Talk Mensa With Me

Dizzy trying to find out which way Mensa is going? Make this one of your stops to find out about the ins and outs of American Mensa, Ltd. (AML).

Interested in the happenings of Metropolitan Washington Mensa? I'll be able to either directly answer your questions regarding the running of the chapter (certainly through Oct. 31, 2011, my last day as LocSec) or forward you to the appropriate person who can do so.

If you want to get in touch with me, contact me at boxmaster@alumni.williams.edu or just click on any of the "comments" links throughout this blog.

My Leadership Roles in Mensa

The following is a chronological listing (by local group) of the various roles I have undertaken within Mensa (elective, appointed, and self-started such as SIG leader) in the various local groups of which I have been a member - Greater New York Mensa (GNYM), Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa (GLAAM), and Metropolitan Washington Mensa (MWM) - and regional- and national-level roles, too.


GNYM (1990 – 1991; Jan. 1999 – Nov. 2003):
Director 2002-2003
Volunteer Coordinator 2002-2003
RG Games Chair 2003
Calendar Editor 2001-2003
BridgeSIG Founder & Coordinator ~2000-2003
Strategy Game SIG Coordinator ~2002-2003

GLAAM (Dec. 2003 – Aug. 2006):
San Fernando Valley Delegate 2004
San Fernando Valley Secretary 2005-2006
Treasurer 2004-5
Bylaws Committee Chair 2004-6
Finance Committee member 2004-5
Calendar Editor 2004-5
Newsletter Liaison 2005
GenX SIG Coordinator 2004, de-facto co-coordinator 2005-6
RG Co-Chair 2006
RG Treasurer 2006
RG Hospitality Chair 2005, 2006
RG Printed Programs 2007, 2008
RG Registrar 2008

MWM (Sept. 2006 – present):
Ombudsman April 2007-July 2008
LocSec November 2009-November 2011
MWM Scholarship Committee/judge 2010-2012
Tourist SIG Founder & Coordinator 2010-present
Proctor September 2011-present
Games Chair, 2012 RG
Co-Chair, 2013 RG

National Committees:
Intellectual Events Committee July 2002-July 2004
Local Group Services & Funding Committee July 2008-June 2011
Publications Recognition Program judge 2009
Bylaws Committee July 2009-present
Co-Chair, Mind Games (r) 2012
Games Chair, 2015 AG


In addition to the above roles, I have undertaken additional leadership roles within AML:
  • In April 2008, I chose to attend the National Hearings Committee hearing being held in Atlanta, GA, with the specific intent of creating an accurate, unbiased account of everything that transpired within the context of the hearing. The unofficial report which I wrote up and disseminated in various fora was widely hailed as highly accurate and without any "spin" in favor of one side or the other - including both the accuser (Dave Remine) and the accused (Barry Levine - no relation), and one of the members of the NHC hearing the case (Marc Lederman). If you are a Mensa member interested in obtaining a copy, please contact me.
  • In July 2008, I presented three bylaws amendments to the membership at the ABM during the '09 AG. One of the three was passed onto the subsequent referendum ballot, and I revamped the other two and circulated them via petition. Those other two amendments received sufficient signatures to get onto the ballot. Of the three bylaws amendments that I wrote and spearheaded, two of them passed and have been implemented.

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