Anthrocon 2007

2007 Registration Totals

bennie — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:26:54 -0400

2,849 total attendees

That is a 14.46% growth from last year in total membership.

Approximately 12.39% of the con was in the fursuit parade.

202 Super Sponsors
183 Sponsors
245 Dealers and assistants
173 Staff and Guests

Attendees by geographical location:

Thank You Letter From Animal Friends (2007 Charity)

Giza — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:32:49 -0400

We received two separate emails from Animal Friends after our 2007 convention. The first one was via email:

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:31:24 -0400
From: "Nicole Larocco"
Subject: RE: Anthrocon: Donation totals
To: "'Brian Harris'"

Hello Brian,

I can not stress to you how much we enjoyed our time at Anthrocon! Everyone
was so knowledgeable, friendly, and generous. I have received many comments
from the volunteers as well saying that they would like to have a presence
at next year's event. Please keep me updated as to when sponsorships become
available.

Regardless, here are the totals from the event:

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2007 Charity Report

Rigel — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:19:58 -0400

Hi, and welcome to the 2007 edition of the Anthrocon Charity Auction Followup!

We raised a total of $5,053 for Animal Friends, our charity this year. They also benefited from donations at their Dealers' Room table to the tune of $1,528.

Welcome to Anthrocon!

Unclekage — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:15:22 -0400

Anthrocon is the world's largest convention for those fascinated with anthropomorphics, which are humanlike animal characters. We are a collection of artists, animators, writers, costumers, puppeteers, and just everyday fans who enjoy cartoon animals and their kin. Every Summer we convene at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA, for workshops, panel discussions, an art exhibition and a dealer room, and much more! Membership is open to any and all who like to imagine what it would be like if animals could walk and talk as we do.
Guest of Honor ROB PAULSEN	Guest of Honor MARK EVANIER	Guest of Honor CAROLYN KELLY

Done for 2007!

Giza — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:57:51 -0400

Anthrocon 2007 has come and gone! We would like to thank our hard working staff and volunteers for helping to put on such a successful convention!

2,849 members attended. 353 fursuiters took part in the fursuit parade.

We received newspaper coverage in both the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Mark Evanier, one of our Guests of Honor, also wrote about us on his blog.

If you lost or found something, have some comments for us, or have pictures to share, please stop by our post-2007 forums:

http://www.anthrocon.org/forums

If you attended the con, we would appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes to fill out our post-con survey:

http://www.anthrocon.org/survey

Most of the staff are going to take a well deserved break for a few weeks. We'll still be reading our email and the forums, but may be a bit slow to respond.

Our 2008 convention, "It's a Jungle Out There!", will be once again held in the Westin Hotel and David L. Lawrence Convention Center from June 26th to 29th, 2008. Our Guest of Honor will be Floyd Norman. ("The Jungle Book", "Monsters, Inc.", Disney's "Robin Hood", and more!)

We'll see you there!

Super Sponsor Luncheon Signup

Giza — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:45:15 -0400

Thank you for registering as a supersponsor! At this time we have already placed our order for the luncheon. We have not heard from some of you, so we have made our best guess as to which entree you would prefer. Please stop by Convention Operations (in the Crawford room next to the elevators on the Third Floor of the Westin Hotel) prior to the luncheon Saturday to receive your luncheon ticket.