What I did in July 2025

 Officer Report July, 2025

Chairman

• Drafted possible motion to appoint interim CRC members.
• Closed the voting on the motion to approve the June Async meeting minutes.
• Attended American AG.
• Attended Colloquium.
• Met w ExecDir and Treasurer to discuss staffing options.
• Met w DB re interim CRC configuration.
• Participated in Foundation meeting & receptions.
• Discussed strategic planning with former SMAC chair.
• Participated in M&G for International officers
• Presented LDW for LG Communications officers.
• Presented program about Mensa International.
• Zoom w A.
• Worked on reviewing and drafting edits for IBD Motion 25-15.
• Shared insider views on a request from a educational company to collaborate with Mensa.
• Discussed motions with GPAC chair.
• Zoom w DSNM re motions and issues.
• Zoom w chair of Australian Mensa re constitutional inconstancies.
• Gave A directory info for new South Africa and Slovakia chairs.
• Found and organized all IBD motions passed in 2025 so far and forwarded to DOO for Bylaws updating.
• Responded to CRC candidate’s questions.
• Zoom w DoD re many topics and to-do items.
• Facilitated forming consensus on interim CRC motion.
• Put forth motion and poll for appointing interim CRC members.
• Pointed new US Chair to past Async meeting to see how that format works.
• Read and forwarded research article about intelligence and a lower need for socialization to A and AT for social media fodder.
• Responded with explanation to a committee chair’s request to join IBD Open Session space.
• Requested input from ExComm re scheduling next meeting.
• Notified members of the recent Special Election Committee that they are dismissed.
• Notified the last couple live groups on WP that they need to move to the Hub.
• Checked on status of KAT joining the user Support Team.
• Sent formal IBD meeting invite to AT.
• Zoom w A, AT, and V re grand social media planning.
• Zoom w A re database, social media, and member discounts.
• Messaged w M re CRM topics.
• Messaged w UserSupport Team re CRM topic.
• Lots of discussion w V re social media platforms, official approval formalities, and policy needs.
• Prepped and put up motion/poll to appoint KAT to User Support.
• Prepped and sent Doodle Poll for July ExComm meeting.
• Sent initial onboarding email to CRC committee.
• Began drafting agenda for July ExComm meeting.
• Met w US NatRep to onboard to ExComm.
• Zoom w M re Cyprus, NatReps, motions, and other topics.
• Worked on July ExComm meeting agenda(s).
• Email discussion with new CRC member re getting started.
• Zoom w A re planning projects and coordinating to-do lists.
• Pointed out significant loopholes in eligibity restrictions to CPAC chair.
• Contacted Danish editor re Hub registration and uploading permissions.
• Asked US NatRep for details of AML’s agreement with TKS.
• Responded to several Mensa Foundation discussion threads.
• Manually added member from Denmark to the Hub.
• Put together a long list of S oMe ideas and where to find the content.
• Researched best travel options to get to and from Dusseldorf.
• Worked on SoMe strategy planning and content sourcing.
• Zoom w A re SoMe open meeting preparations.
• Zoom w A and MJ re CRM project and volunteer issues.
• Set up Hub space for Membership Database project.
• Thoroughly review complaint from Cyprus and made note.
• Zoom w A re discount benefits project and process and SoMe open call meeting planning.
• Zoom w M.
• Zoom w A to catch up on website crisis du jour.
• Participated in on-going discussion re web host situation.
• Put my foot down re Macau.
• Emailed MWJ editor re funding for IBD meeting.
• Nudged ExComm re July agenda, reporting, and a discussion thread to  participate in.
• Requested clarification about a Mensa Germany expulsion issue.
• Shared opinions about possible solutions to an issue in Mensa Germany.
• Discussed Macau issue with DoD.
• Reviewed updates re recent website hack.
• Sent email to IBD & NM Chairs with status update re MI Membership data.
• Zoom w A re webhosting options.
• Worked to get Awards Committee back on track.
• Put together a list of additional nominees to consider for awards and shared with committee.
• Drafted "script” for my portion of the SoMe open meetings.
• Researched and drafted lengthy response to concerns raised by Chair of Cyprus.
• Zoom w A & AT re planing for SoMe open call meetings.
• Caught up with Foundation online discussions.
• Pre-SoMe meeting practice and  alignment.
• Zoom open meeting for social media teams.
• Zoom with LN re social media ideas.
• Zoom w DoA re MWJ questions.
• Second Zoom open meeting for social media teams.
• Helped DoA find the Aug MWJ.
• Zoom w ISC.
• Zoom w A re web hosting options and ideas.
• Wrote Chairman’s report for May 22–July 20.
• Reviewed SoMe ideas and questions from LN.
• Prepped for meetings with PF and MJ.
• Offered advice re ExComm column in MWJ.
• Manually added chair of Mensa Bulgaria to the Hub.
• Responded to NZ Chair re SoMe questions.
• Zoom w P re motion drafting and staffing thoughts.
• Zoom w M.
• Zoom w DoA re annual report forms and processes.
• Zoom w A re webhosting and database planning.
• Drafted a motion with NatRep-DE to tidy up the list of documents all Mensas are required to share with MI/ISC.
• Pondered DoD’s topic of how to share info of expelled members with all NMs and requested that it be postponed until Oct ExComm meeting.
• Zoom w A re August planning.
• Pulled together notes and quotes from emails and zoom calls re CRM situation.
• Advised DoA on annual report forms and dealing with expelled members.
• Zoom w A re web planning.
• Drafted my Mensa Renaissance vision. Changed name to Reboot.
• Prepped table for “voting” for Awards Committee.
• Zoom w A re prep for meeting w MM & Team on Wed.
• Advised FB admin re mod removal quandry.
• Forwarded research article about high-ability adolescents to News Team and SoMe folks.
• Long Zoom w M re his meeting with the CRM company.
• Asked Treasurer to include budget for awards.
• Nudged Awards committee.
• Prepped friendly amendments to an IBD motion for approval during ExComm meeting.
• Wrote long response to DSNM’s questions about the CRM.
• Attended SMAC meeting.
• Began drafting ExecDir job description.
• Set up July-Aug Async meeting space and motions.
• Zoom w A re meeting w IT folks later in the week.
• Helped chair of Mensa India with a Hub configuration problem.
• Prepared for ExComm Zoom meeting, including incorporating input from J, who couldn’t attend.
• 2.5 hour ExComm Zoom meeting.
• Posted to Awards Comm my specific thoughts about all the nominees.
• Dealt with yet another request from members in Macau.
• Zoom w A re prep for meeting w website/database team.
  
• Sent motion 25-14 with friendly amendments incorporated and an explanatory preamble to ExDir for posting to IBD.
• Zoom w A re preparing for meeting about CRM options.
• Zoom w M.
• Advised DoD re handling a friendly amendment.
• Packed for EMAG.
• Zoom w A re the CRM/IT meeting I had to miss.