Well, it was a long day. I was judging one of the Spontaneous rooms (sorry, can't give you any details beyond the fact that it was a "verbal" problem), and we had 18 teams over the course of 9am through 4pm. And lots of teams (124 total) participated in the contest. It'd be great if people helped out either being a judge or, even, coaching a team. Consider it for next year. It's never too late to get involved. And the kids greatly benefit from it.
What's more, we got about a dozen people providing their contact information, all of whom were looking to receive additional information on the Gifted Children Program. Thanks to everyone who came out to assist with judging and with running the Mensa table!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Great numbers! Renew early
Not only did we stay ahead of Chicago in the national rankings, but we pulled even further away. As of the end of February, MWM had 2142 members -- 17 more than Chicago. GNYM tops the list with 2304. By the end of March, we should have 2150+ members right before the annual dip of ~20% because of people lapsing their memberships.
Make sure to renew your membership before April 1 -- let's have a high retention rate, stay ahead of Chicago, and make up relative ground on GNYM.
Make sure to renew your membership before April 1 -- let's have a high retention rate, stay ahead of Chicago, and make up relative ground on GNYM.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Enjoying RGs
I just got home a little while ago from Central NJ Mensa's Snowball RG. I had a really good time. The one speaker I went to see (since programs aren't usually what I go to at RGs) was very good, and attracted about 1/2 of the 250+ attendees to watch her talk on "Bad Science." The games room had a decent variety of games to enjoy (I brought some of mine, Gamesmeister Ryan Martin brought a bunch, and a few other attendees also brought some). But, surprisingly enough for me, I spent a LARGE amount of time in Hospitality talking with people on all sorts of topics.
MWM's RG is coming up soon enough - May 18-20 - in Herndon, VA, at our now-familiar Hyatt Dulles hotel. Looking forward to seeing the full list of programs we have on tap (I'll be putting on "Are You Smarter Than a Young Mensan?" again, and proctoring at least one test session), playing lots of games (possibly some of the ones I (and others) bring, or many of the ones that the chapter owns inclusive of all of the games the chapter receives from the upcoming Mind Games (r)), and sitting and talking with friends (long-time and newly met).
To register for our RG, go to http://www.mwm.org/what-we-do/mwm-rg
MWM's RG is coming up soon enough - May 18-20 - in Herndon, VA, at our now-familiar Hyatt Dulles hotel. Looking forward to seeing the full list of programs we have on tap (I'll be putting on "Are You Smarter Than a Young Mensan?" again, and proctoring at least one test session), playing lots of games (possibly some of the ones I (and others) bring, or many of the ones that the chapter owns inclusive of all of the games the chapter receives from the upcoming Mind Games (r)), and sitting and talking with friends (long-time and newly met).
To register for our RG, go to http://www.mwm.org/what-we-do/mwm-rg
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