<div dir="ltr"> Ok folks, below is the minutes from Sundays meeting. If you wish it in another form, let me know. Thanks, Mike Strategicon Meeting Minutes 8 July 2018 In Attendance: Mike James, Chris Carlson, Brandon Wiess, Fred Upton Via Skype: Eric Aldrich, Victor Bugg, Jim Sandoval, Tracy and Mike Fryer, William Hillstrom, Chris Suarez, Shane Sauby, Jason DuVall, Polly Aylor A. Lunch – Why is this still on here? B. Welcome and Announcements – In case you missed it, Eric Downing is back in charge of Marketing. You can reach him at <a href="mailto:luckyguyca@yahoo.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">luckyguyca@yahoo.com</a>. C. Gamex 1. What went right – 2140 people, Artemis, lots of stuff. We are getting good at this. 2. What went wrong – Parking, but that is the fault of LAX. Artemis isn’t cheap. D. Gateway 1. Budget – One time investment in Artemis actually made this show a small loss. Keep it tight. 2. Special Guests and Events – Laughing moon. Cheapass Games, Fantasy Football. Anything else get details to Eric Downing and Tanya ASAP. 3. Publicity – Need someone to handle Facebook and Twitter, surely there must be some Millennial we can talk into doing this. a. Marketing Email #1 – Doing a call for volunteers. If you need people, let Eric and Eric know what and when you need. Also, letting Eric D know what kind of cool stuff to pimp would be helpful. b. Art – Rene Rose Perry is probably handling art and back on the masthead. c. Shirts – If you need shirt reprints from last con, tell Eric A ASAP. 4. Department reports Dealers room – Oversold by 5. Video Games – Not a lot this summer, looking at having Fortnite tournament. Board Games – No Catan Qualifiers, getting traction in the big games again. Party – People don’t read signs. Sharing HQ with LARPs was great. Adventurers League – Made everything fit, which will never happen again. Minis – Massive changes coming to paint and take. Watch this space. Pathfinder – Will have multi-table games of starfinder and PFS 2nd edition playtest. Trying to get a guest for Gateway. LARPs – Having problems being used as babysitters, will address ASAP. 5. Signage – Despite the fact no one reads signs, we are updating a few signs with new HQ info, get anything else you need to Mike J. 6. Website – Moving away from wordpress. Looking at finally splitting up RPGs, AL, and PFS. 7. Parking – Sucks. Has sucked. Will continue to suck. LAX has 2800 spots being repaired now. Going to try SpotHero again, maybe a rideshare thing with the hotel. Any kind of ideas about alternative stuff would be greatly appreciated. 8. Rooms – Anything different from Gamex get to Victor ASAP. We will sell out, and we only have one room block. 9. Hotel Layout Space – Get to Mike J ASAP. I can’t stress this enough, I need to have my stuff completed and to the hotel 30 days before con. Starting a silent auction in the flea market Sunday night. 10. Logistics – If you need the floor lamps for any reason, you need to let Mike J know. Most of them are finding new homes. If you want to adopt a floor lamp, let Mike J know. Free to a good home, they all have had shots and are fixed. Also, label anything we store for you. E. Deadlines Wed, 7-25 Special Facility Requests due to Mike J. Mon, 7-30 Room lists to Victor B. and Eric A. Sooner is better, we will sell out. Sat, 7-28 Board Game submissions close. Might want to have this on the front page. Hint Hint. Fri, 8-10 Event Submissions (allegedly); Con Book Ads Sat, 8-11 Event Pre-reg turned on Mon, 8-13 Conbook proofs start (go ahead and laugh heartily at this, we did. Should be 8-20) Badge list must be entered, no fooling on this one, Tracy WILL cut you. Fri, 8-17* Hotel Reg Mon, 8-27 Con Pre-Reg turned off, Event Pre-Reg turned off F. Q & A </div>