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== Membership ==
 
== Membership ==
  
Individual annual membership costs £45. The membership package includes a montly 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.
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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.
 
British Mensa also runs an [[Annual Gathering]], while members run a variety of other weekend gatherings each year.

Revision as of 09:22, 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.

Company

Its operating company is British Mensa Ltd, which maintains an office in Wolverhampton with 13 staff. 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, Mrs Terry Latter, 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.

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