Regional Ramblings

by Barbara Lytle, RVC Region 9

I am so looking forward to meeting with all of you at the RVC Rap Session at the Borderline Mensa RG in Sierra Vista, Arizona, over Martin Luther King weekend.  I want to hear your ideas and of ways the AMC can help your local group.

Speaking of the AMC, Region 9 again stood out at the December meeting, due to the quality and quantity of our volunteers.  Ted Elzinga of Inland Empire was appointed Chair of the Publications Committee as Tyger Gilbert of Phoenix took over the Cyberspace Committee (this committee name will change very soon).  Tyger intends to split this committee into two separate subcommittees in order to streamline the work:  Web Content Policy Advisory Subcommittee and the Web Technology Policy Advisory Subcommittee.  He is looking for members to serve on these committees; now is the time to put all that computer expertise of yours to good use!  Contact him at communications@us.mensa.org and let him know you want to help.

Other appointments included Bob Cox of Borderline Mensa as the new National SIGHT Coordinator, and Cookie Bakke of Orange County Mensa was reappointed to the Risk Management Committee.

A huge “Welcome aboard” goes out to Barbara Buerkle Bradley of Phoenix, who is the newest addition to our proctor ranks.

Guess which group had the largest national membership growth percentage this quarter - Borderline! - with Hawaii in hot pursuit.  Way to go.     Are you familiar with Project Inkslinger?  The goal of this project is to distribute books to those in need of them.  The first effort collected and distributed books to a library damaged by flood.  Since then, local projects have delivered books to libraries, prisons, schools and shelters.  If this project appeals to you, contact your LocSec or the project coordinator, Marc Lederman, at inkslinger@us.mensa.org.

Cheers!