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

Date: Monday, September 14, 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, September 2, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Attended by: Josh. Lindsey. Mark. Michelle. Kath. Marty. Steve. Denny. Pat. Christine. Bryon.

1. Call to order at 7:00pm.
2. Minutes from last meeting were waived, and waived at.
3. Treasurer's Report was not read. We are adding money.
   1. $90139.60 AnimeIowa Checking
   2. $21678.51 Mindbridge Checking
   3. $2445.46 Icon Checking
   4. $1330.48 Gamicon Checking
   5. $25333.19 One CD
   6. $25333.19 Second CD

4. AnimeIowa
   1. We had fun.
   2. Hotel bill is less than last time.
   3. AnimeIowa Post Mortem is October 11th
5. Icon
   1. 100 Paid
   2. 40 Comp'd
   3. 7 tables sold until new mail comes (Josh says 32 tables promised to sell.)
   4. It's still going to happen.
6. Gamicon
   1. The IMU will be open for Gamicon. No location changes at all so far known.
   2. Talking to hyperion games as potential guests.
7. Pre-planning Committee Report
   1. Still taking nominations for new MB pre-planning member.
8. Old Business
   1. Volunteer Points
      1. Be sure to get your points in
      2. Points for attending meetings too, take meeting attendance.
   2. Newsletter Proposal
      1. Revisit later in the meeting
   3. Mindbridge First Aid Kit
      1. Who has it?
   4. Larger Storage Locker
      1. Current storage locker costs $225 for three months (or maybe it's $260 for 4 months)
      2. Marty will look into costs for larger storage locker
      3. We may need something bigger in the not too distant future
   5. Scholarship Proposal
      1. Policy is that we can't give money away
      2. Does it need to be an entire con in the bank?
      3. Perhaps get concom, etc, to talk worst case scenario
      4. Mindbridge accounts have $72344.89
      5. Moved to vote for the cap to be $100,000.00, seconded, approved.
9. New Business
   1. Bylaws, Board Meetings
      1. Proposed to update bylaws
      2. Have board meeting or something similar at ICON
      3. Nominated Josh for the new board position from Bryon's resigned position
      4. Ryan was nominated for Jennifer's upcoming open position
   2. Look into some kind of thick plastic card for con badges
10. Announcements
    1. Mindbridge Book Discussion will be Monday,. September 15 @ 6pm at Coffetalk Cafe on Kirkwood Blvd in Cedar Rapids.
       1. Discussing book from our guest at ICON Tanya Huff
       2. You want to come.
11. Meeting Adjourned at 8:02pm

Next meeting is October 1st at 6pm at the Iowa City Public Library. Someone please make reservations.

Date: Monday, September 15, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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

Date: Wednesday September 5, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CST (GMT -06:00)
Location: {Iowa City Public Library}
123 South Linn St., Iowa City, IA 52240 Phone: (319) 356-5200