2009 Annual Gathering of American Mensa
The 2009 Annual Gathering of American Mensa, "About Mensans For Mensans (AM/FM)", was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Omni William Penn hotel from July 1-5. Mary Lee Kemper and Marc Lederman were co-chairs. Radio host Doctor Demento was the keynote speaker on Saturday night. Hospitality food was not intended to be complete meal replacements (though, as usual, a number of AG-goers grazed hospitality in place of going out to eat), but included some Pittsburgh foods such as kielbasa with sauerkraut (which at one point was being served during breakfast hours). Events were spread out over a number of different floors in this classic old hotel, requiring a lot of use of elevators (which were in multiple banks, with some of them not going to all floors). Hospitality was up on the 17th floor, while the games room was down in the floor below the lobby. Events included a Texas Hold-Em tournament, the Trash Bowl trivia team quiz game, an Old Time Radio comedy show by Dan Gilmore (with other Mensan performers), a talk by a Holocaust survivor, and much more. The Annual Business Meeting discussed the recent expensive trademark lawsuit between American Mensa and a pharmaceutical company, and showed a film of mentions of Mensa on television that was prepared (but never used) for showing the jury in that trial as evidence of Mensa's fame.
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| Preceded by: 2008: Denver |
Annual Gathering of American Mensa 2009 |
Succeeded by: 2010: Detroit (with Mensa Canada) |
