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Palm Beach County Mensa February, 2002
most recently updated Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 |
Hibernate not, fellow Mensans! |
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News and Notices * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It's a short month, so news items are short too. Last month PBCM tested five candidates ranging in age from 16 to more than that. Three of the candidates said they were there on a dare from a friend, a local M. Wonder what the payoff was... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Positions still to be filled.... Scholarship Chair-to distribute information to schools about Mensa's scholarship program that last year awarded over $50,000 to deserving students. Please contact Barry or Elissa if interested. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mensa's MindGames 2002 is set for April 19-21 near Minneapolis. If you love games, get in on the chance to evaluate the newest ideas from U.S. games manufacturers. Email mensajudy@aol.com to register. Past games given the Mensa Select Seal include Taboo, Scattergories, Trivial Pursuit-Genus Edition, Apples to Apples, thepollgame, and Dao. Haven't tried most, except for A to A--great game & never the same twice! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Rumor has it that a large Chicago hotel chain is thinking of using the Mensa name in its advertising. How, I wonder--smart people stay at ABC hotel? Smart people voted ABC Hotel's beds best? Impress your business acquaintances--choose ABC Hotel for your next corporate power lunch/meeting?? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Club Med SIG in Cancun April 20-27: There is a new phone number at Club Med for Mensans to call to obtain the Mensa discount on our Cancun vacation April 20-27. With the Mensa discount, the rate is $105 per day (all inclusive). Without the discount, the rate is $138. The new phone number is 1-888-216-0670. The code for the Mensa discount is 71329. Meet us for dinner the evening you arrive at 7:20 P.M. by the Hostess Desk. For a free copy of the SIG e-newsletter, or for more information, please e-mail Erica Byrne at EMByrne@attglobal.net. Erica Byrne Club Med SIG Coordinator M#1042370 American Mensa, San Francisco * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * $2,000 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Entries are now being accepted for the 22nd annual Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, created to recognize and encourage the efforts of writers who have not yet achieved major-market success. Writers will compete for a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, and $500 third prize in this internationally acclaimed competition. Several honorable mentions are also awarded each year. Stories in all genres of fiction are welcome. Maximum length is 3,000 words, and writers retain all rights to their work. The final deadline is May 15, 2002; winners will be announced at the end of July. For complete guidelines, please visit www.shortstorycompetition.com, e-mail Calico2419@aol.com, or send an SASE to the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, P.O. Box 993, Key West, FL 33041. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
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Elissa Rudolph It's the shortest month, but has the most interesting holidays: Groundhog Day (watching a rodent watching his shadow? C'mon!), Valentine's Day (feel obligated to send a Valentine? Blame Hallmark!), President's Day (earmarked for all presidents, only because we don't want to ignore Abe or George or John or Grover or Millard or any of the others). You can say that February is not boring, a little over the top on holidays, but not boring. Speaking of boredom, here are a few ideas to chase those winter blues away. Renew your membership early! You will have already received your renewal package-find it and get your dues in early. March 31 falls on a Sunday this year, so if you want your membership to be continuous, you need to be sure your renewal in the National Office by Friday, March 29. Or just renew on line! How easy! CultureQuest® XIII is coming, planned for April 28 this year. You can join CQ Classic or CQ:The Next Generation (age 17 or under) and have fun stretching your brain on a Sunday afternoon along with Mensans across the U.S. Think of all those neurons snapping and sparking! Your LocSec and Editors all received full information on CQ XIII. Regional Spotlight this month is on Central Florida Mensa located in and around Orlando. This group had an RG, Smarti Gras at the end of January, but I can't tell you how good it was because I haven't been there yet! (It's early January as I write this.) Their January newsletter, The Flame, had a compelling banner across it-"Please destroy this newsletter!!" You were to rip off the back cover because it was a registration form for the RG. Very clever. With more than 420 members, Central Florida is the second largest group in Region 10. Keep up the good work, Central Florida Smarties!! Coming events: May 24-27, Tampa Bay Bash, same hotel as last year, www.thatparrotplace.com ; or Barbara Loewe, 813-9683343, bloewe@juno.com Elissa Rudolph |
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Barry Karas PRIVACY. Before the events of September 11th occurred, most people felt strongly that we should preserve whatever privacy we have left. After those events, it seems that many people are willing to give up their privacy (or what's left of it) if by doing so, it aids the war on terrorism. How do you feel about this? RENEWALS AGAIN. It's dues paying time. On the fourth of January the renewal statements were mailed to those members whose renewal payments are due. (Members who are on multi-year dues plans whose payments are not required and Life Members were not sent statements.) Mensa makes it easy for you to pay our dues: payments can be made by regular postal mail, telephone ((817) 607-0060 x 199), fax ((817) 649-5232), and online at the U.S. Mensa web page (www.us.mensa.org/ , and click on "Renew Your Membership Online"). The dues are $49.00 per year. Consider a multi-year plan. Dues for a three year membership are $130.00 (instead of $147.00 by the annual pay method - a savings of over 11%). Dues for a five year membership are $215.00 (instead of $245.00 by the annual pay method - a savings of over 12%). NOMINATING COMMITTEE ("NOM COM"). Non Com representatives find and encourage candidates for national offices and then vote for nominations. There is one member from each chapter. There are two meetings held at the 2002 annual gathering. If you are interested, please contact me (964-4360 or bkaras@mindspring.com). HEY GOOD LOOKIN'. The recently released movie, A Beautiful Mind, has a sample IQ test on its website. Go to www.abeautifulmind.com and click on the link, "Exercise your Mind," and follow the instructions to the IQ test. Why is this so significant? Because there's credit given to Mensa...and it was developed by a Mensan. Mensa has been receiving many inquiries about this. So in a way, you're movie stars. (Okay, it's a bit of a stretch, but don't blame me for trying.) DISCOUNT. One of the AMC members missed her flight to Palm Beach International Airport for the meeting on Nov. 30th. Instead she got on a plane for Ft. Lauderdale. There she rented a Hertz car. She got an excellent rate with her Mensa discount. ANNIVERSARY. Mensa will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2006. Should it be celebrated in the U.S. or Great Britain? How should it be celebrated? |
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Glen Moulder and Elissa Rudolph As of 12/30/01, we have 317 (!) members, 7 renewing after more than one year, 1 who moved in from Aventura, and one brand new member. Welcome back to those who've been gone awhile. And welcome to the "new to our group" members. We look forward to meeting you for the first time, or renewing our acquaintance! At the end of December, American Mensa has 46,837 members (45,687 in December of last year). As reported by the National Office, direct requests for information are on the rise. It could be due to several unique placements of the Mensa name, i.e., the film, A Beautiful Mind. Or it could be due to the fact that January is always a good time to start something new. Please note: If you don't see your birthday shown in this section when it should appear, you probably indicated to the national office that this information should be withheld. If so, and you do want it to appear, simply contact the national office and change your information withholding preferences. |
Happy February MensAnniversary (year and persons) to:
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39 ! Ellen Jaffe 31 Dr. Charles Schulman 24 Robert Dolson 22 Ruth Dumas and Susan Yeutter 19 John Conway 18 George Kierspe 16 Henry Lenga 11 Dr. Morton Chalef and Donald Walker 10 James Pike 09 Howard Wohlgemuth 08 Alan Damsky and Vickie Mathews 06 Daniel Amyx 05 Keith Penska and Donald Spero 03 Susan Baker and David Osofsky 02 Ann Kasper 01 Prudence Board, Andres Castellanos, William Cummings, Gene Donney, Warren Gibson, Clay Harrow, Cherry James, Nicolas Joyant, Pitt Maner, Laura Michaels, James Pressly and Rene Revert |
Happy February Birthday (day and persons) to:
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2nd Dr. Charles Schulman 4th Glenn Scheithauer 6th Clark Marks 8th Steven Collins and Frank McNally 12th Jeffrey Schector 15th John Breazeale and Benjamin Field 17th Dr. Daniel Deakter, Eric Fishman and Dorothy Mihalyfi 20th Marjorie Good-Helmling 21st Deena Nathan-Strauss 22nd Beth Bodenstein and George McEvoy 25th Ralph Hutchins 26th Dr. Sydney Hudspith 27th Linda Madison |
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Northern Exposure Bill Whitesell The North County Gathering was held at the home of Janice Johnson & Alan Posner. Also attending were Schooner, Robert & Karen Rieffel, Rick Burns, Rosemary Elliot, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Bobbie & Julius Kadlecz, Michael Purcell, Dick Hancock, Steven & Betty Modell, Deche Hamill, Mike & Brenda Harwood, Laura Bulawski, Scott Tarbox and Kurt & Bill Whitesell. This was the best ever!
February's NCG will probably be held on Feb 17 at a yet to be determined location. Please contact Bill Whitesell at 561-336-8859 early February for details. |
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Crab House Breakfast Glen Moulder January's breakfast was pleasant with bright sunshine and plenty of good company. Your reporter highly recommends this activity for those who like having a good meal at a reasonable price and enjoys discussing current events. |
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First Friday - at Chesterfield's Elissa Rudolph The First Friday of 2002 was well attended by .....quite a few Mensans. You know who you were/are... |
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Henry's - Elissa Rudolph Great group at Henry's in Delray Beach last month. Bob and Ann Abbott from Jupiter, Clark Marks and Julie Peterson, Barry Karas, John Swick, Carole Seuling, Sharron Ronco, Kathy Hickok, and Elissa Rudolph attended. Food was good, company was better! Join us sometime and/or suggest a favorite restaurant of yours. Carole suggested the Red Cyclo Vietnamese restaurant for February and the Abbotts suggested March's place. |
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Perkophiles - Glen Moulder This event has proven to be popular and entertaining, but since your host is moving north to Jupiter way, will be suspended in March and will resume in April in a new location. Anyone want to host a regular event in West Palm? |
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Sample CultureQuest questions (from past CQs) Elissa Rudolph and Ed Gross 1. Two of the best-known dramas of 1950s TV were "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "Marty." Provide the writer/author, the star, and the anthology show on which each appeared. 2. Which two famous men died on April 23, 1616? 3. Express the decimal number 429 in (a) binary, and (b) hexadecimal. 4. To what city would you go to see the major collection of works by each of the following artists: (a) Hieronymous Bosch; (b) Salvador Dali; (c) Vincent Van Gogh; (d) Maurits Escher; and (e) James McNeil Whistler? If you get 3 out of 4 correct, Palm Beach Mensa will pay for your dinner when you attend a First Friday. Email Elissa (elissa12@bellsouth.net) with your answers. And if you get them all correct, you not only get a free dinner, you get to be on the next CultureQuest team! Actually you can be on the team no matter what, even if you don't know any answers. Just let Ed Gross (mistered3600@cs.com) know you want to be part of CultureQuest XIII. |
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Dusty Recommends Miss Dustinea Jacquette ...that you remember her when you go to the library in February. She'll be back next month with more terse book reviews. 'Til next month, use your library card! |
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Note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and DO NOT reflect opinions of Palm Beach County Mensa, its officers, or of American Mensa, Ltd., which holds NO opinions. |
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