Exciting Frantic Eufuria news!
Well it's about time we got our news out in the open so everyone is up to speed with what is now happening.
We have taken the decision to leave Club Cavern and have now found our new venue. We are just confirming the last few details and then we'll be ready to run the event. We are looking provisionally for the end of September/early october to avoid convention season and to ensure we fall into a date where more people will be able to attend. Further details and exact dates will be set once these have been confirmed within the next week.
First of all I want to cover off why we're are moving out of Club Cavern.
Firstly, over the last few events, we have had nothing but problems with one of the managers there who has pretty much hinted that he no longer wishes to have our event there. There appears to be politics between the general and main managers at the venue and although the general manager is keen for us to stay, the main manager has caused us issues and made mountains out of molehills time and time again.
Secondly, Club Cavern is now way too small for us. The feedback we have recieved has always been about the space (or rather lack of it), especially with part of the venue taken up with fursuit changing facilities. We have also found that one person serving on the bar means that there have been quite some lenghty waits just to buy a drink. Also being unable to offer accomodation has been something that has put people off coming to the event.
Thirdly, I want to pick a note up on cleanliness of the venue. I went around the new venue on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and then arriving at Club Cavern that evening, I felt very repulsed by how unclean everything felt. The toilets in particular had never been a pleasant affair and the whole facility really now looks like it's seen better days.
But don't get me wrong, we've had some amazing times at Club Cavern and many memories have been left. It's just got to a point now that after 8 events ( 4 bristol raves, 3 Frantic Eufuria's and 1 Frantic Eufuria metal night) that we now need to move on.
Due to the difference in the venue types, there are going to be some rather large changes to the way Frantic Eufuria is run. I will go through these changes now and what they will mean to you as an attendee.
1) Frantic Eufuria from here forward will be able to offer accomodation!
I have misplaced my pricing guide at the moment but I know the cheapest accomodation will be £16.40 for the night. This is based one person sharing a 4 bed room with 3 other random furries. The price varies on the room type and number of bed, the most expensive being a single room with en suite which I believe was about £40 but I will correct this once I have found my information sheet again. You will have the facility to choose who you room with.
2) We will now need to introduce an entry fee which looking to be approximately £3. Why are we doing this I hear you ask. I will explain now what this will cover.
At Club Cavern, I used to pay a £100 deposit to get hire of the venue and we had to break a £500 bar tab to be able to get that deposit returned, therefore no loss was ever made. On this new venue, £100 will be getting us the hire of the venue facilities but this will be a non-refundable hire charge and therefore this money will always be lost although this does mean that we do not have a minimum bar spend to achieve.
This new venue also has no sound or lighting equipment. For FE3 and FE metal, we were very kindly provided some sound equipment by Acoustic Armageddon (run by Ceil Fox) and this looks set to continue. Of course, this means that there are also costs of getting their equipment down to the event. It costs roughly £70 - £80 to get the equipment to us and this cost will also have to be spread out. So we're looking £180 in total for these two charges and 60 attendees paying £3 each will cover this.
3) So hang on, what happens to any extra money that is made during this event?
As part of the changes, we are now becoming listed as a company. There are certain requirements within this that we will need to keep the Frantic Eufuria experience running, primarily this will be items such as public liability insurance, website hosting and domain fees. We will also be looking at getting more equipment for Frantic Eufuria nights so in short, we can assure you that any profits raised will be put back into making sure Frantic Eufuria a better night for all. We will publish a financial report at the end of each year so you can see exactly where any funds are going within the company.
4) Frantic Eufuria is to be listed as a company.
The reason for this is that the event is too much of a liability for me to run on my own and with the events initial outlays now increasing quite substantially, this needs to be shifted to a company status to make it more manageable. This also ensures that for accomodation bookings/registrations, we can register for company bank accounts, paypal accounts and to generally make organisation easier. The structure of this is currently being created but at the moment, it is set that I am to continue as event chairman, Ravell Wolf will become Vice-Chairman alongside me and Anthropuppy is to be the company treasurer. Other roles are currently being consulted and implemented.
5) All attendees to Frantic Eufuria will be required to register.
This is for a number of reasons. It enables us to keep track of who's coming, who has booked overnight accomodation and general event management, it also enables us to keep a record of who will be in the building in case of any emergency situations. All attendees will also require a security pass from the youth hostel to be able to access the events. We can take registrations on the door but will muchly prefer people to pre-register.
6) Registrations, entry fees, company structure and accomodation contained. So you're becoming a convention then?
Myth. Complete myth. We will not be aiming at becoming a convention, we will still be an event and this is how things will remain for the forseeable future.
7) So how many people can you now accomodate for?
Here are the accomodation details:
Rooms:
Total number of beds: 134
Family rooms are available
03 rooms with 02 beds
26 rooms with 04 beds
02 room with 05 beds
04 rooms with 03 beds
2x Single Rooms
Event Area capacity: 100 on main dance floor, approximately 50 in the secondary dance floor, a further 20 in the games room and roughly 40-50 people in the break out areas.
8) Will there be improved facilities with this?
Most definetely. We will have the facilities to offer meals, full bar facilities, on site cafe facilities and the dance areas will be further improved with windows,airflow and taller ceilings so people don't clonk their heads! We will also have a dedicated fursuit changing area which will have hangers for drying fursuits, we will be investing in a fursuit drying tree and it will be a larger area in general to change. This will also be security card key protected so we will need to know who the fursuiters are to be able to give them access to this room.
9) Will the metal versions continue?
We will be in a position that we can run BOTH the dance and metal versions at exactly the same times as we will have access to two dance floors!
10) So how often will these be run?
We will be looking at the following parts in the year to book the events: Early to mid January, Early April, Early July, Early-late October.
We are very excited with the proposed changes and the venue are equally excited to be taking this challenge on. We have trawled all over Bristol through various different options and this is definetely the best all rounder we could find. Some attendees to FE metal got a sneak preview of the venue at the feedback session and I am pleased to report that it was all positive. Of course we are expecting some negativity, especially with the entry fees being introduced, but I'd like to remind people that you get what you pay for at the end of the day and we will be offering 10x the service we ever could have at Club Cavern with no forseen drawbacks.
You can find more info on the venue here: http://www.yha.org.u...stol/index.aspx and our website will also be updated with photos and details by next Sunday at the latest.
In the meantime, if you can please now look at the proposals and let us know your thoughts. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us, we will endeavour to answer these as soon as possible. Let's all pull together and make Frantic Eufuria something not to be missed in the future!
We have taken the decision to leave Club Cavern and have now found our new venue. We are just confirming the last few details and then we'll be ready to run the event. We are looking provisionally for the end of September/early october to avoid convention season and to ensure we fall into a date where more people will be able to attend. Further details and exact dates will be set once these have been confirmed within the next week.
First of all I want to cover off why we're are moving out of Club Cavern.
Firstly, over the last few events, we have had nothing but problems with one of the managers there who has pretty much hinted that he no longer wishes to have our event there. There appears to be politics between the general and main managers at the venue and although the general manager is keen for us to stay, the main manager has caused us issues and made mountains out of molehills time and time again.
Secondly, Club Cavern is now way too small for us. The feedback we have recieved has always been about the space (or rather lack of it), especially with part of the venue taken up with fursuit changing facilities. We have also found that one person serving on the bar means that there have been quite some lenghty waits just to buy a drink. Also being unable to offer accomodation has been something that has put people off coming to the event.
Thirdly, I want to pick a note up on cleanliness of the venue. I went around the new venue on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and then arriving at Club Cavern that evening, I felt very repulsed by how unclean everything felt. The toilets in particular had never been a pleasant affair and the whole facility really now looks like it's seen better days.
But don't get me wrong, we've had some amazing times at Club Cavern and many memories have been left. It's just got to a point now that after 8 events ( 4 bristol raves, 3 Frantic Eufuria's and 1 Frantic Eufuria metal night) that we now need to move on.
Due to the difference in the venue types, there are going to be some rather large changes to the way Frantic Eufuria is run. I will go through these changes now and what they will mean to you as an attendee.
1) Frantic Eufuria from here forward will be able to offer accomodation!
I have misplaced my pricing guide at the moment but I know the cheapest accomodation will be £16.40 for the night. This is based one person sharing a 4 bed room with 3 other random furries. The price varies on the room type and number of bed, the most expensive being a single room with en suite which I believe was about £40 but I will correct this once I have found my information sheet again. You will have the facility to choose who you room with.
2) We will now need to introduce an entry fee which looking to be approximately £3. Why are we doing this I hear you ask. I will explain now what this will cover.
At Club Cavern, I used to pay a £100 deposit to get hire of the venue and we had to break a £500 bar tab to be able to get that deposit returned, therefore no loss was ever made. On this new venue, £100 will be getting us the hire of the venue facilities but this will be a non-refundable hire charge and therefore this money will always be lost although this does mean that we do not have a minimum bar spend to achieve.
This new venue also has no sound or lighting equipment. For FE3 and FE metal, we were very kindly provided some sound equipment by Acoustic Armageddon (run by Ceil Fox) and this looks set to continue. Of course, this means that there are also costs of getting their equipment down to the event. It costs roughly £70 - £80 to get the equipment to us and this cost will also have to be spread out. So we're looking £180 in total for these two charges and 60 attendees paying £3 each will cover this.
3) So hang on, what happens to any extra money that is made during this event?
As part of the changes, we are now becoming listed as a company. There are certain requirements within this that we will need to keep the Frantic Eufuria experience running, primarily this will be items such as public liability insurance, website hosting and domain fees. We will also be looking at getting more equipment for Frantic Eufuria nights so in short, we can assure you that any profits raised will be put back into making sure Frantic Eufuria a better night for all. We will publish a financial report at the end of each year so you can see exactly where any funds are going within the company.
4) Frantic Eufuria is to be listed as a company.
The reason for this is that the event is too much of a liability for me to run on my own and with the events initial outlays now increasing quite substantially, this needs to be shifted to a company status to make it more manageable. This also ensures that for accomodation bookings/registrations, we can register for company bank accounts, paypal accounts and to generally make organisation easier. The structure of this is currently being created but at the moment, it is set that I am to continue as event chairman, Ravell Wolf will become Vice-Chairman alongside me and Anthropuppy is to be the company treasurer. Other roles are currently being consulted and implemented.
5) All attendees to Frantic Eufuria will be required to register.
This is for a number of reasons. It enables us to keep track of who's coming, who has booked overnight accomodation and general event management, it also enables us to keep a record of who will be in the building in case of any emergency situations. All attendees will also require a security pass from the youth hostel to be able to access the events. We can take registrations on the door but will muchly prefer people to pre-register.
6) Registrations, entry fees, company structure and accomodation contained. So you're becoming a convention then?
Myth. Complete myth. We will not be aiming at becoming a convention, we will still be an event and this is how things will remain for the forseeable future.
7) So how many people can you now accomodate for?
Here are the accomodation details:
Rooms:
Total number of beds: 134
Family rooms are available
03 rooms with 02 beds
26 rooms with 04 beds
02 room with 05 beds
04 rooms with 03 beds
2x Single Rooms
Event Area capacity: 100 on main dance floor, approximately 50 in the secondary dance floor, a further 20 in the games room and roughly 40-50 people in the break out areas.
8) Will there be improved facilities with this?
Most definetely. We will have the facilities to offer meals, full bar facilities, on site cafe facilities and the dance areas will be further improved with windows,airflow and taller ceilings so people don't clonk their heads! We will also have a dedicated fursuit changing area which will have hangers for drying fursuits, we will be investing in a fursuit drying tree and it will be a larger area in general to change. This will also be security card key protected so we will need to know who the fursuiters are to be able to give them access to this room.
9) Will the metal versions continue?
We will be in a position that we can run BOTH the dance and metal versions at exactly the same times as we will have access to two dance floors!
10) So how often will these be run?
We will be looking at the following parts in the year to book the events: Early to mid January, Early April, Early July, Early-late October.
We are very excited with the proposed changes and the venue are equally excited to be taking this challenge on. We have trawled all over Bristol through various different options and this is definetely the best all rounder we could find. Some attendees to FE metal got a sneak preview of the venue at the feedback session and I am pleased to report that it was all positive. Of course we are expecting some negativity, especially with the entry fees being introduced, but I'd like to remind people that you get what you pay for at the end of the day and we will be offering 10x the service we ever could have at Club Cavern with no forseen drawbacks.
You can find more info on the venue here: http://www.yha.org.u...stol/index.aspx and our website will also be updated with photos and details by next Sunday at the latest.
In the meantime, if you can please now look at the proposals and let us know your thoughts. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us, we will endeavour to answer these as soon as possible. Let's all pull together and make Frantic Eufuria something not to be missed in the future!