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== Regions ==
 
== Regions ==
British Mensa is subdivided into thirteen regions, each led by a [[Regional Officer]].
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British Mensa is subdivided into thirteen regions, each led by a [[Regional Officer]] and having its own monthly [[regional newsletter]].
  
*'''Ireland''' - comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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*[[Irish Mensa|Ireland]] - comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
 
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*[[Scottish Mensa|Scotland]]
Newsletter: Impress
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*[[Wales]]
 
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*[[North West]]
Irish Mensa Committee chairman: [[Maureen Guthrie]]
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*[[North East]]
 
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*[[West Midlands]]
*'''Scotland'''
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*[[East Midlands]]
 
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*[[Central]]
Newsletter: Bagpipe
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*[[East Anglia]]
 
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*[[London]]
Regional Officer: [[Rowena Love]]
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*[[South West]]
 
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*[[South East]]
*'''Wales'''
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*[[Channel Islands]]
 
 
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]]
 
  
 
== Regular events ==
 
== Regular events ==

Revision as of 08:50, 4 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.

Regions

British Mensa is subdivided into thirteen regions, each led by a Regional Officer and having its own monthly regional newsletter.

Regular events

In addition to these, many regional groups and individuals run weekend gatherings.

SIGs

British Mensa administers around 100 Special Interest Groups.

See also

Members of British Mensa

External link