Mindbridge Foundation

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

1. Call to Order at 6:04 pm
2. Minutes from May meeting waived. They are posted if you want to read them.
3. Membership Roll sheet handed round

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Annual Meeting

1. Josh talks about the progress of Mindbridge over the past year.
   1. Rewritten the by-laws.
   2. Event to get more interest in Mindbridge.
2. Food was consumed.

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This Weekend May 23 - 25, is the Annual Ren Fair in Little Amana, IA. If you interested in jousting, swords and sleight of hand, then you should go and give it a look.

May 30th at the Barnes and Noble in Coralville at the Coralridge Mall , Sarah Prineas, author of "The Magic Thief" will be doing a reading and book signing of her newest book "The Magic Thief: Lost" which came out earlier this month. Check with the local Barnes and Noble for the time of this event.

What: A call for volunteers for the Storage locker cleanup this Saturday.

Where: The Mindbridge storage locker. About 1/3 of a mile west of Hwy 965 on Penn St in North Liberty. Penn St also leads to North Liberty exit on I-380. Locker 21 (Blackjack!).  Try entering <41°45'10.66"N 91°36'51.43"W> in maps.google.com.

When: This Saturday, May 16th. Starting at Noon. Depending on the number of people who show up, It usually takes a little less than 2 hours. Note: on Friday night, If the weather forecast calls for rain, then Marty will post to the Mindbridge email list that the clean-up has been canceled and will offer a new time.

Why: Because Marty doesn''t want to do it all by himself...  If you work a department at a con, here's your chance to do your own personal inventory. Volunteer points will also be rewarded. Or maybe you'll be in charge of the inventory of volunteer prizage ; )

How: We will take most everything out of the storage locker. The contents of all boxes and totes are checked. Labels will be applied/corrected/checked on everything. A rough inventory will be compiled. Everything will be put back into the locker as neatly and well packed as possible.

Who: Hopefully, you.

Meeting convened at 7 pm.

Attending: Jon Maakestad, Michele Maakestad, Mark McKibben, Michelle Weinard McKibben, Dan Wojcik, Denny Lynch, Marty Milder, Pat McCauley, Megan Daly, Lindsay Elliott (recorder).
Attending by proxy: Kris Sigsbee (Michele), Jenny Todd (???), Josh Elliott (Lindsay), Dave Schrader (Pat), Athena Foster.

1. Reading of minutes was waived.
2. OLD BUSINESS
   1. Treasurer's report was waived as the treasurer was not in attendance.
   2. AI Report (Pat/Dan): Meeting was held last week.
      1. Con executives would like to request that formal requests from Mindbridge to AI be communicated in writing, to avoid confusion or ambiguity.
      2. AI would like to get a Sam's Club card, and wanted to know if Mindbridge would like to have a central account. Discussion ensued; AI is free to get a Sam's Club card (a membership card, not a charge card), as cost is minimal.
      3. AI's leadership stated that they will need to know about any changes made to the art show policy by June 1 in order to implement them effectively for this year's show.
      4. Bids for AI 2010 are now open; Pat indicated that a bid was in progress.
      5. Pre-registration is open; about 1000 members are registered.
      6. ACTION: AI also had a PayPal question that needed to be addressed with the treasurer. Hopefully this can be addressed by email?

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