1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon): Up $2636
  2. IT Officer (Tony): All laptops have been given out
  3. Storage Manager (Pat): n/a
  4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help.
    1. AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
      1. Next staff meeting May 13th 11th at Hyatt in Coralville 2pm and online
      2. Room Resumes due on Sat May 11th
      3. Book/manga swap at the meeting moved to May Meeting
      4. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by May
      5. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    2. ICON (Oct 18-20th, 2024)
      1. Next Meeting Sat May 11th at Hyatt in Coralville 4pm and on Zoom
      2. All guests announced
      3. Paradise ICON is about to open for reg
      4. More social media posts are being scheduled about registration
      5. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by May
      6. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: concom@iowa-icon.com
      7. If interested in Volunteering contact: volunteering@iowa-icon.com
    3. Gamicon (Feb 28-March 2nd, 2025)
      1. Next meeting is going to be Sunday, May 19 at 6:30pm at Tim’s house 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online.
      2. Had the post-mortem last month
      3. Going over the layout for the dealers room
      4. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library (Michele)
      1. The Game Library inventory will be Sunday, June 2, from 10am-? at the ARC. Lunch sandwiches and possibly supper to be provided. Will meet at 9:30am at the storage locker to pick up the games. Please let Michele know asap if you will be able to help with transportation on that day.
      2. We have a couple of new games: Jenga Boom!, KungFu Panda, Scrabble Apple game, Enola Holmes: Finder of Lost Souls
    2. Video Game Library
      1. Auction for games has ended all winners have been notified.
      2. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
    3. TrekFest (Steve Tait)
      1. Making plan for the Fest
      2. June 27-29th Website Here
      3. If interested please contact Steve at stevenkeithtait@gmail.com
    4. Book Group
      1. Thursday May 23rd at 6 PM 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.
      2. June 20th we will be discussing Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
  6. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
  7. Old Business
    1. Mindbridge Membership Meeting- Saturday May 18th at Noon at the Penticoff House in 6914 Amhurst Dr SW, Cedar Rapids.
      1. Sandwiches, Chips, Drinks, and Desserts will be provided.
      2. Games will be there (ie. Bags, large Jenga, ect.)
      3. Board Member Position (Tony’s) will be voted on
    2. If there are any problems or questions address them to Sheril from now until June 5th meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
  8. New Business
    1. JULY MEETING WILL BE ON JULY 10TH, 2024
    2. 2025 Anime Iowa bids (bids are listed by time stamp received)
      1. Bid One:
        1. Execs: Tiffani ‘Lance’ Turner, Jonathon ‘Zero’ Rinesmith, and Chealsey Thomas
        2. Budget 2025-3 execs
        3. Trio Bid 2025
      2. Bid Two:
        1. Execs: Adam Brower, Kerry Lambrecht, Damon Ross, and Jon “Zot” Kautzky
        2. AnimeIowa 2025 Bid Proposal
        3. AnimeIowa 2025 Bid Budget

Next meeting will be Wed June 5th @ 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.