So this happened...

 

What I did April & May 2024

MI News Team

• Created graphic for 2024 Poetry Competition.

• Zoom with A.

• Zoom with A about advertising for NT help in upcoming newsletter.

• Responded to several emails expressing interesting helping NT.

• Created post about members’ use of name and logo.

• Dug up an old MWJ issue that had excerpts from the very first Mensa Magazine and created a post from it.

• Revised draft of DPO interview and sent to B.

• Prepped a few posts from contributors.

• Zoom w A.

• Began drafting interview questions for outgoing Chair.

• Created a post about AML’s age demographics among officers.

• Reached out to VB (France) about joining News Team.

• Drafted long Focus on Mensa Austria article and sent to that Chair for review and input.

• Prepped several more posts.

• Messaged with VB about how she can help.

MI Name & Logo Committee

• Advised chair of Mensa italy about designing boutique items.

• Sent crisp logo-in-diamond files to Australia chair.

• Notified committee of a couple logo violations from Mensa Brazil.

• Asked for input/approval on a N&L piece destined for Mensa News.

• Asked about continued violations on merchandise for sale.

• Asked about unofficial Mensa FB group.

“Kitten Tasks”

• Polished and organized documents/web content for escape simulator events.

• Drafted several graphics for election pages.

• Added news items to list of website fodder.

• Drafted additional election graphic variations.

• Created a flag graphic for website.

• Cleaned up AMG 2024 collage for website.

• Gathered categorized links from WP to be highlighted in the newsletter.

• Created collage graphic for GLAM for website.

• Added news items to list of website fodder.

• Prepped pdf of June From the ExComm column.

• Created collage about Mensa Brazil’s Foundation.

• Reviewed new site’s look on cellphone.

• Notified all 30 people who submitted member stories and photos for the website.

• Checked all links in Member Area of website.

• Prepped pdf of July From the ExComm column.

• Hours of work on WP 2.0 policy drafting.

Gifted Youth Committee Liaison

• Nudged on Chinese translation of Hot Topics #3

• Typeset Chinese version into the layout.

• Drafted Hot Topics #4 (English and Italian)

Uncategorized MI

• Advised Chair on Workplace policy concerns.

• Lots of discussion and playing with new forum software.

Incoming Director of Administration

• Long zoom with team to transition workplace.

• Zoom w T about plans and such.

• Zoom w E.

• Zoom w A.

• Started to-do list.

• Discussed nuances of moderation approaches for new online community.

• Researched flight costs for Bucharest for incoming treasurer.

• Zoom w Current and incoming ExComm.

• Began informal Google doc for keeping track of topics  for future agendas.

• Emailed I about  transition of files and wisdom.

• Organized contact info and re-did permission agenda brainstorming google doc.

• Set up first informal zoom for incoming ExComm (took a while to calculate all the time zones!)

• Zoom w E.

• Sent initial brainstorming list of topics for first informal ExComm zoom to T.

• Zoom with incoming ExComm.

• Zoom w E.

• Researched and created spreadsheet of all appointees and committees’ chairs and members.

• Advised lead Admin of FB on how to handle a member’s complaint; ultimately figured out it was not about the MI FB group, so I message the complainer myself.

• Organized lengthy email to incoming ExComm regarding brainstorming agenda items.

• Asked for copy of or access to the survey monkey form used in the past for volunteer applications.

• Zoom w Chair of Romania about EMAG plans, N&L needs, and general concerns.

National Awards Committee

• Zoom meeting.