- Treasurer’s Report (Jon): Down 7 k due to Gamicon Paying hotel bill
- IT Officer (Tony): Mindbridge google drive here
- Storage Manager (Carhoff Alliance)
- April 11th there will be Cleanout/inventory of locker after the AI meeting at 4pm.
- Would like to have a member of each Project
- If things are unclaimed there will be a list included in the following month meeting minutes.
- April 11th there will be Cleanout/inventory of locker after the AI meeting at 4pm.
- Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help
- AnimeIowa (July 31st – Aug 2nd, 2026)
- Next meeting April 11 at 2pm at the Hyatt in Coralville and online
- Room Block opened on March 30 and closed in 30 mins extended Sunday room block
- Formal dance people will be back this year
- Volunteering please reach out at Recruitment@animeiowa.com
- If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
- ICON (Oct 24th at the Hyatt ICON50-2026)
- Next meeting will be Tues April 21st
- Registration will open Sat April 4th
- Hotel Reservation is open. Here
- If interested in staff or have other questions contact: info@iowa-icon.com
- If interested in Volunteering contact:info.icon.mb@gmail.com
- Gamicon (Feb 26-28 2027)
- Next meeting is at the 26th at 6pm at Tim’s house at 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online
- Krypton Reg is open
- 814 number of badges sold
- $1046 raised for HACAP
- If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
- AnimeIowa (July 31st – Aug 2nd, 2026)
- Other Projects
- Game Library: Michele
- The Game Library had 145 checkouts (2 Thu, 23 Fri, 85 Sat, 35 Sun) by 100 unique users.
- We also facilitated 478 play-to-win checkouts by 167 unique users. (some overlapped with library users) (142 Fri, 286 Sat, 50 Sun)
- Most checked out games were:
- Hues & Cues (6)
- Dice Miner (5)
- Various Jengas (4)
- Abduction, Clank! Catacombs, Castles by the Sea, Flamecraft, I Would Kill Hitler, Isle of Cats, Ransom Notes, and Sagrada (3 each)
- And Gamicon by the numbers:
- Had 155 Play-to-Win Games donated and played
- Had 145 library checkouts
- Sold 299 lots in the auction
- Had 30 Vendors: Ran over 365 scheduled tables of gaming
- Would like to have barcodes on all of the games
- Feedback for missing hot new games
- Video Game Library
- Total 179 checkouts at Gamicon
- Decrease of 8 hours played on games
- Grievance, Code of Conduct, Banned Policies are listed on Discord
- Working with Gamicon to have tournaments
- Please Reach out if interested at Info@videogamelibrary.org
- Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
- TrekFest: Jenny Carhoff & Alex Ward: If interested please contact Jenny at mommayaya911@gmail.com subject Trekfest
- Book Group: Discussing James by Percival Everett Thurs April 9th at 6pm at Panera in Cedar Rapids on the SW side of town
- Game Library: Michele
- Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
- James Sampers
- Gray- is now a member of Mindbridge
- Abby Holst-is now a member of Mindbridge
- If there are any problems or questions address them to Lost from now until May, 6th 2026 meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
- Old Business
- Treasurer Retreat 2026-2027 budget cleared
- We will no longer be able to have meetings at the Arc
- All monthly meetings at the Penticoff house going forward
- Alternate Locations:
- Ben Carhoff’s work has a Conference room in Tiffin-free
- Iowa City Library- free?
- Hyatt in Coralville cost $150 meeting plus parking
- New Business
- Talking about doing Mindbridge Foundation T-shirts, hoodies, and polo
- Possibly moving the Day of the Monthly Mindbridge Meetings
- There were a few conflicts
- 2nd Wednesday of the month
- First Thursday of the month
- May 9th 4pm there will be a Mindbridge Membership Meeting after the AnimeIowa meeting Hyatt, Coralville Borlog Room
- Jimmy Johns est 30 people
- Beverages
- Snacks
- Board Position open
- Roll on For Life a Charity: 1900 42nd St April 25 10:30am-6pm
Next meeting will be Wed May6th, 2026 @ 7pm online and at the Penticoff house 6914 Amhurst Dr Cedar Rapids, IA