Bookkeeping Post

[mistress-tanwe.livejournal.com]

Use of the bookkeeper is strictly voluntary. If you wish to keep track of your farthings on your own, that’s perfectly fine. If you wish to have zopyrus's help, you must post here.

The bookkeeper can help you with keeping track of how many farthings you have, help you figure out how many reviews or services you need to make to get out of debt (for example, if you offer too many prompts), and similar things.

If you wish to use the bookkeeper, please comment to this post with the following information:

Number of prompts offered:
Number of prompts purchased:
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given:
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.):

Any further comments you make for help should be posted as a reply to your original comment thread.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

What constitutes a 'service'?

- Erulisse (one L)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

"~ You may earn farthings by offering services to the faire, such as creating icons/banners for the use of other faire-goers. Giving services earns 2 farthings for each service rendered."

Kaylee Arafinwiel bookkeeping post

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Number of prompts offered: 1 for now
Number of prompts purchased:
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given: (is there any service that doesn't involve making shiny banners and icons? they are very lovely but I am not artistically inclined, however I want to help somehow)
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): both of those things, I'm not in debt yet but I may get there lol, this place looks fantastic :D

RE: Kaylee Arafinwiel bookkeeping post

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Make that 2 prompts offered. :)

Re: Kaylee Arafinwiel bookkeeping post

[independence1776]

is there any service that doesn't involve making shiny banners and icons? they are very lovely but I am not artistically inclined, however I want to help somehow

Yes, there are! Here are some options:

~ setting up the 2015 B2MeM collection on AO3
~ playlists or vids
~ promotion posts (including a link to the rules and to the stall masterpost) in communities/groups/etc. other than SWG, MPTT, Arda Inspired, and Henneth-Annun, though please check first to make sure a promo is okay.
~ cheerleading other participants (a good place for that would be making a post in the b2memsupport comm)
~ setting up a beta finder post on the support comm

RE: Kaylee Arafinwiel bookkeeping post

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'll be keeping an eye on this space, so when the numbers get higher just let me know if you'd like assistance! :)

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Because I'm pretty hopeless with bookkeeping, I'm just going to share things here and hope this makes sense to someone other than me, aka, Bungo help, am I doing this right?! If I am, and if someone would like to borrow the template, feel free. (PL = prompt left, PP = prompt purchased, R = review, SO = service offered.)

My B2MeM Bookkeeping (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ijf9Rjit24CU0Bp_d-YecObXJzRx3UCVw0Vcwm1aeSs/edit?usp=sharing).

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

You are so organized! :D Yes, you're doing it right and I am definitely going to steal your template for keeping track of things on my end.

[independence1776]

Psst… you forgot the banners, 2 farthings earned for each.

Me Llamo Berry bookkeeping post

[me-llamo-berry.livejournal.com]

Number of prompts offered: 1
Number of prompts purchased: 0
Number of reviews given: 0
Number of services given: 0
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): Keeping track. I can be very forgetful.

RE: Me Llamo Berry bookkeeping post

[me-llamo-berry.livejournal.com]

Posted two more prompts

[dreamflower]

Just in case I lose my scrap of paper with the hash-marks:

So far--

Number of prompts offered: 6
Number of prompts purchased: 3
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given: (As a mod I am not sure I can claim services. If I can, I've made one promotional post, if not never mind.)
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.):

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

I think the promotional post counts--if we hear otherwise, I'll change your total. By my count you still have 8 farthings left.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

With my dyscalculia I find it hard to do the maths, so for my own sanity (and dearest bookkeeper, if I do futz things up, do let me know):

Number of prompts offered: 3
Number of prompts purchased: 3 (still pondering about 1)
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given: I am a B2mem mod, but I do not wish to receive farthings for what I do as a mod :)
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): The maths.

So right now 6 farthings spent, 9 left. :)

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

That's correct, you have 9 farthings left.

And you should totally buy that fourth prompt! :D

samtyr bookkeeping post

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Number of prompts offered: 2
Number of prompts purchased: 2
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given:
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): all of it

RE: samtyr bookkeeping post

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

Awesome! At the moment, you have 11 farthings left. I'll keep checking back as the math gets more complicated--just let me know if you need anything else!

WANT TO KNOW HOW TO STOP COUNTING?

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Write a comment on a ficlet or short story every time you want to spend a farthing. I just realized that if I comment at my regular pace that I would never be able to spend enough in a month to go virtually broke. I could argue also it is more in the give-and-take spirit of a community-wide shared event also to comment as well as make and use up prompts--but I will not argue that here!

RE: WANT TO KNOW HOW TO STOP COUNTING?

[dawn_felagund]

Yep, I will probably be in the same situation. I don't expect to claim more than two or three prompts, and I might "sell" as many. I'll write way more comments than that.

You've also created banners! So you get 2 farthings each for those. So you'll probably end the month rich in farthings ... but the thought is that those who do give back to the community (through supporting other writers, volunteering, etc) shouldn't have to worry about claiming prompts or writing them. There have certainly been B2MeMs where everyone is so busy writing and posting that pieces get very few comments, and while preventing that wasn't a stated aim of the farthing system, I think it will certainly help. After all, this isn't just about writing like a mad fiend for a month; it is also about meeting new people and supporting each other! :)

Adding that I probably won't keep track of my comments for the simple fact that I doubt I'll need that many farthings so it won't be worth the bother. If it turns out I do, I can go back through old entries and count them up.

RE: WANT TO KNOW HOW TO STOP COUNTING?

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

All very true! I planned from the very beginning to use up my 15 farthings on prompts early on, since if I read and comment at the rate I did last march, getting them back will be no problem at all.

Now if only it were so easy to cash in on time and creativity! For those, I still need to pace myself. :)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Number of prompts offered: 4
Number of prompts purchased: 2
Number of reviews given: 4 so far.
Number of services given: 0
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): Keeping track.

I have 13 farthings left.

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Make it 5 reviews.

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Number of prompts offered:
Number of prompts purchased: 3
Number of reviews given:
Number of services given:
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.):

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

You have 12 farthings left. :)

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so I've kind of just totally not kept track of anything so far. I maybe should. I think I'm probably fine, but I'd like to be sure, so here goes!

Number of prompts offered: 12
Number of prompts purchased: 15
Number of reviews given: 35
Number of services given: 1 (post in b2memsupport)
What you need help with (double-checking, debt, etc.): HALP I am no good at this. How many farthings do I have?

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

You have 25 farthings left--so, definitely fine! :)