Georgia Furs

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Georgia Furs refers to a number of similarly-named communities which cater to the general furry population in the U.S. state of Georgia:

• Addresses
  • Forum: http://georgiafurs.com/forum/ (founded by Kiran Lightpaw; headed by Durango Dingo)
    • Ran from/to: October 20, 2003-December 2004; 2008-present
  • LiveJournal community:   georgiafurs (founded by Thalyn Chatnoir; headed by Joecifur)
    • Ran from/to: July 28, 2004-present
  • Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GeorgiaFurs/ (founded by Thalyn Chatnoir)
    • Ran from/to: Aug 21, 2004-present (defunct)

[edit] History

The georgiafurs.com forum was stared in 2003 by Kiran Lightpaw, but the site was down for maintenance until 2005, after which it was restored to public access for a few months by Durango Dingo. The domain became defunct by the end of 2005, and the forum was resurrected by Durango in early 2008, with a cleanup of spam accounts and threads in the summer of that year.

[edit] FLORA as de-facto mailing list

In the meantime, the intermittent downtime of the forum forced otherwise active members in other parts of Georgia and nearby locales in surrounding states (Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina) to use the FLORA mailing list, which is primarily focused around the furry population of the Atlanta metropolitan area (site of the Furry Weekend Atlanta convention). As a result, the present incarnation of the GeorgiaFurs.com has not gained back its original membership.

Besides FLORA, the only other active in-state regional group is the Savannah Furs, while neither a mailing list nor a LiveJournal community for Middle Georgia Furs have yielded noticeable discussion or membership.

[edit] See also

• FLORA - a more active mailing list for Georgia furs, although it is Atlanta-focused