Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library, Room B
123 South Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: (319) 356-5200

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
4. Treasurer's Report
   1. AnimeIowa: $57,601.29
   2. Mindbridge: $49,511.16
   3. Gamicon: $374.19
   4. Icon: $1527.37
   5. 2 CDs separate
5. AnimeIowa Report
   1. We're looking at an earlier August date for last year
   2. We exceeded 1300 registrations as of last night
   3. Confirmations out
   4. AI Meeting 2 pm at Coralville Marriott
6. Icon Report
   1. Meeting last week
   2. Some stuff going on
7. Gamicon Report
   1. Jon is gone, so no report this time.
   2. Memorial Union.
   3. Now in the big ball room.
8. Pre-planning Committee Report
   1. No one here from pre-planning
   2. The list of guests is going on the website
9. Old Business
   1. Art Show Legal Opinion: If no legal opinion is evinced, we stick with old policy
   2. Money set aside for new projects. A call for proposals.
      1. Michele has a formal proposal for the game library.
      2. See details that are posted: Formation of Mindbridge Game Library and Library Committee
   3. There was a game library committee meeting as well.
   4. Storage locker clean up was very successful.
10. New Business
    1. Jen asked about receiving notifications for meetings. Is anyone sending those out any longer?
    2. The child pornography/doujinshi case, and its implications for AnimeIowa.
11. Announcements
    1. Book Group Meeting
    2. June 15, 2009 at Coffee Talk Cafe at 6pm. Setting the list for 2010 at 7 pm.
12. Film Group Meeting
    1. June 5, 2009 at Denny Lynch's at 7pm. Baron Munchausen and Terry Gilliam's version.
    2. Miyazaki coming to California?
    3. The Mindbridge meeting on July 11 at 11 am at the Iowa City library.
    4. Bryon is not president anymore.
    5. Cath is now president.
13. Adjourn at 7:55.

Date: Monday, June 15, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Coffee Talk Cafe
37 Kirkwood Ct SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: (319) 363-4273

Date: Friday, June 5, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Denny Lynch
68 36th Ave. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-4056
Phone: 319-365-5857

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.
3. Words were spoken.
4. Election was held.
   1. Each voter was given votes relative to the number of seats open
   2. Winners to the board:
      1. Catherine Schaff-Stump – Two Year Term
      2. Pat McCauley – One Year Term
5. Reports on Conventions
   1. AnimeIowa
      1. Is using the entire hotel in the Marriot Hotel in Coralville
      2. Word of convention center in Des Moines, but getting along with Coralville Marriott Staff
   2. Gamicon
      1. Looking to grow the convention this year.
      2. Main ballroom space this year.
   3. Icon
      1. It's coming.
   4. Preplanning - Suggestions for possible guests
      1. Artist – Charles Vess
      2. Writer – Steven Erickson
      3. Author – John Scalzi
      4. Comic Artist – Barb Jacobs
      5. Podcasting – Rachel Swirsky
      6. Artist – Peter Andrew Jones
      7. Comic Artist – Schlock Mercernary
      8. Comic Artist – Terry Beatty
      9. Author – Sarah Prineas
      10. Author – Terry Pratchett
      11. Actor - Michael Emerson
      12. Author – Ellen Kushner
      13. Author – Elizabeth Moon
      14. Mangaka – Kenichi Sonoda
      15. Actor – Zachary Quinto
      16. Author – George R. R. Martin
6. Noel offered to become Public Relations Officer.
7. Discussion about how to spend money on new projects.
   1. We would like to do new things, so people with new projects submit a bid by August.
   2. We're openly saying that we want projects to spend money. (Preferably related to our purpose).
   3. Majority approves an $11,000 operating budget for Mindbridge, and $10,000 budget for special projects.
   4. The Board will provide more details.
8. Unanimously approved a small change in the by-laws. Members who can not make meetings long-term are to be known as Auxiliary Members, rather than Proxy Members.
9. Next meeting is June 3rd at the Iowa City Public Library at 6pm.
10. The July meeting will be held July 11th, location TBD.
11. Meeting adjourned.

Date: Wednesday June 3, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library, Room B
123 South Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: (319) 356-5200

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.

Date: Saturday May 23, 2009
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Cantebury Inn and Suites, Conference Room 206
704 1st Avenue
Coralville, Iowa, 52241-2104
Phone: (319) 351-0400

Date: Monday, May 18, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Coffee Talk Cafe
37 Kirkwood Ct SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: (319) 363-4273

Date: Friday May 15, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mark & Michelle McKibben
2055 4th Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Phone: (319) 366-1400