Mindbridge General Meeting at Gamicon Zinc

Mindbridge Meeting at Gamicon February 28, 2021 via Discord

1. Tony gave introduction to Mindbridge
2. Reading of minutes waived.
3. Treasurer’s report
   1. Gamicon made money this year
   2. AI and ICON working on convention planning
4. IT Admin Adam
5. Gamicon
   1. Going well for virtual event
   2. About 150+ people
   3. People from around the world including Netherlands, Brazil
   4. Next Gamicon meeting March 28, 6 PM, on Discord
6. AnimeIowa
   1. Meeting with Hotel on Saturday to discuss COVID Policy
   2. Staff Meeting 2 pm Sat March 13th
   3. Getting in registrations slow but steady
   4. Looking for programming head
   5. Investigating measures with hotel for preventative measures
   6. Convention will be July 30-Aug 1, 2021, Coralville Marriott
7. ICON
   1. In early stages of planning, convention is October 15-17, 2021
   2. Next meeting Sat March 13, 10 AM on Zoom
   3. Finalizing updated Manifesto
   4. Working on COVID policies, etc
8. Game Library: Investigating what to do for in-person games
9. Video Game Library
   1. Going well
   2. Boiling water is not a good option for sanitizing games and controllers
10. Book Group: March 15, 6 pm, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
11. Mindbridge Meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM currently using Zoom and at each convention.
12. Suggestion was made for a Gamicon Lite online
13. Suggestion for a free online tier at the conventions, possibly a limited lower cost pay tier also
14. Looking for photos from past conventions, if you have any please let us know.