1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon): $6700 up (ICON Hotel not yet filled)
  2. IT Officer (Tony)
    1. Remaining laptops are mostly setup
    2. Possibly switching to Microsoft 365
    3. Remind schedule IT meeting all IT officers
  3. Storage Manager (Pat): Logistic Meeting at ICON was held
  4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help.
    1. Gamicon (Next Gamicon Feb 23-25, 2024)
      1. Reminder: 2025 Gamicon bid due by or before December Meeting (12/06/23) for initial review.
      2. Tournaments at Gamicon (events signup will be Jan or Feb)
        1. Catan Tournament National Qualifier
        2. Ticket to Ride Tournament
        3. Double Exposure Tournament list
          1. Hearts Tournament
          2. Spades Tournament
          3. Munchkin Tournament
          4. Looking for someone to run a Euchre Tournament
      3. Next Meeting Sun Nov 26th 6:30 Tim’s house at 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online
      4. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
    2. AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
      1. Team Leads have been notified by email.
      2. Next meeting is Nov 4th 2-5pm is at the Duke Slater room on the 2nd floor in Coralville and also Discord
      3. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    3. ICON (TBD)
      1. ICON happened last month (230 people attended)
      2. Post Mortem Meeting is still to be determined.
      3. Bid is due in two weeks (Nov 15th)
      4. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: concom@iowa-icon.com
      5. If interested in Volunteering contact: volunteering@iowa-icon.com
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library (Michele)
      1. Monster Inn anonymously donated
      2. Lord of the Rings Risk Donated
      3. We had 24 checkouts
      4. Smaller number of games would be recommended
      5. Smaller room
    2. Video Game Library (Adam)
      1. 30 Checkouts, but 12 people in the room
      2. Nintendo Switch was the most popular
      3. Next ICON we might want to have only the Switch and the Arcade
      4. Smaller room might work better
      5. Needs more Signage
    3. Book Group: Thursday Nov 16th will be a general discussion covering the books that we have read and those we would like to read. At Panera on Edgewood Rd in Cedar Rapids at 6pm.
      1. Thursday Dec 16th will be the The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield.
      2. We will be having a White Elephant Book Exchange Bring
    4. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
      1. Sam Miller-New Member at ICON Meeting
      2. Tricia Andersen-New Member at ICON Meeting
      3. Brian Johnson-New Member
  6. Old Business
    1. If there are any problems or questions address them to Tony from now until December 6th meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
    2. Kee Con Gaming Convention in Cherokee, Iowa Nov 3-5, 2023
    3. ICON 49 Bid Review
      1. Laying the foundation for the future.
      2. The Bid was accepted, but there is a caveat about the finalized by December
      3. Due by Nov 15th
  7. New Business
    1. We need to do an inventory of the items in the Storage Garages
      1. Maybe rent the ARC so that we have space to go through the totes similar to Boardgame Library inventory
    2. Make sure that the correct lids go on to the correct totes when loading them up after events. Speakers were in the wrong totes.
    3. Selenium Bid 2024 was submitted and reviewed.

Next meeting will be Wed Dec 6th @ 7pm online and at the ARC in Iowa City ARC 2401 Towncrest Dr 2401 Iowa City, IA. Across the street from the church of the Nazarene, two blocks from the old building.