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Address: 591 William Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 If you’ve been thinking about testing, but haven’t taken the plunge, now is the time. During October, our standardized testing is half off – $30 instead of the regular $60 fee. We have two upcoming test sessions:
The RAM Writing Contest has been extended to November 20, 2019! Gather your words and give us your fiction, your non-fiction, anything you’d like to share in the Richmond Area Mensa Writing Contest. Send in your best 1,500 words, but be sure to follow these guidelines:
Good luck! by Santiago Osorio Richmond Area President Greetings Everyone! I can’t believe half of 2019 is already history. I hope it’s been a great year so far. I’ll get right to the point – WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Like everybody else, RAM volunteers have life-changing events that affect the amount of time they’re able to dedicate to “optional” activities, such as volunteering. Several of us have had life-changing events and can’t serve at the level we would like, so we have a few open positions. They are:
If you are even remotely interested in any of the above positions, or any volunteering position (we also have some volunteers that are getting ready to move on), please contact me and I will happily answer any questions you have. Even if you are interested in volunteering temporarily, please reach out to me because a time-limited volunteering stint helps us too. Speaking of volunteers, I’d like to thank Allan Sanders for stepping up and taking on the Social Media Coordinator duties, on top of his duties as Vice President and Proofreader. Also, thanks to our Web Master, Brendan Dodds, for not only reviving and maintaining our RAM website, but also for organizing the RAM Board Game SIG. I hope to see you at the next one (see our Events calendar for details). And once I start thanking volunteers, I can’t help but express how much I appreciate all of them, so thank you John, Deb, Victoria, Lynnette, Stephanie, Jodie, Catherine, Fred, and Lorne for your contributions. Finally, I’d like to remind you that any RAM member can arrange an event. RAM welcomes and encourages this, so please contact Victoria Mikula if you need any help with arranging or advertising an event. And if you anticipate that you or other members will need reimbursement, then please estimate what the upper range is and provide that estimate to Victoria, as any funding by RAM has to be pre-approved by theExComm. Thanks for your time and consideration, Santi Join us for good company and conversation! Hope to see you there!
June 29 at 2 PM 503 Sophia St Fredericksburg, Virginia RSVP to Victoria Mikula at recsecretary@richmond.us.mensa.org. Please join us March 23 at noon for a post-St. Patrick's Day lunch. We can share stories of our St. Patrick's Day and meander to other subjects. We look forward to seeing you!
See menu at website Irishbrigadetavern.com. Colonial Tavern Home to the Irish Brigade 406 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 RSVP to recsecretary@richmond.us.mensa.org. Give us your fiction, your non-fiction, anything you’d like to share in the Richmond Area Mensa
Writing Contest! Send in your best 1,500 words, but make sure to follow these guidelines:
Winners will be announced in the Fall Newsletter. The Grand Prize winning entry will also be published in the Fall Newsletter. There will be five prizes: Grand Prize is $50, First Prize is $25, Second and Third Place will each receive $10, and an honorable mention will receive $5. Good luck! By Santiago Osorio Richmond Area President Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2019 is the best year for you yet. RAM kicked off the year by testing prospects on January 10, 2019, and I would like to thank all the members that donated their Testing Vouchers so that the prospects could take the test for free. I strongly believe that it gives the prospects a very warm welcome. In case you haven’t used your Testing Voucher, please consider sending it to our Testing Coordinator, Deb. So, how do you find your test voucher? A few months ago, you should have received an email from American Mensa (noreply@americanmensa.org) with a Subject line of: Invite a friend to qualify for free (I received the email on September 21, 2018). The email should have contained "Your Mensa Voucher Program Code", which a friend or family member can use to take the Mensa Admission Test or submit prior evidence for free. Since I didn't have anyone to give it to, I sent it to Deb. Again, thank you to all the members that have already donated their unused testing vouchers so that prospects can test for free. And thank you to those that will. With much appreciation, Santi |
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