Mensa Germany
Mensa Germany, or Mensa in Deutschland ("MinD"), was founded in 1979 and has over 5.800 members (= 3rd largest national Mensa group worldwide), runs various local groups and a number of gatherings.
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Mensa in Deutschland e.V.
Mensa Germany, usually called "MinD", has its office in the Munich area and is run by Cirsten Novellino. MinD has a board of five voluntary directors each of whom is elected for a two year term. Actual chairman ist Hermann Meier. The other members are Sabine Bremer, Wolfgang Roth, Christine Warlies and Martin Weiß.
Membership
Individual annual membership costs €44. The membership package includes a bimonthly magazine called MinD-Magazin - better known as Mind-Mag - and a regional newsletter called Ortsblatt. Chief editor of the Mind-Mag is Oliver Kruse.
Regions
Mensa Germany is subdivided into several regions, each led by a LocSec (= Local Secretary). Larger regions have usually an own Ortsblatt which reports mainly about local activities but most offer also national and international news.
Ortsblätter
All over Germany 16 Ortsblätter (= regional newsletters) are published. Each one has a unique character and is run by an Eddi (= editor) or an Eddi-team. Eddi-Coordinator is Oliver Kröning.
- BreMensie for Bremen and around
- Fragment for Frankfurt and around
- Hamlet for Hamburg and around
- Leipziger Freigeist for Leipzig and around
- MeDUSa for Dusseldorf and around
- MeNü for Nurnberg and around
- Mensana for Munich and around
- Milljöh for Berlin and around
- MinSH for Schleswig-Holstein
- MiR for the Ruhrgebiet (area of Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg)
- Muh-Q for Hanover and around
- Münsteraner for Münster and around
- Rheingeist for Cologne and around
- ThürMe for Thuringia
- Unterm Fernsehturm for Stuttgart and around
- Zwingergeister for Dresden and around
Regular Events
There are many regional and nationwide events of Mensa Germany. In all major cities there are meet-ups every month. Furthermore there are a couple of annual gatherings which takes place.
- Mitgliederversammlung and Jahrestagung Mitgliederversammlung (MV) is the official annual gathering where the members discuss and decide about important issues concerning MinD. Jahrestagung (JT) is the programme for fun around. It takes place in a different city every April. In 2008 MV and JT will be held in Hamburg.
- Silvesterfeier New Year´s Eve is celebrated in a different city every year. Kassel is the location for 2007.
- Berliner Sommerfest Each August more than 100 members meet in the German capital to have a good time together.
- Fifth Friday in February The rarest event is the FFF which takes place only each 28 years. In 2008 it will be celebrated in Weimar and around.
