For those of you who appreciate the beauty of a well-maintained spreadsheet, here for your enjoyment and edification is the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2026. For those who’d rather not see how the sausage is made, perhaps you’d care to watch a ball rolling around the sides of a Penrose triangle? Membership was pretty… Continue reading Never Confuse the Size of Your Paycheck With the Size of Your Convention

For those who like the stories told by dollar signs, here for your delectation is the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2025. For those who’d rather not see how the sausage is made, may we tempt you with the Monterey Bay Aquarium jellyfish cam? Membership was about the same as last year, though y’all made… Continue reading Money Is Our Madness, Our Vast Convention Madness

For the financial geeks among us, here’s a helping of pie-charty goodness: the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2024. For those who don’t want to delve into how the sausage is made, perhaps you’d prefer pine martens on a swingset? The short version: Membership was down, mostly due to your Herder of Otters being diverted… Continue reading Money Is Better Than Poverty, If Only For Convention Reasons

For your fiscal delectation, herewith is presented the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2023. For those who prefer not to see how the sausage is made, may we suggest Pachelbel’s Chicken? The short version: We’re doing pretty well, mostly due to the astounding generosity of donations. Whether you chipped in a little or a lot,… Continue reading A Con and Its Money Are Soon Parted

Do you like the stories told by spreadsheets? Then you’ll like this: the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2022. Don’t want to know how the sausage is made? Did you know that the original Hamster Dance is still available? The short version: We did all right, mostly due to the amazing generosity of donations. You… Continue reading Money Makes the Con Go ‘Round

For the fiscal geeks among us, I present to you the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2021. For those of you who don’t want to know how the sausage is made, may I tempt you with high-diving giraffes? The short version: For a second-year con in the midst of a pandemic, we did astoundingly well.… Continue reading The Root of All Conventions

For those who are curious about such things, the post-con financial report for Narrativity 2019 is presented herein for your delectation. For those of you who don’t want to know how the sausage is made — hey, look! Otters! The short version: We did okay. We didn’t break even, but first-year cons rarely do. And… Continue reading All About the Benjamins