Mindbridge Meeting Aug 2nd, 2023
- Treasurer’s Report (Jon): Up $81K due to AnimeIowa
- IT Officer (Tony): 3/7 laptops are up and working
- Storage Manager (Pat)
- Shelf is fixed in the larger storage locker (AI locker)
- The totes and shelves need to be label for weight
- All cardboard boxes need to be put into plastic totes to keep out bugs
- Due to unaccounted keys new locks will be acquired. When new locks are made do not make new keys
- Convention Reports – All conventions are looking for additional help.
- ICON (Oct 13-15, 2023)
- Next Meeting will be Sat August 12th at 4pm at the Penticoff House (6914 Amhurst Dr SW Cedar Rapids, IA) and online
- If interested in staff or have other questions contact: concom@iowa-icon.com
- If interested in Volunteering contact: volunteering@iowa-icon.com
- Looking for Panelist survey will be up shortly
- A JotForm is going to be created and sent out for Hotel Reservation
- Gamicon (Next Gamicon Feb 23-25, 2024)
- Meeting Sunday August 27th at 6:30 pm in person (3132 E View Cir Dr Riverside, IA) and Discord
- If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
- Right now looking at vendors Deadline Sept 1st
- Everything is going well
- Looking at new hotels to hold Gamicon in 2025 and beyond
- AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
- If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
- Just had the convention.
- 17 hundred pre reg before the convention
- Total attendance 2,800 to 2,900
- 492 Prereg for next year 21 sponsors
- The Dragshow and Burlesque show were very popular.
- $2,251 raised for the charity
- ICON (Oct 13-15, 2023)
- Other Projects
- Game Library (Michele): At AnimeIowa
- 255 games checked out
- 105 unique games checked out
- Boop was the most popular game with 25 checkout
- Video Game Library (Adam): Was at AnimeIowa
- Book Group
- August Thurs 10th Book is Princess Bride By William Goldman (Abridged). At Panera on Edgewood Rd in Cedar Rapids at 6pm.
- Thursday September 14th will be a general discussion covering the books that we have read and those we would like to read.
- Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
- Paul Price-Now Member
- Zero-Now Member
- Game Library (Michele): At AnimeIowa
- Old Business
- If there are any problems or questions address them to Sheril from now until September 6th meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
- Review Signage Bid-If any questions about the bid please contact: Chelsea Eldeen: dragon.magic@gmail.com
- New Business
- Any updates from previous on-call: i. No issues
- There should be a Mindbridge Cloud Database that would be used by all 3 conventions $125 per year paid by Mindbridge since it is a shared resource
- No sensitive data will be stored on the Database
- This will allow a more open model for sharing information across conventions
- Tony will be writing up bid
- Geek Fest:Cooking competition after a Mindbridge Meetings September 6th in Cedar Rapids and October 4th in Iowa City
- Please bring your favorite geek inspired dish
- They will be sampled and they will be voted on by attendees present at each meeting.
- Best of show will be awarded for each meeting
- Please bring the recipe and they will be compiled for a cookbook for our members
- Also bring a list of ingredients for people with allergies
Next meeting will be Wed September 6th @ 7pm online and the Penticoff House 6914 Amhurst Dr SW Cedar Rapids, IA