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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This just in: "We are a group of parents from The Greater Manchester Alliance for the Gifted in the
exploratory stage of creating a private school. We see a need for an
elementary school for the gifted community in the Greater Manchester Area
and are looking for individuals interesting in participating in the planning
and development. If we can build a team of individuals with the skills and
resources to found such a school, then we will proceed.
Please
if you would be interested in working on the start-up, or simply interested
in sending your child to a private elementary school for the gifted in the
Manchester area."
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.
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...
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...)
This just in: