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Regional gatherings
TJM programs and activities
Be sure to check the
Region 2 website
for additional current information!
Would you like to meet
more people from our region? All members of Region 2 are
encouraged to join a discussion group for those
interested in discussing Mensa politics. It is a forum for ideas
that you want to share with other members. Please
visit us.
Colloquium 2013:
Between Science Fiction and Science
Colloquium 2013 will address the new technologies born of
science fiction and those sciences that will always be
fictional — at least within the bounds our knowledge today;
the current status of robotics and the "robopocalypse;" how
our military model has changed with the advent of these
technologies; and, of course, we'll hear from those who
dream tomorrow's reality, the science fiction authors. We're
confident the program will include topics — and renowned
speakers — you've never seen collected into one forum in any
other venue! This one-day lead-in
to AG 2013 will be held
Tuesday, July 2, the day before the AG
opens. |
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2013
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Fort Worth, Texas
July 3-7 |
American Mensa National Statistics
April , 2013
Total membership |
56,172 |
New and reinstating members |
7,067 |
Offers of membership |
3,748 |
New members since April 2012 |
3,549 |
Reinstating members since April 2012 |
3,518 |
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The latest issue
of Fred: The Magazine for Young Mensans is available
online. This
issue explores the holidays - traditions, stories, and even recipes. Read
articles and play with puzzles, games, and more. See the winners of the
Create Your Own Planet Contest and find out about the latest contest!Fred is a free quarterly magazine available to Mensa
families as a way for Young Mensans to connect and share
their interests on a more regular basis.
Families and members who would like to subscribe will
find information via the Fred pages. |
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Mensa for kids
New lesson plan on
Utopia/Dystopia: The American Dream
posted to Mensa For Kids Website
"American
Literature is a traditional course of study in eleventh grade English/Language
Arts classes across the nation. Often, the novels and stories are taught without
historical context or simply in chronological order with no overarching thread
to tie them together thematically. Using the “City on a Hill” allusion from John
Winthrop’s famous sermon as a starting point, this lesson gives students a
paradigm – The American Dream – through which to view their study of American
literature, in the classroom and in their own reading as well."
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RVC CANDIDATES
American Mensa's election season has started. The National
Nominating Committee received Candidate Information Forms from
members interested in running for national and regional offices, met
with some of the potential candidates at the AG, and received
additional information from them. After careful consideration, the
Nomination Committee nominated these members from our region:
Heather Miller Poirier, candidate for 1st Vice Chair; Nancy M.
Farrar, candidate for RVC2; and Cam Smart, candidate for
RVC2. Additional candidates can submit petitions to the Election
Committee to be included on the ballot. The balloting will take
place in April and May, 2013
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American Mensa is pleased to announce two new
member benefits that are sure to be of
great interest to young Mensans and their parents. To get more information on
these new opportunities and on all of the other excellent benefits available
through your Mensa membership, visit
http://www.us.mensa.org/benefits.
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Renew your membership!
The Mensa membership year begins
April 1 and ends March 31.
Annual dues are
$63, second-family-member rates $42 Renewing is easy
online
or by calling 888/294-8035 ext. 199 |
Take the
Mensa Home Test challenge!
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There are a lot of "IQ tests" online these days, but ours is a formally
developed, normed — and fun! — home test that will give you a true sense
of your brainpower. Oh, and it'll give you an idea if you
qualify for Mensa. The Mensa Home Test is not accepted for Mensa admissions and
will only be scored for those age 14 and older. |
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The test is fun for friends and
colleagues who enjoy games and puzzles, and it will also give
them an idea of how they'd fare on the Mensa Admissions Test.
Buy the
Mensa Home Test
online and have it mailed wherever you like, then return it to be
professionally scored. |
American Mensa's Web team is proud to announce the newest Web
service that you'll appreciate:
online archives of the Mensa Bulletin!
If you've been looking for an article you read last year, if
you're traveling abroad and want to catch up on back issues, or
if you're new to Mensa and want to learn what Mensa is all
about, you can now browse back issues of the magazine in the
online archive.
You will need Adobe Flash Player (version 8 or higher) installed
in order to view these pages |
Join Mensa!
The
Mensa Home Test
($18
U.S.) is designed to give you an understanding of what to expect
from American Mensa's supervised test. However, it is not
mandatory for membership, cannot be used as qualifying evidence
of prior testing, and will only be scored for those aged 14
and older.
Prospective members can apply by submitting evidence of
qualifying scores (see a
partial list of scores or
get more information) from prior intelligence testing, or by
taking the
Mensa Admission Test. The test fee is $40, and a photo ID is
required. The test is open to any person age 14 and older, but
parental permission is required for anyone age 14-17.
Do you know someone who is Mensa-smart?
Invite them to
experience Mensa, and you'll be entered to win a $30 Mensa Dues
Gift Certificate. When you enter the referral information,
include your member number in the space provided and hit submit.
There will be a quarterly drawing for a $30 Mensa Dues Gift
Certificate, which can either be used for yourself or a Mensa
friend. Please note that you must be a current member to partake
in the drawing.
Questions? E-mail
Lauren A. Fernandez
Marketing Coordinator! |
American Mensa announces its newest member benefit - a Web-based
career center that connects job seekers with prospective
employers. Don't get lost on the commercial job boards! American
Mensa's CareerLink
is tailored just for you!
As a job seeker, you can:
* Manage your job search
* Access hundreds of corporate job postings
* Post an anonymous résumé
* Be notified by email of new opportunities that match
your search criteria
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As an employer, you can:
* Quickly post job openings
* Manage your online recruiting efforts
* Take advantage of advanced résumé searching
capabilities
* Reach targeted and qualified candidates
* Browse résumés for free |
CareerLink
is available to Mensa members and nonmembers alike. However,
only current members can post résumés and apply for jobs at no
charge; they can also post job opportunities at discounted
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Scholarships and Awards |
The
Mensa
Foundation scholarship program is unique in that awards are given based
only on essays. Grades, test scores, and financial need are not
considered in the scholarship process. Visit the
Mensa Education & Research Foundation's
website for more information on awards and scholarships
Scholarship application
period opens September 15.
“Human intelligence is
the world's most important resource. We should do everything we can to
nurture and protect it.”
Phyllis Miller, Foundation Vice President
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XXIV
The deadline is nearing for
registration for
CultureQuest XXIV,
scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 28.
Online registration can be made until 11:59 p.m..
Central time, on March 31.
Team changes must be received via email by that date as
well. To register, visit
www.us.mensa.org/culturequest
and select CultureQuest Registration from the left menu.
Downloadable rules and registration forms are also
available on that page.
There are two divisions:
Classic is open to all members regardless of age. Each
team member must be a dues-paid Mensan (U.S. or Canada)
for the 2013-14 membership year before April 1, 2013.
The Next Generation is the youth division. Entrants must
have been born after April 29, 1995. Only the youth
division team captain must be a current Mensa member.
For more information on CultureQuest®, contact the CQ
Chair at
CultureQuest@us.mensa.org.
For more information or changes to your registration,
contact
VolunteerPrograms@americanmensa.org.
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If you're not already receiving the CultureQuest®-ion
of the day,
sign up, and you'll receive a different question
via email each day along with the answer to the
previous day's question. Do you know people who
aren't Mensa members who love trivia and games? Feel
free to let them know about the CultureQuest®-ion of
the day as well! This service is open to the public. |
Mind
Games®
is an intense weekend of play.
The Mensa Mind Games® competition provides an opportunity for
game manufacturers to compete in one of the most respected and
recognizable national games competitions, while having their games
reviewed by some of the nation's most avid game-players — members of
American Mensa.
Mensans judge and critique games released in the
past year and award the coveted
Mensa Select®
seal to the top five.
Board
games, card games and other types of table and party games are eligible.
Games are judged on aesthetics, instructions, originality, play appeal
and play value. Judges fill out comment cards for each game.
Mind Games® 2013
April 19-21
took
place at the St.
Louis Airport Marriott, 10700 Pear Tree Lane, St. Louis, MO 63134;
314/423-9700. This is conveniently situated next to the Lambert
International Airport and is 15 minutes from downtown via the
Metrolink subway system.
The American
Mensa Mind Games® competition showcases some of the newest and best games on the
market. Through this event, our members — some of the country's most avid game
players — judge new games on the U.S. market according to a full range of
criteria. Game manufacturers and inventors submit the games for judging.
For the latest information on Mind Games® or to
register, visit the
Mind Games®
website.
The
2012 winners are now posted!
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Planning an RG? Send information for posting on the
RG page to the
Webmaster!
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Mensa publications
online |
If you have any trouble with your password while trying to
access these online publications,
help is just a
click
away!
Mensa
Bulletin
The
Mensa Bulletin
is the national magazine for members of
American Mensa, published 10 times a year with combined
issues in April/May and November/December.
Online archives of the Mensa Bulletin
If you've been looking for an article you read last year, if
you're traveling abroad and want to catch up on back issues, or
if you're new to Mensa and want to learn what Mensa is all
about, you can now browse back issues of the magazine in the
online archive.
You will need Adobe Flash Player (version 8 or higher) installed
in order to view these pages
Mensa World
For any questions or
comments about Mensa World, please contact Editor
Kathy Spaltro.
International Journal
For any questions or
comments about the International Journal, please
contact
Editor
Kate Nacard
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InterLoc
For any questions or comments
about the InterLoc, please contact
Editor
Thomas Harrop.
Mensa Research Journal
For any questions or comments
about the Mensa Research Journal, please contact
Editor
Shirley
Loges.
Region 2 Local Group Newsletters
We have a
Mensa-members-only section
on our website. We store any Region 2 local group newsletter
that is available in .pdf format.
The
members-only section can be accessed by your individual
user-ID and password which are set up by the
National
Office.
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If you have occasional or regular
articles or columns that you would like to make available to local group
and SIG Editors and Webmasters for use in their publications, email your
articles to the new e-list:
content@lists.us.mensa.org. You don't even need to subscribe first.
If you have any questions, please send them to
communications@us.mensa.org.
Mensa
Education & Research Foundation
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Introducing the Mensa Education & Research
Foundation podcast "Conversations with Mensa," now
available for
listening or download. Each Conversation
features up to 45 minutes of dialog between Mensans
and experts in fields related to the Foundation's
educational mission.
The
latest "Conversations with Mensa" podcast is:
"Taking Control of ADD." This 45-minute session
features Dr. Frank Lawlis, American Mensa's
Supervisory Psychologist and author of "The ADD
Answer," providing basic information about Attention
Deficit Disorder and the steps that can be taken to
manage it. Leading the discussion is Mensa member
Robin Crawford, an experienced educator and mother
of twin Mensans.
The Mensa Education & Research Foundation's podcast
series, Conversations with Mensa, is now available
through the iTunes music store. iTunes allows listeners
to easily subscribe free of charge to Conversations with
Mensa, sync podcasts onto their devices, and receive new
podcasts as soon as they become available. Currently
posted Conversations feature topics as wide-ranging as
the psychology of poker, ADD and current issues in
cosmology. Upcoming conversations include reinventing
yourself, genealogy and the music genome project.
Conversations with Mensa is also available via the
Foundation's website.
If you enjoy the series, we hope that you'll take the
time to rate or express your opinions! Please direct
ideas for future podcasts to
conversations@mensafoundation.org.
iTunes is available for download at
http://www.apple.com/itunes.
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Subscribe
to the Mensa Research Journal that unlocks the door to your own
knowledge and understanding! Support students, teachers and researchers!
Donate to the Mensa Education &
Research Foundation!
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Mensa for Kids
Sponsored by the
Mensa Foundation, this educational site features fun-filled
games and activities meant to encourage learning. It also
provides lesson plans and other links to resources for parents
and teachers of gifted children. Stop by with your favorite kid
and learn something new, or just have some fun!
Mensa for Kids
lesson plans
Recognizing the need that exists for quality
lesson plans, the Mensa Education & Research Foundation has
developed a series of lesson plans to serve the diverse gifted
children population. Since these plans are designed to be
completed with minimal supervision, they serve as independent
coursework either in the traditional classroom or outside it.
You can access the course materials online through the
Parent/Teacher Resources section of the
Mensa for Kids
website and download complete copies to hand to your gifted
students. If you would like to receive updates when new content
is available and for promotional events of the Mensa Foundation
and American Mensa,
sign up for the MFK Updates email list. |
At Mensa,
for(u)ms
follow function
If
the goal is to connect more Mensans more often,
our new online
discussion forums
amply fulfill this function. Forums are
dedicated to everything from entertainment to
auto mechanics to job banks. Many Local Groups
and the Mensa Foundation also have their own
forums. More than 1,000 discussion threads are
currently active! Wonder what other Mensans talk
about?
Join and
find out!
American Mensa's
membership
directory
is online in the Member Resources section of the AML
Website
Stored in the private area, the member directory provides
member contact information that members have released for
publication in an online or printed directory. This release
information has been collected via the Personal Data
Questionnaire sent to members each year when they renew.
Personal
biographies are now available to you through your
profile update
and the online membership
directory.
Learn about the new and improved directory-related web
services!
You'll need your member number and PIN/password to access
this area of the Website.
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Web Services is
bringing three NEW
submenu features to the online member
directory!
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Member Gallery:
A collection of photos of Mensans who added
pictures to their directory biographies
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Member Links:
A directory of links to Mensans’ websites
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Meet-a-Member:
Matches you with up to four Mensans with
interests similar to yours listed in the
Personal Data Questionnaire. This is not
automatic; you need to opt in! This is still a
work in progress, so please be patient!
All of the
additions are geared to facilitate
member-to-member interaction. Visit the
online
Mensa Directory
and these new
additions--you'll need your member login
information to access this area. |
Want to practice for the next CultureQuest®?
If you're not already receiving the CultureQuest®-ion of
the day,
sign up, and you'll receive a different question
via email each day along with the answer to the previous
day's question. Do you know people who aren't Mensa
members who love trivia and games? Feel free to let them
know about the CultureQuest®-ion of the day as well!
This service is open to the public. |
JUST A MINUTE!
The Agenda and the Mini-Minutes of the American Mensa Committee meeting of
March 31, 2012 are now
online.
Select 2012-03 Meeting Reports, and then Mini-Minutes or Agenda.
You'll need your membership
number and password to access the above information.
If you've misplaced your login
information, contact
Webservices.
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TJM
Officers,
Please check (and if necessary, send
me an e-mail to update) your information on the
"Officers"
page to make sure that it is current.
If I don't hear from
you, I'll assume that everything is correct. Thanks!
The
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