Mindbridge Meeting Minutes Wednesday January 8, 2020 at The ARC of SE Iowa
- Call to Order
- Minutes – posted online, reading waived
- Treasurer’s Report – up $11K from last month
- Convention Reports
- Gamicon
- Will be at Quad Con on Sunday Jan 26 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott
- Doing t-shirts, hoodies and long sleeve, available for pre-order on http://gamicon.org (click on Attend, Get Merch)
- GM parties Sat Jan 11 at Hobby Corner in Iowa City, Sat Jan 12 in Cedar Rapids
- Meeting Sat Jan 11, 3 pm at Hobby Corner in Iowa City
- Need ICON and AI ads for program book by end of January
- AnimeIowa
- Meeting Sat Jan 11, 2 pm at Coralville Marriott
- ICON
- Moving web site to same server as Mindbridge.org
- Will do special student rate of $30 with current student ID
- Most staff is continuing
- Working on GOHs
- Feb Meeting with Be Feb 15th Starting at 1:30 and planned to end at 3:30, at the Willow room (off the bar area) at the Marriott in CR.
- Gamicon
- Other Projects
- Game Library – no game for January. The Game Library has been rented to the Coralville Public Library for three game days, if anyone is available to help with running checkout and/or teaching games please let Michele Maakestad know. The January event was well attended.
- Saturday Feb 1, 9:30-4:30. Event runs 10-4
- Saturday March 7, 9:30-4:30. Event runs 10-4
- Want flyers for ICON and AnimeIowa
- Book Group: Monday Jan 13th, 6 pm, Panera South Side, Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake.
- Video Game Library: Doing good, looking for a third person
- Game Library – no game for January. The Game Library has been rented to the Coralville Public Library for three game days, if anyone is available to help with running checkout and/or teaching games please let Michele Maakestad know. The January event was well attended.
- Old Business
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- AnimeIowa 2021 bid: will get feedback from AI staff, submit in February and vote in March
- New Business
- Gamicon Zinc (2021) bid: accepted, will be voted on at the February meeting
- Next month – will be discussing First Robotics / Children of the Corn #107 sponsorship
- Al Cram asked to become a Mindbridge Member, passed.
- Mindbridge Annual Treasurer Retreat will be at 1 pm on Saturday March 28th at John Johnson’s, this is for Mindbridge Board and Convention treasurers to finalize Mindbridge budget for April 2020 – March 2021
Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Anthony & Jessica Penticoff
6914 Amhurst Dr SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404