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| − | '''American Mensa''' is the official Mensa organization in the [[wikipedia:United States of America|United States]], recognized as a [[National Mensa]] by [[Mensa International]]. It had its beginnings in 1960 when members of the British-based Mensa organization who lived in the United States (mostly in the New York area) began to organize. By the late 1960s, '''North American Mensa''' was in operation with a small national office staffed by [[Margot Seitelman]], and a newsletter called the ''North American Mensa Activities Bulletin'' (which later became the ''[[Mensa Bulletin]]''). In 1967, [[Mensa Canada]] broke off and became a separate National Mensa, leaving American Mensa as the National Mensa for the USA alone.
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| − | American Mensa is divided for administrative purposes into 10 regions, which in turn contain a number of local groups. Members are assigned to their local group by zip code, but are allowed to change their membership by preference to any other group or to the "[[Isolated M]]" pseudo-region.
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| − | The governing body of American Mensa is the [[American Mensa Committee]] (AMC), with the [[Chairman of American Mensa]] presiding over it. An [[Annual Business Meeting of American Mensa|Annual Business Meeting]] is held in conjunction with the [[Annual Gathering of American Mensa|Annual Gathering]], at which all members who are present may participate.
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| | == Local Groups == | | == Local Groups == |
| | * [[Baton Rouge Mensa]] | | * [[Baton Rouge Mensa]] |
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| | * [[Palm Beach County Mensa]] | | * [[Palm Beach County Mensa]] |
| | * [[Rhode Island Mensa]] | | * [[Rhode Island Mensa]] |
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| − | * [http://www.us.mensa.org/ Official site]
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| − | * [http://www.extremelysmart.com/yankee/02k-AMLhist.php American Mensa's early years]
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