August 2009 Minutes

Mindbridge Meeting, 5 August 2009

  1. 6:00 pm Meeting called to order
  2. Membership Roll
  3. Minutes from July meeting
  4. Treasurer’s Report
    1. Checking
      1. Mindbridge $48,313.53
      2. ICON $1,728.97
      3. Gamecon $1,218.86
      4. AI $70,660.54
      5. Total $121,921.90
    2. Savings: $10,040
    3. CDs
      1. $10,040.61
      2. $26,049.35
      3. $26,049.35
  5. AI Report
    1. Guest Shawn Schemmel will be unable to attend AI this year.
    2. Replacement Guest will be Greg Ayres.
  6. ICON Report
    1. Still happening.
    2. Special new video game programming-World of Warcraft
    3. Mailing Coming Out Soon
    4. A couple of new non- World of Darkness LARPs in the planning.
  7. Gamicon Report
    1. Still happening.
  8. Preplanning Committee
    1. Recommending Guests
    2. Hotels set for:
      1. Gamicon for the next 3 years
      2. AI for the next 2 years
      3. ICON for the next 2 years
  9. AI Bid for 2010 Approved.
  10. Proposal Received for ICON 2010
    1. Budget Received — Similar to 2009 Budget
    2. ConCom — Josh, Lindsey, Athena, and Jori Hendon
  11. Announcements
    1. Denny went to Oz Fest — A big furry turn-out.
    2. Keocon coming Nov 27th and 28th in Keokuk
    3. Book Group: August 10th @ 6PM, Coffee Talk Café, they will be discussing The Eyre Affair
    4. Film Group: Friday, August 21st at Mark and Michelle McKibben’s home in Cedar Rapids at 7:00 pm, they will be discussing Nausicca and The Chinese Ghost Story/li>
  12. Next Mindbridge Meeting is at Anime Iowa Sunday Morning
  13. The meeting after that will be on Wednesday, September 2nd at Denny Lynch’s home at 7:00 pm.