Palm-Mensa

Palm Beach County Mensa Newsletter
June, 2004

News
Member Stats
The Tenth Story - Elissa Rudolph

Coming Attraction!!

May 28-31, MaRGargitaville, Tampa Bay Mensa's Beach Bash at the Days Inn Rocky Point; registration fee $60 til May 1, includes meals; Trash Bowl, Treasure Hunt, SteinhiceCapades, Tai Chi, Karaoke, Latin dance lessons. Registrar: Kathy Crum, katshe@aol.com.

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News

Not much news to report. Hope you all are having a great summer!

Member Stats

A.L., After Lapse, Palm Beach County Mensa ended April with 297 members. Although 79 members lapsed, some will return. We actually had four members enter our group either as move-ins, new members, or returning members. They are: Richard Rubin, Boca Raton; Gary Serignese, Boca Raton; Gregory Van Dam, Delray Beach; and James Welch, West Palm Beach. Welcome or welcome back. Come out to an event and meet us!

The Tenth Story - June 2004
By Elissa Rudolph

June, moon, spoon, and all manner of rhyming words occur to me during this loveliest of months (it's my birth month, that's why!). I'm happy to be aboard Planet Earth and aware enough to celebrate her fabulous existence too. Hope your June is just as lovely as mine will be.

Big announcement, if you don't already know-Region 10 now has an assistant RVC, Maggie Truelove of Central Florida Mensa. Although her duties aren't exactly spelled out, I believe having a regional representative located farther north in Florida will be a great help in a geographic sense. Several of the more northern chapters haven't seen any regional representative face to face in many years. It's been a goal of mine to visit all chapters at least once each term. With Maggie aboard, I hope I can accomplish that goal.

Here are some interesting demographic statistics on new members for our region. These figures and percentages are for the new fiscal year, 2004-2005. Seventy-three percent of the new members are male, 27% female. The largest segment of new members by age, 54%, fall into the GX, Generation X, category (ages 23-43). The smallest segment, 8%, are in the SG, Silent Generation, category (ages 62-79). Since we're just beginning the new fiscal year, we'll check these demographics again in six months and see if the percentages hold true. What does it mean? That younger Ms are finally appearing to take over from the grays? What do you think it means?

Our overall numbers are down because of late renewals (43,600), but our proxy numbers show that we still have more than 100% of our goal (26,112). See you at the AG in Las Vegas? There you can witness how this whole ProxyQuest will finally be resolved. A momentous occasion! Have a great summer!

To Ponder...

It is only within our limits that we find our true freedom. Who said it? Contact Elissa with answers.

Elissa Rudolph
RVC10@us.mensa.org
5054 Lakefront Blvd., Apt. D
Delray Beach, FL 33484
561-496-0124

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.