So we had a charity auction at the end of con. Everyone is pretty much aware of it because it made everything run late. When the envelope which had the cash in it made it back to me all that was there was a few quarters and, if I remember correctly, a half-list of what we sold.

Joy.

I tried talking to the people in the area of main stage, and to the only people who handled the envelope. None of them had any clue what happened. It seems to me like someone grabbed the easy-to-grab cash from the envelope. Maybe it was left at main stage and was taken when no one was looking – I don’t know.

I really don’t know what to do to fix it going forward other than make the staffers more aware that over $500 was collected for the NHS and it was stolen. Maybe if they’re aware that that happened then they will keep a better eye on it.

And for the record I believe it was probably an attendee. It’s possibly a staffer, but I’m too close to most of them to really believe they would harm the convention that way.

And yes, we are still sending a check to the NHS for what we took in. I’m not going to say “someone stole it, oh well” and leave it at that. I’m not happy, but I’d rather they get their money and take it out of our net.

Rovers also need to be aware it happened and we need more rovers to be watching for things happening in 2014.