1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from November Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report was read.
4. ICON Report
   1. Books not closed yet.
   2. All went well.
5. Gamecon Report
   1. February 12th – 14th
   2. Prereg ends February 1st
   3. Will be in Main Lounge of Memorial Union
6. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Staff Meeting Saturday January 9th at 2:00 PM at the Coralville Convention Center.
7. Preplanning Committee Report
   1. Two new members were voted in, Bryon Stump and Michelle McKibben.
8. Old Business
   1. Office Space Update – looking at a new location in Iowa City.
   2. Trademark for AnimeIowa is now being evaluated by the government.
   3. New possible project has been tabled for now QC-Anime Zing.
   4. Taxes are currently being done.
   5. Proposals for charitable donations by Mindbridge are to be presented at the next membership meeting in January.
   6. $6,000 grant was approved for ICON to bring guest, Corey Doctorow.
9. New Business
   1. Sam’s Club Membership has been cancelled.
10. Announcements
    1. Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on December 21st at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
    2. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on December 18th at Shannon’s house. They will be discussing Tron and Silent Running.
    3. AI is looking for department heads for dealer’s room and publications.
11. Meeting Adjourned
    1. Next Meeting: January 6th at Denny Lynch’s home at 7:00 pm.

Date: Saturday, December 5, 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

Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Date: Monday, November 23, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Bryon & Catherine Schaff-Stump
108 Prospect St
Blaristown, IA 52209
Ph#: (319) 454-6963

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Overall, the group liked this one. Below are the notes I was able to type during the discussion. Sorry, but I'm not a particularly fast/good typist so these notes are more than just a little rough.

Michele: Back-story used for world/society-building
Ian: society doesn't seem sustainable
Michele: thrill-ride goes down for quite a ways, hard to image
Mark: "until Jean comes"
Lindsey: is the confidence game really good or just billed that way?
Michele: Locke is smart thief, plans it out.
Lindsey: don't really care about the money
Michele: wants the money to complete the major con of the book
Mark: But only wants the money to help get revenge on whoever killed his friends
Michele: climbing down the outside the building on the ivy, another man climbs out...
Lindsey: liked how that wasn't wacky hi-jinks
Mark: disagreed, totally wacky hi-jinks
Lindsey: planning ahead impressive in how Locke anticipates broad specturm of things that could go wrong
Michelle: you don't mind the white, fluffy buns?
Ian: no, I can handle white, fluffy buns.
Michelle: "until Jean comes"
Ian: distracting # of characters being all named
Michele: all characters come back
Lindsey: Thiefmaker not important as a character, just sets the scene.
Michelle: Also not a lot of info on other characters (e.g. Bug just appears); did he even meet Father Chains?
Mark: No
Lindsey & Michele: Yes, maybe
Ian: something about beginning doesn't seem right
Mark: Locke being so bloody special so earlier
Ian: not much introspection, basically a "dis-go" book (dis-go here, dis-go there)
Lindesy: 2nd book has more introspection, wasn't sure she entirely liked that, used to previous book's voice
Ian: odd descriptions, doesn't go into details I want
Lindsey + Michele: he does but you haven't read far enough to get to it; almost too much description we frequentally skip over it
Ian: lot of description, hard time connecting & concept of Father Chains & temple
Lindsey: liked it better 2nd time, helped having a passing familiarity with it
Ian: felt like needed notebook to track who people are
Everybody else: not really
Ian: where's the tension?
Michele: in whether or not Locke will pull everything off
Mark: and the Grey King plot line that you haven't gotten to.

Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from September Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report
   1. Checking $44,617.53
   2. AnimeIowa $48,288.69
   3. ICON $1225.50
   4. Gamicon $1218.86
4. ICON Report
   1. October 23rd – 25th at the Cedar Rapids Marriot
   2. Room Block still open through this Friday.
5. Gamecon Report
   1. February 19th – 21st
   2. Prereg ends February 1st
6. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Still recovering, made much money
7. Preplanning Committee Report
   1. Nothing to do right now.
8. Old Business
   1. Proposals for Storage/Office Space
   2. $15,000 per year for office space passed
9. New Business
   1. Mindbridge Point System (much discussion)
   2. Rewards System discussed
   3. Comp Policy – Vote next meeting
   4. Minimum Points for Con Membership changed to 500
   5. Anime Con – Quad Cities Proposal
      1. Patrick Murphy (U of I student) lead Quad Cities group
      2. Proposed con would take place 2 months prior to AI
      3. Much discussion (Board will evalute)
10. Announcements
    1. Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on October 12th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
    2. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on October 30th at Bryon Stump’s home. They will be discussing The Fabulous World of Jules Verne and Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
11. Meeting Adjourned
12. The meeting after that will be on Wednesday, November 4th at Denny Lynch’s home at 7:00 pm.