IKV Heart of Honor - Minutes of the December 8th, 2019 Ship's Meeting

IKV HEART OF HONOR

MEETING MINUTES

DECEMBER 8, 2019

General Business

• Meeting called to order at 1:04 PM
• Roll Call
• Jim, Diane, Jamie, Ben, Doyle, Jen, Jason, and Cadets Chrissy and Isaiah were in attendance.
• Minutes of the November meeting were read and approved.
• Treasury Report
• Ben reported that there is $168 in the ship's treasury.

Old Business

• Costume Progress
• No progress on costumes reported.
• Jim reminded everyone that the next event that would be nice to have everyone in costume is Grand Comic Con coming up soon.
• Recruiting
• There are no new membership prospects.
• KAOW Panel
• No new progress reported.
• Jamie has volunteered to help, and Jim will loan her the book for that purpose.
• Grand Comic Con
• Reminder: March 27-29, 2020.
• O-Con Expo (O-Comic Con)
• There have been no announcements about this event. It is probably not going to take place this coming year.
• Community Thanksgiving Dinner
• On November 27, 2019, Diane, Jamie, Erik, and Cadet Chrissy went to the Community Hall and spent several hours helping with preparing the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Jim will award Battle Notches.

• Volunteer at Animal Shelter
• Because of busy schedules, we have postponed this event until a later date to be determined.
• Burnt, Replicated Bird Meat Celebration
• Members of Jim's immediate family gathered to enjoy burnt replicated bird meat (deep-fried turkey) and all the trimmings.
• Following the feast, adult members of the ship in attendance gathered for an evening of playing Terraforming Mars. 

• World Theater Movie Sponsorship
• Jason reported that he looked into this suggestion. What he learned is that the cost for sponsorship of a film at the World is $500.
• We discussed the cost for this being prohibitive for a ship that does no fund-raising.
• Other options on this are still being explored.

New Business

• Kaiju Con - Omaha
• Friend of the ship, Andrew Schmidt announced that they he is helping to organize the first Kaiju Con in Omaha.
• Dates are May 30-31, 2020 and will be held at the Even Hotel in Omaha. Tickets will go on sale after January 1st.
• Jim is not sure that this is an appropriate event to attend as a ship, but is planning to go for at least a day trip. Others in attendance also expressed the possibility of also attending.
• Future Projects
• Jim asked that all hands be on the lookout for project ideas and report them as they are found so plans can be made.
• Costuming Date
• Setting a costuming date is pending.
• Diane also said any weekend day will work as long as we contact her in advance.

For The Good Of The Ship

• Open Discussion
• Jamie reminded the membership that the Childrens Mental Health Celebration will probably take place in May. SHe will keep us informed about this.
• Benjamin volunteered to research other possible conventions we can attend to replace O-Con Expo.
• Jen suggested that we rent vans for travel to far away events.
• Jim said he is considering volunteering as a bell-ringer for the salvation army in Klingon Uniform.
• Jason suggested volunteering for the Good Fellows present wrapping event at the Fairgrounds.
• Next Meeting Date is January 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM
• Meeting adjourned at 1:39 PM

IKV Heart of Honor - Minutes of the November 10th, 2019 Ship's Meeting

IKV Heart of Honor

Meeting Minutes

November 10, 2019

General Business

• Meeting called to order at 12:30
• Roll Call:
• Jim, Jamie, Ben, Jen, Diane, Jason and Chrissy were in attendance.
• Treasurer's Report
• The ships treasury has $168.00

Old Business

• Costume Progress
• No one reported costume progress this month.
• Recruiting
• No new members or prospective members this month.
• Ship Assignments
• Doyle was assigned to Chief Security Officer.
• Mari was assigned as Morale Officer.
• KAOW Panel
• Jim reported he has made some progress on the Klingon Art Of War panel presentation. He hopes to have it ready to present at Grand Comic Con in March.
• Grand Comic-Con Reminder
• March 27-29, 2020
• O-Con Expo
• There is still no information when or if there will be an O-Con Expo in 2020.
• Future Projects
• Jamie is checking into the Community Thanksgiving Dinner and will report when she hears from the organizers.
• Ship members are planning to bake pies to donate for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner.
• Jamie said she will call the Animal Shelter to arrange for ship personnel to volunteer.

New Business

• Future Project Ideas
• Diane suggested that we sponsor the showing of Star Trek films at the World Theater. Jason is checking on what that will entail.
• The annual Burnt, Replicated Bird Meat (Thanksgiving) is being planned.

For the Good of the Ship

• Diane suggested scheduling costuming days.
• Next Meeting
• December 8th, 2019 at 12:30
• Meeting adjourned at 12:53