"How come other furry conventions like Further Confusion, Anthrocon, Midwest FurFest, etc., have modelled themselves more after the s-f conventions around them than on the ConFurences?" I'm not certain that's a quantifiable statement...
We wanted to try something different than the "old mold". And as with any new venture, some things worked, some things didn't. If later furry cons got to pick and choose between "classic" SF con ideas and weird new ConFurence ideas, then we can say that ConFurence brought some new items to the salad bar for people to have more variety.
"How come other furry conventions like Further Confusion, Anthrocon, Midwest FurFest, etc., have modelled themselves more after the s-f conventions around them than on the ConFurences?" I'm not certain that's a quantifiable statement...
We wanted to try something different than the "old mold". And as with any new venture, some things worked, some things didn't. If later furry cons got to pick and choose between "classic" SF con ideas and weird new ConFurence ideas, then we can say that ConFurence brought some new items to the salad bar for people to have more variety.