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Rwylin:

--- Quote from: andybigfeet on June 08, 2014, 11:22:08 ---CHILDREN
Unfortunately the hotel wasn't exclusive to the con, so there were kids running amuck, and two certain boys jumping at suiters and ended up damaging suits, as their parents just dumped the kids in the lobby and walked off leaving them unsupervised, (and lead to security staff having to watch over them, a very big thank you to Rwylin!!)

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yes those boys were horrid, i did my best to keep them gentle with the suits but what with three of them and the little girl there theres so much i can do, im very sorry to those that had suits broken, but short of shouting full out at the kids there wasn't alot i could do, i did try and tell them alot to be gentle and had very stern words on quite a few occasions.
The farther came down and saw me having said stern words (this was i think the 4th time i had to) and pulled them all away.

aurora:

--- Quote from: Rwylin on June 10, 2014, 08:08:30 ---
--- Quote from: andybigfeet on June 08, 2014, 11:22:08 ---CHILDREN
Unfortunately the hotel wasn't exclusive to the con, so there were kids running amuck, and two certain boys jumping at suiters and ended up damaging suits, as their parents just dumped the kids in the lobby and walked off leaving them unsupervised, (and lead to security staff having to watch over them, a very big thank you to Rwylin!!)

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yes those boys were horrid, i did my best to keep them gentle with the suits but what with three of them and the little girl there theres so much i can do, im very sorry to those that had suits broken, but short of shouting full out at the kids there wasn't alot i could do, i did try and tell them alot to be gentle and had very stern words on quite a few occasions.
The farther came down and saw me having said stern words (this was i think the 4th time i had to) and pulled them all away.

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I was in the reception area when the boys were running amok and took our space hoppers, I didn't want to chance them damaging my suit so I kept my distance.

It's not really the hotel's fault but down to irresponsible parents, the same sort of parents that let their kids run riot in supermarket aisles.

Most children visiting the hotel were well behaved and under their parents control.

Canis Rufus:

--- Quote from: andybigfeet on June 08, 2014, 11:22:08 ---
Charity Art Auction
The auction it's self was brilliant! some lovely artwork, and poor pinky's voice after auctioning each table off!,
But my biggest problem was that some artists put 0% to charity when it is a charity auction, I strongly believe there should be a minimum of 15% (or in that area) for charity.

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Hi, as a member of the Art Show Crew I'd like to comment on this.

With regards the charity donations. The event is advertised as an Auction Live Bidding Show, and not a charity auction.

Our current policy is to change 0% items that go to live auction to 5%, which is around the equivalent of an administration fee for conducting such a live auction. We are indeed a charity organization, but we do not want to levy a tax on artists for submitting their work in the art show. Many of our artists rely on the income of their sales to pay for their stay at the con, or to save up money to go to another con. We find that our artists give generously to charity every year and we neither can nor want to make their donations feel forced in any way. Many of our artists also submit items with differing charity donations, so even if they have items in the art show at 0%, they may also have other items at 20%, 50% or even 100%.
In general, artists also seem well aware that their charity donation percentage has an impact on the bidding prices for their items.

ConFuzzled provides free exhibition space for artists and potential exposure to a massive audience (this year we had over 1000 attendees), and judging by our charity figures for the art show every year, we are being repaid for our hard work by the artists' donations. ConFuzzled wishes to continue supporting our chosen annual charity as well as the furry artist community in general each year, and we find our current policy to be a good guideline for doing both.

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