The American Mensa Committee (AMC) met on March 3, with several presentations, including the first report by our new Executive Director Trevor Mitchell, the regular Treasurer’s report by Deb Stone including a presentation of the Annual Budget Review and Budget Process , a presentation by Committee Chair Jon Gruebele of the new Strategic Planning Committee, and a couple of presentations by Membership Officer Henri Buccine-Schraeder regarding the membership satisfaction survey and other membership information. These presentations will be available under the meeting reports on the national website at www.us.mensa.org/read/board-meeting-reports/ under the dropdown 2018-03-03 – Denver, CO once the minutes have been approved. Actions taken during the meeting included approval of the 2018-2019 Budget, a waiver of Equity Restoration requirement for 2018-2019, and rejecting a motion regarding making guest memberships available to Mensa International Members for additional fees. The next meeting of the AMC will be on July 5, 2018 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown, site of the 2018 Annual Gathering.
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Speaking of the Annual Gathering, have you made your reservations for AG2018 yet? Co-Chairs Teresa Gregory and Jan Pfeil Doyle have been hard at work in creating an exciting event, including booking Gala Dinner Speaker Dr. David Wolf, veteran of seven spacewalks and one-time MIR resident. Of course, you’ll also have an opportunity to see the AMC in action, and participate in the business of American Mensa at our Annual Business Meeting (ABM). We understand that there will be many other intriguing presentations and events that might draw your attention away from the AMC meeting, but I do hope you’ll try to attend the ABM, since we can’t conduct any business (including the introduction of member-instituted referenda for the 2019 election) unless we have a quorum for the meeting.
The Mensa Foundation Colloquium will take place the day before the AG, with the theme “The Evolution and Revolution of Manufacturing”, with featured presenter Scott N. Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. More information on both of these events can be found at ag.us.mensa.org, and you can find discussions about the events at www.facebook.com/events/234054937121565/
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On a more local note, don’t forget to sign up for the next Regional Gathering in Florida, which will be in Tampa Bay over Memorial Day weekend. Registration is now open at http://www.tampa.us.mensa.org/. Tammy Hicks and team are putting together another great event, and I look forward to seeing you there!
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Over the past several weeks I’ve been making the rounds to many of the local groups, with visits to the ExComm meetings for Central Florida, Palm Beach Area, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Space Coast Area, with upcoming meetings scheduled for Northwest Florida and Tallahassee. I’ll be scheduling meetings with the remaining groups as well, and hope to get to all of you before the AG.
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Now that renewal season is over, thank you to all of you who have continued your membership for the next year or longer. If you haven’t renewed, it’s not too late! I hope you’ll stay involved.
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