Thank You!
Five years ago, BronyCAN opened its doors for the first time to an attendance of 850 wonderful people, and in 2017, we decided to end the roller coaster ride. Over the past years, we have had the honour of hosting some of the biggest talent from the show. The privilege of meeting and making friends with the best attendees we could ever ask for. Last but not least, the humbling experience of working with some of the most dedicated ponies we have ever laid our eyes on.
While we will all miss the opportunity to gather again in Richmond B.C. (where not only is the show created, but we managed to get the hotel on Pokemon Go as “The Portal to Equestria”), I want to reassure everyone that the decision to close our doors was not taken lightly. Rather, we decided to end things on our terms, rather than putting on a heavily reduced convention. This was our opportunity to go out with a “BANG”.
If you will allow me a moment to get a touch personal here, I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank EVERYONE involved in the planning and running of this convention over the last 5 years. Without this very large group of people, we never would have made it past the ½ year mark, let alone the streak we did have. Below is a list of all the people who have done some amazing work as leads and deputies for every department in BronyCAN’s History.
Board of Directors
- Tylor “LordV” Froese
- Jax Hughes
- Jay Weiland (emeritus)
- Jon Leslie
- Kristie “Rabbitasaur” Bush
- Trapa Civet (emeritus)
- Waffles
Convention Chairs
- Jay Weiland - Founder, 2013 Convention Chair
- Silvershock Nicktail - 2013 HR Lead, 2014 Convention Chair, 2015 Registration Lead, 2016 Convention Chair, 2017 Vice Chair
- Jax Hughes - 2013 Registration, 2014 Vice Chair, 2015 Convention Chair, 2016 Programming Lead, 2017 HR Lead
- David Kronstein - 2015 Logistics Lead, 2016 Convention Chair
- Thomas “Tom3p0” Givlin - 2015 -2016 Operations Lead, 2017 Convention Chair
Heads of Staff
- Will (Dexter) - 2013 Registration Lead
- Gizmo - 2013 -2014 Registration Deputy, 2015 Hotel Lead
- Jon - 2013 Vendors Lead
- Kristie “Rabbitasaur” Bush - 2013-2017 GR Lead,
- Andrew Ho - 2013 GR Deputy, 2014 -2015 Public Relations Lead, 2016 Community Guest Lead, 2017 Public Relations Deputy
- Austin - 2013 Programming Lead
- Nathan “Drake” “Skye” Rogers - 2013 -2014 Charity Lead
- Lucas - 2013 Public Relations Lead, 2015 Treasury Lead
- Tylor “LordV” Froese - 2013 Webmaster and Head of Sentries,2014 Media Liaison, 2015-2017 Finance, 2015 Vice Chair
- Aphinity - 2013-2014 Operations Lead, 2015 Local Promotions Lead, 2016 Vice Chair, 2017 External Relations
- Tyler - 2013 Operations Deputy, Finance
- Skyler - 2013-2017 Gophers Lead
- Andrew “Firestorm” Hayes - 2013 Art Lead, 2014 - 2017 Publications Lead
- Felyx - 2013 AV Lead
- Eclipse - 2013 Producer
- Feld0 - 2013 - 2015 IT Lead
- GhostSonic - 2014 - 2017 GR Deputy
- Soulscape - 2014 Art Lead
- Forest Rain - 2014 Musicians Lead
- Skeleton Umbrella - 2014 Music Events Coordinator
- Jay “Spectrum Flash” Doran - 2014 Hotel Lead
- Waffles - 2014-2017 Vendors Lead
- Lupon - 2014 AV Lead
- Afion - 2014 Logistics Lead, 2015 Post Meeting Art.
- Salem Tales - 2014 Attendee Relations Lead
- Angela Li - 2014 Public Relations Deputy
- Ryan “Skitters” Kathrens - 2015 Attendee Relations Lead, 2016 First Aid Lead
- Canerik - 2015 - 2016 Attendee Relations Deputy
- Graham Peachy - 2015 Attendee Relations Deputy
- Cody Brown - 2015 Attendee Relations Deputy
- Bashscript - 2015 Musicians Lead
- Kate “Bubbles” Givlin -2015 - 2016 Operations Deputy, 2017 Operations Lead, 2017 HR Lead
- Lauren Stinson - 2015 Public Relations Deputy, 2017 Public Relations Lead
- Debby Mathias - 2015 - 2016 Con Mom
- Daniel “Crusader” Domingo - 2015 Programming Lead
- Jonathan Sokol - 2015 Programming Deputy, 2017 Programming Deputy
- Evan MacPhatter - 2015 - 2016 Registration Deputy
- James Liu - 2015 IT Deputy
- Jordon “Silverhoof” Wiebe - 2015-2017 A/V Lead
- NekoWolf - 2015 A/V Deputy, 2016 A/V Lead, 2017 Main Theatre Lead
- Kathryn Dampier - 2015 A/V Deputy
- StrachAttack - 2015 A/V Deputy
- Forrest Da Silva - 2015 A/V Deputy
- Jack Zhang - 2015 - 2016 Videography Lead
- Terry “Keetah Cheetah” Kalinich - 2015 - 2017 Streaming Lead
- Jessica “Requiem” Perry - 2015 Charity Lead, 2016 Charity Deputy, 2017 Charity Lead
- Edward “Nikashi” Vanance - 2015 - 2016 Games Room Lead
- Cameron Locke - 2015 - 2016 Games Room Deputy
- Cameron Boyle - 2015 Theming Lead
- Aaron “Fisherpon” Siebenga - 2015 Theming Deputy
- Grace Kotsch - 2015 Art Lead
- Diane “Quinn” Mathias - 2015 - 2016 Art Deputy, 2017 Charity Deputy
- Suki “ Crescent Script” - 2016 - 2017 Art Lead
- Corey Wood - 2016 Hotel Lead
- Dragon Paw Gent - 2016 - 2017 Ops Deputy
- Chris “Will Pony” Ward - 2016-2017 Registration Lead
- Bolt the Super Pony - 2016 Programming Deputy, 2017 Programming Lead
- Aaron Dowler - 2016 - 2017 Logistics Lead
- Danny - 2016 - 2017 Website Lead
- Ido - 2016 - 2017 Website Lead
- Alex “The Manly Man” Atley - 2016 Theming Lead
- Cast - 2016 Charity Lead
- Flips Sautee - 2016 Con Store Lead
- Trapa Civet - 2017 Hotel Lead
- Kelsey Carlson - 2017 Publications Deputy
- RainDrops - 2017 Childrens Room Lead
- DJ Midli - 2017 Main Theatre Lead
- OfficialPSI - 2017 Videography Lead
- Nova - 2017 AR Lead
- Chilly - 2017 AR Deputy
- Vaelryn - 2017 Ops Deputy
- Gary “Kithop” Carter - 2017 IT Lead
- Shayne.de.walt - 2017 IT Deputy
- Invisibrony - 2017 Con Dad
To everyone who has helped out in any small or big manner, I wanted to say to you personally;
THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart, each and every one of you have my everlasting gratitude. Many of you (you know who you are) prevented me from going full breakdown this past year, and it means so much to me that you were there to help me through. (If I have missed anyone, or anyone's roles from past years, you have my deepest apologies. It was a long list and I assure you it was not out of malice, but exhaustion and poor memory).
You have my adoration, one and all.
Thomas “Tom3p0” Givlin
BronyCAN Chair, 2017