guns to the con. The cost of hiring professional security is very weighty and more than the con's budget can absorb.
2. As the result of this drama, Kahuki (the former chairman who had to step down when his sex offender status was revealed publicly, but who retains ownership of the LLC) tried to settle it down by sending Cease & Desist letters to people he believed to be instigators of the hostility. However, he posed as an attorney to do so, which is illegal.
3. It has come to light that the LLC is extremely far behind in filing taxes, and may or may not be under IRS investigation.
4. They have been taking more heat for allowing a known sex offender, Growlie, to run the dealer's den and access everyone's personal information.
5. The upper level staff had an unofficial policy of never banning anyone from the con, so they could brag about how RMFC was so safe that nobody had ever been banned.
There's probably more going on, but these are the major ones that I know about. This is sad news for everyone who experienced a lot of good times at the convention and were looking forward to more, but I think it's for the best. The con management had some very deep flaws.
However, furry friends, there is good news. The Mile High Fur Con group has been planning to start a con in competition with RMFC, but since RMFC has crashed and burned, it will likely replace it. They are hoping to have their inaugural convention in 2018, and are planning to subject staff hires to background checks and have professed a zero tolerance policy for hate speech and drama-mongering. I hope this post helps some of you who are upset and concerned by the news.
For more information on MHFC, they have a Telegram chat and Twitter running.
https://www.flayrah.com/6903/rocky-.....irregularities