Well, at least we give them many months’ notice for all that artwork (well, usually…).

Yeah, it’s like some kind of furry Brigadoon, it is!

Erm…

Are you implying that MFF doesn’t… Ya know… Just HAPPEN?!?

I screened your comment because we are sort of trying to keep a lid on the fact that we are moving. As I posted on the MFF Message Boards (http://forum.furfest.org – register there and I’ll upgrade you to staff so you can see the Staff area):

This was mentioned a couple of staff meetings ago, but I wanted to reiterate it here:
Yes, we are moving to the Westin North Shore next year. This is something of an open secret. Our Security Director, Uncle Vlad, (who has experience in similar situations) has requested that this information not be broadcast lest people take the attitude of, “This is our last year at the Hyatt, so what does it matter if we wreck the place.” I would ask the all staff members please keep this in mind.

The “party line” when people ask you if we are moving next year is, “Come to Closing Ceremonies and find out.” We will be giving a short presentation there to give people an idea of what to look forward to. You may wonder, why not go ahead and tell them we’re moving now? If we tell people on Sunday night, that’s only one night that they might wreck the hotel, not four nights. So why tell them at all? We have to balance out the chance of stupidity with our attendees concerns about the future well-being of the convention, and assure them that things are well in hand.

Finally, in the off chance that you do hear someone take the approach of “let’s wreck the place since we’re not coming back”, remember that although we have an extended contract with the Westin, we can opt out after each year. The Hyatt Woodfield is about to launch a series of expansion projects that will include, among other things, a new 9,000 square foot ballroom where the tent is currently located. That may very well be enough space for us to return at a future date, so we don’t want to burn any bridges (and yes, the Hyatt is aware that we will not be there in 2008).