Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Year-end Countdown

I know most of you have seen this, and I'm totally taking the wimpy way of making it look like I'm tending to my blog after being gone for a couple weeks because of spring vacation travels, but... it's still good reading.



AML Today 's Year-end Countdown
Exciting things are happening in American Mensa!
To put things in perspective, here's a brief — and incomplete — look at the past year.
33,013,587    Total page views on www.us.mensa.org
8,729,713 Total emails received at the National Office, including spam
8,451,513 Spam emails received at the National Office
4,555,132 Total new and recurring visitors to www.us.mensa.org
1,075,712 Games played in AML's online Games Room
882,565 Dollars funded to Local Groups
170,000 Mensa calendars (Brain Puzzler and Crossword) sold in the United States
142,053 Total new and recurring visitors to www.mensaforkids.org
104,961 Posts to AML's online Community
65,500 Dollars given in Mensa Foundation scholarships
57,947 Active members at year-end
43,689 Members with email addresses on file
20,757 Members on multi-year plans
19,214 Requests for local testing contacts
18,024 Brochures and bookmarks distributed to Local Groups
17,576 Online joins, renewals and reinstatements
12,662 Average logins per month on the AML Web site
10,769 ePublications members who can receive local newsletters electronically if available
10,001 Mensa pencils distributed to Local Groups
5,953 Life members
5,185 Reinstating members
4,766 Offers of Membership extended
4,503 Posts made by one individual (Bill Hopkins) to AML's online Community
4,326 New members
4,084 Subscribers to CultureQuest®-ion of the Day
3,981 Mensa Home Tests sold
3,301 Supervised tests scored
3,059 New discussions started in AML's online Community
3,054 American Mensa fans on Facebook
2,659 Members under the age of 18
2,495 Members in largest Local Group (Greater New York Mensa)
2,345 Room nights booked through Choice Hotels' Mensa discount program
2,001 Member resumes on American Mensa's CareerLink
1,968 American Mensa followers on Twitter
1,906 National and local officers and appointees
1,814 Member bios/photos on the AML Web site
1,813 Attendees at the 2009 AG in Pittsburgh
1,349 Posts to a single thread in AML's online Community (topic: Question Game)
1,254 Mensa Research Journal subscribers
1,041 Articles printed about Mensa in the media
988 Proctored test sessions
937 Mensa Foundation fans on Facebook
916 Individuals tested on Mensa Testing Day
872 Individuals donating to the Mensa Foundation
849 Members signed up for our online Meet-a-Member service
721 Items purchased through Smart Buys, where American Mensa and Amazon connect
687 Posts in the online Community to a thread about nothing
659 Online Mensa Home Tests sold since rollout on 2/1/2010
500 Mensans participating in Idea Aid, the world's first online brainstorming benefit
454 Test sites added to the online testing calendar
365 CultureQuest-ion of the Day emails sent
283 Sites nominated for AML's Top 50 Web sites
235 Local officers receiving electronic monthly distribution
230 Attendees at Mind Games® 2009 in Cincinnati
160 Donors for the Mensa Foundation's "50 for 50" anniversary promotion (SO FAR)
157 Special Interest Groups, nationally
135 Local Groups
121 Local Groups Web hosting with AML
107 Years of age — the oldest member in AML
106 CultureQuest® XX (2009) teams
104 Vacations booked through Mensa Travel
51 Young-Mensan-written blog entries for Max the Fox at www.mensaforkids.org
43 Games entered in Mind Games® 2009
24 Mensa columns in American Way magazine
23 New entries on AML's "Mensa on the Web" community listing
21 Voting AMC members
16 Young Mensans first to ride Nickelodeon Universe's Brainsurge attraction
12 Foundation volunteers earning the President's Volunteer Service Award
6 American Mensa ads in mental_floss magazine
6 Columns in Scientific American Mind magazine
3 New Conversations with Mensa
2 Years of age — the youngest member in AML
1 New American Mensa Hall of Fame member named
1 Mensa Bulletin redesign

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