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    1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon Maakestad)
      1. Down $3,000
      2. Motion was made by Amanda and seconded by Sheril to grant Jon Maakestad will be added to the Green State Accounts and Christine Cromwell will be removed from the accounts, and that Michele Maakestad will remain on the accounts
        1. Motion approved
    2. IT Officer (Tony Penticoff): No updates to report
    3. Storage Manager (Pat MacCauley): Pat has requested to step down as Storage Manager. Will continue to perform the role until a new Storage Manager can be appointed.
    4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help.
      1. AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
        1. AnimeIowa will not be adding Staff at the convention. They will, however, graciously accept any volunteers.
        2. Next meeting is June 8th @2:00 PM, at the Hyatt Regency and remote via Zoom. This and next two meetings are mandatory for all staff to show up to at least one.
        3. Cosplay Signup has opened
        4. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
      2. ICON (Oct 18-20th, 2024)
        1. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by August
        2. Next meeting at the Penticoff residence,Penticoff house 6914 Amhurst Dr Cedar Rapids, IA Sunday June 9th @2:00 PM.
        3. Programming suggestions will be closing soon.
        4. Programming will be sending out Looking for Panelists
        5. Tony is working on a bid for ICON50
        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. Meeting on Sunday May 19th was conducted, reviewed the space and what to use. Additionally reviewed badge policies due to the change in venue.
        2. Next meeting will be Sunday June 23rd 6:30 PM at Tim Rudzianski’s 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online.
        3. Gamicon will be at the 5th Street Social in Coralville August 10, 2024 4:00-10:00 pm
        4. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
    5. Other Projects
      1. Game Library (Michele): Annual inventory conducted, culled a number of games and sold some.
      2. Video Game Library
        1. Acquired gaffers tape and velcro labels to help with running
        2. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
      3. TrekFest – Steve Tait
        1. Making plan for the Fest
        2. Volunteers representing Mindbridge have authorization to take membership sign ups for ICON.
        3. June 27-29th Website Here
        4. If interested please contact Steve at stevenkeithtait@gmail.com
        5. Mindbridge support for Voyage Home museum planned
          1. Table and tent
          2. Mindbridge iPad for ICON Membership
          3. ICON registrations
          4. Mindbridge flyers
          5. Mindbridge tablecloth
          6. Volunteers:
            1. Pam & Tom Webster
            2. Brian and Angie Anderson
            3. Jon and Michele Maakestad
            4. Doug Brenner
            5. Patch Casey
      4. Book Group
        1. Thursday June 20th we will be discussing Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey. At Panera on Edgewood Rd in Cedar Rapids at 6pm.
        2. July 11th will be a general discussion covering the books that we have read and those we would like to read.
    6. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members
      1. Ben Davison- Approved
      2. Damon Ross- Approved
    7. Old Business
      1. Mindbridge Membership Meeting- Saturday May 18th Board Member Position (Tony’s) was voted on,
      2. If there are any problems or questions address them to Amanda from now until July 10th meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
    8. New Business
      1. Bid for AnimeIowa to review at the general meeting
      2. Motion to mature 2 CDs in August and 1 in September, to pursue higher rates of return.
        1. Vote taken and approved
      3. Change for the ARC
        1. Now have a requirement to sign liability and make a $50 security deposit for use of the space for Mindbridge meetings.
        2. Motion was made to pay by Tony and seconded by Amanda.
        3. Voting was approved by the board
      4. AnimeIowa Bid
        1. Merged AnimeIowa 2025 Bid Proposal
        2. Merged AnimeIowa 2025 Bid Budget
        3. Motion to vote made by Tony, seconded by Chelsea. Vote taken and approved

Next meeting will be Wed July 10th @ 7pm online and in person at the Penticoff house 6914 Amhurst Dr Cedar Rapids, IA

  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.

  1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon)
    1. Down $1,300, because bills were paid
    2. Budget Fiscal year 2024 passed with no tears.
    3. Final Budgets for Cons (Required)
      1. need to be done 60 days after event is done
        1. All bills paid
        2. All books done
        3. Books shared with Treasurer of Mindbridge and Board of Directors
  2. IT Officer (Tony)
    1. Laptops distributed at Gamicon
    2. Adobe Express (Adobe Lite)- Used if needed to print Canva type products. Cloud Based. $120/year (Tony will look into it)
    3. Laptops to delivered to Tank at AnimeIowa Meeting
  3. Storage Manager (Pat)
    1. No updates at this time.
    2. Looking at shelving and Storage place in Tifton
  4. Convention Reports-All conventions are looking for additional help.
    1. AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
      1. Staff Meeting Sat April 13th at the Hyatt in Coralville 2-4pm, online and in person.
        1. Book/manga swap at the meeting
        2. Locker inventory after the Meeting
          1. If attending the ICON meeting any requests for inventory please email those to Lost
      2. Hotel all sold out
      3. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by May
      4. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    2. ICON (Oct 18-20th, 2024)
      1. Staff Meeting Sat April 13th at the Hyatt in Coralville 4-5pm, online and in person.
      2. Tony is now administration for Website
      3. Pre-Reg is open now. Here
      4. Wylde Nept is back for this Convention
      5. Looking at John Scalzi for Guest of Honor for ICON50
      6. Adam B. joined ConCom
      7. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by August
      8. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: concom@iowa-icon.com
      9. If interested in Volunteering contact: volunteering@iowa-icon.com
    3. Gamicon (Feb 28-March 2nd, 2025)
      1. Post Mortem Staff Meeting is Saturday April 14th at Tim’s House at 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online (Gamicon Discord) at 6:30pm
      2. Over $5K profit made at Gamicon
      3. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library
      1. Game Audit -Sat June 1st 10am till done at the ARC Lunch will be provided.
      2. Local Gaming Conventions:
        1. Sat April 6th EICC Eastern Iowa Convention in Davenport 10am- 4pm
        2. Sat April 6th RodCon at UNI in Cedar Falls
    2. Video Game Library
      1. Game Library Audit: Sunday April 14th at the ARC at 11am. Meet at the locker at 10:30am.
      2. Auction Starting April 6th on Mindbridge Discord: Video Game Library Channel Link Here
      3. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
    3. TrekFest– Steve Tait
      1. Making plan for the Fest
      2. Mama Yaya is donating her truck for the parade.
      3. June 27-29th Website Here
      4. If interested please contact Steve at stevenkeithtait@gmail.com
    4. Book Group
      1. Thursday April 25th we will be discussing Alif the Unseen By G Willow Wilson. At Panera on Edgewood Rd in Cedar Rapids at 6pm.
      2. Thursday May 23rd will be a general discussion covering the books that we have read and those we would like to read.
    5. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members: n/a
    6. Old Business: If there are any problems or questions address them to Robin from now until May 1st meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
    7. New Business
      1. Charity Donation match from Mindbridge per Convention (up to $100): Each Convention must request from the Mindbridge Treasurer
      2. Scottish Rite: GameDay in Cedar Rapids 9am-7pm on April 20th, 616 A Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
      3. 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
      4. Recommended Movies
        1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
        2. Ghostbusters Frozen Empire

Next meeting will be Wed May 1st @ 7pm online and at the Penticoff house 6914 Amhurst Dr Cedar Rapids, IA

Mindbridge Meeting Minutes March 6th, 2024

  1. Treasurer’s Report (Jon): Up $4956.38.
  2. IT Officer (Tony): Laptops handed out at Gamicon
  3. Storage Manager (Pat): N/a
  4. Convention Reports – All conventions are looking for additional help.
    1. AnimeIowa (July 26th – 28th, 2024)
      1. Meeting 3/9 at the Hyatt in Coralville,IA 2-4pm online and in person
      2. April 17th or 7th Locker Inventory
      3. Workshop writing the Resume
      4. Staff Hotel block opens 3/18-3/28 Sheril has a staff list to the hotel.
        1. Contacts need to be done by email
      5. Bid for 2025 needs to be submitted by May
      6. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: execs@animeiowa.com
    2. ICON (Oct 18-20th, 2024)
      1. Meeting 3/9 at the Hyatt in Coralville, IA 4-5pm online and in person
      2. Patch needs help with updating Social Media
      3. Updating Wiki with department
      4. Game Library-Suggesting moving to Waterloo Room
      5. If interested in staff or have other questions contact: concom@iowa-icon.com
      6. If interested in Volunteering contact: volunteering@iowa-icon.com
    3. Gamicon (Feb 28-March 2nd, 2025)
      1. 654 plus attendees. (a new High)
      2. Working on final budget
      3. 300 tables of games
      4. Postmortem on April 14th at Tim’s Place 271 Wiley Blvd NW Cedar Rapids, IA and online (Discord)
      5. If interested in volunteering, staff or have other questions contact: info@gamicon.org
  5. Other Projects
    1. Game Library – Michele
      1. 495 Checkouts at Gamicon 90 play to wins
      2. Boop with 13 checkouts
      3. Abducktion 8 checkouts
      4. Aqua was very popular
      5. Issues with OneDrive working offline then over writing it
      6. Jim Castleberry has stepped down and is moving to Charity
      7. Amanda Bowersox has stepped up as Co-Chair
      8. Game inventory in June at the ARC
      9. Digsaw Game Demo 3/9 4pm – Close at Geek City in Iowa City
    2. Video Game Library
      1. Happened at Gamicon
      2. 221 videogame check 177 hours of gaming
      3. Switch is the most common consol
      4. Some consoles will be sold during the year (Full List with be given next month)
      5. Approval given for expenditure for the Steam Deck
      6. Need assistance with running Video Game Library please contact Adam
    3. TrekFest – Steve Tait
      1. Making plan for the Fest
      2. Bonnie Gordan will be GoH (Voice Actor)
      3. Cosplay Contest on Sat
      4. June 27-29th Website Here
      5. If interested please contact Steve at stevenkeithtait@gmail.com
    4. Book Group: Thursday March 7th 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 April 25th we will be discussing Alif the Unseen By G. Willow Wilson
  6. Anybody wanting to become Mindbridge Members: n/a
  7. Old Business
    1. Treasurer’s Retreat March 16th 1-4pm at the Penticoff house. Please have any proposals for expend
    2. If there are any problems or questions address them to Tony from now until April 3rd meeting Email mindbridge-bod@googlegroups.com
  8. New Business: n/a

Next meeting will be Wed April 3rd@ 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.