minutes adapted from notes taken by Matt McMillan
Ryan Kopf
history
wants good relations between his cons and ATC
found out AniMinneapolis was denied a room party based upon the board’s decision.
wants to check that he can have a future opportunity to get a room party
ATC Board's rationale, based on previous emails, board minutes, and Lauren's talks with past and current Detour heads (Gifford and Jayson)
asked to refer to Jayson concerning this issue
Room Parties had acted on their own in a recent correspondence
Jayson is planning to currently continue the current policy, but is open to dialogue
Ryan used photos he took himself on his convention website
did not intend to masquerade or confuse people about another convention
replied to Gifford’s email and hasn’t seen any other correspondence
there is still an AD picture on the website; while it is low-res, an AD backpack is still visible [John]
there are also complaints about aggressive marketing; e.g., going up and down in lines and giving flyers [John]
they did a lot of flyers and now has an advertising budget [Ryan]
there were also complaints at the last Anime Fusion about being accosted with flyers [Matt]
received an email stating that Holly (AD Room Parties) sent an email and represented the board [Ryan]
checked with Jayson that Ryan was not personally banned [Lauren]
Jayson was unaware of the previous policy at the time but now is upholding it
Jayson will instruct Holly about sending out emails like that
ATC and AD are separate entities, to prevent micromanaging [Kale]
- ATC does long term planning
- AD Chariman and staff have control over their event
Ryan's closing remarks
should be a caution about people representing the board when they are not [Matt, Sari, John]
should communicate with the staff [Sari]
- board needs to communication with the department heads that “the board said such and such”
- staff told that it was a board level decision
should not hamstring people; if the board made a decision, it should be okay to convey it [Dave]
does this discussion apply to this situation? [Troy]
if it was a board policy, we should be able to look at the meeting notes and see that there was a vote with results [Lauren]
meeting notes may be redacted with information based on rumors
question: who keeps Rewards Zone points on Best Buy purchases? [Matt]
– there is no ATC account for Rewards Zone points; individuals can keep them for themselves [Lauren, Kim]
asset tag request [Lauren]
request was wanting to do this for consistency
should investigate because his company has to asset tag [John]
Matt will touch base outside the meeting to discuss. It is exploratory research?
Detour program book [Sari]
is going to reserve ½ a page for the ATC Board
needs material by February 16th
question: can Charities write something up before the deadline? [Lauren]
question: would it be good to have a short blurb about what ATC is and what they do?
Social Outreach Services [Heather]
Outpost Anime recap
(This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS - Andy)
went through 75 name labels in 45 minutes; used at least 125 in all
made back ½ of expenses in donations and concession sales
space was too small; will need to look for more/bigger space
thought about advertising in program book, but doesn’t want it now as it would grow too fast, especially concerning Cosplay Fest
many people were able to come because it was free
hotel may be in the future, but wouldn’t want to go more than $5-$10
plan for enabling any ATC member to get $5 discount?
many people provided positive feedback
Iron Cosplay went well
United Geeks of Gaming helped with tabletop gaming
needs to sell another 60 tickets via Tugg to reach minimum of 65 to show Ghost in the Shell: Arise
tickets are only $10.00; is at a major theater
chili cookoff is coming up
has reserved Como Park in July for cosplay picnic
has idea for a post-convention thing for convention attendees
to be discussed at the next SOS meeting or another time
needs space reservation
will contact Heather outside of meeting [Lauren]
Charities [Kale]
2nd eBay initiative for badges
each auction went for over $250
waiting for payment on two badges
received a badge back, as one winner purchased two by accident
he doesn’t care if we give it away or raffle it
should give it away [Kale]
Board should decide; it should be offered in a lottery [Heather]
since we matched funds does it get counted? [Lauren]
we can be exclusive, but want to avoid “messiness”
pancake breakfast on March 14th
has reached out to grocery stores
Dave will be onsite at 5:30 AM; will open as soon as possible
looking for griddles
was going to try to get CostCo card but ATC already has one.
Clubs [JayColette]
JayColette is sick; no updates on Clubs or Pride Parade
question: do we need a vote to involve other organizations in Pride Parade? [Lauren, Brian]
- let JayColette know that everyone is good with collaboration
Detour [Jayson]
Hotel has overbooked by 50 rooms again
people do not know that ATC and AD are connected
wants to do an ATC logo on books to reinforce connections
working on permissions for videos
was approached by people for ad-swaps
should have policy (documentation and procedure) in place for ad swaps in future
likes idea; AD gets a significant amount of groups requesting this [Sari]
can be addressed with Media Coordinator once the position is filled
equipment requests
This is Geek [Joe]
presented approval documentation [Kim]
walkie-talkie fee will be implemented in the future [Kim]
â–º motion to approve equipment request [Brian]
vote passes with no objections
GPS Equipment Request
want to borrow microphones and speakers for trivia challenge
Kale has read the request and transporting said equipment.
question: have they submitted the form? [Brian]
yes, came in on January 20th [Kim]
â–º motion to to approve equipment request [Lauren, Troy]
vote passes with no objections
leaving Minnesota [Sari]
has been accepted to grad school
would leave at end of May, will be in Madison June-December; may end up moving there permanently
would not be able to make meetings
being on the board is a legal obligation; would have reservations about being able to fulfill board position [John]
Andy has noted that he is not running for Secretary position due to similar reservations
question: are you moving to depart? [Lauren]
- no recommendation at this point
her school and job would come first
- agreed that she should focus on school [Lauren]
if you are in the radius by the by-laws nobody can force you out [John]
question: can we appoint someone? [Brian]
- we can, but we want to let the membership vote; there will be an announcement for people to apply [Lauren]
question: how about just voting as a position? [John]
- announcement should still be made [Brian]
question: can we make announcement? [Lauren]
- yes [Sari]
question: how long to give? it could fall on Detour [Heather]
- have people submitted by March 2nd; only gives 10 days, but people will still have time to react [Brian]
Naratu movie [Sari]
they are in partnership with BizMedia on Feb 20th; wants to have convention help promote the film
get promotional material and distribute at next Detour staff meeting
- Matt volunteered to help distribute as well
offer hotel room with memberships in silent auction [Christina Facchin]
â–º motion to give her what she wanted last year [Lauren, Brian]
vote passes with no objections
ATC Staff camping trip
John will coordinate with Heather
question: does this need to be funded?
- John just has to pay $150.00 for the site.
geeky single website
question: does anybody want to do this? [Lauren]
- general consensus is no
thank-you card to Nagasaki [Andrew]
wants to do an oversized card [John]
â–º motion to approve card [Lauren, Sari]
vote passes with one abstention (Lauren) and no objections
notes truncated