Next meeting: July 7th at the Denny Lynch Home at 7:00 PM.

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from April Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report was read.
4. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Slightly ahead on pre-registrations this year, currently 1109
   2. Meeting Saturday, May 8th at the Coralville Convention Center
5. Icon Report
   1. Preregistration now open $45, $55 at the door
   2. Fan Guest of Honor Selected – Susan Leabhart
   3. Artist Guest Selected – Daniel Dociu – Guild Wars Artist

6. Gamicon Report
   1. Still in the Memorial Union next year.
7. Other Projects
   1. Preplanning Committee – nothing to report.
   2. Game Library – No report, except for a few new games added.
   3. Book Group - Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on May 24th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
   4. Film Group will be meeting at 6:30 pm on May 21st at Denny Lynch’s home. They will be watching and discussing Escanaba in da Moonlight.
8. Old Business
   1. Annual Membership meeting will be on May 22nd at noon in a picnic, cook-out format at Picnic Shelter #9 Lower City Park in Iowa City.
      1. City Park Map
      2. Food will be provided via Jimmy Jacks Rib Shack! Veggie options as well!
   2. New Board Member – Michelle McKibben!
   3. Nominations for At Large Board Member were taken.
9. New Business
   1. AI Trademark Report – We move forward.
   2. We begin to look toward purchasing a commercial database management system for our convention registrations.
   3. We once again vote to sponsor the Iowa City Zombie March coming this Fall.
   4. Storage Locker Clean-Out! Saturday, June 5th at 11:00 AM at the North Liberty Storage Locker.
10. Adjournment

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from March Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report was read.
4. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Slightly ahead on pre-registrations this year, currently 1016
5. Icon Report
   1. New Website Up!
   2. Fan Guest of Honor Selected – Susan Leabhart
   3. Artist Guest to be announced soon!
6. Gamicon Report
   1. Back in the Memorial Union next year.
7. Other Projects
   1. Preplanning Committee – nothing to report.
   2. Game Library – No report.
   3. Book Group - Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on April 26th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing One Second After by William R. Forstchen.
   4. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on April 30th at Shannon Ryan’s home. They will be watching and discussing Doc Savage: Man of Bronze.
8. Old Business
   1. Annual Membership meeting will be May 22nd in a picnic, cook-out format at a time and place yet to be determined.
9. New Business
   1. Let’s examine our insurance and make sure our items in the storage locker are insured for replacement value.
   2. New Mindbridge member: Ben Phillips!
10. Adjournment

Next meeting: May 5th at the Denny Lynch home in Cedar Rapids at 7:00 pm.

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from February Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report has been posted on Google Documents.
4. Gamicon Report
   1. Went great, made money
   2. New location went over big!
   3. $375 to Camp Courageous
5. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Staff Meeting Saturday March 20th at 2:00 PM at the Coralville Convention Center.
   2. Staff Recruitment Meeting
6. Icon Report
   1. New Website soon! More guests to be announced.
7. Other Projects
   1. Preplanning Committee – nothing to report.
   2. Game Library – Demo nights at Hobby Corner in Iowa City
   3. Book Group - Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on March 29th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
   4. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on March 26th at the McKibben's home. They will be discussing Metropolis and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
8. Old Business
   1. Gamicon Upsilon bid voted on and passed. Date – February 11th through 13th.
9. New Business
   1. Annual Membership meeting will be May 22nd in a picnic, cook-out format at a time and place yet to be determined.
10. Adjournment

Next meeting: April 7th at Iowa City Public Library at 6:00 pm.

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from January Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report was read.
4. Gamicon Report
   1. February 12th – 14th
   2. Everyone very excited
   3. Will be in Main Lounge of Memorial Union

5. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Staff Meeting Saturday February 13th at 2:00 PM at the Coralville Convention Center.
6. Icon Report
   1. Everything on track.
7. Other Projects
   1. Preplanning Committee – nothing to report.
   2. Game Library – New stuff donated by game companies.
   3. Book Group - Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on February 22th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
   4. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on February 26th at Bryon Stump’s home. They will be discussing Pinnochio and The Curse of Frankenstein.
8. Old Business
   1. Office Space Update – no update this meeting
   2. Charitable Donations – the following was approved:
      1. $2,000 for the Cedar Rapids Public Library
      2. $500 each for the Iowa City Public Library, the Coralville Public Library, the North Liberty Public Library, and Tanager Place.
9. New Business
   1. Jon Maakestad presented a bid for Gamicon 2011. This will be voted on at the March membership meeting.
10. Adjournment

Next meeting: Gamicon, February 14th at 11 am, then March 3rd at Denny Lynch’s home at 7:00 pm.

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from December Meeting were not read, but have been posted on the Mindbridge list and web site.
3. Gamicon
   1. Questions were raised by members.
      1. Has a mailing gone out yet?
      2. Have any guests been announced?
4. AnimeIowa
   1. January meeting on January 9th at 2pm at the Marriot Convention Center.
   2. Park in the ramp otherwise subject to getting a ticket.
5. ICON 35
   1. Did we send a letter to Doctorow?
   2. Noted that it will be the second weekend in November.
6. Preplanning Committee: Nothing to report.
7. Game Library: Nothing to report.
8. Old Business
   1. NOTE: There was some question on whether or not we had sufficient people present to vote on anything.
   2. Office Space Proposal
      1. Put down payments of $40,000 and finance the rest for 10-20 years.
      2. Hold off on building a second floor and creating a separate office space.
      3. Moving into new space should occur separate from any convention times.
      4. Questions that arose:
         1. Do we have a certain time frame for an offer of buying this space?
         2. How much was insurance and property taxes on this location?
         3. We noted that other questions might still come up from other members that were not present.
   3. Tax Update
      1. Most of the stuff was done by Christine already.
      2. Do we have a portable box or safe deposit box with documents?
      3. If it is a portable box then who was the keys?  We need to look for the nonprofit letter from the government.
   4. Charitable Donations
      1. There was a brief discussion of the various proposals that were sent to the mailing list.
      2. It was mentioned that the board was not necessarily comfortable with a large (e.g. ~$5000) donation given that we are looking into buying office/storage space.
      3. The consensus reached by those present was that the following donations should be made:
         1. $2,000 to the Cedar Rapids Public Library
         2. $500 to Tanager Place
         3. $500 each to the Coralville Public Library, North Liberty Public Library & Iowa City Public Library
      4. It was further recommended that the money not be tied to specific strings on how it is being spent but that a recommendation/request that it be used for Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Anime/Manga materials go with it.
9. New Business
   1. Michelle McKibben would like to remind members that there is a 6 month limit on submitting any volunteer points earned at any of our conventions.
   2. The group discussed having lanyards and shirts as possible volunteer gifts for points. Michelle is currently looking into the lanyards.  Will discuss with friend about embroidering shirts and get cost estimates.
   3. We also are working on Minebridge buttons to show our support for our group to be worn by members at functions.
   4. Michelle Weinard McKibben was nominated by the group to run for Board.
   5. Questions rose on having the next meeting. We were wondering if we could have a Minebridge meeting at Gamicon on Feb. 13th instead of Feb. 3rd. Would we have space at the convention to have a meeting? Or do we need to pay for a separate room? We also noted that there is an AnimeIowa meeting also on Feb. 13th at 2 pm. Tentative times if possible (?): 10 am Board of Directors and 11 am for Minebridge meeting? Or is our deadline to change it already past?
10. Next Meeting currently scheduled for Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6 PM in the Iowa City Public Library.

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.

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.

1. Call to Order
2. Minutes from the August Board Meeting were not read, but they have been posted on the Mindbridge list and on the web site.
3. Treasurer’s Report
   1. Checking $44,993.53
   2. AnimeIowa $97,825.61
   3. ICON $765.50
   4. Gamicon $1,218.86
4. ICON Report
   1. Everything is going well.
   2. We will have two LARPs, one targeted at younger fans and another for adults.
   3. Room reservations are $89 per night and the ICON room block closes Oct 1st.
5. Gamicon Report
   1. No changes or information to report at this time.
6. AnimeIowa Report
   1. Went really well.
   2. Over 2,600 attendees.
7. Preplanning Committee Report
   1. Not currently active.
8. Other Projects
   1. Game Library Group has three tubs of games.
      1. Tub A goes to all cons and has games of general interest.
      2. Tub B goes to ICON and Gamicon and has more specialized games.
      3. Tub C goes only to Gamicon with games only REAL gamers would want.
      4. The inventory of games in the library is posted on Google Groups.
9. Old Business
   1. The proposed ICON 2010 bid was voted on and accepted.
   2. The possibility of trademarking some Mindbridge properties was discussed.
   3. The possibility of a new storage locker space versus office space was discussed.
10. New Business
    1. Compensation for Con Staff was discussed.
11. Announcements
    1. Go see District 9 if you don’t get motion sick easily.
    2. Book Group will be meeting at 6:00 pm on September 14th at Coffee Talk Café. They will be discussing Mort by Terry Pratchett.
    3. Film Group will be meeting at 7:00 pm on September 18th at Denny Lynch’s home. They will be discussing John Carpenter’s The Thing and Time After Time.
12. Meeting Adjourned

Next Meeting Wednesday, October 7th at the Iowa City Public Library