The Alfurnative
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Alfurnative - 2023. 22nd of Sept till 25th!
Twitter: @alfurnative
Website: Alfurnative.nl
Social Chat and questions: @alfurnativesocial
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Due to the bad looking weather forecast, we decided to move the fursuit walk to 13:00-15:00 tomorrow, Sunday!
It should stay nice and dry then ๐Ÿพ
Have you seen these around yet, or even filled a friends friendbook in?
We still have leftovers for sale!
For only 20โ‚ฌ you can have your very own, and collect all your friends in there ๐Ÿบโค๏ธ๐Ÿฑ

They're for sale at the registration desk right now!
LOST AND FOUND!!

We have found a pencase, and a car key!

Lost them? report to a Security member!

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Lost burger at the NSFW photoshoot in the blauwe zaal.

Pick up can be done through room 127, with Lighty or Alpe!
The hotel has asked us, to ask the attendees, to close the curtains after 20:00 onwards! ๐Ÿบ
The hotel bar called us, they are starting to run out of glasses! If you have glasses in your room, please remember to return them to the bar! ๐Ÿพ
Hey all!

starting from 23:00 there are no people to be outside of the DWH venue!

smoke? cool down? please do this in the hotel courtyard due to noise complaints, thank you!

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Relaxed Dresscode rules are going live @ the Furdance starting from 23:00 as well โœจ

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Lost and found!

one lovely tail!

want it back? poke a security staffer today!

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Important update!

We are moving the Official group photo to be at 15.00, right after the furwalk.
The furwalk is from 13.00-15.00.

As a little sorry, if you're already down at 11.00, we're offering a mini photoshoot at the hotel entrance!

We apologize for any inconveniences this change may give you.

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**LOST AND FOUND**

Hey all!

We have three items in the lost and found, if any of these are yours, please contact a Security member!

We currently have:

1: one small tail
2: one smaller tail
3: one... custom medical brace??
Hey photografurs!

Have you made any photo's during the con? Feel free to post your link in the social chat and be sure to tag @vitacordes . She'll collect all links in a nice single hub.

If you only have a few photos or no link to a collection, feel free to drop them in the photo dump at the bottom.

Be sure to check occasionally to see if any new photo's of your suit might have come in! They'll be added to the top as they come in.

You can visit the link hub trough the following link ๐ŸฆŠ ๐Ÿงก

https://linktr.ee/alfurnative2023
โœจThank you to all our amazing artists that made this years Alfurnative happen! We would not be able to bring all the magic to the confloor without them.โœจ
While sadly not everything was seen at the con, due to the ongoing customs issue, we're still very grateful for their amazing work. Some of the art pieces will be taken into next years edition to be able to be properly shown there!

ImBlueWisp
Residential attendee lanyard, beanie, stickersheet
https://twitter.com/imbluewisp
https://imbluewisp.com/

Lily
Badge, friendbook front cover
https://twitter.com/s_aart

Chaphoodfox
Sponsor poster, T-shirt
https://twitter.com/ChapTheFennec

Thlayli
Hoodie
https://www.instagram.com/thelayli/
https://twitter.com/ThlaylisDen

AbandonAmbition
Social media/announcement art
https://follow.abandonambition.com

Hazel
Dayticket lanyard
https://twitter.com/horse_hazel

Aviverine
Staff lanyard, security lanyard, bottle opener, friendbook backcover
https://twitter.com/Aviverine
https://t.me/aviverine


Be sure to follow them on their social media to keep track of the amazing art they bring out! ๐Ÿบ
Unfortunately, our merch (shirts, hoodies, beanies, etc) is still in customs, and at this point, just considered a loss.
We're currently looking into getting our merch re-made with a different company. When we have further information regarding your merch, we will post it as soon as we know something!
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This message is being posted on behalf of the chairman of Alfurnative, Hunter.

It's with pain in my heart that I have to give you this update.

THE CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE OF ALFURNATIVE

What happened to AFn?
Since the first edition was organized, communication between me, the chairman, and staff was not optimal. We had various meetings to discuss this issue to try and avoid it happening again. I took too much on myself, and in turn made the staff not do enough to keep proper track of what was being done, how and when.
Despite my best efforts to avoid this issue in the past edition, I fell back into the same habit. I was doing too much on my own, and not communicating properly what I was doing at the time. When I started getting health issues, staff received even less information due to me being in and out of the hospital, which is an understandable consequence.
Due to sickness and the overwhelming situation, I have not been able to keep adequate watch over finances, of which I have been the only one in charge of and control over. Things were more expensive than expected, and instead of putting a halt to it and communicating, I made the decision to try and keep my head high to not make us worry. In the end, this turned out to be the wrong decision.
Alfurnative is now considered completely bankrupt. There is no money left and even I myself am in the red to try and still make everything possible out of my own pocket.

What happened to the merch and what will happen?
Merchandise was ordered through a company in China, to try and get a cheaper option due to the other already more expensive expenses made. However, this turned out to be a wrong decision as well, as this company did likely not put sufficient information on the package for customs. After it got sent out, it did not even get past Chinese customs, where it was held. We are assuming the merchandise got destroyed.
Despite my best efforts, I was unable to acquire any form of compensation for this. I have gone down all suggested and advised routes, but didn't get anywhere.
I am very sad to say that we cannot issue any refunds, nor get you the merchandise you paid for. Due to Alfurnative being in the red, we do not have any money to refund you.

The future of this con
Due to bankruptcy, unpaid invoices from outside companies involved and the loss of merch, there are zero grounds to build on. Staff has made the tough decision to not continue the convention, with or without me. There will be no further events holding the Alfurnative name.

In the end, what does this all mean?
Unfortunately, The Alfurnative as a convention, is done. There will be no next edition, nor any other event under this name. The staff team will disband and go their own ways.
I am extremely sorry to bring you this bad news, and completely understand you might feel angry or upset. You are in your right to. I do want to ask you, however, to understand that our staff team was not in control over anything involving this situation besides looking for absolutely every possible option to fix the damage done. They came up emptyhanded.

-Chairman of Alfurnative, Hunter