Together with a big website revamp, Southeast Asia’s first and biggest furry news channel Global Furry Television (GFTV) launched the Community Initiative and Outreach (CIO) Programme Sunday (June 12).

The CIO confirms GFTV’s intention to engage with the furry community and the general public more, by holding events and meetups of its own, or simply using its resources to assist in furry meetups.

The Singaporean furry news channel hopes the CIO can bring furries closer together especially in a time of social volatility and division.

Major successes met

Debuted at this year’s Little Island Furcon (LIFC) were GFTV CE. usher cards and the Hello Spot.

In its iconic bold lettering and bright colours, the CE. usher cards help to guide attendees to a designated location.

Depending on requirements, multiple usher cards may be deployed.

CIO usher cards in different groupings and colours. Where the requirements are small, the Group A (Red) sign is always deployed first.

Here, LIFC 2023’s venue is rather a long walk away. Many attendees thus found themselves lost along the way, including a mother and daughter pair.

With the usher cards, GFTV’s on-site Core Coverage Support (CCS) team successfully led them to where the furcon is.

At furcons, there are big open spaces for social interaction.

But while furry fandom may be constantly portrayed as a socially friendly space, not everyone is brave enough to approach a stranger to say hello.

Do attendees entering a socialisation-heavy space for their first time have a safe space to say hello without getting stranger stares?

The Hello Spot sign (bottom left) waiting for people to gather around it.

The Hello Spot makes any space an open space where anyone can join the group, say hello and meet new people.

At LIFC, it successfully brought first-time furries and furcon attendees together and from there, facilitated ad-hoc activities like meals.

All of these achievements culminated in a rather emotional moment captured in front of the sunset on Day 1 (June 10).

Surrounding the Hello Spot and usher cards were a group of 14 first-time attendees to LIFC 2023, including GFTV’s Core Coverage Support Team for LIFC 2023.

The Hello Spot was once again employed at a big meetup hosted by SGFurs (June 17), and it continued what it did best.

Sitting around it were new furries from LIFC 2023 hanging out with other furries from the local community.

At an open rooftop space in VivoCity, furries sat around having dinner together.

More face-to-face engagement

GFTV Community Events (stylised as CE.) is the name of all furmeets and furcons held by GFTV.

It will start off as small furmeets with various activities planned, from going to the cinema to cycling at a park.

CE. events will be given space to grow and develop in size – perhaps Singapore may soon see a second furcon alongside Little Island Furcon!

The cover image of GFTV’s first-ever Community Events furmeet. It saw a total of 10 attendees.

Oh also, on June 24, 2023, those new friends that the Hello Spot caught at LIFC 2023 attended GFTV’s first-ever CE. furmeet at an arcade. 10 people attended it.

CE. furmeets are planned to be held once per week, or at least twice, best thrice per month, all covering the gaps between major fandom events in Singapore.

With this frequency, it aims to give furries more chances to make more meaningful friendships in-person.

The brand new Hello Spot used as of present.

Consolidating initiatives under the CIO

With such achievements in just a single month, the Hello Spot and CE. usher signs have proven its strong potential at furry meetups.

Thus, to put its benefits into common practice, GFTV began the CIO.

From here on, it will officiate the Singaporean furry news channel’s continuous intention to engage and bond the furry community more and improve the public understanding of furries.

兽视推出社区外展计划，促进其社区互动力

东南亚首家及最大兽圈新闻频道国际兽视（GFTV）于周日（6月12日）推出了社区互动倡议（CIO）计划。

《社区互动倡议计划》确认了兽视想通过举办兽圈活动，或仅利用其资源协助举办兽聚，以更多地与兽圈和公众互动的意图。

鉴于全球兽圈动荡和分裂的时候，兽视希望《社区互动倡议计划》能够拉近毛兽们之间的距离。

成功案例

在今年的小岛兽聚（LIFC）上首次亮相的是兽视社区活动（英：Community Events，简称 CE.）迎来的导览牌和“哈喽牌”。

兽视的CE导览牌以其标志性的粗体字和明亮的颜色帮助引导与会者到指定的会点。根据要求，兽视可以部署多个导览牌。

兽视的CE导览牌有不同的分组和颜色。在要求较小的地方，总是先部署A组（红色）的标志。

在这里，LIFC 2023的会场有相当长的步行距离。许多与会者包括一对母女因此发现自己在路上迷路了。

通过导览牌，兽视的现场核心内容支持团队（英：Core Coverage Support，简称CCS）团队成功地将他们带到了兽展地点。

一家兽展平时有个很大的开放空间以供社会互动。

但是，虽然外表看兽圈不断被描绘成一个社交友好的空间，不是每个人都敢于接近陌生人打招呼。

第一次进入社交环境的与会者是否有一个安全的空间来打招呼，交新朋友，而不是被陌生人盯着？

“哈喽点”（左下角）等待人们聚集在它周围。

“哈喽点”（英：Hello Spot）使任何空间成为一个任何人都可以加入，打招呼并认识新朋友的开放空间。它成功地在小岛兽聚把第一次参加兽展的人聚集在一起，从而推进了如共享晚餐的临时活动。

所有这些成就在兽展第一天（6月10日）在日落前拍摄的一个相当激动人心的时刻达到了高潮。

围绕着“哈喽点”和引导卡的是14名首次参加LIFC 2023的与会者，包括兽视的核心内容支持团队。

在新加坡本地兽圈社区SGFurs主办的大型聚会（6月17日）上，兽视的“哈喽牌”再次被使用，以继续发挥它最擅长的本领。

坐在它周围的是来自LIFC 2023的新兽迷，与当地社区的其他兽迷们一起谈天说地。

在新加坡怡丰城（VivoCity）的一个开放的屋顶空间，毛皮们围坐在一起吃晚饭。

更多线下兽聚，面对面互动的机会

兽视社区活动（风格化为CE.）是兽视旗下举办的兽聚和兽展的名称。

它将从小型兽聚开始，计划诸如去电影院或在公园骑自行车的各种活动。

CE.活动将被赋予成长和发展规模的空间，也许新加坡很快就会出现与小岛兽展并列的第二家兽展！

兽视有史以来第一次社区活动兽聚的封面图片。它总共有10位与会者。

2023年6月24日，兽视有史以来在一家街机厅举办了其首届CE.兽聚活动。10人参加了这次活动。

CE.旗下的兽聚计划每周举行两次，主要在新加坡举办，旨在在本地不同圈子活动（例如漫展）之间填空空隙。

通过这样的频率，它的目的是给兽迷们更多的机会让他们亲身创建更有意义的友谊。

兽视目前用的“哈喽点”牌子

计划举措巩固于CIO之下

在短短一个月内取得如此成就，兽视的哈喽牌和导览牌已证明了它在兽聚兽展上的强大潜力。

因此，为了将其好处付诸实践，兽创建了《社区互动倡议计划》。

从此，它将主持兽视凝固兽圈社区凝聚力、提高公众对兽圈的了解的持续意图。