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1 Credits BronyCAN 2013 Visit BronyCAN.ca/Staff for the complete staff list! Con Chair Charity Auction Artists Jay “Regen” Weiland Nathan “Drake” Rogers Cas - catspian.deviantart.com Deer - deerghost.deviantart.com Irvin Durana - sonicpower451.deviantart.com Finance Registration & Vendors Keenan Born - kborn.deviantart.com Jason “HaloInverse” Brownridge William “Dexter Rabbit” Dixon Marco Paparatto - marco23p.deviantart.com Jon “Shroobs” Leslie Mareinthemoon - mare--in--the--moon.deviantart.com PonyHuman Resources Lorne “Gizmo” Seifred Radioactive K - radioactive-k-deviantart.com Silver Nicktail Alex “Afion” Ing Tatsuki - askrosequartz.tumblr.com Guest Relations Audio/Visual Apricity/Provincial Ponies Erin “Sharky” Leslie Kristie “Rabbitasaur” Bush Felyx “BeamPegasu5” Kain Zephaniah “Eclipse” Washington albinosharky.deviantart.com Andrew “adeptusraven“ Ho Sean “Shramp” Browning Kaelisa “MyLittlePonyTales” VanDyke Landon “Lupon” Freden stickgag.deviantart.com Sabrina “realafterglow” Taylor Marty “Ginge” Sisk Tabatha Hughes Jacob “GhostSonic” Poersch Amanda “CrimsonFirefal” Pyle Alex “Sumap” Schell Ask BronyCAN Randy Ho Aaron “Fisherpon” Siebenga Angela “Ponyzilla” Li Information Tech Wanderereclipse Jacob “GhostSonic” Poersch Thomas “Solar Flare” Sullivan Nick Nack Rebeckah “Misaki” MacLeod Richard “CascadeHope“ Layes Peter “Feld0” Deltchev Staff Photagrapher Public Relations Carson “Spitfire” Berreth Lucas “Senn555” Sestak Gophers and Grunts David “The Iron Pony” Cuyno Skyler “Time Right” Hoff-Male Original Founders Angela “Ponyzilla” Li Stephen “Midli” Andrew Jong Webmaster Conrad Simon Penzes François Girouard Allie Kapcala Tylor “LordV” Froese Security Programming Darius Frick Coletan “Schatzi” Joey Kaspick Manchester Austin Muirhead Erin Leslie Tatsuki Ishida Design Sean Chris Decoste Operations Browning Jay Weiland Andrew “Firestorm” Hayes Tyler “Seksey” Johnson Kristie Bush Rob “Aphinity” Harrison 2 3 Credits A Message from the Chair Con Book Supporters Welcome everypony! Layout/Planning A Vancouver Brony Nathaniel “Creature” Krell Andrew Hayes Al Kapcala PeeBubble Let me start from the beginning. Just about two years ago, my friend Jon and I had started up the firestorm-can.deviantart.com Alexandre Dorion PuntyMario Saskatchewan Bronies group on Facebook and it has become quite a hit. I had met Jon on reddit, Amanda Sun Robby Sindiewen following a “pony pizza night” in which I shared this amazing new show I had found with my friends. Ashton Sutherland Ryan The deal was that I’d pay for all of the pizza if they would come watch ponies. They didn’t really get it. Cover Atavis Devya Scarlet Hooves Irvin Durana After that night, one of them was browsing reddit when he saw a local shout out for bronies in Saska- Brass Gear Selenelion sonicpower451.deviantart.com toon. Kristie Bush BronyDW Senn555 Caine the Doombringer Soulscape rabbitasaur.deviantart.com How BronyCAN started: Caneighdian Jake SR Foxley Carl Aubin Star Shot I had been out to visit my folks and I was pretty bored. This guy I knew had been in Sask Bronies and Header Graphics CascadeHope StatManDan Erin Leslie he was not a local at all. I think he was from New Zealand. Anyway, after confronting him he said he Cobalt StellarSea was from a secret organization of bronies trying to unite all of the ponies of the world. I scoffed, but albinosharky.deviantart.com Corey Paquin Stephen “Midli” Conrad Nicole Gauss it got me thinking... man, it sure would be great to unite bronies, and there is nothing going on for Corey Paquin Stormy Gallop bronies in Canada. So we made a group called “United Brony Provinces of Canada”. We tracked down caakes.deviantart.com CrimsonPhoenix Syrax08 every leader from every meetup group and put them in a Facebook group to discuss ideas and tech- Curtis Montgomery Temrin niques for meetups, dealing with problems, and the provincial pony project. It was great! We had pas- Guest Graphics Darnel G Tico Machi Andrew Hayes Deep Six Timmo Warner sionate people from all across Canada and we were constantly in Skype calls, talking about everything Kristie Bush Dexter Rabbit UseDerpyMail and anything. Finally, the topic of the lack of a convention came up, and I was nominated for chair. Deer domer_7 vertigobrony Erik WBKimber We’ve been through so much in the last year. Every kind of emotion you can imagine. When I got into Art Contributions Firestorm “Danger” Dash the convention business, I had no idea what I was getting into. I’ve always compared it to being like Anima-dos - anima-dos.deviantart.com gelonoel a genie - you get to make everybody else’s wishes come true, but nobody else really gets to see what BreAuna - breauna.deviantart.com Ghetto Toaster it looks like being inside the lamp. Maybe it’s even like being banished to the moon - you get to see Egophiliac - egophiliac.deviantart.com Jack Burniston everything very clearly, but you’re kind of distanced from it all. But the low gravity lets you jump really ErBoi - erboi.deviantart.com Lightning Nova high and you get to do cool flips and stuff! JoshCraven - joshcraven.deviantart.com Lisa Rosenberg Karzahnii - karzahnii.deviantart.com Loose Leaf I’ve seen so many great things happen with this con. People of all fandoms coming together, the crazy Lost In The Music Latecustomer - latecustomer.deviantart.com opportunities and people surprising me when I least expect it. All of the crazy long lists, the late Skype Lucas MLJ Lucas - mlj-lucas.deviantart.com calls, the tons of e-mails, are all worth it to make this dream come true. We still have much work cut Lykaios Avery MostachioSponch - out for us, but it’s now up to all of you to make this the best convention yet. Now how aboot we go Master Clockwork out there and do it like Canadians do, EH? mostachiosponch.deviantart.com Matthew Nguyen Sadimoo - sadimoo.deviantart.com Moongazer “Princess Maple Cakes” - Radioactive K Termin - www.wildelemntstudios.com Jay “Regen” Weiland 5 64 Any narcotic or hallucinogenic sub- Media Coverage and Press stances and paraphernalia are also strictly BronyCAN welcomes all members of the prohibited for any reason in convention press that wish to attend and cover our con- Code of Conduct space, and their possession or use will result vention. All members of the press who wish in similar action. to cover BronyCAN must check in with Regis- Introduction Lost and Found tration, with credentials to verify your status, Our foremost goal at BronyCAN is to ensure All abandoned items should be brought to Smoking in order to receive a press pass. BronyCAN that all attendees have a pleasant and memo- the nearest convention volunteer, which will Please follow all hotel policies and local laws reserves the right to grant or deny approval rable time at our convention. The following then be stored in the convention operations regarding smoking in the convention space to for all photography and video/audio policies are set in place by BronyCAN staff room during the weekend. BronyCAN will and your hotel room. Within the City of Van- recording requests, and permissions may be to ensure that every individual attendee will store and safeguard all lost items until August couver, smoking is not permitted by law in all retracted at any time. For more information, enjoy their time at our convention, so please 26th, after which these items will be disposed indoor public spaces, including public transit, please contact our Public Relations head. keep these in mind for a fun and safe experi- of in a manner that BronyCAN deems accept- shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, nightclubs ence. As a friendly reminder, please remem- able. and casinos. Smoking is not permitted within Minors ber the 6-2-1 rule: 6 hours of sleep, 2 full six metres of an entryway, openable window BronyCAN is intended for attendees of all meals, and 1 shower per day at an absolute Alcohol and Prohibited Substances or air intake of a building. Signage will be ages, but we require that all children under minimum to ensure you and everyone else All alcoholic beverages are prohibited in posted to indicate the applicable smoking the age of 13 be accompanied by a parent have a great time! convention spaces, and anyone who appears restrictions. Please smoke in designated areas or designated guardian over the age of 18. intoxicated or under the influence of any only. All designated guardians over the age of 18 General Rating substance will not be allowed into conven- must have purchased a badge for BronyCAN, BronyCAN is, for all intents and purposes, tion areas. Please be aware that the drinking Hotel Policies and as children under the age of 13 receive intended for attendees of all ages and has age in British Columbia is 19, and that minors As good guests, all attendees to BronyCAN the Youth pass for free, children between the adopted a ‘PG’ rating as such. Much like the that illegally consume or come into posses- should follow hotel policies in public spaces age of 14-17 must buy a standard pass. Please show was intended for young children and sion of alcohol may receive criminal charges, and hotel rooms alike. Even if you are staying be aware that BronyCAN and associated their parents, BronyCAN should provide a in addition to the party that provided the at a different hotel, please follow the same parties are not responsible for supervision of similar environment for its attendees. This alcohol. There is a strict zero-tolerance policy rules as a paying guest if you are in a hotel minors, and that by registering to attend this means that attendees should refrain from on serving alcohol to minors in violation of space that belongs to the Executive Airport convention, all parties understand and agree strong language, displays of violence, inap- the law, and any violations of this will result Plaza Hotel. Noise policies are also in place, so to this limitation.