Mindbridge Meeting Minutes

  1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon): $3600
  2. IT Officer (Tony): n/a
  3. Storage Manager (Carhoff Alliance)
    1. Waiting to hand out keys
    2. Have purchased 3 new carts
  4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help
    1. Gamicon (March 6th to 8th 2026)
      1. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
      2. Load in thurs Mar 5th, meet at Coralridge food court 5:30, 6:30 meet at locker
      3. Front page of website has new and fun updates
      4. Some events are already sold out
      5. Feb 8th events open
      6. 430 people pre reg
      7. All benefactors will get a game
      8. Sat March 1st bag stuffing party and meeting at by Tim’s house at 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online 1pm
    2. AnimeIowa (July 31st – Aug 2nd, 2026)
      1. Panel submission opened today
      2. No art show at the upcoming convention
      3. Next meeting is Feb 14th at 2pm there will be a potluck at Hyatt in coralville
      4. Volunteering please reach out at Recruitment@animeiowa.com
      5. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    3. ICON (ICON50-2026)
      1. There will be another event in the hotel
        1. May have to move to the Hyatt
        2. Dates may have to change
      2. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: info@iowa-icon.com
      3. If interested in Volunteering contact:info.icon.mb@gmail.com
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library – Michele
      1. Things and rings
      2. Dragon spring
      3. Wandering Towers Demo @ Geek City – 3pm, Sat., Feb 7.
      4. Wandering Towers Demo @ Geek City – 5:30pm, Thursday, Feb. 19
      5. A Place For All My Books Demo @ Geek City – Noon, Saturday, March 21
    2. Video Game Library
      1. Inventory
        1. Had to be cancelled from its scheduled February weekend date due to inclement weather. I apologize to those who made it out since I forgot to get an e-mail notification sent out of the cancellation. That was a failure on my part.
        2. Currently plan to do inventory at Gamicon instead
        3. Will need to coordinate with someone to get access to the lockers before Gamicon to get some consoles and the laptop from the storage locker so they can be updated
      2. Other News: Still looking for help for Gamicon and with general planning
      3. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
    3. TrekFest – Jenny Carhoff & Alex Ward
      1. Looking for people to do cosplay
      2. If interested please contact Jenny at mommayaya911@gmail.com subject Trekfest
    4. Book Group
      1. Thur Feb 12th 6 PM, Edgewood Rd Panera, Cedar Rapids
      2. Thursday, March 12 – When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
  6. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
    1. Phil is now a member
  7. Old Business
    1. AI manifesto
    2. ICON bid
    3. AI adjustment to budget. Approved by board
    4. Quad Con February 14th Cedar Rapids
    5. If there are any problems or questions address them to Jenny from now until March 4th, 2026 meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
    1. Icon bid review
    2. Big Ass book swap March 15th at SwampFox Books
      1. Buy ticket $15 up to 5 books
      2. Bring books published 2020 or later
    3. Treasurer Retreat March 27th at 6pm at the Penticoff House
    4. Board position is up for election at Gamicon Supercon Mindbridge MeetingNew Business

Next meeting will be Wed March 4th, 2026 @ 7pm online at