- Responded to member asking about setting up a Discord server.
- Responded at length to member wanting to set up Discord server and improve Mensa communications.
- Responded to IBD discussion regarding 25-43 process.
- Poked around to see how to speed up social media progress.
- Continued to work with enthusiastic members regarding setting up a Discord server for MI.
- Alerted Chair of Pakistan that their website redirects to a gambling site.
- Responded to queries to MI on LinkedIn.
- More lengthy discussion with member wanting to set up Discord as THE solution to a problem she believes exists.
- Zoom w A.
- Nudged IBD re 25-43 suggestions.
- Shared new year thoughts with ExComm.
- Moved final version of 25-43 along.
- Responded to headhunting company re hiring an ExecDir.
- More discussion with member wanting Discord.
- Nudged ExComm re Madrid hotel decision.
- Worked on sorting out and testing social media accounts.
- More work sorting out what is known re MI’s social media & shared w A and AT.
- Zoom w A re social media and minutes prep.
- Zoom w A & AT re social media.
- Reviewed rough draft of minutes.
- Zoom w A re database & minutes.
- Zoom w E re database and Hub.
- More feedback to members trying to set up a Discord server.
- Zoom w A re social media, minutes, various subscriptions we can cancel.
- Asked BL for clarity on People of Mensa discord group legitimacy.
- Received and shared BL’s clarification with the members trying to claim their discord is “approved.” (it is not).
- Tried to navigate to the right place to help a NM recover their FB page. No luck.
- Worked w VS to draft email to NM Chairs re 80th Anniversary.
- Nudged M re BML-AML-MIL MOU.
- Zoom w A re domains and minutes.
- Zoom w AT re social media and 80th Anniversary planning.
- Scheduled SMAC meeting.
- Nudged lawyer re trademark issues still needing resolution.
- Discussed options re French members who are owners of Hub spaces.
- Discussed options for handling concerns in Norway and Indonesia with MI’s trademark lawyer.
- Investigate oddities of a couple Hub spaces’ membership.
- Perused and picked some iStock images forfeiture use.
- Zoom w social media teams.
- Prepped motion 26-1 and sent to S for approval.
- Intervened in a conflict between Italy and an ExComm member.
- Prepped 4 motions re constitutional referendum and sent to A for putting before the IBD.
- Zoom w SMAC re surveying.
- Zoom Mensa Foundation monthly meeting.
- Zoom w A re tweaks to constitutional motions.
- Discussed with DoD an issue with an election in a PNM.
- Read and drafted long response to a member in China.
- Posted Mensa Foundation notice on X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Mensa News (Hub).
- Responded to several long-overdue messages to MI via LinkedIn.
- Updated IBD rep for Austria on the Hub.
- Commented extensively on Discord documentation in progress.
- Responded to the rest of the languishing messages to Mi via LinkedIn.
- Responded yet again to member in China regarding his non-involvement in ExComm’s decision.
- Created survey for SMAC.
- Zoom w A re minutes, domain registrations, management of motions, and staffing issues.
- Dug in old emails and elsewhere for information re domain registrations and appointment of charity trustees.
- Discussion and research re domain ownerships w E & A.
- Dug up NM stats from 2024 and 2023 for SMAC.
- Zoom w A re database concerns animation management.
- Reviewed and picked 80th logo designs.
- Called IT staff at AML to ask for renewal details for mensa.org, .com, and .net. (left message)
- Zoom w S re how to handle motions.
- Reviewed further legal requests from S. Korea and forwarded to MI’s trademark lawyer for advice.
- Responded to Hub Team discussion about a problem member.
- Long Zoom w M re charity and trademark issues.
- Zoom w A re catchup and prioritizing tasks.
- Put up drafts of 26-01 and 02 for IBD discussion.
- Asked ExComm to pick between four 80th logo choices.
- Drafted agenda for ExComm meeting in February (5 hours of work!).
- Poked around to give AT access to X, Bluesky, and TikTok accounts. Success with all three.
- Culled a few dozen tickets from spammers.
- Informed ST of 80th logo decision by ExComm.
- Began drafting next 25-42 update to the IBD.
- Responded to VS’s concern about a member highlighted on MI’s IG account.
- Tried deleting an old IG post with no success.
- Zoom w A re staffing & database topics.
- Provided more feedback to Discord people.
- Worked on ExComm agenda.
- Responded to questions from MI’s trademark attorney regarding registrations in China.
- Forwarded historical and drafts of licensing MOUs between MIL, BL, and AML to ExecDirs of AML & BML.
- Melded all the ExComm reports from Nov ’25 into one Word doc for minutes.
- Made visual board of how I think we want our database and various uses to integrate with each other.
- Searched for and found SMAC surveys from 2023 and 2024.
- Zoom w A re a motion process.
- Zoom w SMAC.
- Sent SMAC survey to IBD, NM Chairs, staff, appointees, and committee chairs.
- Filled out SMAC survey.
- Forwarded an application for a new ISIG.
- Drafted intro to 26-01 and 26-02 and shared w A for refinement.
- Updated ExComm’s list of Action Points and progress.
- Worked on ExComm agenda.
- Zoom w A re minutes and motions.
- Wrote introductory text to go with Hub posting of 26-02 and 26-02.
- Responded to Chair of Denmark re social media options not based in the US.
- Zoom w A re motions.
- Zoom again w A re motions.
- Sent update to IBD re progress on 25-42.
- Responded to MI’s trademark attorney re online test issue.
- Zoom w A re staffing, constitution amendments, and various vol challenges.
- Drafted my reason behind cautioning that 26-01 & 02 could fundamentally change the nature of Mensa in prep for arguments.
- Researched and responded to a member re situation with MyIQ appropriating our name and scamming people.
- Formatted all vol remits from bylaws and included as an appendix in the ExComm agenda for Feb.
- Manually added editor from Slovakia and set up the right folders and permissions for magazine uploading.
- Zoom w A, E, & GWS re Hub integration with database and other database topics.
- Zoom w A&E re understanding who owns what of domain names with our name.
- Advised Mensa Italy re where to send their amended constitution.
- Responded to M re Mensa Charity constitution and trustee appointment issues.
- Zoom w E re MICF, a motion about GPAC, and staffing tasks he’s currently covering.
- Discussed staffing issues with E & A.
- Reviewed and approved social media topics.
- Requested meeting with ExecDir of the Mensa Foundation.
- Worked on prepping massive list of tasks that should go to MI staff (hours of work!).
- Zoom w A re staffing topics.
- Downloaded SMAC survey responses and sent to committee for analysis.
- Zoom w A re staffing.
- Solved from Hub setting issues.
- Corresponded with Mensa Foundation Pres about setting up a collaboration meeting.
- Nagged IBD to look at motions 26-01 & 02.
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