As a result of some back and forth with a member complaining about wanting to unsubscribe from AML’s advertising messages (specifically in Wired and Leader) without also unsubscribing to actual messages she needs to see as a LG officer, I learned something important that solidifies my on-going discomfort with those emailed “newsletters.”
They are viewed by staff as "the member benefit promotion emails” intended to provide non-dues revenue for American Mensa.
I’ve long complained that they look like spam and get deleted, unread because they look like little more than ads. Now I know that’s the whole point of them. Actual “news” members or officers need is sparse.
Other than the Bulletin, which tends not to have much Mensa News content (by design—it’s meant to be more entertainment), there is no national-to-everyone publication that disseminates real Mensa news.
What to do?
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