Crawling out of the Hole Part 3

(from the Statement of Financial Positions sent to the AMC each month)


January 31, 2010:
    Assets: $3,815,135.89
    Liabilities: $5,400,791.25
    Net Assets: ($1,585,655.36)

February 28, 2010:
    Assets: $4,165,855.03
    Liabilities: $5,737,325
    Net Assets: ($1,571,470.78)

Let me re-emphasize that this time of year is really goofy looking on paper, since we have huge inflows of dues revenue and thus the liabilities for multi-year memberships also leaps.

Remember, those liabilities are not bills we haven't paid, but rather accounting  necessities for future services owed to multi-year members.

All that said, AML is still slowly inching towards positive.

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