Mindbridge Meeting Minutes April 4, 2018 at 7 PM ARC of Southeast Iowa
- Call to Order
- Minutes – Posted online, reading waived.
- Treasurer’s Report – up $8K from last month
- Convention Reports
- AnimeIowa
- Next meeting Saturday April 14th at Adventureland Inn, staying at Hilton afterwards to check it out
- Still looking for help
- Are advertising in social media.
- Rooms must be booked this month, hotel room blocks close this month
- ICON
- Next meeting date changed to Sunday April 8th 1:30 pm at BeerBurger, 575 Cameron Way, North Liberty, IA 52317
- Looking for more people to walk in parades, contact Jenny Carhoff by mid-May if you are willing (it’s fun!)
- Trekfest Parade June 30th in Riverside
- Coralville Fourth of July Parade on July 4th
- Gamicon
- Next meeting Sunday April 29th, 6 PM at North Liberty Pizza Ranch
- Expect to have Artist GOH by the April 29th meeting
- First 30 Sponsors of Gamicon will get a really cool messenger bag
- Registration is up, have flyers
- AnimeIowa
- Other Projects
- Game Library – Machi Koro, Friday April 13th 5 PM, The Hobby Corner, Iowa City
- Had tub G at the Cedar Rapids Public Library on March 30th, want to do again.
- Looking at possibly small “Gamicon Lite” one day gaming events and this would work good for one
- Book Group – Monday April 16th 6 pm, Scooter’s Coffee in Cedar Rapids, Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan.
- Video Game Library – working on an Excel DB for check in/out of games, Adam is experimenting with a bar code reader
- Game Library – Machi Koro, Friday April 13th 5 PM, The Hobby Corner, Iowa City
- Old Business
- AI Tech Request for 3 LCD projectors and 2 TV’s for $2136- deferred to May meeting
- AI Tech Request for 1 laptop for $269 and 2 tablets for $252 with bags for $26, total $548 plus tax. Moved to purchase, seconded, passed. Adam will purchase and submit receipt to Jon for reimbursement.
- Printer Software for Photobooth – Jon will contact Sara P and purchase
- New Business
- AI Hotel Updates (Jon)
- AI needs MB to help get as many rooms reserved as soon as possible
- The room block cutoff is end of April
- Mindbridge has a hotel room reserved for MB volunteers at AI – let Jon know if you can help
- ISU Nonprofit Management Academy
- Monthly classes are starting in June, if you are interested let Jon M. know which ones before the next meeting
- Will discuss at the May meeting
- AI Hotel Updates (Jon)
- Meeting Adjourned
Next meeting: Wednesday May 2, 2018 at Denny Lynch Casa, 7 PM