1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon): Up $30 K
  2. IT Officer (Tony): Working on getting access given to Gamicon to Mindbridge cloud share
  3. Storage Manager (Carhoff Alliance)
    1. Items that are up for grabs contact the Carhoff Alliance
      1. Interlocking Foam Mats
      2. White plastic shelving
      3. Bean Bag Chairs x2
      4. Cereal Dispenser
      5. Wooden Board w/ Cork Material
      6. Projector Roll Screen Portrait
      7. 2 Family Programming Empty Bins
      8. Large & Small Photo Paper 100x Each
      9. Bin of Vintage Books from ICON
      10. ConSuite Tote of Plastic Cutlery & Accessories
      11. Bin of Art Show Coloring & Art Supplies
      12. Blue/Grey Tote of Costumes
      13. Possible Donation Clothing Tote, If Not Grabbed, Given to Donation Center
      14. Coffee Urn from ICON
    2. Please inform Jenny if you are going to go into the storage locker.
    3. Jenny will have dates at the next meeting that she will need help at the locker.
  4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help
    1. AnimeIowa (July 31st – Aug 2nd, 2026)
      1. Expectation that AI will appoint and vet an additional treasurer by June MB meeting
      2. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions
      3. Next meeting will be Saturday May 9th at 2pm to be followed by the Mindbridge Membership meeting
      4. Volunteering please reach out at Recruitment@animeiowa.com
      5. contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    2. ICON (Oct 24th at the Hyatt ICON50-2026)
      1. Memberships are on sale
      2. Room blocks are open
      3. We are narrowing down our GOH – should have for the next meeting.
      4. Working on adding additional king rooms to the room block
      5. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: info@iowa-icon.com
      6. If interested in Volunteering contact:info.icon.mb@gmail.com
    3. Gamicon (Feb 26-28 2027)
      1. Hotel is changing its price for the vendor
      2. Redoing barcoding the game library
      3. Contacted a GOH
      4. Setting up room block for dealers in
      5. Sat only and at the door membership is going to be increased by $5
      6. Need several more staff
      7. Next meeting May 31st at Amanda Bowersox’s house and on Zoom 6420 Wolf Creek Trail, Cedar Rapids 52411 at 6pm
        1. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library: Michele – We can no longer accept donations of games at this time due to space constraints
    2. Video Game Library
      1. Working on replacing some of the TVs
      2. Please Reach out if interested at Info@videogamelibrary.org
      3. Will purchase replacement tvs by June meeting
      4. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
    3. TrekFest– Jenny Carhoff & Alex Ward: If interested please contact Jenny at mommayaya911@gmail.com subject Trekfest
    4. Book Group
      1. May 21st 6pm at the Panera we will be discuGoblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
      2. June 11th “He who fights with Monsters” by Shirtaloon
  6. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
    1. Jim Pitcher is now a Member
    2. James Sampers is now a Member
  7. Old Business
    1. We will no longer be able to have meetings at the Arc
      1. All monthly meetings at the Penticoff house going forward
      2. Alternate Locations:
        1. Ben Carhoff’s work has a Conference room in Tiffin – free
        2. Iowa City Library – free + parking
        3. Hyatt in Coralville cost $150 meeting plus parking
    2. Talking about doing Mindbridge Foundation T-shirts, hoodies, and polo
    3. Possibly moving the Day of the Monthly Mindbridge Meetings
      1. 2nd Wednesday of the month
      2. First Thursday of the month
    4. May 9th 4pm there will be a Mindbridge Membership Meeting after the Anime Iowa meeting and online
      1. Jimmy Johns est 30 people
      2. Board Position open
    5. If there are any problems or questions address them to Sheril from now until June 3rd, 2026 meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
  8. New Business: AnimeIowa 2028 bid

Next meeting will be Wed June 3rd, 2026 @ 7pm online and at Hart-Frederick Consultants (Ben Carhoff’s work) 510 State St, Tiffin, IA 52340