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Palm-Mensa
Palm Beach County Mensa Newsletter
April, 2004
Contents
The Tenth Story - April 2004
By Elissa Rudolph
24,000 proxies submitted as of this writing (March 10)!! Is that incredible, or what? Who would have guessed any group of Mensans, let alone 24,000 would agree on anything? You can check on the percentages by region and by group by going to www.us.mensa.org. As a region, we did really well. Now the challenge continues as we prepare for a drop in membership at the end of March. Some of those who submitted proxies may not renew in a timely fashion so that their proxies won't count. And when they do renew they will have to submit a new proxy. If anyone in your group is a late renewer, encourage them to re-submit their proxy. It would be great to see that 24,000 number go way over just to get us in a comfortable area. All those proxies will be exercised at Mensa's Annual Meeting in Las Vegas so that we can correct our Certificate of Incorporation. Thank you all for your hard work in getting the word out.
Recently a member asked me what could Mensa do about members who were disruptive, obnoxious, being a bore or offensive in some other way, etc. The short answer is - nothing. Unless the person is committing a crime against society in general-and then you call in the appropriate authority such as the police-the organization can only refer members to the Actions Still In Effect (ASIEs).
(Last amended 02-Dec-2000 by 2000-124)
When a Mensa host or hostess offers a private home for a business meeting, membership meeting, or other official Local Group meeting, all Local Group members must be granted the right to attend. Hosts or hostesses for any other activities, such as SIGs, open houses, parties, SIGHT visits, or any other activities, which are not official functions, may invite or exclude individuals, including Mensa members at his/her discretion. Even at official functions a member may be evicted for specific unacceptable behavior.
In order to promote safety, security, and a full sense of enjoyment of any Mensa activity, whether at an AG, an RG, a Local Group meeting, an event in a public venue, or a private house party, or a SIG event or a SIGHT visit, the organizers of the event have the responsibility and duty to attempt to control an offending party. This control can take the nature of asking the offending party to leave, and failing that, to request appropriate assistance in removing the offending party from the event. Whenever a member or the guest of a member is asked to leave or is removed from an event, a written report of the reason(s) and the action(s) taken may be sent to the RVC in whose jurisdiction the event took place. In the case of SIGHT the National SIGHT Coordinator shall be notified.
I hope none of you have occasion to refer to this ASIE... but if you have a problem this is how to handle it.
Elissa Rudolph
RVC10@us.mensa.org
5054 Lakefront Blvd., Apt. D
Delray Beach, FL 33484
561-496-0124
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PALM BEACH MENSA MEMBERSHIP NEWS
As of the end of February Palm Beach County Mensa had 3455 members— 14 entered the group as new, reinstated or moving in members and 4 members moved out. Welcome or welcome back to Dr. Jerome Blumen, Boynton Beach; Prudy Board, Delray Beach; Nathan Fehr, Tequesta; Elizabeth Fletcher, Boca Raton; Robert Franks, Jupiter; Aaron Homyak, Port St. Lucie; Susan O'Keefe, Stuart; Kirk Orlovsky, Boynton Beach; Amanda Ruben, Boca Raton; Robert Lee Swedo, Fort Pierce; Gary Tate, Boynton Beach; Gregory Veltri, Loxahatchee; Gabriel Vita, Boynton Beach; and Alexis Viteri, Boca Raton. Come out to an event and let us meet you or organize one in your area and meet other Mensans!
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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