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News & Notes

SCHEDULING OPTIONS EDITION Across Mid-America Mensa (MAM), Americans are being asked to wear a cloth face mask when out in public settings to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In addition, some of us will be going back to school if our communities wish to adopt the...

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News & Notes

PARTIAL RE-OPENING EDITION Does the weather where you are make you think of summer? It certainly does feel like July, albeit without the Annual Gathering here in KC this month, in Mid-America Mensa. Okay, it is summer; partial re-opening is exactly what we all really...

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News & Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  The weeks ahead will likely pose unknown challenges as we deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Imagine if you will how the limitations of this new normal will continue to effect MAM’s scheduling interests. For example, the Board...

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KCAG20

KCAG20

IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: KCAG 2020, as noted May 12th, 2020 on the American Mensa AG website: After careful consideration for the health and safety of everyone, we've made the difficult decision to cancel Annual Gathering 2020. What is the American Mensa Annual...

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News & Notes

The leaves around here show that Spring is about to spring upon us. March brings the vernal equinox for us in the Northern Hemisphere. So, day and night should be exactly twelve hours long in terms of our clocks. Now, let’s take a look at what is happening in...

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Once falling at the end of the Roman year, February was made with less days than the other months. This year, while February is still frosty and cold, it offers an extra day just so we can all ‘leap’ into the next month with a good measure of levity and luck....

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Cabin Fever 2020

Cabin Fever 2020

Do you feel the lethargy that winter weather can bring on us all and, maybe, do you have that feeling of being pent up indoors? Can you see a weird change in the way that people - including yourself - function while getting along with something of a daily routine? Is...

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January, not unlike the entire calendar that we know, resulted from a great amount of political juggling (and work) by Romans including the highest priest(s) of Roman religion, political rulers of the age like Julius Caesar, and astronomers of the time. It was/is more...

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MAM Wins Emerald Award!!

Today in History

1848: Marx publishes Manifesto
1885: Washington Monument dedicated
1965: Malcolm X is assassinated
1972: Nixon arrives in China for talks