Minutes for Mindbridge Meeting July 3 2015 Iowa City Public Library Room B 6pm, General 7 pm

  1. Called to order by Jon
  2. Minutes of previous meeting emailed and posted
  3. Treasurer’s Report: everyone has normal balances for this time of year
  4. Convention Reports
    1. AnimeIowa July 24-26, 2015
      1. about 2200 people pre-registered so far
      2. Moving to an 18 month plan for concom & staff
    2. ICON October 16-18, 2015
      1. Next ICON staff meeting Saturday July 18 at 1:30 pm, Cedar Rapids Public Library
      2. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has received enough art to do a show during ICON
    3. Gamicon February 26-28, 2016
      1. Next meeting July 12 6:30 pm Nigel & Susans
      2. Has GOH for 2016
      3. Beta testing new web site
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library
      1. The Hobby Corner, July 10, 5-8 pm, Dead of Winter
      2. Sat Aug 29 Game Library Inventory, North Liberty Recreation Center, 520 West Cherry Street, North Liberty, IA 52317
    2. Book Group Mon July 13 6 pm, Coffeesmiths, Fangs for Nothing by Shannon Ryan, author is expected to be there
  6. Old Business
    1. Trekfest happened, it’s attendance was down, only 3 dealers, parade shorter, Mindbridge did not have a table
    2. Wizard World in Des Moines – Denny went, about 30,000 people. It is already scheduled for next year May 13-15, 2016.
  7. New Business
    1. Proposal for Trademarking AnimeIowa’s Buu-Chan (Adam Brower). Board approved spending up to $499 to investigate
    2. Help for upcoming AI: Anyone willing to help who isn’t already a volunteer please email exec@animeiowa.com if you can help
  8. Meeting adjourned