Mindbridge Meeting Minutes Wednesday October 7, 2020 at 7 PM
- Call to Order
- Minutes – reading waived
- Treasurer’s Report
- Convention Reports
- ICON
- V-ICON is this Friday evening and Saturday 9am to midnight!
- Tech going good, programming nearly ready, moderators, etc.
- Art show, Wylde Nept, dealers room, costume contest, gaming, author readings and more
- Gamicon
- Officially going virtual for February 2021 as of today!
- Will be a free event.
- Reaching out to GM’s and sponsors to see if they need assistance with online tools like table top simulator, etc.
- Will be running games at V-ICON on this Saturday
- Staff meeting Sunday Oct 11th at 6 pm on Discord
- Will be putting forward a bid for concom to run Gamicon 2022.
- Moved to approve moving memberships forward and setting up website for 2022. Passed.
- AnimeIowa
- Staff meeting Oct 17th, 2 pm, online
- Working on updating manifesto and staff handbook
- ICON
- Other Projects
- Game Library: Got a couple new games
- Book Group: Monday, October 19, 2020 at 6:00pm, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, will be virtual
- Video Game Library – Update for the Video Game Library as of 6 October 2020
- We have social media up and running
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindbridgeVGL
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MindbridgeVGL
- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/VideoGameLibrary
- Currently in the process of writing up information relating to rentals, policies, etc… Questions on some parts sent to the Mindbridge Board / Treasury on feasibility, other parts are pending until it can be reviewed by the full Video Game Library Committee.
- A copy of Super Mario 3D Allstars (Nintendo Switch) was donated to the Library
- Next showcase will be “Among Us” for PC / phone, streaming at 8AM on Monday, October 12.
- We have social media up and running
- Comic Con at Coralville Marriott Sep 26th from 10am-5pm, about 70 dealers, people doing cosplay, everyone had to wear a mask, lots of hand sanitizer stations, asked for all transactions to be electronic
- Old Business
- ICON 46 (Oct 15-17, 2021) bid discussion “ICON 46: Seeking Further Horizons” vote. The previously submitted bid needs to be amended:
- Current members of the bid are: Betsy Casey, John Frick, Pamela Webster, Brian Anderson, Adam Brower
- Dana Beaty has withdrawn from bid participation due to commitments at his workplace.
- Moved to accept the bid. Passed.
- Sara Pitcher asked to be a Mindbridge member, approved.
- ICON 46 (Oct 15-17, 2021) bid discussion “ICON 46: Seeking Further Horizons” vote. The previously submitted bid needs to be amended:
- New Business
- Video Game Library proposal – Adam
- Discussed, still working on, concerns about what happens if the console is damaged/lost, etc.
- Would be limited to Mindbridge members and convention staff. Would use square for $.
- Virtual keyholder for conventions – Tony
- Anything that requires a remote logon (Twitter, website, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Discord, Instagram, email list, etc.)
- Rotate password periodically – six month or year?
- Will be writing up proposal for next month’s meeting
- Video Game Library proposal – Adam
Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 7 PM online.