Afparty - The 10th Anniversary Meets

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2002: The Year of the Hedgehog

It was 2002, and the Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.pratchett was 10 years old. In order to celebrate this event, special afpmeets were held all through the year, all over the world.

• Afparty information
  • The Afparty Planning Area
    A schedule (with location maps) of known afparty events (including the DWCon 2002 Birthday Bash) and links to individual afparty announcements, reports and photographs.
  • Afparty Mailing List: The archives
    Mail archives from the list that was used to organise and announce AFparty events (NOTE: currently unavailable)
  • The AFPmeet FAQ
    New to the concept of afpmeets? The most important thing to know: everybody is welcome. Read the FAQ for more basic info, and if you have more questions, please don't hesitate to contact us and ask.
  • The Afparty Announcement
    Karen/hypatia's original announcement to the Pratchett and science fiction newsgroups on Usenet that got the ball rolling.
• Fun bits
  • The Afp 10th Anniversary Hedgehogs
    Bernard Pearson, aka the Cunning Artificer, created two exclusive afp hedgehog figurines, and was cutting his own throat making them available to us for a mere pittance.
  • The Hedgehog Files and The Hedgehog Song
    The (ASCII) Hedgehog is the official Afparty Mascot, because of its long-standing symbiotic relationship with the alt.fan.pratchett community.
  • Afparty Buttons and Signatures
    Various buttons, ASCII pictures, and slogans, made available for use on web pages to link to, or refer to, the Afparty Pages.
  • Afparty Filks
    Party songs in the afp tradition.

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