Bluegrass Mensa Web Page

jrbarnes@iglou.com
February 23, 2010

Bluegrass Mensa is a local chapter of Mensa International, a not-for-profit society whose sole qualification for membership is a score in the top 2% on any of a number of standard IQ tests. Mensa has three major purposes:

To identify and foster human intelligence.
To encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence.
To provide a stimulating intellectual, social environment for its members.

Mensa holds no opinions, champions no causes, and is not affiliated in any way with other organizations. Bluegrass Mensa serves central and eastern Kentucky, and is in Mensa Region 3. Our bylaws were last revised in 2005. We usually have a:

Dine-Around Dinner on the second or third Thursday of the month.
Games Night on the third or second Saturday of the month.
Monthly party on the last Saturday of the month.

If you live or work in our area, and are interested in joining Mensa, please contact our LocSec, John Barnes, by E-mail at jrbarnes@iglou.com or by phone at (859)253-1178. If you live outside our area, please E-mail American Mensa's National office at AmericanMensa@mensa.org for information on a Mensa group near you.

Upcoming Events

Please E-mail John Barnes at jrbarnes@iglou.com for details and directions to any of these events.

Saturday, March 6, 8:00pm-- Games Night at Nancy's home, Versailles. Please E-mail Nancy at Nancesee@aol.com for details and directions.
Tuesday, March 23, 6:30pm-- Dine Around Dinner at Bourbon n' Toulouse, 829 Euclid Avenue, Lexington (in Chevy Chase). Their web site is http://www.bntlex.com/ and their phone number is (859)335-0300. From downtown Lexington, take High Street south. At Chevy Chase, turn right on Euclid, and Bourbon n' Toulouse will be right ahead of you. From New Circle Road, take Tates Creek Road north. At Chevy Chase, turn left onto Euclid, and Bourbon n' Toulouse will be right ahead of you. Please E-mail John at jrbarnes@iglou.com if you plan to attend, so we'll know how big a table to reserve.
Saturday, April 17, 9:00am-- Mensa Test Session at John Barnes' home, Lexington. We will give the Wonderlic Personnel Test and the Mensa Admissions Test at this test session. Scoring in the top 2 percentile on either or both tests qualifies you for Mensa. Registration opens at 9:00am, testing will start at 10:00am sharp, and we should be done by noon.
The testing fee is $40 (check or money order made out to American Mensa, Ltd., or cash). Candidates will need to bring a photo ID. You must be 14 years old or older to take Mensa's tests. Children under 18 must have a Testing Consent Form (available at the test session, or in advance) signed by a parent or legal guardian. A photo ID or birth certificate may be used as proof of age.
If interested, please contact John Barnes, by E-mail at jrbarnes@iglou.com or by phone at (859)253-1178 by Friday April 16. We may be able to handle a few walk-ins, but people who have notified us in advance will have priority.
Saturday, April 17, 1:00pm-- Mensa Culture-Fair Test Session at John Barnes' home, Lexington. We will give the SRA Pictorial Reasoning Test, the Cattell Culture Fair Test, and the Nonverbal Reasoning Test at this test session. Scoring in the top 2 percentile on any of these tests qualifies you for Mensa. Registration opens at 1:00pm, testing will start at 2:00pm sharp, and we should be done by 4-5pm. The testing fee is $40 (check or money order made out to American Mensa, Ltd., or cash). Candidates will need to bring a photo ID. You must be 14 years old or older to take Mensa's tests. Children under 18 must have a Testing Consent Form (available at the test session, or in advance) signed by a parent or legal guardian. A photo ID or birth certificate may be used as proof of age.
If interested, please contact John Barnes, by E-mail at jrbarnes@iglou.com or by phone at (859)253-1178 by Friday April 16. We may be able to handle a few walk-ins, but people who have notified us in advance will have priority.

Pictures of some Bluegrass Mensa Events

Games Night

Dine-Around Dinner

Monthly Party

Annual Jackson B.
Lackey Picnic

Who's Who in Bluegrass Mensa

John Barnes
LocSec, Proctor Coordinator, Publisher, and Webmaster
jrbarnes@iglou.com
(859)253-1178
http://www.dbicorporation.com/

Leslie
Vice LocSec
ViceLocSec@bluegrass.us.mensa.org

Kaye
Treasurer
Treasurer@bluegrass.us.mensa.org

Steven
At-Large Member, SIGHT Coordinator, and Gifted Children Coordinator
SIGHT@bluegrass.us.mensa.org
http://members.iglou.com/jrbarnes/guestreg.jpg (129KB) for guest registration
http://members.iglou.com/jrbarnes/hostreg.jpg (162KB) for host registration

Roger
At-Large Member
rkdalton@bellsouth.net

Carole
At-Large Member, Editor, and Proctor
Editor@bluegrass.us.mensa.org
Carole's Kentucky Chronicles

Sabine
At-Large Member, Editor, Scholarship Chair, and Eastern Kentucky Area Coordinator
Editor2@bluegrass.us.mensa.org
Sabine

Some Other Active Members and Friends

Carolyn

Cathy

Dick

Emily

Jackie

Kay

Nancy

Wendy

Links to Other Interesting Web Sites:

Members' Web Pages:
Some of our Friends' Web Pages:
- CAROLYN'S METAL DETECTING CORNER
Mensa Web Pages:
Mensa Humor:
- The Creative Mischief SIG
- HUMOR
On-Line IQ Tests:
On-Line Bookstores and Book-Search Engines:

LexicoM is now available online! If you belong to American Mensa:

Go to http://www.us.mensa.org/newsletters
Log in using your E-mail address and password
Click on the "Click here to continue" link
On the Local Group Newsletters page, click on the down arrow
Scroll down to, then click on, "LexicoM - Blue Grass Mensa (03/403)"
Click on "Display"
Click on the link for the issue of LexicoM that you wish to read

These pages and all content Copyright 2009 by Bluegrass Mensa, all rights reserved. MensaR and the Mensa logo (as depicted for example in U.S. TM Reg. No. 1,405,381) are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by American Mensa, Ltd., and are registered in other countries by Mensa International Limited and/or affiliated national Mensa organizations.

This web page is written in HTML using IBM's Personal Editor 2 (PE2), using the techniques described in CREATING YOUR OWN WEBPAGE, by John Barnes.

Please send corrections, updates, and suggestions for improvements to John Barnes at jrbarnes@iglou.com

Last updated February 23, 2010.