Oh, I agree. summer_jackel and I talked to several of BayCon's organizers, who approached us as new vendors and said, "You're new vendors, we're so happy you came! Please come back next year! Tell us what you'd like to see at BayCon because we'd like to keep you!" We said basically what I outlined above, and they said, "Um. Please tell us what you'd like to see next year!"

So yeah, I don't think they're going to court the furries, but it's clearly the way to go. It wouldn't even be that hard (seriously, throw a fursuit dance. You won't even have to provide your own BayCon DJ; furry DJs are coming out the walls around here), but they aren't going to do it.

Ursula Vernon is THE BEST. And she is the GoH at the next FurCon!

Oh yeah, that's the other thing that cracks me up. The furries have got their shit together: they have a pro-looking website, they communicate lots with their members and dealers, and they are on top of things. From FurCon, I got a nice thick vendor's packet two months in advance of the con. From BayCon, I got an emailed FAQ two days before the con.

....Yeah. That may be why all the vendors ended up at the steampunk con instead, and why I may be either there or Fanime next year.