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ConFuzzled official announcements room. Interesting news, information, shouts, and updates will be available in this channel. Also on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/confuzzled.org.uk plus our website www.confuzzled.org.uk
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Sponsor upgrades are now sold out! Thank you all for your continued support of the convention!
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We are very sad to hear of the passing of Mark Merlino, aka Sy Sable. Founder in the community, and true fandom original.
We share our condolences with the Prancing Skiltaire house, and all those closest to him at this time.
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We just want to bring you all up to speed on some changes that are occurring with our Security team, as well as to explain why this is happening.

After the end of the last convention cycle the Directors began looking into what budget we could provide for training and courses for our staff and crew that could improve our services for attendees, and give something back to those crew and staff members. This includes mental health first aid courses, SIA training, manual handling and other training.

In the course of this investigation we sought legal advice from our solicitors as to how we could recompense volunteers and whether professional licensing such as SIA (for security) would be appropriate for our kind of event. The solicitor informed us that current legislation prevents volunteers providing any SIA licensed services (for example physically stopping people) in any part of a licensed premises (An area where the sale of alcohol is allowed). After this we confirmed with the Hilton that their entire premises (including the outside) are licensed premises.

Our legal advice suggests that we should repurpose our security team, and rename it to avoid confusion. This suggested team name would be called β€œStewards”, and provide stewarding, similar to what you will have encountered at any festival, theatre, or gig, but that they cannot engage in the physical interventions that come under the purview of SIA licenses.

At ConFuzzled, the safety and security of our attendees is of paramount importance to us. With that in mind, we want to take the opportunity to reassure you that this will in no way compromise our ability to deliver on this front.

First, whilst our own stewards will not be operating in an SIA capacity, the Hotel itself does have their own security personnel onsite and we are consulting to bring in external security like what you’ve seen at ScotiaCon. As such, we will still have the ability to respond to any security incidents that may occur. Our Welfare team will operate closely with those security staff, and indeed already do this as part of their normal routine.

Second, the reporting mechanisms for you are likely to remain unchanged. If you need to talk to our team to report a problem during the convention, you can follow the same processes as before. This includes options like approaching a member of the stewarding staff, or speaking to Convention Operations, at the Con-Ops desk.

Work is ongoing to ensure the best possible safety is provided for our attendees, and we want you to be confident that our team will always give this the highest priority.

Best wishes

Yinx, Russet, & Fioxy
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ConFuzzled is excited to announce some amazing news - for one night only during the convention, Animalz is taking over the nightclub!

For those of you who've been to Animalz before, you'll know what to expect! If you haven't - then be prepared for a wilder nightclub experience. Both pups and furs will be welcome - and yes, that means gear too!

We'll be sharing some fresh guidance around what you can wear for Animalz@ConFuzzled, along with a sign-up process for a free entry, exclusive for all registered ConFuzzled attendees (both advance and on-the-door signup available).

We're not changing the convention away from being a furry-focused event, but we know people express themselves in a range of different ways, and we want to ensure we're inclusive of that, and this is a great step in the right direction!

We'll have more to share soon, but in the meantime, get hyped!
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ATTENTION DEALERS: Action Required

Our Den team are now into the final planning stages for table locations, and as such, by 17th March, we need to ensure you’ve supplied the following (via the registration system Dealers Den Dashboard):

+Neighbour Requests (must be mutually agreed)
+Any requests not to be located near another particular dealer
+Any and all medical information (especially anything that might impact your table location)
+Double check any trade name, shop description etc is correct.
+Ensure you have entered assistant badge numbers (only one per table permitted - unless by special arrangement with our Den team)

It’s vital that we have the relevant information supplied in advance, as these will be the details that go into our conbook to help identify you and your table location to attendees visiting the den, and in turn help you share with your customers where they can find you!

Please ensure all the above information has been supplied by the end of 17th March. If you have any questions or concerns, or are having problems accessing the Dealers Dashboard in the reg system, please contact dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

Many thanks!
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Party suite applications are now OPEN!

For all the details, and to apply, head here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/attending/hotels/party-suites/

This will be a lottery process, and you have until 1900 on the 18th March to submit an application.

Questions? Contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk
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Pop-Up Shop Applicants!

If you have not filled in the essential application survey, please ensure you have by midnight tomorrow!
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REMINDER!

We'll be closing our registration system 31st March! That means transfers, changes, badge picture uploads etc will end!

If you have questions, please do contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk
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To help make it easier to find, we've brought together everything we do for those with accessibility requirements, into a single page here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/about-us/accessibility/

This is something we plan to add to over time with more information.

If you have suggestions on how we can help make the convention more accessible, please do let us know! Contact innovations@confuzzled.org.uk with any ideas.
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Party suite entries have closed - we'll run the lottery process soon, and those who have secured a suite will be advised via email. Stay tuned!
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The stage is set! Do you have those colourful moves and ready to show what you got?

We are pleased to announce that the ConFuzzled 2024 Fursuit Dance Competition registration is now OPEN!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dance2024
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Back for another year, we bring you Paws on Water!
You can join these epic dance battles as either a fursuiter OR as non-suiter!

Are you ready to bust some moves?! We want YOU!
Register NOW!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Paws2024
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All winners of party suite offers have now been emailed.
Please check your inbox, junk mail etc.
If there are any non payments, we'll send out further offers in due course.
We'll let you all know when all party suites are paid up.
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In a change to our previously announced DJ lineup, we're bringing you Ambi Enceladus (taking the place of ImpulseTheFox) in the Friday night club
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We can now announce that all party suite payments have been processed and complete.
No further offers will be forthcoming.
Thank you!
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We're underway preparing a new VR Portal world for you to explore and see the attendees of ConFuzzled 2024. In the meantime, we've updated our 2023 world with a few tweaks and improvements so you can get in the mood!

Visit the 2023 world here on VRChat: https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_583ea653-a824-4894-a776-30ba5b45aad6

You can also join the ConFuzzled group in VRChat to let others know you're going to attend either in person at the convention, or in-game at the portal!
Join the group here: https://vrc.group/CFZ.0874
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OMG! It's ConFuzzled next month!

It's that time again: have you checked that you have valid, in date, photo ID? Double-checked?

You'll need it to attend and collect your conbadge!
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JOIN OUR TEAM!

We're recruiting for a new Head of Events! You can find the application form, alongside a full role description here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BLXGQGS

Applications will be closing on 21st April!
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Are you interested in offering a tabletop Role Playing Game at ConFuzzled? Any game system is accepted, and the theme of the Ocean is optional. Join this Telegram group for more information on the games and how to offer a game. RPGs will take place every night! https://t.me/+fmMg81Uq5WhiMzdk
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