Hello everyone,

This little community of ours has been quiet...Not much has been going on and the last advertisement was for 's gathering back in May. We should try and clear out the cobwebs soon and get something going!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

Hey there!

As a friendly reminder, 's May monthly gathering is on the 10th!

Details HERE so check it out!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

It's time to cross-advertise this!

All of the details are below!

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WHAT: Loring Park Fursuit Romp
WHERE: Loring Park
WHEN: Sunday May 10, 2015
MEETING SPOT: Loring Ramp – LEVEL 9 (Convention Center ramp attached to the Hyatt)
MEETING SPOT ADDRESS: 1330 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403
MEETING SPOT SCREENSHOT: HERE
PARKING RAMP INFORMATION WEBSITE: HERE
TIME FRAME: 2:00 – 4:00
PARKING RAMP COST SCREENSHOT: HERE
WHO: You because you are a furry =p
WHY: Fursuiting, shenanigans, socializing, photography, etc…
RSVP?: Not necessary, but you can post here if attending
ORIGINAL FORUM POST: HERE
WHO IS COMING (T = TENTATIVE): Drake, Norm, Crescent (T)

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We hope to see many of you there for some good old fun! :)

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

Hey there, I got some new from that I am posting here. This is in regards to his monthly midnight gathering for May.

Please read below...

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I am moving the monthly hangout to Sunday May 10 INSTEAD of the "First Friday". This is because the Festival of Nations is happening the weekend of the 1st, and I will be down at the St Paul RiverCentre convention hall Wed-Sun 7am - 10pm.

We also talked about doing a more fun activity, suiting in the park here by the house, and we wanted to do it before the weather warms up too much. So.......

WHAT: May Monthly Gathering
WHEN: May 10, 2015
WHERE: Usual...Tek's House in Coon Rapids
TIME FRAME: 12:00p - 6:00
FURSUITS: YES! Bring suits. We will go play in the park, unless it's really gross, rainy, etc.
WHY: Fun, shenanigans, socializing, food, & other fun taglines
FOOD: POT LUCK - Plan on grilling/BBQ and please bring something substantial. Ping me and let me know what you want to bring so we don't get too much of the same thing
NOTE: There is also plenty of space in the park for activities...Kites, Frisbees, roller skating paths, basketball, and a small baseball diamond. We'll probably get a lot of the neighborhood kids in the park too, it seems to keep pretty busy on a nice day

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Hope to see many of you there!

~ Tek
~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

The warm temperatures are moving in and we are finally able to migrate outside versus sitting around tables indoors. Come on by, stay a while, order a nice cold beverage, play some hacky sack, and hang out with good company!

Afterwards we all go to AppleBee's or another venue to get some good food in and more socializing before calling it a night.

NSF presents the Caribou Coffee Gathering in Hopkins. This is taking place at our usual Caribou location across the street from Perkins.

All of the other details are below...

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WHAT: Caribou Coffee Gathering

WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 2015

WHERE: Caribou Coffee (the usual one)

ADDRESS: 1601 Minnesota 7, Hopkins, MN 55305

TIME FRAME: 5:00 - 8:30

WHO: You because furries!

WHY: Coffee, socializing, fun, & other fun taglines!

DINNER VENUE: TBD

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Post here with any questions and see everyone on Saturday!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

Hey there...It's been a little over a month now, and our FA page has been a tad quiet. We hope that everyone in the community has been doing good and that you are enjoying Spring so far.

Aside from the reoccurring events of Tuesday's coffee gatherings and 's monthly midnight gatherings the first Friday of each month, we need to get some more events out of the box...Some of our other neighboring states are doing some meetups as well as at the end of this month.

I am hosting a sushi event the start of April, so I will have an official post up on that next week sometime...I also plan to cross-advertise as well.

If anyone wants to plan and launch an event, please let me know!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

At the end of January I hosted an evening mall hangout at the Mall of America. I decided to make these a bi-weekly thing and we would normally be having one tomorrow evening.

I have rescheduled and the next one will be Thursday February 26.

An official thread will follow which will contain all of the needed information.

Thank you!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

For those that attended the NSF monthly gathering last Friday, the photos are slowly trickling in. I only have a small batch of photos so there will not be a high volume of them like in the past.

However, the ones that are up currently up I am going to be revisiting them...Due to the lighting situations with them (plus the others), I had to turn settings up on my Canon to get them looking decent. I need to play around with noise reduction settings more and other settings 'till I can get it looking as good as possible. Right now, the photos are rather grainy...So the new submission files will be uploaded tonight sometime.

Once all are up, they can be viewed here and elsewhere. For those that want to repost, feel free to do so and provide proper credit for any photo(s).

Thank you!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

This is your Events Coordinator here and I have some topics I want to discuss. Before moving forward with said discussions, I have taken a couple of events off the Future Events section. I just do not think that I have the capacity to try and launch the events that were there...Many things going on right now and I do not want go burn myself out.

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First topic I want to discuss is an event for Spring...I have been thinking about this for a while now and want to get some input from our community members. How would you feel about NSF having a Spring Picnic? From our attendance count at November's Holiday Party, I think it would be fun to have a picnic and see where it goes. Any thoughts?

Next topic relates to our Caribou gatherings during the regular bi-weekly meets that MNFurs has. I think it is best to stick with our routine of coffee and then AppleBee's and/or Red Robin. Is this okay to everyone else? I inquire because I know every once and a while we try something different (ex. Streetz across from Caribou).

Finally, on an off-topic discussion, does anyone know of someone who makes good banners? An idea came to mind on getting a NSF banner.

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~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

Sometime next month there is a possibility of a Midwinter Party. This will be similar to our Holiday Party only minus the holiday theme. This is where brainstorming comes in...

What kind of party do you want? Do you want it to be like the Holiday Party and have a gathering at a community facility? Want to have a house party at someone's place? Let's here the ideas!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

The NSF staff wants to wish everyone a happy New Year!

Please be safe for those that are traveling to any New Years parties and/or other gatherings.

With 2014 coming to an end, let's keep following the north star in 2015 and continue to grow and move forward.

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

I want to thank everyone who took the time to come out to the Alt-Alt Meet.

We had a nice number of our community members show up and it ended up being a lot of fun. It was fun starting at Caribou and ending at Streetz American Grille across the street.

We will let you know when we do something like this again!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

Christmas is here and the staff at NorthStar Furs want to wish our community members and everyone else a merry Christmas!

Have a safe and wonderful time with friends and family.

See everyone at the Alternate-Alternate meet this Saturday!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

Christmas is approaching rapidly and I am sure a lot of you may be looking for something to do over the weekend. Christmas falls earlier in the week and we are aware that our community members have other plans with friends and family...With this, we are hosting an alternate-alternate meet.

Why is this an alternate meet? Reason for this is because is hosting an alternate meet at The Machine Shed in Lake Elmo.

Our community members are welcome to attend their alternate meet. We just want to provide another choice for those that do not want to drive to the East side of the metro.

All of the details are below!

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WHAT: The Alternate-Alternate Meet

WHEN: Saturday, December 27, 2014

WHERE: Caribou Coffee (The usual location next to Perkins)

ADDRESS: 1601 Minnesota 7, Hopkins, MN 55305

TIME FRAME: 5:00p - 8:30 (Caribou closes at 9:00)

WHO: You, you...Hey! You as well!

WHY: To provide a second choice from the MNFurs alternate meet

DINNER AFTERWARDS: Thinking either Streetz American Grill across the street or Red Robin - UP FOR DISCUSSION!

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Please post here with any questions.

See everyone Saturday!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

The NorthStar Furs team wants to wish everyone a fun and safe Thanksgiving!

Eat good turkey, mashed potatoes, and everything else that completes your feast.

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Hello everyone,

The Holiday Photos have been post-processed and have been uploaded to the FA gallery and elsewhere.

For those that decide to post any photos with them in any, please be sure to give proper credit for the photo(s).

Thank you!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

I want to thank everyone who made it out to the Holiday Party. We had a very good turnout for NorthStar's first party...I want to guess that we had between 30-40 attend.

I also want to thank everyone for bringing in their own food items and beverages.

Thank you for bringing in the big Christmas tree and other items to build an area for fursuit changing.

For photos, they will slowly start to trickle on the NSF FA page, 's Flickr gallery, & 's SmugMug gallery.

See you all next year!

~ Drake M.
~ Tek

Come on and join us for an afternoon of hangin' out, games, food, photos, fursuiting, gift exchange, and more!

ICE SKATING TOO !!!

2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113

1-6pm today

Come on and join us for an afternoon of hangin' out, games, food, photos, fursuiting, gift exchange, and more!

ICE SKATING TOO !!!

2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN 55113

Hello everyone,

The Holiday party is in 5 days.

For any last-minute questions, please let me know!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

The Holiday Party is in 10 days!

Also, the gift exchange game will be at 3:00 that day!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

This is the final phase journal for the Holiday Party.

In this journal I will briefly talk about where to change when getting in fursuit, final reminders, and the countdown.

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For fursuit changing, will be bringing in some wall-like backdrops. These will be put up in a corner of our reserved room and that will be the designated area for fursuit changing. Alongside changing, we will have a box fan or two in there for cooling off.

All of the final reminders I have placed in a PDF document which can be viewed in the link below.

LINK: HERE
PARKING AND ENTRANCE: HERE

Finally, the countdown has begun.

15 DAYS IS THE HOLIDAY PARTY!

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Again, please inquire here with any further questions/concerns!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

Here is the next journal discussing phase 3 of the Holiday Party logistics.

In this journal I will be discussing the gift exchange game, donations, item requests, & volunteers

Like the last journal, it will be more summed up (to the point)...

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First up, we have the the gift exchange game. This was done by last year at the MNFurs Holiday Party. I want to bring this fun activity to our Holiday Party. Below is a Dropbox link to the requirements and how to play.

LINK: HERE

I also want to know who wants to participate in this so I can get a count. Who is interested in this?

Next up, there will be a donations jar at one of the tables in our reserved room. This event cost an amount so any donations towards this will be appreciated. You can donate $1, $5, $10, whatever you want.

Third topic deals with item requests...The venue is going to supply us with some round tables for eating and a couple to place food items on. Chairs will be provided as well. I do have a couple requests though for some attendees if they wish.

- Can someone bring along an extra box fan for suiters?
- 1 or 2 extra foldout tables for food, beverages, and misc items?

On the final topic, I am going to be talking about volunteers...Every event needs to have some to help with grunt work. I plan to arrive about 30-45 minutes early as I want to get everything arranged in our room accordingly. With this I will need some assistance prior, during, and as the party winds down.

Can I possibly get 2-3 volunteers?

NEXT JOURNAL: FINAL PHASE - Fursuit Changing Area - Final Reminders - The Countdown

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Once again, if there are any questions/concerns, please let me know!

WE ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THE PARTY! YEAH!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

First off, this journal will be more to the point (summed up) and not TL;DR

In this next journal I want to talk about a five things...These will relate to the rules I have setup for the party, the venue-specific rules, ice rink admissions, activities, and fursuit changing area.

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Firstly, with each party, there are rules. These rules exist because they represent a level of structure. These rules also exist because I do not want anything negative or harmful happen to our attendees. Below is a shared Dropbox link to the rules I have composed.

LINK: HERE

Second portion relates to the rules specifically set by the venue. Each banquet room at The Oval has a universal Room Usage Policy and it needs to be respected as we are all guests. Below is a link to the official website outlining the rules.

LINK: HERE

Third portion is about the activities that will be happening at the holiday party. One of the main activities will be a big gift exchange. It will be the same as the one did the previous year at the MNFurs Holiday Party. Also, instead of putting a whole itinerary together, I have decided to let all of our attendees create their own fun. Another activity attendees can participate in is ice skating in the outside rink...This now goes into the next portion of my journal.

Next up...I spoke to the manager with The Oval and I have some awesome news to share about the outside ice rink. With our room reservation, we get a major discount on admission for the rink. For those that want ice skate, the admission is $4.00 and to rent skates is $3.00. However, in order to receive this discount, attendees must tell the desk that we are with the big group in the Fireside Room...If you do not tell them this, you will have to pay the normal admission price. More information about the ice rink pricing can be viewed in the link below.

Also as a side note, please do not ice skate in fursuit...Be safe!

LINK: HERE

In this last portion, I want to talk about the fursuit changing area. The room is big enough where we can setup a changing area in one of the corners. has agreed to bring along his wall-like backdrops to create a changing area. I have one box fan that I will bring that we can have plugged in within the changing area.

LINKS TO PREVIOUS JOURNALS: HERE, HERE, & HERE

NEXT JOURNAL: Phase 3: Item Requests - Volunteers - Gift Exchange Logistics - Donations

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If there are any questions/concerns on any of the information provided above, please let me know!

THE PARTY IS SLOWLY GETTING CLOSE!

~ Drake M.

Hello everyone,

Below are some Dropbox links to some photos of our reserved room at The Oval.

--> HERE, HERE, & HERE



NEXT JOURNAL: Phase 2

~ Drake M.