Last year in the Westin Resturant, Media *beware*

Last year Cmdr. Kitsune, a few others and myself were eating on Thursday night in the rather upscale hotel restaurant. A woman in obvious office worker type attire came up to out table and started asking us about the convention.

The Cmdr and myself directed her to Con Ops where she could get any questions answered. She persisted in annoying us with questions. I explained to her that we had nothing to say, that she was obviously media of some kind and we are having dinner so she should go to Con Ops.

She continued to try to ask things, swearing up and down not to be media, just curious. I finally waved a waiter over and asked him why we had to put up with this invasion to our dinner and she was asked to leave, and did.

Later she was seen in the lobby, ‘acting’ drunk, hanging on fursuiters and talking to people about the con. That’s the last I saw of her as I had to go Friday to take a trip but I heard there was a little bit of media circus around the con last year.

The message I’m sending here is if approached; just send them to Con Ops or the nearest security person. No one should take it on himself to assume they can be a spokesperson for the con or fandom. It’s also pretty easy to spot media people vs. a mundane asking what’s going on.

-Shogun Xzadfor