https://mpedia.dan.info/index.php?title=Annual_Business_Meeting_of_American_Mensa&feed=atom&action=historyAnnual Business Meeting of American Mensa - Revision history2024-03-28T14:48:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.1https://mpedia.dan.info/index.php?title=Annual_Business_Meeting_of_American_Mensa&diff=3941&oldid=prevDanTheWebmaster at 14:14, 12 December 20102010-12-12T14:14:46Z<p></p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Annual Business Meeting of American Mensa''' is the official reason, under the bylaws, that the [[American Mensa Annual Gathering]] exists. It is a meeting, open to all members of [[American Mensa]], where the officers give reports on the status of the organization, and members are able to propose and vote on resolutions, or propose bylaws amendments to be brought to postal ballot of the membership. Most ABMs are fairly routine, but there have occasionally been significant actions at them, such as the one in [[1995 Annual Gathering of American Mensa|1995]] at which chairman [[Dick Amyx]] resigned from his position. Formerly, the term of office of [[American Mensa Committee]] members officially ended at the close of this meeting in odd-numbered years, but that was later changed to a flat July 1 term change, in conjunction with bylaws changes that permitted a wider range of dates for the ABM in order to accommodate the [[2006 World Gathering]].</div>DanTheWebmaster