I have always told everyone Chicago has a STRONG furry community. But this year, I can’t say that anymore. 3 out of 3 meets here in Chicago have been out right cancelled…due to lack of attendance. Take the one I been going to since Feb 2014, at one time we had over 30 members. While during most of February of this year only 3 showed up and I am including myself. Yes, this is the same furmeet we once thought about doing our own furry comic has folded due to no one wants to show up any more. I wish I could give a reason why no one is coming, but I have not seem any of the regulars since the last meeting after MFF. I wish I was making that up, but it’s sad but true.
Then there is this month when I sought out to go to a second furmeet that some of the former members created. My schedule finally opened up today so I could go to tonight’s furmeet. I only found out last night, that it was cancelled due to the fact the woman who runs it is going out of town for 2 weeks.
At least I hope that means they will be back May 22nd. As for what use to be my regular furmeet. The guy who runs that is setting up another meet in a new location in a nearby suburb. There seems to be plenty of interest on Facebook. But given what happened I am taking a wait and see attitude…on what is going to happen with that.
I really don’t know why this is happening, no one got in to a fight, no disagreement that I know of, it just happened.
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