Welcome to the digital town
common of New Hampshire Mensa. We're the Granite
State's and the Pine Tree State's chapter of
Mensa, the international society made up of people from all walks of life
who share a single common bond: achievement of a score in the top 2% on one
of many standardized intelligence tests. From that common bond in an
otherwise diverse group comes a common purpose: sharing the enjoyment of
pursuits that stimulate the mind.
Mensa is not a "think tank," and is entirely apolitical.
It's primarily a social group, through which many great friendships come
into being. Benefits of membership include a national magazine, local
newsletters, over 150 national special interest groups, and local, national
and international events, just for starters. Mensa is a place where nobody
has to hide their intelligence.
Here's a pretty good description.
Officially, NH Mensa is part of Region One of American
Mensa, which in turn is part of Mensa International. There's some great
general information about Mensa on the
Mensa International web site. There's
also some more specific information about the benefits of membership on the
American Mensa web site, and info about
our neighboring chapters on the Region
One web site.
We currently have somewhere in the vicinity of 500 members
in our chapter. If you're not one of those members yet, have a look around.
Check out the Member Benefits
page for some of the perks, and our local Events pages for an idea of how we
pass the time. Then stop by the Admissions
Testing Sessions page to see how you can join in the fun!
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Earthshakingly Important Stuff, Just Below the
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More than 210 Mensans gathered in Phoenix in April for Mind Games
2008. During the three-day event, members played and rated 54 board
and card games. The top five games have earned Mensa
Select distinction and may use the Mensa
Select seal on their games.
Mensa Foundation's Awards for Intellectual Benefits to
Society One of the purposes of Mensa International, Ltd., is
to "identify and foster intelligence for the betterment of humanity. The
charter of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation states one of its
purposes is assisting intellectually gifted people in the development of
their abilities so they can better benefit society. In pursuit of these two
goals, Mensa International and the Mensa Foundation have founded two awards:
Each award recognizes an innovative accomplishment that
benefits society. Acceptable activities include, for example, new education
programs for employees, clients or business associates; programs designed to
educate the public; novel philanthropic efforts; and intellectual research
and development. The deadline for nominations is
April 15, 2008.
Attention harried schedulers! With the
dawning of the new year, the NH Mensa website is testing a new feature. In
addition to the existing web calendar of
chapter events, the Webmaster will endeavor to maintain a
Google Calendar version! You can find it linked
from the main calendar page. It doesn't have all
the fancy coded icons, an' such, but if you already use Google Calendar,
you'll appreciate the benefit of being able to now seamlessly and
automatically add NH Mensa events to your personal itinerary. If you don't
currently use Google Calendar, then you can go
get yourself a free Google account, and find out what all the fuss is
about (then get really silly and
sync your calendar
with your Blackberry!). Just follow the "+ Google Calendar" button in
the bottom margin of the Calendar. Hey, here's
a fun game: Does anybody care if at some point the existing calendar goes
the way of the Dodo, or the Constitutional Republic? Let the
Webmaster know your thoughts, would ya?
And remember: Don't be evil...
This just in from the AML Home Office: The registration form for the Region One Leadership Workshop,
Friday May 2 through Sunday May 4, 2008,
is now available online. The registration form is in Rhode Island Mensa's protected area, so you will
need to enter your M number and password for access. I look forward to
seeing you in May at the Leadership Workshop.
Tom Padwa,
RIM LDW Committee Chair
Now that you're pumped to volunteer (right?),
NH Mensa's Executive Committee often isn't playing with a full slate (here's
your chance for the inside track on next year's
RG Chair honors!). Check out the currently
open positions on the Officers page, then give
our venerable
a shout, or just show up at a monthly ExComm meeting and pull up a chair!
(I hear
it's just ExComm members
trying to pad the stats...)
More than 210 Mensans gathered in Phoenix in April for Mind Games
2008. During the three-day event, members played and rated 54 board
and card games. The top five games have earned