Superseding Conduct Rule

Any action or behavior that significantly interferes with convention operations, creates excessive discomfort for others, harms or threatens another person, damages FurSquared or venue property, or adversely affects FurSquared's relationship with its guests, venues, affiliated hotels, the convention center, partners, or the public is prohibited. FurSquared may remove the person from event spaces, revoke the person's attendance badge, deny a refund, and issue a temporary or permanent ban when FurSquared determines that action is necessary.

Attendance Badge definition: Throughout this Code, “attendance badge” means the official event credential issued by FurSquared for admission and access. It does not refer to character art badges, decorative fandom badges, name badges, or other personal artwork.

1. Purpose and Scope

FurSquared exists so attendees and participants can have a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and enjoyable convention experience. This Code of Conduct establishes the standards expected of everyone participating in FurSquared 2027.

This Code applies before, during, and after the physical event whenever conduct affects FurSquared participation, safety, operations, venue relationships, or official community spaces.

• This Code applies to attendees, vendors, artists, guests, panelists, performers, volunteers, staff, and any other person participating in FurSquared spaces or activities.
• Covered spaces include FurSquared event areas, Hilton Milwaukee the Baird Center, official FurSquared online spaces, and official FurSquared Telegram chats.
• By registering for, attending, vending at, staffing, volunteering for, hosting, viewing, or otherwise participating in FurSquared, each person agrees to follow this Code and reasonable instructions from authorized FurSquared staff, Registration, FestSec, and venue personnel.

2. General Conduct Standards

• Treat attendees, guests, vendors, staff, volunteers, FestSec personnel, venue personnel, and members of the public with respect.
• Follow posted signs, event rules, room rules, venue rules, and reasonable instructions from authorized personnel.
• Do not disrupt lines, panels, performances, Dealer's Den operations, Registration, hospitality areas, elevators, hallways, or other convention operations.
• Do not impersonate FurSquared staff, Registration personnel, FestSec personnel, moderators, venue personnel, or any official representative of the event.
• Do not encourage, assist, or pressure another person to violate this Code of Conduct.
• Do not test rule boundaries in a way that is disruptive, offensive, unsafe, or designed to evade enforcement.

3. Zero Tolerance for Harassment

FurSquared has zero tolerance for harassment. Harassment includes physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, online, written, visual, or repeated unwanted conduct directed at another person or group.

When someone says “no,” asks for contact to stop, asks to be left alone, moves away, blocks communication, or otherwise clearly communicates that contact is unwanted, the interaction must stop immediately.

• Physical harassment, including unwanted touching, grabbing, blocking a person's path, following, cornering, stalking, intimidation, or unwanted physical closeness.
• Verbal harassment, including insults, slurs, threats, yelling, repeated unwanted comments, targeted jokes, sexual comments, or hostile remarks.
• Emotional harassment, including bullying, humiliation, coercion, manipulation, targeted exclusion, intimidation, or repeated conduct intended to distress another person.
• Sexual harassment, including unwelcome sexual attention, comments, gestures, images, or continued contact after a request to stop.
• Offensive comments or conduct related to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, spiritual belief, disability, neurodiversity, age, body size, physical appearance, or medical status.
• Deliberate misgendering or deliberate use of a rejected name.
• Threats of violence, incitement of violence, or encouraging self-harm.
• Publishing, sharing, or threatening to share private communications, personal information, photographs, recordings, or identifying details without consent for the purpose of harassment, intimidation, exposure, or retaliation.
• Sustained disruption of a discussion, panel, event, chat, line, or official FurSquared space.

4. Consent, Personal Space, and Costumes

• Ask before touching another person, their costume, fursuit, props, mobility equipment, service animal, or belongings.
• Do not hug, pick up, pull, push, pet, grab, photograph at close range, or otherwise interact with a person or their costume without consent.
• Costumes, fursuits, cosplay, character art badges, accessories, or public presence are not consent for touching, photographs, teasing, sexual comments, or unwanted attention.
• Respect service animals, accessibility equipment, and mobility aids. Do not distract, touch, move, or interfere with them without permission.

5. Family-Friendly and Adult-Content Standards

• Public convention areas are considered PG unless a specific event, room, or exhibit is clearly marked otherwise.
• Adult conversations, explicit sexual content, graphic violence, nudity, overt fetish display, and NSFW material are not permitted in public, family-facing, or minor-accessible FurSquared spaces.
• Official FurSquared online spaces, including Telegram, must remain PG unless FurSquared specifically designates a space otherwise.
• FurSquared may remove media, posts, signs, attire, props, or behavior that authorized staff determine is inappropriate for the space.
• Attendees must follow age restrictions for designated 18+ spaces, adult events, adult vendor areas, and any attendance-badge or identification checks required for those spaces.

6. Identification Checks and 18+ Access

Age-restricted programming and areas are limited to attendees who can establish that they are at least 18 years old. Possession of an attendance badge alone does not establish age.

• When requested, an attendee must promptly present valid, unexpired, government-issued photo identification to authorized FurSquared staff, Registration, FestSec personnel, venue personnel, or an authorized volunteer acting on behalf of the event.
• An attendee must temporarily remove a fursuit head, mask, pup hood, costume piece, or other face covering when needed to compare the attendee with the identification presented.
• An attendee who refuses or is unable to complete the requested identification check will be denied entry to the 18+ event, panel, space, or controlled area. There are no exceptions.
• Attempting to use false, altered, borrowed, or otherwise invalid identification may result in immediate attendance-badge revocation, removal without refund, and a future attendance ban.

7. Dress, Apparel, and Public Decency

FurSquared welcomes a broad range of personal expression, fashion, costuming, and community subcultures. FurSquared does not consider any gender, body type, or gender expression inherently inappropriate or sexual. Because minors and families attend, public event spaces must remain suitable for an all-ages audience.

• Pup hoods are permitted in public event spaces, subject to identification and access-control requirements.
• Clothing, costumes, fursuits, accessories, harnesses, gear, and other apparel must cover genitalia, nipples and surrounding areolae, and the anus in public event spaces. This standard applies consistently regardless of gender identity, gender expression, or body type.
• Clothing is not in violation solely because it reveals cleavage, emphasizes body shape, or is commonly associated with a particular gender.
• A dance belt or similar application must be used in conjunction with tight-fitting clothing that would define genitals.
• Alternative fashion items, collars, harnesses, pup hoods, and similar gear are not automatically prohibited. They must comply with coverage and content standards and may not be used as part of overtly sexual conduct in an all-ages area.
• Apparel that exposes anatomy required to be covered, displays explicit sexual imagery, or depicts simulated sexual conduct is not permitted outside a designated 18+ space, panel, or event.
• Body paint, sheer fabric, mesh, tape, stickers, straps, harnesses, or similar items may not serve as the sole covering for anatomy required to be covered unless the covering is fully opaque, secure, and sufficient to prevent accidental exposure.
• FurSquared staff, FestSec personnel, or venue personnel may require an attendee to cover, change, adjust, or remove apparel that violates this policy.
• Refusal to comply with a reasonable apparel-related instruction may result in removal from the area, attendance-badge seizure, revocation of attendance privileges, or additional enforcement action.

8. Designated 18+ Areas

• Adult-themed apparel, kink or fetish presentation, explicit imagery, or otherwise mature presentation may be permitted only in a clearly designated 18+ space, panel, or event.
• Attendees must comply with all posted rules, identification requirements, attendance-badge checks, and staff instructions for designated 18+ areas.
• Before leaving a designated 18+ area, attendees must cover or change apparel or presentation that does not meet the standards for public event spaces.
• Conduct permitted in an 18+ area must remain consensual, lawful, non-disruptive, and consistent with any additional rules posted for that event or area.

9. Official Online Spaces

• Be polite, respectful, and on topic in official FurSquared Telegram, X, Bluesky, and other official online spaces.
• Do not post illegal content, harmful links, malware, spam, NSFW content, harassment, threats, or abusive language.
• Do not use usernames, profile names, display names, images, or handles that contain harassment, slurs, threats, vulgar attacks, impersonation, or NSFW material.
• Political discussion must not disrupt FurSquared spaces, target attendees, become aggressive, or create a hostile environment. Authorized staff may stop or remove disruptive political discussion.
• Violations in official online spaces may result in warnings, mutes, removal from the space, attendance-badge revocation, event removal, or bans depending on severity.

10. Bluetooth Speakers and Disruptive Audio Devices

• Bluetooth speakers and other personal audio devices may not unreasonably interfere with convention operations, panels, performances, lines, Registration, vendor areas, hotel spaces, common areas, or the reasonable enjoyment of others.
• When a device is disruptive, excessively loud, or otherwise interferes with the event, FurSquared staff, FestSec personnel, or venue personnel may instruct the attendee to lower the volume, turn off the device, or stop using it.
• Failure to promptly comply may result in removal from the area, attendance-badge seizure, or removal from FurSquared for the remainder of the convention weekend.
• Repeated disruption, refusal to leave, harassment of personnel, or other serious misconduct may result in removal without refund and future attendance restrictions or a ban.

11. Attendance-Badge Ownership, Display, and Revocation

A FurSquared attendance badge is a revocable event credential issued by FurSquared. During the event and through the conclusion of Closing Ceremonies, the attendance badge remains the property of FurSquared and must be surrendered to Registration, FestSec personnel, or authorized FurSquared staff upon request.

• An attendance badge may be seized, deactivated, or revoked without refund when the holder violates this Code, violates venue rules, interferes with event operations, creates a safety concern, damages property, harasses another person, or when FurSquared determines revocation is necessary to protect the event.
• An attendance badge must be displayed or presented when required for entry into event spaces, attendance-badge-restricted rooms, Dealer's Den areas, designated 18+ spaces, lines, or other controlled areas.
• Refusing to show, verify, or surrender an attendance badge when requested by Registration, FestSec personnel, venue personnel, or authorized FurSquared staff is a conduct violation and may result in event removal.
• Attendance-badge revocation, event removal, or a ban does not guarantee a refund. FurSquared may deny refunds for conduct-related removals.
• After Closing Ceremonies, an attendee whose attendance badge has not been reclaimed may retain the physical attendance badge as personal property and a souvenir of the event.

12. Attendance-Badge Misuse, Sharing, and False Credentials

• An attendance badge may be used only by the person registered to that credential. Attendees may not sell, trade, lend, borrow, share, copy, alter, or forge an attendance badge.
• An attendance badge presented or used by someone other than the registered holder may be seized immediately, and no refund will be issued for that credential.
• The person using the attendance badge and the registered holder may both be removed from the event and may receive a temporary or permanent FurSquared ban based on the severity and circumstances.
• False names, altered credentials, copied credentials, counterfeit attendance badges, or attempts to bypass Registration are serious violations and may result in seizure, removal, no refund, and a temporary or permanent ban.

13. Lost Attendance Badges, Reprints, and Duplicate Credentials

• Lost attendance badges must be reported to Registration immediately.
• An attendee who loses an attendance badge is responsible for the reprint cost. The reprint cost is equal to the cost of the attendee's original attendance level purchased for that credential.
• When an original attendance badge is later found, the attendee may bring both the original and reprinted credentials to Registration. Registration must take possession of the reprinted credential before any refund of the reprint cost is issued.
• Duplicate active attendance badges are not permitted. One person may not possess two active credentials for the same event.
• Possessing or using duplicate credentials, failing to surrender a reprinted attendance badge after finding the original, or allowing another person to use either credential may result in seizure, removal, no refund, and a ban.

14. FestSec Screening (ID checks 18+ Events), Venue Personnel, and Access Control

Attendees must respect and cooperate with Hilton Milwaukee personnel, Baird Center personnel, FestSec personnel, and other authorized personnel responsible for safety and access control.

• Attendees must comply with FestSec ID checks when requested at any checkpoint before entering an 18+ Event space or panel.
• An attendee who refuses required screening by Baird Center personnel may be denied passage, denied entry, or turned away from the affected event space.
• Refusal accompanied by abusive, disrespectful, obstructive, or threatening conduct may result in immediate attendance-badge removal, ejection without refund, and a possible future ban based on severity.
• Attendees must not bypass, tamper with, obstruct, or interfere with FestSec and/or Baird Center checkpoints, access-control equipment, doors, barriers, or screening procedures.
• FestSec or venue personnel may impose additional safety requirements when circumstances reasonably require them.

15. Alcohol, Drugs, and Intoxication

• Attendees are responsible for their behavior at all times, including when consuming alcohol or using any legal substance.
• Disruptive intoxication is prohibited. This includes yelling, aggression, harassment, unsafe movement, interfering with personnel, disrupting events, damaging property, refusing instructions, or being unable to safely participate.
• An attendee who is excessively intoxicated and disruptive may have their attendance badge and attendance privileges revoked without refund.
• Illegal drugs, illegal drug activity, providing alcohol to minors, or violating hotel, convention center, local, state, or federal law may result in immediate removal, attendance badge revocation, no refund, a ban, and referral to venue personnel or law enforcement.

16. Property, Venue, and Safety

• Attendees may not damage, deface, vandalize, steal, tamper with, misuse, or destroy FurSquared property, equipment, signage, supplies, radios, Registration materials, convention assets, or other event resources.
• Attendees may not damage, deface, vandalize, steal, tamper with, misuse, apply stickers to, apply unauthorized tape or adhesives to, or destroy property belonging to the Hilton Milwaukee, the Baird Center, FurSquared-affiliated venues, vendors, staff, guests, or other attendees.
• Stickers, decals, tape, paint, markers, adhesives, signs, or other materials may not be applied to walls, doors, elevators, windows, furniture, fixtures, equipment, signs, sidewalks, parking structures, or other venue property without express authorization.
• Attendees are responsible for damage they cause and may be required to pay repair, replacement, cleaning, or recovery costs.
• Tampering with fire safety equipment, emergency exits, alarms, elevators, accessibility equipment, radios, access control equipment, or venue infrastructure is prohibited.
• Property damage, theft, vandalism, or venue harm may result in immediate attendance badge revocation, event removal, no refund, a ban, and referral to venue personnel or law enforcement.

17. Weapons, Dangerous Items, and Unsafe Conduct

• No functional or sharp-edged weapons or props are allowed at FurSquared.
• Realistic weapon props, dangerous items, and unsafe props are subject to FurSquared and venue rules. FurSquared may require inspection, peace bonding, modification, storage, or removal of any item.
• Do not swing, brandish, point, throw, or use props in a manner that could harm, threaten, or intimidate others.
• Running, roughhousing, unsafe obstruction of hallways, unsafe photography setups, or creating crowd hazards is prohibited.

18. Sales, Vendors, Artists, and Solicitation

• Sales of merchandise or services in FurSquared event spaces may be conducted only by FurSquared approved dealers, artists, vendors, or other approved sellers in approved locations.
• FurSquared is not responsible for private transactions between attendees, vendors, artists, or other individuals unless FurSquared is the direct seller.
• Financial disputes between individual attendees, vendors, or artists are generally the responsibility of the parties involved unless the issue also violates FurSquared rules or threatens event safety.

19. Tip Jars, Donations, and Charitable Solicitation

FurSquared supports charitable giving through the official charity selected for the event. To prevent confusion, unapproved fundraising, and competing solicitations, personal tip collection and donation requests are restricted within FurSquared venue spaces.

• Attendees, staff, guests, performers, panelists, artists, and other participants may not place tip jars, display payment codes, request tips, collect donations, or solicit money for themselves or for an outside person, organization, fundraiser, or charity within FurSquared venue spaces unless FurSquared has provided written approval.
• A participant who wants to accept tips or donations in connection with a performance, service, demonstration, or other activity within FurSquared venue spaces must contact the FurSquared Charity Department in advance. You can reach them by emailing charity@fursquared.com.
• When approved, the collected funds must be directed to the official charity selected by FurSquared for that event.
• Venue spaces include FurSquared-controlled areas of the Hilton Milwaukee and the Baird Center, connected event areas, hotel sidewalks, convention-center sidewalks, and associated parking garages or parking structures.
• Tip requests or donation activity conducted entirely away from the hotel and convention-center properties, including away from their sidewalks and parking garages, are outside FurSquared venue space. Such outside activity must not imply FurSquared sponsorship, approval, or endorsement and remains subject to applicable law and the rules of the property where it occurs.
• Unauthorized tip collection or donation solicitation may result in removal of the tip jar or solicitation materials, an instruction to stop, removal from the area, attendance-badge revocation, removal without refund, or further enforcement based on the circumstances.

20. Photography, Recording, and FurSquared Media

• Audio, photography, and video recording may occur in convention spaces. By attending FurSquared, participants understand that their likeness may appear in event recordings, photographs, livestreams, highlights videos, or promotional materials.
• Attendees must respect posted photography, recording, and privacy rules in specific rooms, events, and venue spaces.
• Do not photograph or record a person in a harassing, invasive, unsafe, or nonconsensual manner.
• The FurSquared name, FurSquared logo, and Two Ferrets marks may not be used in a way that implies unauthorized endorsement, misrepresents or defames FurSquared, or harms the event or its marks.
• FurSquared may require removal from circulation or publication of media that misrepresents, defames, or improperly uses FurSquared names, logos, marks, or event identity.
• FurSquared may deny press access, interviews, or recording activity that would misrepresent, defame, or improperly portray FurSquared.

21. Payments, Chargebacks, and Money Matters

• Chargebacks made to avoid payment, made without sufficient cause, or made without first attempting to resolve the issue with FurSquared may result in permanent revocation of attendance privileges and possible legal action.
• FurSquared cannot disclose an individual attendee's information except as necessary for banking, legal, safety, venue, or enforcement purposes.
• Convention registrations, merchandise purchases, fees, and other event payments are not charitable donations. Tax treatment depends on the payment and donor circumstances; participants should consult a qualified tax professional for personal tax questions.

22. Reporting Conduct Violations

• Report safety concerns, harassment, attendance-badge misuse, property damage, disruptive intoxication, threats, or other Code violations to an identified FurSquared staff member, Registration, HR, FestSec personnel, or venue personnel as soon as possible.
• Provide names, attendance-badge numbers, descriptions, dates, times, locations, witnesses, screenshots, photographs, or other relevant details when available.
• Do not physically intervene in fights, harassment, medical situations, or unsafe incidents unless there is an immediate need to protect yourself from harm. Contact FestSec, venue personnel, or emergency services.
• FurSquared can enforce only matters it knows about and can reasonably investigate or follow up on. Prompt reporting helps protect attendees and the event.
• Retaliation against a person who reports a concern or participates in a conduct review is prohibited and may result in removal or a ban.

23. External Bans, Venue Notices, and Law-Enforcement Information

• FurSquared may deny or restrict attendance based on credible information from venues, hotels, organizations, conventions, online platforms, law enforcement, or other legal entities.
• FurSquared may consider external bans or notices when they relate to harassment, violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, threats, stalking, incitement, property damage, or safety risk.
• FurSquared will make reasonable efforts to ensure outside information is credible and is not rooted in interpersonal conflict, bias, malice, or unsupported rumor before relying on it for enforcement.

24. Disagreement with Enforcement Decisions

• A person who disagrees with an instruction or enforcement action must comply first and raise the concern afterward through the appropriate FurSquared channel.
• Concerns about enforcement may be brought to FestSec leadership, Human Resources, or the FurSquared Board depending on the nature of the issue.
• Arguing, refusing to comply, escalating the situation, or attempting to bypass an enforcement decision during the event may result in additional action.

25. Policy Interpretation, Changes, and Controlling Version

The FurSquared Board and authorized leadership are responsible for interpreting and enforcing this policy. No policy can anticipate every circumstance; therefore, the Superseding Conduct Rule applies whenever conduct presents a comparable safety, operational, property, or community concern.

• FurSquared and Two Ferrets may revise, replace, or update this policy when operational, legal, safety, or community needs require it.
• The most recently dated version published through FurSquared's official channels is the controlling version.
• Material updates should identify the most recent review or revision date. Continued participation after an updated policy takes effect constitutes agreement to follow the updated policy.

26. FurSquared Authority and Enforcement

• FurSquared may deny, suspend, revoke, or restrict attendance privileges when necessary to protect attendees, staff, guests, vendors, venue relationships, public safety, or event operations.
• FurSquared may remove a person from event spaces, seize or deactivate an attendance badge, deny a refund, issue a warning, restrict access to specific spaces, remove a person from official online spaces, or issue a temporary or permanent ban.
• FurSquared and Two Ferrets reserve the right to amend, interpret, and enforce this Code. In any dispute, the Superseding Conduct Rule applies.
• Refusing to follow a reasonable instruction from FurSquared staff, Registration, FestSec, venue personnel, or event leadership is a conduct violation.
• FurSquared is not required to provide repeated warnings before removal, attendance-badge revocation, or a ban when conduct is serious, unsafe, disruptive, threatening, or intentional.

27. Final Statement

This Code is not intended to list every possible misconduct scenario. It states the standards needed to keep FurSquared safe, welcoming, respectful, and operationally sound.

FurSquared will enforce this Code as quickly, fairly, and consistently as possible. Thank you for helping make FurSquared a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone.

Issued by FurSquared Human Resources and the FurSquared Board
Effective Date: July 29, 2026