Region 10 RVC Column
May 2008
THE TENTH STORY
Good news from national - For the first time in about 20 years, membership in American Mensa topped 56,000 at the end of the fiscal year, March 31.
If you are considering a run for Region 10 Vice Chair or any other national office, now is the time to put forth your name and information to the National Nominating Committee. Region 10's representatives to the Nominating Committee are Nora Foust and Mike Tuchman, both from Central Florida Mensa. We usually do not have members from the same chapter on the NomComm, but these were the only two people who expressed a willingness to serve. (NOTE: If you are interested in being Region 10's third representative to the NomComm, please let me know ASAP. You must of course be a member in good standing. Have you paid your dues?)
Speaking of paying your dues: This might be a good year to consider doing a multi-year or life membership. Effective with the next dues year (2009-2010), there will be a $7 increase in the annual dues. At that time, multi-year and life memberships will also increase proportionally. So take a look at your finances and get however many "bargain" years as you can during THIS dues year.
Have you ever seen/read the INTERLOC? This is a Mensa publication which until now was sent to local group officers and others who requested it. It contains excellent articles from knowledgeable members from across the country. At the recent AMC meeting, a motion was passed to include the INTERLOC inside the Bulletin, enabling it to reach ALL members, not just officers.
An unusual thing happened to me returning from the AMC meeting in San Francisco. My US Airways flight was cancelled, so they put me on a United flight a couple of hours later. In the computer, this turned me into a one-way passenger on United and flagged my ticket so that I was pulled aside for "super security" scanning. Besides the usual screenings of myself and my carry-ons, I had to stand in a box and have air puffed at me, and then the screener wiped all the items in my purse and carry-on bag, then inserted the wiping pad into a machine that beeped. I felt like I was being screened for GSR on CSI! I asked him what he was looking for. "Explosives" was the answer. So, yes, picture this fat retired elementary school teacher being screened as a security threat. Now that you have had your laugh, I bid you adieu until next month.
Maggie Truelove, RVC 10
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