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Revision as of 14:31, 3 March 2007

British Mensa is the official Mensa organisation for the British Isles.

British Mensa currently has around 24,000 members, divided among 13 administrative regions, and is unusual in covering more than one country. The Republic of Ireland and the British territory of Northern Ireland comprise one region ("Ireland") while the Channel Islands are also outside the United Kingdom and have their own small region. The remainder of the regions are formed by the United Kingdom nations of Scotland, Wales, and the English regions.


British Mensa Ltd

Its operating company is British Mensa Ltd, which maintains an office in Wolverhampton with 13 staff headed by Chief Executive John Stevenage. BML has a Board of nine voluntary directors each of whom is elected for a three year term. The current directors are Sylvia Herbert, Glenys Hopkins, Fay Langton, Terry Boswell, Chris Leek, John Paines, Peter Tesseyman, and Deborah Theasby. The principal officer posts are selected each year by the Board; currently they are Chairman - John Paines, Secretary - Glenys Hopkins, Treasurer - Deborah Theasby.

Membership

Individual annual membership costs £45. The membership package includes a monthly 48pp magazine, a regional newsletter, and free subscription to two printed SIGs. British Mensa administers its Special Interest Groups centrally, requiring members to pay a small fee for subscriptions beyond the initial two, and printing and posting the volunteer-edited newsletters out to members.

British Mensa also runs an Annual Gathering, while members run a variety of other weekend gatherings each year.

Regions

  • Ireland - comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Newsletter: Impress

Irish Mensa Committee chairman: Maureen Guthrie

  • Scotland

Newsletter: Bagpipe

Regional Officer: Rowena Love

  • Wales

Newsletter: Bwrdd (pron. "Borth")

Regional Officer: Gareth Jones

  • North West

Newsletter: NoW

Regional Officer: Peter Baimbridge

  • North East

Newsletter: Spotlight Nor'East

Regional Officer: Chenda Appleyard

  • West Midlands

Newsletter: Spaghetti

Regional Officer: Ann Rootkin

  • East Midlands

Newsletter: Empress

Regional Officer: Maxine Bates

  • Central

Newsletter: The Messenger

Regional Officer: vacant

  • East Anglia

Newsletter: EAglet

Regional Officer: Ed Loach

  • London

Newsletter: London Mensa News (LMN)

Regional Officer: John Thorp

  • South West

Newsletter: Scrumpy

Regional Officer: Sean Miller

  • South East

Newsletter: SEMantics

Regional Officer: Ian Hadley

  • Channel Islands

Newsletter: Thinks!

Regional Officer: Lawrence Woolf

SIGs

British Mensa administers around 100 Special Interest Groups.

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