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We had planned to run our party only Friday night at Capricon, but people threw money at us until we agreed to run it Saturday as well. Thanks guys!

We got 88 new members, 59 of whom are not dodos. (That increases our total membership by a third! Whoa!)

We took in $(293.057 + 2/13), plenty enough to cover party expenses and leave money in the treasury to keep on going.

We will be throwing a party at Capricon (this weekend) on Friday night, starting at 6pm and going until we fall over. Don't know the room number yet, but I think we'll be easy to find! There will be baked goods.

We had quite an enjoyable time at Windycon. Party was had. We took about 20 memberships/upgrades and some donations and just about broke even. This means that we will have no financial difficulty throwing a party at Capricon!

We currently have 256 members, most of whom are not dodos. The treasury contains $162.02, a gram of silver, a French Franc, tuppence, 0.3 cents in the cash value of coupons, an uncashable check for exactly $2.073, a very short story printed on a business card, a small rock, the ghosts a peanut M+M and two chocolate 50 cent coins, a Taiwanese dollar, and a penny cut in thirds.

Now to business: I have confusing notes on the subject of badge numbers. As you probably know, we allow (but don't require) people paying more than $2.073 to choose a badge number. Usually I manage to write this number on their registration form and try to write it on my main register too just in case. After Windycon, I found the number 10 written on my register, but not on anyone's form. I've been unable to reconstruct what happened. Did anyone overhear this transaction? Or know anyone with an affinity for the number 10? (Probably this will stay a mystery, but it's worth a shot.)

Visit us at our party at Windycon! We'll be in room 1414 Friday night.

We took 13 memberships, sold some ribbons, and got some donations at CONvergence for a total of $26.57.

The treasury now contains $197.64, a gram of silver, a French Franc, tuppence, 0.3¢ in the cash value of coupons, an uncashable check for exactly $2.073, a very short story printed on a business card, a small rock, and the ghosts a peanut M+M and two chocolate 50¢ coins. I swear we do not ask people to hand us strange objects in payment; it just happens.

We've decided that we are sufficiently loaded that we can start running dedicated room parties instead of just piggy-backing on Minicon's. We plan (fingers crossed) to start with Diversicon (July 30-Aug 1). Hope to see you there!

Oh, and a happy belated birthday to our provisional con chair. She turned one on June 8!

We took 17 memberships at Duckon for a total of $24.17 and the ghost of one peanut M+M. Huzzah!

WSFS's Worldcon Bids and NASFiC Bids page now links to this LJ in their "Hoaxes and Party Excuses" section. I think that Rebecca should have a discussion with them about how serious this bid really is. Once she can talk that is.

We took 15 memberships at Minicon, including one new blogger: Eric Gilbertson. Thanks all!

Currently the treasury holds $133.88, a gram of silver, a French Franc, tuppence, 0.3¢ in the cash value of coupons, an uncashable check for exactly $2.073, a very short story printed on a business card, a small rock, and the ghost of two chocolate 50¢ coins,

We roped GoH Dan Dos Santos into playing EPYC (a.k.a. Money Duck, the game where you write something and then someone draws it, and then the next person writes what they think the drawing is, etc.) and then also into pre-supporting and letting us use his EPYC art for the bid! So we'd better put a progress report out soon, eh?

Since Worldcon in Montreal, we've taken memberships at Gaylaxicon, Convivial, Icon, Windycon, Capricon, Marscon, and several Minn-STF meetings. We've made enough to buy a batch of 500 ribbons, which comes with a nice bulk discount, and still be in the black.

Currently the treasury holds $94.81, an uncashable check for exactly $2.073, 1 French Franc, a small rock, 0.3¢ in the cash value of coupons, tuppence, the ghost of two chocolate 50¢ coins, and a very short story printed on a business card.

We have 169 members. That's 14 squared! Special thanks to our 5 bloggers: Greg Ketter, Joe Pregracke, Thomas C Havighurst, Kevin Austin and Richard Tatge.

We're now offering membership rates in gold for those who worry about the long term value of the dollar. The rates are:

* Standard pre-supporting: 50mg gold (usual rate $2.073 (fudge it))
* Blogger: 0.5g gold (usual rate $20.73)
* Peep: 5g gold (usual rate $207.3)

We will prioritize the spending of dollars over gold, naturally.

Today I tried to cash our check, received at Worldcon, for $2.073, or, more to the point "two and seventy-three/thousandths dollars".

The very intelligent and friendly teller(*) told me that, unfortunately, the amount written out in words is legally binding and therefore they must honor it exactly. Since they are unable to honor it exactly, they can't take it.

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He offered to try to deposit it for $2.07, but warned me that someone down the line might reject it and kick us back a $19.00 fee. I declined.

The check will go into the Minneapolis in 2073 non-fungible treasury, which also currently includes 1 French Franc, a small rock, 0.3¢ in the cash value of coupons, tuppence, and the ghost of two chocolate 50¢ coins.